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FEBRUARY 2016 PRO INSTALLER
PRO NEWS
www.proinstaller.co.uk
Crown returns to
service UK market
Stroud based fabricator Crown
Aluminium (UK) Ltd is set to once again
service the UK’s buoyant aluminium
and steel windows, doors and curtain
wall market - after spending the last
couple of years working exclusively
for an overseas façade contractor.
Colin Cornwall, General Manager said: “We have retained
all the qualities that made
Crown’s name synonymous
with fabrication excellence.
The skills, the machinery, the
processes and the drive are
all still here. We are looking
forward to servicing this
market again and to hearing
from any interested contractors. We have capacity to
fulfil orders almost immediately.”
Crown is able to service the
whole of the UK to assist in
meeting a contract’s needs and has
fabrication experience of all major
aluminium and steel window, door
and curtain wall system suppli-
GREY TREND
PROMPTS NEW
RAINWATER RANGE
Freefoam Building Products has launched a new
range of rainwater products in anthracite grey.
ers as well as bespoke unitised
systems.
Roger Phillips, former owner of the business, said: “I have
left a strong team at Crown and
will continue to be available in a
non-executive capacity if necessary to ensure the smooth running
of Crown’s operations. I am feeling invigorated by the challenge
of the Crown team repeating the
success of the past 30 years.”
Crown welcomes business
from all window, door and
building envelope contractors.
All enquiries should be made
direct to Colin.cornwall@
crown-aluminium.co.uk
or on 01453 753222
Adding a deep gutter range
in this colour was the next
logical step following a 45%
increase in sales of anthracite grey fascia and soffit in
2015 and a growing market
trend towards grey window
frames, doors, fascia and
soffit.
The new product allows customers to create a co-ordinated
roofline and offers an exact match
(Ral No.7016) to the fascia and
soffit products.
With a 77mm depth and a
116mm width the deep gutter is
designed to manage increasing
levels of rainfall throughout the
UK. Available with the full range
of matching fittings including
union bracket, running outlet and
hopper and manufactured using
co-extruded PVC-u, the range
offers a long lasting, leak free, no
fade, low maintenance solution, all
with a ten-year guarantee.
Like the existing Freeflow rainwater system, Freefoam manufactures the new anthracite grey
products using the co-extrusion
method to create a white interior
and darker exterior colours. This is
Freefoam’s solution to the prob-
lems associated with rapid heat
absorption and expansion of dark
coloured gutters, which can cause
leaks and noise when they cool
down.
The new rainwater range is
manufactured using Freefoam’s
patented ColormaxTM technology - a master-batching process
with a blend of natural PVC and
pigments that are simultaneously
co-extruded to produce built in
colourfastness, colour variety, and
reliable colour matching.
All products are online at
www.freefoam.com