8 | FEBRUARY 2020
News
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GGF BREXIT BROCHURE
The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) has been in
constant liaison with the Government department for
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) on Brexit
and its implications for the glass and glazing sector.
In October 2019, the
GGF gained funding
from the Government to
prepare for Brexit, which
subsequently took place
on 31 January. With this
government grant the
GGF has produced an
information brochure
and a new section of the
GGF website; continually
updating GGF Members
and the industry on the
Record-breaking
end to Victorian
Sliders’ bumper 2019
Europe’s biggest sash
window manufacturer is
celebrating a record-break-
ing end to a resoundingly
successful 2019. Victorian
Sliders made a stagger-
ing 2,347 windows in the
second week of December,
more than any other in
its fifteen-year history. It
comes as the South Wales
firm reaches the end of a
year that saw it register an
8.98% growth in sales.
Group Managing Di-
rector Andy Jones says:
“We’ve got some incred-
ibly ambitious plans for
the twelve months ahead.
We’ve invested £10m over
the last five years to lay
the foundations for the
next phase in our history
- and in 2019, we’ve seen
that really start to bear
fruit.
“Now, we’re able to
produce more windows,
more quickly, to higher
changes as and when
they happen.
The Brexit Hub contains
information on legislation,
policy, technical standards,
import/export scenarios
and latest news, all created
and collated by GGF and
industry experts.
To find out more and to
stay informed please visit
https://www.ggf.org.uk/
brexit-hub/
Mighton Products’
Avia Smart Lock
Wins Global 2020 IoT
Breakthrough Award
Annual IoT Break-
standards than ever before.
But in 2020, that’s going to
accelerate even further.
“By the middle of the
year, we’ll have launched
the next generation of
EcoSlide window, an in-
genious new design we’ve
developed entirely in-
house, and we’re planning
to spend a further £1.8m
on other projects.”
www.victoriansliders.co.uk
Apeer’s regional sales
manager Nigel Evans retires
Apeer’s Nigel Evans is retir-
ing at the end of January, with
Lucie Miller set to take over his
role as Southern Regional Sales
Manager.
Nigel, a well-known face in the
industry with over 43 years of
experience, leaves the company
after six years. He takes with him
his encyclopaedic knowledge of
people and companies that his
colleagues will miss.
Excited to expand her sales role
in this area is Lucie Miller, who
joined Apeer in October from
Truedor. She is looking forward to
developing Apeer’s business in the
south of England and introducing
more customers to the compre-
hensive Apeer door and Lumi
window ranges. Lucie has plenty
of products to introduce custom-
ers to, including the company’s
two most recent products: Apeer’s
smooth-skin Silka composite
doors which look just like alumin-
ium and are proving very popular
with customers, and the newest
iteration of its heralded Lumi
frameless windows, Lumi2, for the
replacement window market.
www.apeer.co.uk
through Awards Program
Recognises Standout Inter-
net-of-Things Companies
and Products.
Mighton Products, the
leading manufacturer and
supplier to the joinery
industry in the UK for win-
dow and door hardware
has been selected as the
global winner of the “Smart
Lock Product of the Year”
award in the 4th Annual
IoT Breakthrough Awards
Program from IoT Break-
through, a leading market
intelligence organisation
that recognises the top
companies, technologies
and products in the global
Internet-of-Things (IoT)
market today.
Avia is the ultimate
secure smart home secu-
rity system available for
multipoint locking doors.
Avia is Apple HomeKit
enabled and packed with
online security features.
The Avia secure smart lock
is the first smart lock to be
accredited by Sold Secure
which is administered by
the UK’s Master Locksmiths
Association and aimed at
reducing the risk of crime
by assessing security prod-
ucts. Avia has designed all
its products with security
at its heart and to meet the
enhanced security require-
ments of external agencies
and industry standards
and regulations. Avia was
also the first smart lock to
be compliant with the UK
Government code of prac-
tice for consumer IoT and
ETSI TS 103 645 Consumer
IoT security technical spec-
ification, providing users
with the confidence that it
is safe and secure at home
and online. Avia was also
the very first smart lock to
achieve the prestigious BSI
Internet of Things Verified
– residential IoT accredi-
tation.
www.mightonproducts.com