28 | FEBRUARY 2020
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GLASS LINE SUPERCHARGED WITH £250,000 LISEC INVESTMENT
Victorian Sliders, Europe’s
biggest sash window manufac-
turer, has invested over half a
million pounds in sealed unit
production; taking its total to
more than £10m in the last five
years.
With the latest acquisition of a
£250,000 Lisec fully-automated
sealed unit line, the company
has significantly expanded its
glass capacity – just in time for
the busiest and most ambitious
year in its history.
It’s just the latest purchase in a
series of investments designed to
lay the foundations for extensive
growth in 2020 and beyond, as
Group Managing Director Andy
Jones explains.
“A lot of people don’t realise
that Victorian Sliders isn’t really
a fabricator – it’s a manufactur-
er.
“Fabricators put together
components they’ve bought from
elsewhere. At Victorian Slid-
ers, we do it all ourselves – the
extruding, the sealed units, the
foiling, the painting, the vacu-
um forming, the recycling, and
more.
“With the Lisec machine,
we’re now able to produce more
sealed units, more efficiently –
something that will prove vital as
we seek to ramp up our volumes
in the year ahead.”
www.victoriansliders.co.uk
Advent success for Epwin Window Systems
Epwin Windows Systems
has reported its annual Advent
Calendar event was a huge
success with a total of 22,188
entries being received which is
an increase of 223.52% over their
2018 campaign.
The Advent Calendar event
runs from 1st – 25th December
inclusive each year and a luxury
prize is won by one registered
entry, selected at random, who
has entered the daily draw. Ger-
ald Allen, Marketing Manager at
Epwin Window Systems said: “We
are delighted with the success of
our 2019 Advent campaign. The
increase in entries was unprece-
GQA Qualifications
joins GGF
The GGF’s working
relationship with GQA
goes back many years as
the Federation endeav-
oured to deliver accredited
and meaningful training
for the industry. GQA has
worked with the GGF and
its commercial subsidiaries
on numerous projects over
the last decade, from GGF
Training to MTC (Minimal
Technical Competency),
Building Our Skills initi-
atives through to support
and demonstration at major
industry exhibitions. Now
the GGF is pleased to an-
nounce that GQA Qualifi-
cations has become a Mem-
ber of the Federation.
GQA Qualifications is an
Awarding Body for special-
ist sectors and occupational
roles with its roots firmly
in the Glass, Glazing and
Fenestration sector. GQAs
current qualifications also
cover Construction and
Print, expanding into Pol-
ymers, Nuclear, Laboratory
and Meteorology with the
recent acquisition of PAA\
VQ-SET. Its mission is to
work only with industries
where they have access
to ‘in-house’ knowledge
which gives them the
ability to discuss specific
qualifications with both
training centres/providers
and employers.
GQA’s qualification de-
velopment is carried out in
accordance with Regulatory
and Sector Skill Council
requirements, using indus-
try experts throughout the
development and consulta-
tion processes.
www.ggf.org.uk
gqaqualifications.com
dented and it’s clear that people
both across the industry and
further afield appreciated the op-
portunity to spread some festive
cheer and win a top daily prize at
the end of a busy year.”
The social reach of the Ad-
vent Calendar was particularly
impressive. 3,546 new contacts
have subscribed to hear more
from Epwin Window Systems,
email click-through-rate (CTR) in-
creased by an average of 96.76%
and email engagements increased
by 41.43% compared to 2018
with over 42,000 unique email
opens.
www.epwinwindowsystems.co.uk
Big name sponsors
already on board for
Glazing Summit 2020
Glazing Summit 2020
takes place on Thursday,
October 8 at Edgbaston
Stadium and Conference
Centre. The Glass and
Glazing Federation (GGF)
have been announced as
headline sponsors for a
second year running, while
Unique Window Systems
are sponsoring the exclu-
sive Leaders Dinner.
Reynaers and Edgetech
have also confirmed they
are backing the event
again, while ODL will be
sponsoring the Champagne
Reception once again.
Andrew Scott, founder
of the Glazing Summit
and CEO of organisers
Insight Data and Purplex
Marketing, said: “When
we announced that the
Glazing Summit would be
returning in 2020 at the
end of last year’s event,
the response was really
positive.
“But since we revealed
the date, venue, and plans
to make it even bigger and
better this year, momentum
is already gathering, even
at this early stage.
“To get the calibre of
sponsors already on board
this early in the year
shows how valuable the
industry views the Glazing
Summit and we are de-
termined to raise the bar
again.”
www.glazingsummit.co.uk