Clearview National April 2016 - Issue 173 | Page 139

INSTALLERSUPPORT NEW INTERACTIVE WEBSITE »»COOLSKIN® PIONEER FOR THE composite and panel door markets, 3D Laminates has just launched a new interactive and fully responsive website at www.3dlaminates.com, which also includes details of its new VEKA substrate and the full VEKAPLAN sheet product range. This new website includes several product videos, a number of downloads for the trade and consumer, along with a clever swatch selector, which allows users to click on product thumbnails of the CoolSkin® product range and see it accurately blown up on screen for the most exacting of detail. This includes 16 different woodgrains and eight different colours and there are plans to expand this range as minimum ordering quantities come down. The CoolSkin® product dominates the composite and panel door market in the UK and in Europe. Mark Lofthouse, managing director of 3D Laminates commented: “The new responsive website shows off our CoolSkin® range in incredible detail and highlights our strong relationship with VEKA and its impressive VEKAPLAN range. With the UK market for new woodgrains and rich colours looking at strong growth, this website will be an important resource for those involved in the composite and panel door markets.” www.3d-laminates.com FEELING THE LOVE WITH VALENTINE’S COMP »»THE VEKA UK GROUP RECENTLY ran a Valentine’s-themed competition, asking member companies why they loved being part of the Scheme. Amy Grundy, National Sales Manager for t he Approved Installer Scheme, explains, “In the end, we picked two winners, as they’d really spent time and thought on their answers, showing us just how important being an Approved Installer is to their business. “Scott Taylor, Director at Taylor’s Joinery and Plastics in Workington, penned us a fantastic poem, about the dependability of Approved Installers. But it was the message we received from Dave Marks at Millennium Windows in Redruth that floored us!” Dave wrote, “I think the Approved Installer Scheme not only has so many different varieties of helpful items available from the Marketing Hub, but it has given me a sense of being a part of an industry. At Millennium Windows, for the first time, I have been given leads from the Approved Installer Scheme, and I do not feel after 19 years of sole trading as Millennium Windows like I am on my own in this industry. I have always used VEKA in that time and will continue to do so. Thanks for allowing me to be a very small part of this whole Scheme.” www.vekauk.com/approvedinstaller NEW BUILDER’S DATABASE HELPS SUPPLIERS GENERATE MILLIONS »»SMALL BUILDERS ARE THE backbone of the building industry, working on tens of thousands of light commercial, new-build and residential projects and spending millions every year on building and home improvement products. Yet most local builders don’t actively advertise themselves, preferring to operate on wordof-mouth recommendations, with some having no more than a mobile phone number and email address. Operating under the radar, these builders are notoriously difficult for suppliers to track down. Not anymore. Insight Data has painstakingly developed the Local Builders database, creating the most comprehensive and detailed marketing data of its kind. Promoting your products and services to small builders and contractors is now easier than ever. The database contains over 23,000 building contractors and firms across the UK (with 17,800 verified email addresses) who provide a range of services in the building and construction industry, ranging from extensions and home improvements to light commercial and new-build projects. Jade Greenhow, operations manager, comments, “The Local Builders Database is a powerful marketing tool, which can help you to drastically increase sales.” The database contains details of companies with a turnover of up to £5m. [email protected] C L E A RV I E W-U K . C O M » A P R 2016 » 139