Clearview National September 2016 - Issue 178 | Page 18

INDUSTRYNEWS

Celebrating strong relationship 31 YEARS

OF SERVICE
MARKED WITH
INVESTMENT

»»LEADING PVCU TRADE COUNTER
chain, Truemans, celebrated continued growth
and successful relationships at their staff
summer party last month, with help from
profile giant Rehau.

‘Truemans started buying
Rehau profile back in 2011
and hasn’t looked back since’
Joe Trueman, M.D., comments: “We’d all
like to say a huge thanks to Rehau for their
donation towards our summer party. We like
to get all staff together at least twice a year
and, this time, with Rehau’s support we had
an incredible night out at Hotel Football,
Manchester.”
Truemans started buying Rehau profile
back in 2011 and hasn’t looked back since.
Truemans now supplies over 1,000 frames
a week to local installers in the north of
England and there seems to be no stopping
the progression of the business. Joe adds,
“The strong and successful relationship we

»»WHEN MARK SMITH STARTED

have built with Rehau and our suppliers are
extremely important to us and our continued
growth and development. Rehau has been
on this journey with us from the start and
we will continue to support each other in
future. We share the same emphasis on quality
and customer service and that commitment
sets the foundation for a very positive future
together.”
www.truemanswindows.co.uk/rehau

ENHANCED
PRODUCT
PACKAGING
»»BOND IT, THE MANUFACTURER
of sealants, adhesives and building chemicals,
has introduced new packaging across its
Mate and Premiere range of products.
The new packaging has been designed
to improve merchandising opportunities
by offering increased stand-out on shelf as
well as a more uniform and aesthetically
appealing appearance across both ranges.
It will also help to simplify the product
selection process by using graphic icons
to denote key product benefits and
performance characteristics in a clear and
immediate way.
Commenting on the new packaging,
Kirstie Cooper, Marketing Manager at Bond
It, says: “As a quality-focused business, Bond
It has a firm and unrelenting commitment to
continued improvement in order to enhance
not only our success but also that of our
customers.

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‘a step up in performance
and innovation’
“It’s this desire to continually raise standards
that has led to us updating the packaging
employed across our Mate and Premiere
ranges.”
Bond It’s Mate range includes numerous
competitively priced products, which are
commonly used by a wide variety of trade
professionals as well as DIY enthusiasts.
Bond It’s Premiere range, the preferred
choice for the professional trade user, offers a
step up in performance and innovation levels
and is priced accordingly.
www.bond-it.co.uk

working for Peterborough-based PVCu
fabricator, Trade Frame, he was an office
junior at a company that was still very
much in its infancy. Now, over 30 years
later, not only has he worked his way up
to become Managing Director, but Trade
Frame has also gone from strength to
strength over the years – and is now well
placed for further dramatic growth, thanks
to a recent acquisition by The Glazerite UK
Group Limited.
Mark, who started work at Trade Frame
in July 1985, is not the only long serving
member of staff at the company. Ian Harris,
who joined shortly after in November
’85, is now the Factory Foreman, while
David Neve, Team Leader in the dispatch
department, started in November 1986
– that’s just three employees with over
90 years of industry experience between
them!
Mark says: “Thanks to the acquisition
and subsequent investment by Glazerite
in February, we now have a fantastic
opportunity to not only strengthen
our position in the market, but to grow
significantly in the future.
“We are overhauling the factory with
new machinery and production software
and will also be benefiting from Glazerite’s
expert marketing support and online
ordering systems as well.”

L-R Dave Neave Ian Harris Mark Smith
of Trade Frame who celebrate over 30
years of service with Glazerite investment

www.glazeritewindows.co.uk