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Wrightstyle is a leading UK advanced glazing company and supplies its steel and aluminium systems worldwide. Tim Kempster, the company’s managing director, looks at how glass absorbs sound.  We can’t see or smell it, but it’s one of the most…
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Andy Jones has joined the Synseal board of Directors in a newly-created position of Group Sales & Marketing Director, reporting to Chief Executive David Leng.
Wrightstyle, the UK steel and aluminium glazing company, has completed a major upgrading project at Cardiff Central Station for Network Rail Wales.
Winning the coveted G15 for Customer Care Initiative has rounded off an impressive 2015 awards haul for Edgetech UK, a Quanex company.   Four of the Edgetech team collected the award from top comedian Jason Manford at the prestigious ceremony at the…
Norman Cameron has now retired from the Group’s Belfast office and has been replaced by Duncan Sowter. Duncan will now continue to support customers and look for new business in Ireland.
SWISSPACER, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-performance warm edge spacer bars, launches its new Marketing Toolkit, a comprehensive suite of selling aids for fabricators and installers.
In order for it not to crack or melt when exposed to the high temperatures generated by a naked flame, only fire resistant glass is suitable for certain applications.
Edgetech UK, a Quanex company, has been named as a double G Award finalist for both the Customer Care Initiative of the Year and Component Supplier of the Year.  It has been an exciting year for Edgetech.
Quanex Building Products has appointed Chris Alderson to succeed Andy Jones in the position of managing director for its Edgetech UK business unit.
Leading UK warm edge spacer bar manufacturer Thermoseal Group, received high acclaim from its customers in its 2015 customer survey, the majority which gave the Group a 100% rating for overall customer experience.
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Andy Jones, the man widely credited with building the warm edge market in the UK, is leaving Edgetech after 13 years for a position on the board at Synseal after being made an offer he said he couldn’t refuse.  Read more at: glasstimes.wordpress.com…
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Following months of development, testing and working closely with our creative agency, we are pleased to reveal our new website that we feel truly reflects our position as ‘First in Fire Glass’.
Thermoseal Group, the UK’s leading manufacturer of warm edge spacer systems and supplier to the insulated glass (IG) industry for over 35 years has achieved top Passive House Institute (PHI) ratings of phA for Thermobar warm edge spacer tube and phA…
Wrightstyle is a specialist steel and aluminium glazing company and supplies its fire-rated systems internationally.
Quickslide has signed a supply contract with Edgetech for its TruPlas rigid spacer as part of the fabricator’s ongoing programme of consolidating its suppliers for greater consistency, value and access to innovation.