36 | FEBRUARY 2019
Business News
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Veka Recycling Begins Production
at New Wellingborough HQ
VEKA Recycling Ltd, the
TEA-PARTY
MOVEMENT
Celebrating its 40th year in
business, glass processor and IGU
manufacturer, Cornwall Glass, has
donated in excess of £19,000 to
charities and community groups
throughout Cornwall.
Cornwall Glass launched its
‘£400 for 40’ campaign at the be-
ginning of this year, with the aim
of reaching out to grass roots com-
munity organisations and charities
throughout the county.
Administered by the Cornwall
Community Foundation, Corn-
wall Glass received more than 70
applications for the £400 individ-
ual awards. Exceeding its own
campaign target, in the end these
were made to 48, rather than the
planned 40 organisations.
Celebrating the awards at a
40th Anniversary ‘tea-party’ at the
end of October, it brings the total
donated to community groups
through the Cornwall Glass Fund,
since being set up in 2009 to more
than £80,000.
UK’s leading recycler of PVC-U
post consumer window profiles,
has begun full production at the
company’s brand new headquar-
ters site in Wellingborough, North-
amptonshire.
From acquisition in February
of the 5.5 acre site on the town’s
Finedon Road Industrial Estate
and after undergoing a substantial
refurbishment, rebuilding work and
industrial fit out, the facility is now
converting full loads of virgin, post
consumer and industrial profiles
into high quality PVC-U compound.
Further investment and develop-
ment during the next 12 months
will further extend the capabili-
ties and capacity of the plant, to
become Europe’s most advanced
specialist windows recycler.
Current capability allows the
plant to accept previously installed
frames as well as virgin offcuts,
reduce them and then transfer
component materials for further
reduction and separation. PVC-U is
then further processed at Welling-
borough and returned to market
for re-manufacture. New products
produced using VEKA recycled
compounds include new window
profiles, cills and trims as well as
products as diverse as electrical
conduit and construction com-
ponents. When the plant is fully
operational all materials will be ex-
tracted and re-processed on site.
The Wellingborough plant
will be the third to be built by
VEKA Umwelttechnik GmbH, the
specialist recycling subsidiary of
the VEKA AG Group, of which
VEKA Recycling Ltd is a wholly
owned division. The company
has pioneered PVC-U recycling in
Europe with its first plant opening
in Behringen, Germany as long
ago as 1993. A further facility was
opened in France in 2006. The
combined capacity of the three
plants will exceed 100,000 tonnes
of PVC-U windows a year.
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DOUBLE delight for Paxman Joineries
with Slenderline Glass heritage units
Recipients of the awards in-
cluded organisations as diverse
as Trial Kids, a group aimed at
getting children active with their
families; Safehouse, a project
which provides a place for trans-
gender people to meet and feel
safe; multiple brass bands; a male
voice choir; Cornwall BMX Club;
Redruth Highway Community
Project; Untangled, a peer-to-
peer support group for pre and
post-natal depression and anxiety;
and numerous school PTAs.
Cornwall Glass has seen rapid
growth through a series of ac-
quisitions, giving it new reach
across Southern England and the
Midlands, employing more than
300 people.
This has been accompanied
by investment, seeing £5million
alone, invested in Cornwall Glass
Plymouth in its state-of-the-art
IGU facility.
Having opened in 2016 it has
capacity to manufacture more than
2,000 units each day, including
over-sized units, which it supplies
to retailers, commercial installation
businesses and developers, across
southern England.
www.cornwallglass.co.uk
Extending a long-standing partnership be-
tween the two firms, Essex-based Paxman Joineries
recently called on the expertise of Slenderline Glass
– the specialist heritage unit manufacturer to enhance
an eye-catching, traditional cottage.
Tasked with replacing the tired timber windows of
the cottage, Paxman specified the slimline heritage
units of Slenderline Glass. The shaped and leaded
units were manufactured and fitted into Paxman’s
expertly crafted timber frames, maintaining the tradi-
tional aesthetics of the cottage.
“We’re absolutely delighted to complete this fantas-
tic project and thank Andy and the team at Slender-
line for their support,” comments Kevin Robinson,
Managing Director of Paxman Joineries. “Over the
past four decades, we’ve built a strong reputation
across the region for exceptional craftsmanship.
That’s only possible through maintaining our high
standards and working with the best suppliers – Slen-
derline is a great example of that.
“As specialists in sash and casement windows,
whenever we have a project which needs to meet
strict guidelines or where maintaining heritage aes-
thetics are key, we always specify Slenderline Glass.
Not only do we share the same values as both fami-
ly-run businesses, but they also share our overriding
commitment to quality and customer service.”
The Kent-based glass specialists also supported
Paxman Joineries on another recent project, working
with traditional leaded lights. The Slenderline team
set to work cleaning up the tired leadlights, complet-
ing a full restoration before they were incorporated
into brand new sealed units.
Available in a full range of sizes to match any
traditional rebate, Slenderline’s thermal performance
is achieved through Argon or Krypton gas, and
market-leading warm edge technology from experts
Edgetech.
www.slenderlineglass.com.