Clearview National April 2016 - Issue 173 | Page 28

INDUSTRYNEWS

Seven-figure
investment
for 2016
New machinery, new special products
factory, more vehicles, more people
and a broadside of new products, on
top of the major acquisition already
announced. All part of plans revealed
by trade fabricator, Glazerite Windows
Ltd, to celebrate its 15th successive
year of double digit growth.
»»“THIS WILL BE ONE OF
the most dynamic years in our
history,” said Director, Jason
Thompson. “The success of
our customers in 2015 was
phenomenal and we saw record
sales for Glazerite but now we
are going all out to top that in
2016.
“We started the year as
we meant to go on with the
acquisition of Trade Frame
Holdings but that was only the
beginning of the plans we have
for the rest of the year.”
At the heart of those plans
is a seven-figure investment

programme that has already
seen one new, highly advanced
Supercut 6 cutting and
machining centre installed,
with a second to follow soon
to almost double Glazerite’s
‘specials’ capacity, with a new
30,000sqft unit to keep ahead
of demand for its Vertical
Sliders, Residence 9, and bifold and patio doors that has
already outgrown the existing
16,000sqft specials factory in
less than two years since its
launch.
www.glazeritewindows.co.uk

28 » A PR 2016 » CL EARVI E W- UK . C O M

GGF hails Fensterbau
a Great British success
»»THE GLASS AND GLAZING FEDERATION HAILED
the UK Pavilion at Fensterbau Frontale (16-19 March) a great success
after the GGF and five other British companies co-exhibited at the
world’s largest international fenestration exhibition.
Following the show, James Lee, head of GGF group marketing
commented: “Fensterbau has seen a much stronger British presence
than in previous years. Thanks to our five co-exhibitors, made up
of high profile UK companies and GGF Members the whole event
proved a great success.”
Matthew Glover, chairman of The FIT Show who exhibited on the
UK Pavilion added: “It was a very productive few days for the FIT
Show and we’ll certainly be keen to take part again in 2018.”
The UK Pavilion consisted of six co-exhibitors including the GGF,
The FIT Show, Glazpart, RITEC International, Clearview magazine
and GQA Qualifications. Each company had their own individual
exhibition stands within the UK Pavilion and use of a café/meeting
area on the stand.
Following the show, Dean Bradley of Glazpart commented: “We
met with potential clients from over 20 countries and we were
pleased to launch some new products in frame corner protection at
the show. We have already saw a return on our investment and the
UK Pavilion was ideal as it allowed the group of exhibitors to cost
effectively work together, increasing our impact and presence at the
show.”
The UK Pavilion also staged the British Reception sponsored by
Wintech Testing and Certification. Gailord Nepp, managing director
of Wintech commented: “We really enjoyed Fensterbau and the
British Reception which was well attended. We were pleased to
sponsor this special event on the UK Pavilion and increase our brand
awareness at this international event.”
James Lee concluded: “I have been doing exhibitions for almost
25 years and this one is up there with the best of them. Our stand
presence was strong, the visiting audience was large and relevant.
Overall it was extremely smooth running and working with the
other UK companies made everything much easier. The GGF and all
the co-exhibitors will be holding a review meeting in a few weeks
when we hope to start planning for Fensterbau 2018.”