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OCTOBER 2015 PRO INSTALLER
PRO NEWS
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INTO THE
FINALS!
Ballymena, Northern Ireland–based door
and window manufacturer Apeer has
been chosen as a finalist in this year’s G
Awards, the prestigious and highly sought
after window and door industry ‘Oscars’.
Selected in the popular New
Product of the Year category
by the judges for its Lumi
window and door system that
was launched earlier this
year, Apeer’s managing director Asa McGillian says that
word spread ‘like wildfire’
through the factory when the
news was announced: “The
hearts and souls of everyone
at our factory have gone into
Lumi,” said Asa.
“This is the first time that we
have entered the G-Awards but
I have watched people go up to
collect their Awards on the night
and wondered what that must
feel like. I hope I will find out but I
imagine it must be nerve wracking
waiting to hear!”
Lumi is a groundbreaking new
range of customisable, matching
frameless windows and bi-folding,
patio and residential doors. The
secret to Lumi’s superb aesthetics, performance and strength is
the triple glazed units that are
bonded to an internal core of highstrength glass reinforced plastic
(GRP) frames, the external pane
of which offers uninterrupted,
edge-to-edge glazing. The system
is a radical new approach for residential windows and doors.
The winners of this year’s
G-Awards will be presented at the
highly popular, glittering ceremony,
which will take place on November 27th at the Hilton Hotel in
London’s Park Lane.
www.apeer.co.uk
MANAGING GROWTH
The UK’s largest
independent trade
counter network,
National Plastics, has
plans to open 17 new
stores by the end of
2017, bringing its total
number of stores to
50. To reflect the scale
of its ambitions, the
company has appointed three regional
operations managers;
Bradley Edmonds,
Simon Edmonds and
Alex Linnell, to help
manage the growth on
the ground.
National Plastics’ Managing Director, Geoff Foster,
said: “As we continue to
expand it’s important that
our infrastructure grows
with us so we can continue to offer exceptional
service to our customers.
Our regional operations
managers form a vital part
of that infrastructure and
we’re delighted to welcome Bradley, Simon and
Alex to the team.”
Bradley Edmonds, who
is Regional Operations
Manager for the North
and Midlands, joined the
company in February. Simon Edmonds, who covers
the South West, joined in
August. Alex Linnell, who
covers the South, joined
in July. All three have extensive experience in large
chain environments.
Bradley said: “The company is very ambitious and
has exciting plans but at the
same time we’re encouraged
to think outside the box
and to run with our own
ideas – it’s a very refreshing
approach.”
Simon agrees, saying: “I
wanted to work somewhere
I could make a difference
and be part of something
exciting. I’m encouraged by
the company’s openness to
new ideas.”
Alex added: “I love the
ambition the company has
and I love the freedom
I’ve been given to help us
achieve it.”
www.nationalplastics.co.uk