22 | NOVEMBER 2021
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KICK IT WITH KEYLITE CHALLENGE ROLLS OUT NATIONWIDE
Keylite Roof Windows ( Keylite ) is challenging its UK merchant partners and friends to # KickItWithKeylite , in the name of raising £ 30,000 for three fantastic children ’ s charities .
The Kick It With Keylite Challenge has been extremely well received throughout Ireland over the last few months , fundraising for Children ’ s Health Foundation Crumlin and Northern Ireland Children ’ s Hospice .
The challenge involves participants seeing how many attempts it takes them to kick , throw , putt or bat a ball through a Keylite Roof Window . Now , the support from merchant partners and their customers across Ireland has encouraged Keylite to expand the charity initiative to support the Derby & Burton Hospitals Charity local to Keylite ’ s head office in Burton upon Trent , and to raise the total fundraising target to £ 30k across the three charities . Passionate about raising as much money as possible , Keylite has pledged £ 7,500 towards its £ 30k goal and urges anyone that gets involved in the fun by
participating or watching the challenges to lend their support by donating as well .
Jim Blanthorne , Managing Director at Keylite , said : “ We can ’ t wait to visit our UK merchant friends over the next few months to get everyone onboard . We ’ re asking any branches that want to host a # KickItWithKeylite day to
get in touch via social media or one of our sales reps .”
For more information on Keylite Roof Windows ’ Kick It With Keylite Challenge or to donate , please visit keyliteroofwindows . com / kick-it-with-keylite or visit Keylite ’ s social channels .
Martin Althorpe awarded British Plastics Federation ’ s Gold Medal Award for Outstanding Services
Martin Althorpe , Technical Director of Epwin Window Systems , has been awarded the British Plastics Federation ’ s prestigious Gold Medal Award for Outstanding Services to the BPF and the wider industry . The Gold Medal Award is voted for by senior members of the BPF . Martin is the first representative of the window industry to receive the honour and joins an elite group of individuals who have made a significant contribution to the UK plastics industry .
Philip Law , Director General at the BPF , said : “ Martin ’ s award is the result of decades of outstanding and steadfast support for the British Plastics Federation ’ s Windows Group and the wider Federation . Martin was the longstanding Chairman of the BPF Windows Group Technical Committee and has since served many years as Chairman of the whole Windows Group . These were testing times for the industry which was the object of unwarranted environmental attacks and was also undergoing a period of rationalisation . Martin ’ s leadership brought the Group through these difficulties intact and provided a very strong sustainability story . Following his longstanding role on the BPF ’ s Council and its Strategy and Finance Committee , Martin was elected as BPF President in 2019 and then served through the most difficult time in the BPF ’ s history until 2021 . Martin ’ s calm , measured approach to the BPF ’ s business was an inspiration to the members and staff in so many of the crisis meetings held . He is uniquely qualified to be the recipient of the BPF ’ s Gold Medal Award .”
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NEW VEKA RECYCLING VIDEO SHOWS THE COMPLEX PROCESSES THAT ARE CONVERTING OLD WINDOWS INTO NEW
VEKA Recycling has launched a stunning new video that shows how its state-of-the-art recycling processing facility is playing its part in transforming end-of-life PVC-U frames into brand new windows and doors . The Wellingborough , Northamptonshire plant , which was completed at the end of 2020 after a two-year build at a cost of £ 15 million , is reputed to be the most sophisticated of its type anywhere in Europe .
The two-minute video is compelling and beautifully shot , with jarring images of waste being ground-filled , followed by sweeping views of a VEKA Recycling tanker wending its way through the countryside laden with tonnes of processed PVC-U pellet . Adding impact to the striking imagery are the mountains of frames at the five-and-a-half-acre site being fed into the plant , with dramatic shots of the various stages of processing .
VEKA Recycling managing director Simon Scholes said : “ Whilst the UK is very good at recycling most of the old windows and doors removed from homes , there is still a significant volume that is unaccounted for . I am
sure that many homeowners – and perhaps others in the supply chain – have no idea what happens to the old frames . And actually , that disposing of old frames using our slick , audited service , can be just as simple as dumping them . And much better for the environment and sales .”
The VEKA Recycling video can be seen at : veka-recycling . co . uk