18 | NOVEMBER 2019
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RAISE THE ROOF FOR DOUBLE G AWARDS NOMINATION
Atlas Glazed Roof Solutions
has been named as a finalist in
not one, but two categories at the
forthcoming G19 awards.
The nomination for ‘New Prod-
uct of the Year’ recognises the
major advances that Atlas made
in glazed lantern design when it
launched Lantern 2.0 in January
this year. Developed by a team
of technical experts, Lantern 2.0
is the slimmest, lightest, finest
looking and most thermally effi-
cient lantern that Atlas has ever
created.
The fully integrated marketing
campaign behind Lantern 2.0
helped to propel this premium
product to phenomenal success
in its first year. Spreading the
message that Atlas has set a new
benchmark in glazed roofing, the
campaign has been nominated
for ‘Promotional Campaign of the
Year’.
The G19 winners will be an-
nounced at the awards ceremony
and gala dinner, which will be
held at the London Hilton on 29
November.
The new Lantern 2.0 from Atlas
features a fully aluminium, ther-
mally broken ringbeam, which has
been reduced in size by 55% to
make it lighter, better looking and
more thermally efficient than ever.
The new lantern also incorporates
a refined ridge topcap, which
is 25% thinner than before, to
achieve incredibly slim sightlines
when viewed from both above and
below. To give the lantern contin-
ued external elegance, the height
of the ridge top cap has also been
trimmed by nearly 50%.
www.atlasroofsolutions.co.uk
Veka Recycling hosts local politicians at new HQ
Drawn by the pros-
SENIOR WELCOMES
NEW NATIONAL
SALES MANAGER
Aluminium fenestration
solutions provider Senior
Architectural Systems has
strengthened its technical sales
team with the appointment
of Steve Kendrick to the role
of national sales manager.
Steve has nearly a dec-
ade of experience working
in the glass and glazing
sector and is a familiar face
to many. In his new role
overseeing Senior’s region-
ally-based team of technical
sales managers, Steve will
help support and develop
relationships with new and
existing customers across
the UK working in both the
commercial and domestic
markets.
James Keeling-Heane,
Senior’s sales director, said:
“We are always looking to
identify new ways to fulfil
our commitment of giving
our customers what they
want, when the want it and
with Steve on board, we are
in a stronger position than
ever to deliver this.”
With an extensive range
of aluminium doors, win-
dows and curtain walling
systems that has been de-
veloped to be both easy to
fabricate and install, Senior
also offers support services
from product training and
technical advice to help
with estimates, quotations
and marketing.
www.seniorarchitectural.co.uk
pect of the jobs and sus-
tainable production VEKA
Recycling Ltd is bringing
to Wellingborough, North-
amptonshire, local politi-
cians made a visit to the
company’s new headquar-
ters to learn more about
one of the area’s newest
employers.
The town’s Member of
Parliament Peter Bone,
accompanied by North-
amptonshire County Coun-
cillor Gill Mercer, visited
VEKA Recycling’s new site,
which was established on
Photo courtesy of Northamptonshire Telegraph
the town’s Finedon Road
Industrial Estate early in
2019. During the visit they
learned how the plant is to
become the most advanced
of its type in Europe when
it comes fully on stream
next year.
By the end of the year
the plant will significant-
ly add to the processing
capacity of VEKA Recycling
Group, Europe’s largest PVC
window recycler, which is
already in excess of 60,000
tonnes annually, represent-
ing more than 3.5 million
windows. With an invest-
ment expected to exceed
£10 million when complet-
ed, the Wellingborough
factory will be self-sufficient
by the middle of next year.
veka-recycling.co.uk
State of market not all doom and gloom
A poll conducted at
this year’s Glazing Summit
made for some interesting
reading, with more than
half of those in attendance
stating that the state of the
market in 2019 is no worse
than 2018.
While 24% of visitors to
the one-day conference said
that it was better than last
year.
Organisers Purplex
Marketing and Insight Data
used Slido, the online Q&A
and polling app, which al-
lowed attendees to take part
in several polls and pose
questions for those on stage
through their smartphone.
“It was really interesting
to see that only 25% of peo-
ple said that in their opinion
the state of the market in
2019 is down on last year,
considering Brexit has pro-
vided a lot of uncertainty,”
commented Andrew Scott,
Glazing Summit founder
and CEO of Purplex and
Insight Data.
“Brexit has painted a pic-
ture of negativity over the
whole country, whatever the
industry, so it’s great to see
that our industry has shown
a lot of positivity.”
www.glazingsummit.co.uk