Search Results: 'Performance Window Group'

Breaking the mould
23 April, 2019
From augmented reality maintenance tools, to cloud-based technical support, moulder manufacturers are harnessing new technologies to drive the productivity, efficiency and all-round capabilities of their latest machines. Mike Jeffree reports

Making the most of challenging times
25 October, 2018
Business in the joinery sector under the “shadow of Brexit” may be more stop start and capital investment may be patchy but manufacturers still see opportunities to drive market share. Mike Jeffree reports

Milan machine mart
31 July, 2018
The Xylexpo woodworking technology fair in Milan during May was again a hot point of innovation. Stephen Powney reports from the show

Solid state
27 July, 2018
The joinery sector is seeing solid growth, despite ructions in the construction sector. Sally Spencer reports

Stepping up
25 April, 2018
Mouldings suppliers are investing heavily and improving customer distribution and service levels, reports Stephen Powney

Management buyout at Mildands window company
20 November, 2017
Joinery industry figure Roy Wakeman has led a buy-in management buyout deal of the New Window Company, a supplier and installer of contemporary and period windows and doors.

Joinery sector stays positive
21 July, 2017
The joinery sector is seeing good growth but is keeping a watchful eye on the efforts of the plastics industry to steal back hard won market share. Sally Spencer reports

Ligna delivers ideas for innovation
20 June, 2017
The biennial Ligna show in Germany was the place to go to check out new technology in the timber industries. Stephen Powney reports from the Hannover Messe

Softwood volume growth
21 April, 2017
The Globe Theatre was the setting for the Timber Trade Federation’s newly-badged UK SoftwoodConference, previously known as the Shippers’ Breakfast Meeting. Stephen Powney reports

From Pole to Pole
20 February, 2017
BRE director Ed Suttie’s long involvement with the timber industry has been bookended by expeditions to the top and bottom of the globe. Sally Spencer reports

Splashing the cash
20 July, 2016
Joinery companies continue to invest in product development and production technology. Sally Spencer reports

The road less travelled
21 March, 2016
Wood for Good chair Craig White is not one to shy away from an opportunity. He talks to Keren Fallwell.

Byko-Lat invests in window factory
27 January, 2016
Byko-Lat is investing in its timber window and door factory in Valmiera, Latvia by doubling the manufacturing capacity in 2016.

Sound proof
26 November, 2014
The success of last month’s W14 reflected the stable recovery in the timber industry. Keren Fallwell reports

Mumford & Wood marks six decades
11 September, 2014
Leading window and door manufacturer Mumford & Wood is marking 60 years in business.

A springboard for growth
16 June, 2014
Last month’s BWF Members' Day got back to the business of promoting the true sustainability of the timber sector. Liz Male reports.

Modified momentum
19 April, 2014
The market’s light bulb moment for the potential of thermally-modified US hardwood is just around the corner, writes Neil Summers of Timber Dimension, which is working with the American Hardwood Export Council to test and validate the material’s performance.

Let there be Leitz
14 December, 2013
Leitz Tooling’s recently launched ThermoTech window tooling system enables any size joinery company to manufacture high performance windows. Sally Spencer reports.

Top performers
14 December, 2013
The Performance Window Group encompasses some of the UK’s top brands, one of which, Mumford & Wood, is approaching its 60th anniversary. Chairman and chief executive of the Performance Timber Group, Roy Wakeman OBE, reports.

Wakeman takes on new chairman role
16 October, 2013
Roy Wakeman, executive chairman of Performance Timber Products Group, has taken on the additional role of chairman of European Wood Products Ltd, which trades as European Door Sets Ltd (EDS).