Search Results: 'Performance Window Group'

From pre-fab to palace
28 June, 2023
Roy Wakeman has led quite the life in the joinery sector, now you can read about it in his no-holds barred autobiography. Mike Jeffree had a read

Joined up joinery thinking
28 June, 2023
Soaring costs and changing consumption patterns have posed challenges for joinery businesses, but leading producers say new strategies and investment leave them well-placed to prosper Mike Jeffree reports

Touch button Hi-Tech
11 April, 2022
Advanced software systems enable even less skilled operators to get the most from latest generation moulders. Mike Jeffree reports

Flagship site showcases timber
21 July, 2021
James Jones & Sons recently completed a new visitor building at its flagship Lockerbie site

Law Bows out at Lonza
15 June, 2021
David Law, a stalwart of the UK timber treatments sector, has retired after 36 years of service. Colleague Andy Hodge recounts David’s sterling career

Safe and Sustainable
15 June, 2021
There is an urgent need to build sustainably, but how do we ensure all dwellings are safe and sustainable? asks Ian King, chief operating officer of fire retardant technology company, Zeroignition

Pandemic Underlines Joinery Resilience
15 June, 2021
Joinery producers are seeing a particularly busy RMI market and are upbeat about the year ahead despite raw materials challenges. Mike Jeffree reports

Riding the RMI rebound
30 April, 2021
After the initial impact of the pandemic, the mouldings market turned around and the challenge for manufacturers has been keeping up with demand. Mike Jeffree reports

A family affair
14 August, 2020
Andrew and Michael Donaldson are following in their father’s footsteps in taking over the roles of CEO and chairman, respectively, of the James Donaldson & Sons Group. Sally Spencer reports

A journey to success
12 August, 2020
Gowercroft Joinery has proved to be one of the woodworking industry’s outstanding success stories in recent years

Inspired to be better
28 January, 2020
TRADA’s second Better Timber Buildings conference set out to educate and inspire the construction community. Sally Spencer was there

Teaching the Austrian way
26 November, 2019
This year for our Austria timber focus, TTJ joined a UK trip to Binderholz with lecturers from several universities to learn more about the products and processes in the Austrian timber sector. Stephen Powney reports

Testing times
17 June, 2019
Founder/director at The Joinery Network, Owen Dare, managing director at OT Dare Joinery Consultants, discusses how joinery manufacturers can benefit from selling to newbuild developers and trade installation companies

Improving performance
17 June, 2019
A flurry of new best practice guidelines and products have been released which arerelevant to window and door products and their hardware. Stephen Powney reports

Mouldings, the market and the pasta factor
17 May, 2019
The market may be holding its breath over Brexit, but moulding makers told Mike Jeffree they’re continuing to invest and develop new products.

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

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

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