Clearview National January 2015 - Issue 158 | Page 24

INDUSTRYNEWS

Growing success
secures award
»»REHAU is congratulating
leading trade fabricator Polyframe
on its success of winning the
Yorkshire Post Excellence in
Business Awards.
The company, which has
manufacturing sites in Halifax,
Norwich, Portadown and
Mansfield, received the award for
companies with turnover between
£10m and £50m.
Martin Hitchin, REHAU’s UK
Chief Executive, said: “Polyframe

is a very worthy winner. The
company continues to impress
us not just with the scale of its
ambition but with its ability to
consistently translate that ambition
into phenomenal levels of growth.
“It has out-performed
the market this year and the
momentum shows no signs of
slowing with new trade centres
opening all the time and a new
factory in Halifax coming on
stream in 2015.

“It’s particularly pleasing
to see success in the PVCu
sector recognised at such a
prestigious event and we’re
delighted to have played our

part as one of Polyframe’s key
suppliers.”
Further information is available
at www.polyframetrade.co.uk

MAKING THE DIFFERENCE IN MALVERN
»»Cost
-effective sustainability
in flagship scheme.
Architectural aluminium systems company,
Metal Technology has supplied its window
products to a 101 apartment retirement

village in Worcester Road, Malvern. Designed
and built for Fortis Living (formerly Festival
Housing) by contractor Galliford Try, the
imaginatively designed £20m extra care
complex.
With sustainability and accessibility at
the heart of this flagship scheme, Metal
Technology’s System 4-35 Hi+ casement
window and System 5-20Dhi+ door offer the
designer a wide and diverse range of profiles
that provide structural integrity, weather
performance, thermal enhancement and
security.
Part of the THERMAL range, System 4-35
Hi+, in conjunction with the correct glass

specification, is designed to meet or exceed
the latest thermal requirements of current
building regulations. The high level of thermal
performance has been achieved using the
latest technology with bespoke thermal
centre-seal gaskets, cellular foams and finned
polyamide thermal isolators all contributing to
the final performance figure.
A highly cost-effective entrance door
solution, the System 5-20D Hi+ offers both BS
6375 and PAS 24.
Door Security testing covers standard,
panic and electric release options.
www.metaltechnology.com

ACHIEVING IIP GOLD
»»The UK Commission
for People and Skills, the body
responsible for Investors in
People has awarded Schueco
UK Limited, Britain’s foremost
specialist in aluminium systems
for the building envelope, IIP
Gold Status.

‘Investing in people
is central to our
culture, values
and success’

The company became an
accredited IIP organisation in
2010 and achieved Silver Status
in 2012. Staff interviewed as
part of the Gold Status Award
process were representative of the
company’s entire structure and
included a wide range of levels,
roles and responsibilities.
The many months of research,
feedback, surveys, discussions
and analysis of results involved in
preparing for IIP Gold as well as
the active engagement with staff,
required the commitment and

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dedication of the whole Schueco
HR team.
The HR team also compiled
two folders of additional written
evidence in the form of appendices
for the assessor to review and use
throughout the process.
Managing Director Mike
Lane sums up: ‘Investing in
people is central to our culture,
values and success. I believe our

new leadership development
programmes and our innovation
teams for project managers,
coupled with our desire to
empower and involve staff
across the whole business, show
why we’ve been awarded this
prestigious accolade.’
For more information visit
www.schueco.co.uk