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FOUR YEARS IN THE MAKING
»»Panel and composite door
skin expert, 3D Laminates is now four years
into the supply of their CoolSkin® product
to WB Group, who manufacture in excess of
1,000 door panels per month.
CoolSkin® was developed 10 years ago,
with German plastics engineers Roechling
supplying the substrate and Hornschuch the
Cool Colors foils, combined this has made for
a laminated sheet product with exceptional
performance characteristics for all European
markets. To date, there have been no instances
of any product failures.
In the last four years, tens of thousands
of door panels have been manufactured by
WER Making it Easy
»»Deceuninck, one of
the world’s major PVCu window
and door systems companies,
has created a comprehensive
WER matrix, making it easy for
Deceuninck’s customers to see
the combination of components
needed to achieve particular
window energy ratings.
Then through Deceuninck’s
InstallerPro scheme, fabricators
can register them easily and cost
effectively and use the CERTASS
energy rating certification as a
sales tool.
Deceuninck developed
the matrix by investing in a
comprehensive technical and
testing programme, measuring
the energy performance of
window styles and profiles, with
TCI and steel reinforcement and
different combinations of glass,
gas and warm edge spacer bar.
“Energy efficiency is
important to homeowners and
plays a big part in their decision
when replacing their windows,”
explains Deceuninck Sa les
Director, Rob McGlennon.
‘Energy efficiency
is important to
homeowners’
“Determining the best,
most affordable combination
of components to achieve a
particular rating is a tricky, time
consuming and complex task.
And frankly, fabricators and
installers have better things to
do. They want to be making,
selling and installing.
“Through our InstallerPro
scheme, medium and small sized
fabricators can register their
windows with CERTASS and
achieve their WERs at no extra
cost.”
Visit www.WhyDeceuninck.
com for more information
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WB Group, each benefitting from CoolSkin®
technology and the reassurance of a product
that’s designed to perform long-term.
Charlotte Craggs, director at WB Group,
commented: “Over the last four years we have
seen strong sales for our door panels, with
no signs of demand falling. The CoolSkin
product gives us added reassurance for us and
our customers and it’s very much part of our
key sales features.”
‘no signs of demand falling’
For further information visit www.wbgroup.
co.uk or www.3d-laminates.com
PURe thermal
efficiency
»»Glazing systems
designer and manufacturer
Senior Architectural Systems has
launched PURe, a revolutionary
new aluminium window system
that can help specifiers achieve
exceptionally low U-values and
high thermal performances.
The new patent-pending PURe
window range is the first on
the UK market to benefit from
an enhanced thermal barrier
manufactured from expanded
polyurethane foam (PUR).
Traditionally used in cladding and
insulation products, the innovative
use of PUR as a thermal barrier in
windows gives the PURe system
the potential to achieve U-values
as low as 0.71w/m2k when
calculated as a commercial CEN
standard window.
Designed to exceed current
and meet future requirements,
the PURe range is easy to
manufacture using existing tools
to provide the simplest yet
most effective solution to the
specification of thermal-efficient
windows. With a generic Green
Guide rating of ‘A’ for use in
commercial projects and a life
expectancy in excess of 40 years,
Senior’s most recent product
innovation has also been designed
to meet the PassivHaus standard
cycle.
The PURe range is available in
a range of standard finishes, both
painted and anodised.
For more information
about Senior, visit www.
seniorarchitectural.co.uk