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Miroiterie générale (14) en liquidation judiciaire

 

La miroiterie d’Ifs (14) a été mise en liquidation et l’ensemble des machines de miroiterie (table de coupe, rectiligne PR/88...) vendues aux enchères le 15-05-2013

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Les prochains axes d’action pour Cekal

L’association de certification Cekal a profité de son dernier conseil d’administration en avril pour définir sa stratégie pour l’année 2013. Elle va concentrer ses moyens sur 5 dossiers prioritaires.


1/Préparer CEKAL au passage à la nouvelle norme 17065 applicable aux organismes de certification de produits en 2014.
2/Préserver la qualité des vitrages certifiés par un renforcement des procédures de suivi des constituants.
3/Mettre à la disposition des utilisateurs de vitrages certifiés toutes les informations nécessaires au respect des réglementations nationales et des règlements européens.
4/Renforcer la traçabilité des produits, gage de leur qualité.
5/Augmenter la visibilité de la marque CEKAL auprès des professionnels du verre et des utilisateurs finaux, et assurer sa promotion, en investissant en particulier sur des supports Internet.

Deceuninck, 75 years in business

Deceuninck, one of the window industry’s most iconic names, is celebrating 75 years in business. Bernard Vanderper, Deceuninck UK’s interim Managing Director, said, “It is a great achievement for our company to have reached this significant milestone. Everyone who has worked at the company in the past or who works for us today has played a part in our company’s success and now is a good opportunity to thank them for their efforts. We should also thank our customers past and present because no matter how hard we might have worked, we could not have achieved anything without them.”

As you might expect for a company that is 75 years old, Deceuninck has seen some significant changes in its history. But for one of the best-known names in the window industry, perhaps the most surprising thing is that it didn’t start manufacturing window profiles until the 1960s! It was founded in 1937 by Benari Deceuninck, father of the current directors, to manufacture buttons and buckles from plastic sheeting. By the 1940s, the company had expanded, and was manufacturing plastic combs, packaging and toys.

The 1960s saw a radical change of direction and the Deceuninck we know today started to take shape with a move into the manufacture of roller shutters and cladding profiles for the building industry. At the end of the 60s, Deceuninck was one of the first companies in Europe to start the production of PVC window profiles.

Throughout the 80s and 90s Deceuninck continued to expand with the acquisition or founding of companies across Europe and in the US. The UK arm of the company was founded in 1981 as Deeplas. 1985 was a significant year for the company: it was the year that Deceuninck was first listed on the Brussels stock exchange and the UK headquarters in Calne were opened. By 1997, Deceuninck was the leading producer in the US and by 1999 it was in the UK top five. It became a world leading profile manufacturer in 2003.

Since 2009, Deceuninck have invested over £55 million into the 3 axis of its newly refocused long term strategy ‘Building a Sustainable Home’. This new vision defines its core purpose today to create innovative solutions in its four areas: Windows & Doors, Outdoor Living, Roofline & Cladding and Interior. It sees this as part of a wider commitment to help create homes with long-lasting, low maintenance residential building products with improved energy efficiency, low ecological footprint and the capacity to be fully recycled at end of life. On top of this, it is committed to giving individuals freedom of expression through unique colour and finish options.

In 2012 Deceuninck successfully concluded a refinancing agreement well ahead of maturity date. For the next 5 years, this new facility provides sufficient headroom and flexibility to further execute Deceuninck’s long term strategy and duly respond to an uncertain economic environment.

Bernard Vanderper concludes, “In a company that has been trading for 75 years there are always going to be good times and bad. The last few years have seen tough trading conditions for all businesses and our own was no exception. But we at Deceuninck are confident that we have been through the worst and that we have the building blocks in place for the next 75 years.”

 

 

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Albat+Wirsam change de nom

 

Le leader des logiciels de miroiterie a décidé de changer de nom et va dorénavant opérer sous le nom de A+W.

La société Allemande a depuis quelques mois été vendue par le Finlandais Glaston au groupe canadien Friedmann Corporation.

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Flat glass manufacturing

Glass story

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Cup wheels double edger machines or lines.

 

These machines are using cup wheels. It means they are only able to carry out flat edge. They are mainly used for large batches and for glass over 8 mm (even if they are also used to work on 3 mm glass) when a good polishing is required.

The machines on the market are supplied with, 6, 8 or 10 spindles and more for each double edger side.

But the more popular machine is a 10 wheels (3 diamond wheels, one diamond and one polishing for each seam, 3 polishing wheels or 2 polishing wheels and a bright polishing wheel).

Machines with 11 wheels (4 polishing wheels) and machines with 12 wheels (same than the 11 wheels but with 4 diamond wheels) are also available on the market. But with a 12 wheels the diamond wheels position adjustment is not easy.

For the lines, a transfer is installed between the 2 double edger (on line or at 90°) and the squaring devices is installed on the second double edger which must to be the machine able to process the more important width (to have the more precise squaring).

To be able to put on line after the double edger line a more economical horizontal machine and to have only one operator on the line (for loading and unloading), generally another transfer is added after the second double edger.

Due to the market inquiry the suppliers propose more important machines (able to open up to 6 meters width)

Main options.

The number of options for the double edgers are very important, because they are very often customized lines.

Corner cutting spindles

There are 2 special spindles (one for each side and only on the second machine for a line) to edge the 4 corners of the glass (without polishing) to prevent glass broken during tempering).

Motorization for upper seams diamond spindles

To be able to adjust automatically the seams’width with the glass thickness

Motorization for the diamond spindles for the edge to adjet the spindle position with the tools wearing.

For this kind of machine the wheels wearing is very fast.

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You must also to have a look on :

-How is done the replacement for the polishing wheels.

For this kind of machines you can have to change polishing wheels every day (on average a polishing wheels has to be changed each 2000 meters processing) and on a 10 spindles lines you have 20 polishing wheels!

-Speed and precision for the glass changing dimensions ( double edger opening and closing)

Mainly when you process small batches

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