7THINGS...
7 Things You Didn’t Know About…
GT Window Products Ltd.
GT Window Products Ltd in Tewkesbury is a small company that does big things.
It specialises in innovative solutions for the window industry and has an array
of niche products that are often found on windows all over the country. Here
are 7 things that you may find interesting about GT window Products Ltd…
1. STRONG FOUNDATIONS 2. BY THE LORRY LOAD
GT Window Products Ltd was founded in 1993 by Graham Taylor,
who created the business out of a small barn in Cheltenham. The
initial product, GT Securi-Clip, sold 2,000 month to their first
ever customer, Rydale Windows Ltd. That grew to 1 million clips
a year across the industry and was the foundation of the business
today. GT specialises in solution products for the window industry covering
PVCu, Aluminium and Timber profiles and has served over 1000
individual customer accounts since 2008. Currently they have 12
products in total from security products, compression devices and fitting
systems. In 2016 alone, GT Pressed 13.5 million metal parts, which
equates to 376 tons of metal. That’s enough steel to fill 37 artic lorries
of raw material in just one year.
3. BRINGING THEIR ‘A’ GAME
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General Manager Tony Hancock first arrived in the window industry
in 1972 as a 19 year old salesman for Everest Double Glazing. Graham
Taylor, the founder of GT Window Products, at the age of 17 joined the
industry in 1974 as an office trainee for Indalex Ltd. Asa Turley, Technical
Sales Manager, first started in the industry straight out of school. He
joined Tony Hancock in 1994 where he began his career in R&D for
Vinalex Systems Ltd. Andy Groves, Warehouse Manager, started in the
industry in 1985 as a fabricator for Customade Ltd. Carl Taylor, the MD,
joined the business in 2009 as the young apprentice to take over the
reins from his father in years to come. Unfortunately, that came a lot
earlier than planned when Graham sadly passed away suddenly in 2013.
Between them they have over 147 years of experience in this industry
and with the new appointment of Product Development Manager Wayne
Hurdman, who came through the ranks of Fab and Fix, GT clearly have
put together the A-team of the industry.