Flat glass and glaziers october 2018 newsletter
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Riou continues to mesh the French territory.
New acquisition for Riou glass with the acquisition of the Catalan glass mirror Badie Vitrage.
Badie Glazing very old mirrors founded in Mazamet by the father of the current leader of Badie Vitrage.
+ 44% for Vedip wheels
Vedip, the first European website (of French origin) selling Italian wheels for mirror machinery, saw its turnover in the first nine months of 2018 increase by more than 44%.
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Veteco, windows show
Veteco, the most important event for windows industry will take place in Madrid from 13 up to 16 November
The Miroiterie Launay innovates to find its installers
Faced with the recruitment difficulties of SMEs, the TPE-PME Club (created under the auspices of the CCI Seine-Estuaire in 2017) organized a job dating operation from Monday 24 to Friday 28 September 2018 at the entrepreneurs' cabin on the beach. from Le Havre (Seine-Maritime). The objective was to promote the link between companies and candidates. 18 positions were vacant in various sectors of activity, including that of Miroiterie Launay
Help Confort arrives in Pau, France
HELP Confort, organized network of repairs and emergencies at home and in business continues its network of the French territory and announces the opening of a new agency in Pau under the management of Frédéric Perrin. The inauguration took place on September 2nd.
A former Marine National joins the Help Confort network
Created in 2000, the HELP Confort brand has managed to accelerate its development by opting for the franchise in 2009. It is the reference in the market for small renovation, troubleshooting and emergencies in the plumbing, electricity, locksmithing, carpentry, glazing and shutters.
Currently, the network counts no less than 50 agencies, employing 150 employees and carrying out more than 20,000 interventions per year.
Recently, Frédéric Perrin opened a new agency in Pau. After a good experience in the French Navy, the new franchisee made the decision to change his life and enter the field of entrepreneurship by integrating the brand Help Comfort.
After having benefited from the training at the headquarters of the HELP Confort network. The new franchisee currently masters the commercial, technical, theoretical and practical aspects of the business. Frédéric Perrin inaugurated his agency on September 12th and will offer his services to the inhabitants of the city of Pau and its surroundings.
Guardian glass for the Lyon Hotel Dieu
Guardian Glass was specified for almost all parts of the buildings, notably the new Canopée (skylight) and the buildings’ double skin facades.
The Grand Hôtel-Dieu was originally a public hospital that operated for more than eight centuries in the city of Lyon. In 2018, after six years of renovation, the hotel is deemed a Monument Historique (national heritage site) and is considered the most important privately-led conversion project of an historic monument in France. In addition to the luxury hotel, it houses boutiques, offices and restaurants, as well as the now public historical gardens.
Didier Repellin, from the architectural firm RL & Associés, oversaw the project. As honorary Chief Architect of Historical Monuments and a member of the French Heritage Society (among other titles), he was the perfect choice for the renovation of the buildings and the grounds. His vision was to make use of the history of the city to embellish the ancient buildings and has done so by respecting the history of the Hôtel-Dieu while giving back the grounds to the inhabitants of Lyon.
Guardian Glass was specified for almost all parts of the buildings, notably the new Canopée (skylight) and the buildings’ double skin facades. Made with Guardian SunGuard® SN 70/37 Ultra, the Canopée overlooks the inner courtyard and gives light to the renovation works, while the windows and facades of the hotel and boutiques have all been fitted with Guardian SunGuard® HD Neutral 67 to allow for an ideal balance between light transmission and solar factor.
Châteauroux: SMVB, the last glazier of the Indre area, France
Chateauroux. Dominique and Claudie Maisonnier took over the Mirroiterie Glazier du Berry (ex-Montoya) in 2015, and created SMVB Menuiseries last year.
Do not tell Dominique Maisonnier that a broken mirror is seven years of misfortune. The manager of the Mirroiterie Glazier du Berry is not superstitious. In 2015, with his wife, Claudie, this Limougeaud takes over SMVB (1), company located avenue Pierre-de-Coubertin, Châteauroux: "It's continuity because originally, it was the company Gérard et André Montoya which existed for more than fifty years.
"A local company on a human scale" After major renovations and the creation of a showroom, Dominique Maisonnier founded, in September 2017, SMVB Menuiseries, in partnership with the national network La Boutique du Menuisier. "There were four employees at the time of the recovery; today, we will soon be eight and I hope to be able to recruit experienced installer installers and a quantity meter in the future ", announces the manager of the miroiterie castelroussine. A development that follows essential investments: "A straight machine to make polished joints and a double head drill for glass and we plan to invest in cutting tables, about 50,000 € and 130,000 €, soon". At 54, Dominique Maisonnier is the man of the glass and the mirror: "Ten years at Saint-Gobain then in carpentry within the company Huis-Clos. I was also director of a large renewable energy company, bought by Suez, but I wanted a human-sized and local company. " SMVB makes its happiness to become the only miroiterie of the Indre, family and independent business.
For the glass activity, SMVB meets all the demands: laminated, showcases. "This is our main activity. We tailor-made for professionals and also individuals with our largest tray that ranges from 3.50 m to 6 m long and we also assemble aluminum, wood and PVC frames. We work. "
Mirror activity today represents 20% of the SMVB figure with real novelties that appeal to customers, "especially glasses credence, lacquered glass any color that can be used in the decoration of kitchens or bathrooms". SMVB, the reflection of a great success.
Changes in management for Lisec
CEO Othmar Sailer leaves the company on 3rd of September, Gottfried Brunbauer takes over.
Sailer has put a strong focus on the development of strategy, culture, structures, the introduction and optimization of processes and, above all, the further development of product management. Gottfried Brunbauer, who has been Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the LiSEC Group since November, will be the new CEO.
With 10.9 million windows, the French market is starting to rise again:
The French window market benefited from an upturn with a market increase of 7% between 2015 and 2017. This market recovery follows a decade of steady decline after the peak of the market observed in 2005-2006 with 12 , 3 million windows. Over the period 2000-2006, the market had increased on average by 4% each year. From 2008 to 2015, the volume of the market then decreased by about 5% for each measure to return in 2015 to the same level as in 2002 around 10 million units (-4% in 2010, -5% in 2012). and -8.3% in 2015).
Information about Besana, Glasstec
The Italian company Besana (CMB) which was for years one of the leaders of double edger and straight line edgers market was on a small booth without any double edger.Very far from the large booths of the past from Hannibal Besana time.
More over the sister company Lovati was not present on the show
Some information following visit Glasstec
The number of visitors seemed correct, especially Wednesday, but not at the level of the great years of Glasstec.
Exhibitor Questions It seems that the machine market continues to be difficult. Hall 16, usually completely occupied by Italian factories, was not completely filled and non-Italian stands were quite often seen.
We have seen drastic reductions in the area occupied by certain factories. The most impressive was that of Besana, very far from the great years of Besana. Macotec, the cutting table manufacturer, also reduced the area and no longer occupied a joint stand with Movetro. Even the factories which traditionally occupied impressive surfaces (Intermac, Bottero) had reduced their surface. Denver, which was growing year by year, was also on a smaller surface.
Forvet and Forel were still impressive (as was Lisec, of course, Hall 17).
Neptun continues to grow, still driven by the US market.
Bavelloni, since its acquisition by 4 of its executives continues to progress and returns to the recipes of what had made its success.
CMS presented for the first time a bilateral.
On several stands was presented a manipulator that loaded and unloaded 2 edgers positioned opposite each other.
