Senior celebrates a decade of PURe® innovation!

Senior Architectural Systems, the UK’s largest privately owned manufacturer of aluminium windows, doors and curtain walling, is marking another major milestone – ten years of its patented, award-winning PURe® system!

Back in February 2015, Senior set new standards for low U-value aluminium windows and doors by creating a system that was the first to the UK market to feature an enhanced thermal barrier made from expanded polyurethane foam (PUR). The innovative use of this material, which is traditionally used in cladding and insulation, gives PURe® the potential to achieve U-values as low as 0.71 W/m²K for windows and 0.93 W/m²K for doors, significantly improving energy efficiency and reducing heat loss.

Senior went on to be awarded a UK patent (GB252363.8) for its PURe® system and soon extended the range to cater to both commercial and residential markets. Over the past decade, the PURe® range has evolved to offer a variety of configurations, including casement, tilt and turn, and parallel push windows, as well as folding sliding, inline sliding, lift and slide, single, and double doors.

Senior added further strength to the range in 2019 with the launch of the PURe® Commercial Door – the manufacturer’s largest, strongest and most flexible aluminium door system to date. Most recently, in 2023, Senior collaborated with supply chain partner and composite door supplier Hallmark Doors and Panels Ltd to develop a new residential entrance door that combines the patented PURe® thermal efficiency with PAS 24 security.

Awards

Senior has also won a number of prestigious awards for the design and development of its PURe® range over the last decade, including in 2023, the King’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation. Prior to this, Senior was recognised at the 2020 Made in Yorkshire business awards for its work on the PURe® system and for its commitment to investing in the manufacturing sector on both a regional and national level.

As the popularity of PURe® has grown over the last ten years and with demand increasing significantly following the introduction of new lower U-value targets per the recent updates to Part L of the Building Regulations, Senior has also made significant investments in its manufacturing capabilities. In late 2022, Senior opened its new Thermal Improvement Facility in Rotherham – this has taken the company’s overall UK manufacturing capacity to 220,000 square feet and significantly boosted production of its PURe® windows and doors.

Mark Wadsworth, Senior’s managing director, comments: “Over the last ten years, our PURe® system has not only transformed the aluminium fenestration market but has also helped our customers meet increasingly stringent energy efficiency targets. The fact that we developed PURe® in 2015 to exceed current building regulations allowed us to give our customers a tried, tested and trusted solution when the stricter U-values came into force.

“As sustainability and energy efficiency continue to dominate building designs across the sectors, we are committed to continuing to evolve our PURe® range to support our customers, from developing new designs to the greater use of low-carbon aluminium. PURe® was a game-changer when it was launched, and now, ten years on, it is still leading the way.”

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Eland Road,
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Doncaster,
United Kingdom,
DN12 4HA

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