Customade Group formally celebrated its merger with Polyframe at the FIT Show . The Customade team welcomed visitors on to , not one , but two , stands at the show and told them about what the enlarged , full-service group can deliver to the industry since the merger in February .

The group spread the message about its new capabilities and showed visitors an array of products and brands . Show-goers saw REAL Aluminium and Atlas Glazed Roof Solutions and heard how the products can help

installers enter into the profitable aluminium market with complete confidence . Polyframe and Virtuoso also unveiled some exciting products and plans for the future .

Customade Group is now the biggest fabricator in the UK with revenues of more than £ 100million and a product range which extends across PVCu and aluminium windows and doors , composite doors , aluminium glazed roof products , sealed glass units and specialist glazing .

The group has just embarked on a major repositioning programme

to stimulate the market and spread the message among fabricators , installers and retailers about the advantages of collaborating with a large , established group with national reach .

Customade Group now includes Polyframe ( PVCu ), REAL Aluminium ( aluminium ), Atlas Glazed Roof Solutions ( glazed roofs ), Virtuoso ( composite and panelled doors ), Hourglass Seal ( sealed glass units ), and Fineline Aluminium ( specialist glazing ). The group operates nationwide and employs 900 people in multiple manufacturing sites across the UK .

www . customade . co . uk

The Atlas Contemporary glazed lantern stole the show as the crowning glory in the ‘ Master Fitter Challenge ’ at this year ’ s FIT Show .

Show-goers flocked to see six teams install a range of glazed products in the two-day contest , which started with fitting a four-pane Atlas Contemporary Lantern on day one . Onlookers were impressed with the ‘ fitter-friendly ’ lantern , which all teams installed with ease .

David Shaw and Nathan Daw from Norfolk-based Shaw Home Improvements won the ‘ Roof Lantern Challenge ’ element of the contest , whilst David Keates and Jonathan Mountford

from DK Windows collected overall first prize in the Master Fitter Challenge .

The challenge saw a shortlist of six skilled installers compete against each other to install a range of glazing products , including the Atlas lantern , on their own 3x3-metre pod during the live finals at the FIT Show .

For further information , please contact Atlas on marketing @ atlasroofsolutions . co . uk or phone 02838 327741 .

The first FIT Show to take place at the National Exhibition Centre will remain in the minds of David Keates and Jonathon Mountford of DK Windows - after they were declared overall winners of this year ’ s gruelling Master Fitter Challenge . The results were announced at the FIT Show Gala Dinner by celebrity host Nick Knowles just hours after the competition closed .

Six teams competed to install windows , residential and bi-folding doors and a lantern roof in just two days and before the critical eyes of hundreds of their peers and a tough team of

Hardware manufacturer the Trojan Group reported that it was inundated with enquiries throughout the busy three days of The FIT Show .

Tony Chadwick , group managing director , said : “ Both existing and potential customers were extremely interested in our latest products , the 2 Star High Security Stainless Steel Door handle , the Athena range of door hinges and the unveiling of

our new product , the TS008 Document Q Unicorn Letterplate .

“ Trojan Group is one of the biggest hardware names in the industry and has an enviable reputation for quality and product innovation . That said , customers still need to see the products for themselves to

assessors , again provided by GQA .

And in the face of such pressures David and Jonathon prevailed in what was declared the most professional MFC competition yet

understand just how much they have to offer . The FIT Show was the perfect opportunity for people to do that and we were overwhelmed with the interest we received .”

to win a cheque for £ 5,000 and , more importantly , the top prize in this increasingly prestigious competition . The judges also thought the duo were the best at installing bi-folding doors and were also declared winners of that section of the competition .

By far the biggest attraction was the new TS008 Unicorn Letterplate . Trojan chose the FIT Show to showcase this new product which is one of the industry ’ s few TS008 approved letterplates .