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2 | JULY 2017
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CHANGEOVERS CAN BE SEAMLESS
Changing system supplier can be daunting. Industry statistics show that less than 6 % of fabricators change each year, which suggests the risks of delays and disruption stop many businesses from even considering it.
But Lawson Price, technical manager at Profile 22, says changing needn’ t be difficult – and he has the figures to prove it.“ When we launched Optima last year, we successfully undertook a complete changeover of nearly 100 Profile 22 fabricators to Optima in just nine months. We’ ve also brought on board a significant number of new fabricators so far this year too.”
Lawson says the key to Profile 22’ s ability to undertake a seamless changeover is thanks to a meticulously planned changeover system that minimises disruption and means a fabricator can finish one system on the Friday and start again on Monday morning with Optima.
Before the Profile 22 changeover team goes to the fabricator’ s site to complete the changeover, all tooling is delivered to its Telford factory, before being trial fitted and checked by a dedicated field technician. Similarly, all set up materials are ordered and factory tested ten days prior to setup.
Preparations at the fabricator’ s premises include training for staff, putting everything in place and checking it before undertaking the changeover and running test profiles. Once this has happened successfully,‘ live’ orders are put through the fabricator’ s systems. The Profile 22 team will also place orders with the customer’ s production team to make sure everything works in a real-world environment.
www. profile22. co. uk
BIG TUESDAY IS A HIT
FIT Show 2017’ s debut at the NEC, Birmingham, saw unique visitor numbers increasing by 17 % compared to the previous show in 2016. One of the reasons for this, said organisers, was the introduction of‘ BIG Tuesday’.
It extended the show opening hours on the first day to 8pm, giving attendees a chance to combine business and pleasure at champagne receptions,‘ 80s themed discos, quiz nights and even ballet dancing sessions.
One of the highlights was Ultraframe’ s marching band, which
looked like something straight from the cover of The Beatles album, Sgt. Pepper’ s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Other highlights included the GGF’ s 40th anniversary party, complete with on-stand band, Rehau’ s ice sculptor, the appearance of former Bond Girl, Caroline Munro, on The Georgian Bar Company’ s stand, cocktail bars on both the Yale and aïr by Everglade Windows stands, and AluK’ s BIG FIT Show Quiz.
Hannah Langridge of Jackloc commented:“ We found‘ BIG Tuesday’ was a great socialising opportunity with other exhibitors.” There were 557 new registrations after 3pm on‘ BIG Tuesday’, which accounted for 6 % of the overall total of unique visitors at FIT Show 2017.
Fire glass made easy
Showcasing an expansive range of high performance glazing solutions, a new product catalogue has been launched by Pyroguard, the specialist manufacturer of fire glass.
As well as debuting new product ranges, the catalogue features quick-reference selection guides to make fire glass specification easier than it’ s ever been.
From its simple navigator which identifies the correct product right through to intuitive icons which indicate product performance at a glance and a comprehensive technical specification guide, the catalogue allows quick comparison of product characteristics.
The catalogue not only introduces a new, memorable naming scheme for Pyroguard product ranges, but also unveils Pyroguard Ultra, a new premium range of toughened fire-rated glass.
Also included are the application-specific products Pyroguard Infinity, Attackguard and Smokeguard which provide high performance options for visually appealing butt joint applications, manual attack protection and smoke control.
www. pyroguard. eu / en /
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