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PRO INSTALLER JANUARY 2015
PRO NEWS
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Fifty more
reasons to buy
Awards ceremony
recognises 450 years
of loyal service
The VEKA UK Group, the UK arm
of family-owned PVCu fenestration
multinational, has presented employees
with long-service awards constituting
over 450 years’ loyal service.
Recognising 31 employees in
total, the awards presented
ranged from five years’ service through to a staggering
25 years each for Stewart
Berry and Pat Parry, Production Unit Leader and Head of
Logistics respectively, and
Edward Weller, Production
Operative from Bowater
Doors in Minworth.
The German brand was introduced into the UK in 1986, originally known as VEKA plc before,
on its 25th anniversary, rebranding
as The VEKA UK Group to reflect
its acquisition of Bowater Building
Projects. The company is now the
industry’s leading systems supplier, with it estimated that one
in four UK commercial window
installations uses VEKA UK products. Similarly successful throughout the globe, VEKA’s international
turnover annually exceeds €1
billion.
Managing Director, Dave Jones,
was also one of those presented
with an award, having been with
the company for over 20 years. He
commented: “I’m proud to have
played my part in the VEKA UK
Group’s growth over the past two
decades. There are people here
who go back even further than me
that remember an initial staff of
just 30 working in a comparatively
humble factory of around 30,000
square feet.
‘sense of family
throughout the
company’
“The fact that those employees
are still with us and a host of others who have shown their loyalty
over several years, is testament to
both VEKA’s fair treatment of its
staff and a tangible sense of family
throughout the company. Our success is largely thanks to their pride
in their work and I congratulate
them for it.”
The VEKA UK Group has a staff
of around 400 across its Burnley
and Minworth sites and has held
the Investors in People accreditation since 1994.
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