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News Roundup<br />
FENSTERBAU DATE<br />
MOVED AGAIN<br />
Trade show FENSTERBAU FRONTALE has<br />
been rescheduled and will now take place<br />
between Tuesday 12th – Friday 15th July<br />
<strong>2022</strong>.<br />
The show was originally due to take place<br />
from 29th March to 1st April <strong>2022</strong>.<br />
“Although we are allowed to continue to<br />
run exhibitions, our customers still have a<br />
strong sense of uncertainty,” explained Petra<br />
Wolf, Member of the Management Board,<br />
NürnbergMesse.<br />
“And given the dynamic nature of the infection<br />
situation, we unfortunately cannot rule out the<br />
possibility that legislation at a national and<br />
state level will have to be adapted or made<br />
more stringent at short notice.”<br />
The course taken by the Covid-19 pandemic<br />
and the postponement of other industry<br />
events in the first quarter of <strong>2022</strong> is said to<br />
have recently contributed to the uncertainty<br />
among the exhibitors of FENSTERBAU<br />
FRONTALE and HOLZ-HANDWERK.<br />
Elke Harreiss, Director FENSTERBAU<br />
FRONTALE, and Stefan Dittrich, Director<br />
HOLZ-HANDWERK, added: “By acting early<br />
to reschedule FENSTERBAU FRONTALE and<br />
HOLZ-HANDWERK to a date in summer, we are<br />
accommodating the wishes of many exhibitors<br />
to provide a meeting place for the industry<br />
where they can network and do business in a<br />
positive atmosphere in <strong>2022</strong>.<br />
“To achieve this, we are relying on a hygiene<br />
and access concept that has already proven<br />
successful and combines our customers’<br />
needs for personal interaction with safety in<br />
the best possible way.<br />
“Together with our exhibitors and partners,<br />
we are looking forward to meeting again in<br />
Nuremberg between 12 and 15 July <strong>2022</strong>,<br />
with positive interaction between industry<br />
colleagues, profitable new business contacts,<br />
and all kinds of trends and inspiration for<br />
business!”<br />
STUDY SHOWS HOMEOWNERS WOULD<br />
CHOOSE HIGHER RECYCLED CONTENT<br />
More than two-thirds of UK homeowners<br />
(68%) would choose windows and doors with<br />
a higher recycled content over and above<br />
products which don’t, or which do so at a<br />
lower level, according to a new study.<br />
The findings of the survey by leading pollster<br />
YouGov also found that 63% of homeowners said<br />
that they would be more likely to purchase home<br />
improvements, which they saw as being more<br />
‘sustainable’.<br />
Commissioned by Deceuninck, the study also<br />
found that 38%, would be prepared to pay more<br />
for home improvement products that had higher<br />
recycled content and reduced impact on the<br />
environment.<br />
Rob McGlennon, Managing Director, Deceuninck,<br />
said: “Sustainability is going to top the agenda for<br />
the next decade – it has to.<br />
“That growing awareness about climate-change<br />
and the negative impact we’re having as a<br />
global society on the planet, is filtering into<br />
each purchasing decision that we’re making as<br />
consumers.<br />
“This includes windows and doors. Products<br />
which are seen as being more energy efficient,<br />
Certification body the British Board of Agrément<br />
has been given the green light to issue UK<br />
Technical Assessments (UKTAs) – the first<br />
organisation in the UK to gain this approval.<br />
The announcement comes at a critical time for<br />
UK-based construction product manufacturers,<br />
importers and distributors who have just a year<br />
to prepare their businesses for the switch from<br />
CE Marking to the new UKCA Marking regime<br />
for products placed in the GB<br />
market.<br />
As part of this process, European<br />
Technical Assessments (ETAs)<br />
will be replaced by UKTAs, with<br />
approved UK-based Technical<br />
more recyclable and which have a lower impact in<br />
manufacture, are increasingly important in driving<br />
the purchasing decisions of end users.”<br />
When asked to rank the importance of different<br />
factors which would impact on their decision<br />
to buy windows and doors, ‘security’ topped<br />
the billing, rated as important by 91% of total<br />
respondents.<br />
Energy efficiency was the next biggest driver,<br />
cited by 89% of those polled. This was followed<br />
by appearance and the match/fit to their existing<br />
property 86%. Sustainability was cited as<br />
important by 67% of those surveyed.<br />
You can read more about Rob and Deceuninck’s<br />
thoughts on sustainability and the opportunities<br />
for those throughout the supply chain on<br />
pages 22 and 23 of this issue.<br />
BBA IS FIRST UKTA ASSESSMENT BODY<br />
Assessment Bodies (TABs) such as the BBA<br />
required to assess products for the UK market.<br />
The news was confirmed by the Department for<br />
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC).<br />
CEO Hardy Giesler, said: “We are delighted to have<br />
been approved as the first UK TAB able to issue<br />
UKTAs to our clients. This important milestone<br />
enables us to respond quickly to the urgent needs<br />
of our clients who have been<br />
waiting to progress their ETA to<br />
UKTA transition for well over 12<br />
months.”<br />
See page 54 for further comment<br />
on UKCA marking from Chris<br />
Alderson of Edgetech.<br />
8 TF JANUARY/FEBRUARY <strong>2022</strong> CONNECTING THE WINDOW, DOOR & ROOF FABRICATION SUPPLY CHAIN