14 | FEBRUARY 2020
News
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MORLEY GLASS & GLAZING AND
SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS TAKE
RECYCLING TO THE NEXT LEVEL
Integral blinds manu-
facturer Morley Glass &
Glazing is working in part-
nership with Saint-Gobain
Glass to recycle and re-use
post-consumer glass; that
is glass that has been
taken out of old windows
that have reached the end
of their life.
Saint-Gobain Glass
already operates the UK’s
largest cullet or waste
glass return scheme and,
since the introduction of
using cullet in the manu-
facture of float glass, the
company has been able to
increase the amount of re-
cycled material utilised to
35% rising to 41% in some
cases. However, the ma-
jority of the 56,000 tonnes
of waste glass returned
every year comes from
the manufacturing process
(pre-consumed glass) rath-
er than glass that has been
utilised in end products.
Morley Glass & Glaz-
ing has now stepped in
and offered its 50,000 sq
ft manufacturing space
in Leeds, West Yorkshire
to serve as a collection
centre for post-consumer
glass and has installed a
glass crushing machine
and employed one new
member of staff to manage
the scheme.
BFRC strengthen
technical resources
with industry
leading expertise
www.morleyglass.co.uk
The British Rating
Fenestration Council
(BFRC), a division of GGF’s
Commercial arm and the
body responsible for es-
tablishing the independent
‘rainbow’ ratings system
for verifying the energy
performance of windows
and doors, has announced
the addition of two new
technical resources on a
permanent basis.
George Higgs, Lead
Building Physicist and Man-
aging Director of Building
Energy Physics Consultan-
cy Ltd and Richard Bate,
Technical Director of Build
Check Ltd will provide
further technical support to
BFRC and bring with them
a wealth of knowledge and
established proven track
VBH Reliability Helps Nova
Aluminium Win Business
Bristol based aluminium
glazing specialist Nova Alumin-
ium Systems Ltd celebrates 15
years of business in 2020.
Nova prides itself on being
strictly a trade supplier, serving
large and small installers with
contracts ranging from £2000 -
£200,000 in value for aluminium
windows, doors, curtain wall-
ing and shopfronts in all RAL
colours, with the bi-folding door
being one of their biggest sellers.
They elected to use greenteQ
Clearspan bi-fold hardware on
this enduringly popular product
(plus its free 10 year security
guarantee).
Nova Production Manager Jason
Ford comments: “We’re picking
up new business all the time from
PVCu fabricators who don’t want
to miss out on the aluminium
boom. We can always find room in
the production schedules but we
need a quick turnaround on our
hardware orders to enable us to be
so flexible. Phil Thomas and the
team at VBH Swansea can always
be relied upon to get our ironmon-
gery to us when we need it.”
www.vbhgb.com
records within the field of
fenestration product testing
and evaluation.
Both are long standing
members of the BFRC
Technical Committee and
their increased input, ahead
of new product launches in
the summer will broaden
the technical diversity and
integrity of the BFRC.
Lis Clarke, BFRC Opera-
tions Director, says: “As the
most widely used ratings
system in the window and
door sector it’s vital we
continue to set the bench-
mark and improve stand-
ards throughout the in-
dustry. Bringing in George
and Richard will improve
our technical standing and
expertise immeasurably.”
www.bfrc.org
Brisant-Secure welcome Derrick Purvis
Steve Stewart and Nick
Dutton, CEO’s of Brisant-Secure,
are delighted to welcome Derrick
Purvis to the team.
Derrick has twenty years in
marketing and product manage-
ment roles, fifteen of which were
with Avocet Hardware. He has
a degree in Design Marketing
and has worked with high profile
clients, managing projects for
the likes of B&Q, Wickes and
I have been
‘ seriously
impressed
with the rise of the
Ultion lock brand
’
Homebase. His experience with
product development, marketing,
promotions, launches and brand
development are all skills that
Brisant-Secure will welcome into
the team.
Derrick said, “Having spent 15
years in this sector, I have been
seriously impressed with the rise
of the Ultion lock brand which
positions itself as a market leader.
In an industry that often looks to
produce hardware that just meet
the standards, Brisant looks to
exceed and set new standards.
It is a really exciting time to be
joining the company.”
www.brisant-secure.com