Ritec’s award-winning ClearShield System is developed for the renovation, protection and maintenance of both new and previously installed glass. Before ClearShield system has been applied to glass. Low-maintenance solution The system has been designed to reduce the amount of window cleaning required by up to 70%, without affecting the transparency or solar gain of the[…]

Jane Embury, marketing director,  at Wrightstyleis a specialist steel and aluminium glazing company looks at how the glass and glazing industry has invested significantly to understand the dynamics of high wind loading and blast pressures, developing glass and framing systems to keep the glazed element intact and in its frame. Learning from extreme weather events[…]

GGF WELCOMES REHAU INTO MEMBERSHIP Irene Smith and Gareth Jone from REHAU Gareth Jones, REHAU Marketing and Technical Director: “We are pleased to have joined the GGF and are keen to get involved in many areas of shared interest. In the industry the REHAU brand stands for unbeatable performance and technical excellence and being part[…]

GGF warns glass & glazing industry: ‘Make sure contract terms are legal’ Last June the Consumer Rights Directive was implemented in the UK via the Consumer Contracts Regulations, which meant that all companies who deal with consumers needed to change their contract terms and conditions. The GGF has learned of cases where companies have continued[…]

PURe window range patent-pending energy efficient aluminium window system some of lowest U-values available to the UK market potential to achieve U-values as low as 0.71w/m2k exceeds requirements of Part L generic Green Guide rating of ‘A’ for use in commercial projects life expectancy in excess of 40 years designed to meet the PassivHaus standard[…]

Pilkington energiKare™ insulating sealed glass Pilkington energiKare™ insulating sealed glass Direct Trade has selected Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, as its primary glass supplier, including for Pilkington energiKare™ insulating sealed glass units for all of the windows, doors and conservatory walls it fabricates Yorkshire based Direct Trade has already offered Pilkington energiKare energy-efficient glazing as standard[…]

Second chapter on float glass production – float bath & annealing Pilkington float glass line in the UK This time, Mike Woodhead, line manager at Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, talks us through the process at the heart of float glass production, the bath of molten tin on which the glass spreads out to form a[…]

Second chapter on float glass production – float bath andamp; annealing Pilkington float glass line in the UK This time, Mike Woodhead, line manager at Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, talks us through the process at the heart of float glass production, the bath of molten tin on which the glass spreads out to form a[…]