New line for 6-sided packaging of pallets with heavy steel plates

A major Polish manufacturer of steel roofing and facades, has installed a RoRo StretchPack packaging line at their facility near Warsaw.

Freefoam, working to help roofing merchants grow

Ambitious roofing and general builders merchants are said to be seeing the potential and benefits of stocking fascia, soffit and gutter alongside existing ranges

ROCKWOOL provides compliance guidance for insulated upstand boards

ROCKWOOL has released a technical bulletin to provide guidance to specifiers, architects and contractors on the use of bonded construction materials.

Abet shelters the rescuers in Brighton

MED 414 was chosen to clad new offices and crew rooms of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station in Brighton Marina

Norbord invests in new recruits for engineering graduate scheme

Norbord has introduced its latest recruits to the company’s Engineering Graduate Scheme. Andrew Chapman, Grant McEwan, Deborah Ayebare and Luca Micheletti joined the scheme and are based at plants in Cowie, South Molton and Inverness.

Kingspan TEK sports centre is fit for King’s

Students at the renowned King’s College School in Cambridge are enjoying getting active in their new Sports & Cultural Centre, constructed with the use of the offsite Kingspan TEK Cladding Panels

Reducing the risk

The new project in Copenhagen will have a ski slope on the roof, walking trails and a rock-climbing wall on one side of the building, it also incorporates Kalwall cladding with explosion-venting and blast-resistant properties

AAG makes metal work better with latest purpose-built CNC router

AAG has now added the latest AXYZ METALWORKER routing/cutting system to its burgeoning range of bespoke machine options.

Beat the winter blues

Alumasc Facades has created a new render to tackle harsh conditions throughout the winter months

Makita makes an impact with new XGT machine

Makita has expanded its XGT 40VMax line up with a new brushless impact wrench. The TW004G is a powerful machine that can deliver up to 4,000 impacts per minute, for optimum performance.