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• Danish organisation initiates project to build eco-housing for children from foster families in Ukraine
• Aluprof used FENSTERBAU FRONTALE to showcase the possibilities of the MB-86N Pivot Door system
• REHAU showed a new sliding system for making thinner sashes
• Siegenia unveils smart window handle to control window security from a distance
• Winkhaus presents a new sliding hardware programme for balcony and patio doors
• Market participants continue to support the "Manual to Planning and Installation of Windows and Doors for New Construction and Renovation"
• 209 million windows in German residential buildings are outdated
• Public procurement to be obliged to show prices for construction materials
• profine Group launches a plant for recycling old windows in Germany
• REHAU continues to develop the use of fibreglass for PVC profiles without steel reinforcement
• Winkhaus shows specialists concealed hardware for narrow profiles
• Minimum wage increase increases compensation for workplace equipment for employees with disabilities
• aluplast has officially presented its new aluminium profile system
• AGC successfully recycles cover glass in solar panels into float glass
• EBRD to provide $25 million in trade finance to PrivatBank
• The Ukrainian translation of the "Manual for planning and montaging the installation of windows and doors" will be the version of 2024 instead of 2020
• Kolomyia condominiums can receive additional compensation under the Enerhodim programme
• SIEGENIA has developed a central control system for smart home products
• The maximum grant amount under the VidnovyDIM programme has been increased to UAH 8 million
• Warema shutters and awnings can operate independently of the mains
• VEKA to present new Pure 82 system at FENSTERBAU FRONTALE 2024
• Ukrainian companies to take part in FENSTERBAU FRONTALE 2024
• Pilkington Mirai architectural glass confirmed to contain 52% less carbon
• Scientists suggest absorbing rain on facades to reduce climate change damage
• ALUMIL joins a research project on aluminium recycling
• European air requirements to be aligned with WHO global recommendations
• HOPPE launches new surfaces for handles
• The manufacturer of Vikna PERFECT can now offer licensed burglar-proof windows
• Pilkington tests low-cost carbon capture technology in float glass production
• Compensation for creating an inclusive workplace can be obtained through Diia
• In five oblasts, condominiums will be able to receive additional compensation for loans under the Energodim programme from local authorities
• HOPPE to present a new generation of Secustik window handles at FENSTERBAU FRONTALE
• Government approves "Made in Ukraine" labelling
• Information about the transfer of russian business AGC is not true
• Government plans to raise $500 million in 2024 to support export-oriented businesses
• Ukraine's needs for recovery and reconstruction increased to $486 billion over the year
• Vikna-Star received the Customer Awards 2024
• OKNA.ua Catalogue of Profile Systems has been supplemented with aluplast profiles with a mounting width of 76 mm
• The Ukrainian Association of Windows, Doors and Facades advocated for uniting the efforts of the state, businesses and organisations to achieve the goals of reconstruction
• Ukraine and the UK to extend cancellation of import duties for another five years
• The project of translation of the German edition of the "Guideline for Planning and Executing the Installation of Windows and Doors for New Construction and Renovation" has been launched
• ift Rosenheim will show waterproof tilt and turn window for basement
• The Energy Efficiency Fund warned of liability for attempts to mislead by condominiums and contractors
• dormakaba introduces a new generation of serrated keys for better protection against illegal copying
• NürnbergMesse and ift Rosenheim to showcase sustainable and climate-resistant windows and facades
• The most popular companies on OKNA.ua received Customer Awards 2024
• NürnbergMesse has prepared many initiatives for the leading trade fair FENSTERBAU FRONTALE 2024
• The OKNA.ua catalogue of profile systems has been supplemented with Veka profiles with a mounting width of 76 mm
• The trend of sun protection continues. Aluprof has launched a combination of roller shutters and sunscreens in one product
• Schuco to present new PVC system with 76 mm installation width at FENSTERBAU FRONTALE 2024
• World Monuments Fund to replace more than 500 m2 of glass in Kyiv City Teacher's Building
• The new profile system VEKA SOFTLINE 76 is already on the Ukrainian market
• More low-carbon glass to come to Europe
• Ukrainian market of structural steel construction to reach 4 million units in 2023
• A dark grey profile is now for trendy dark colours of GEALAN-acrylcolor surfaces
• Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
• GLASSO increases competitiveness with aesthetic windows
• NSG TEC's electrically conductive glass was awarded for improving the efficiency of thermally controlled glass
• Ukrainian window market fixed internal migration of people and capital
• NORMAIZOL introduced packages for "warm installation" of any translucent structures in various buildings
• Building materials with recycled materials will have an advantage during reconstruction
• MIROPLAST has released a new family of profiles with an installation width of 76 mm
• Ukrainian window manufacturers can meet Ukraine's window needs on their own
• At the beginning of the year, VEKA Ukraine will introduce a new window profile system to its range
• TeamWIN "Ukrainian Window and Glass Day" 2023 has become a platform for communication of the window community
• Glas Trösch Ukraine recommends using only safety glass for glazing windows, doors and facades
• 92% of the exhibition space for FENSTERBAU FRONTALE 2024 has already been booked
• SIEGENIA plans to introduce a new TITAN hardware to the Ukrainian market
• Veka Ukraine presented a new generation sliding system
• Ukrainian windows and doors are showcased at the Italian exhibition MADE expo
• Reynaers has developed an aluminum system exclusively for reconstruction projects in Ukraine
• At the beginning of 2024, it will be possible to receive up to 10,000 euros for export promotion
• Axor has entered the market of concealed hinges for interior doors
• For the medium-sized Ukrainian companies, an opportunity has emerged for co-financing reconstruction projects
• Tomorrow, an important event for the window and glass market, Window and Glass Days in Ukraine 2023, will take place
• Veka has introduced a new version of the lift-and-slide system for panoramic glazing for the first time
• Siegenia presents its products at TeamWIN Windows & Glass Day 2023
• The cost of the TeamWIN Windows & Glas Day 2023 in Ukraine 2023 business conference has changed
• The European Window Community is shifting its focus and beginning to pay attention to climate change
• Ukrainian edition of RAL installation manual to be published in 2024
• Aluprof will present new systems at TeamWIN Windows & Glass Day 2023
• Siegenia will present T1000 at TeamWIN Windows & Glass Day 2023
• The 50th "Window Days in Rosenheim" were dedicated to adapting buildings to extreme climatic conditions
• In Ukraine, two laboratories are preparing European equipment for testing transparent structures
• In Ukraine, two laboratories are now able to test windows and doors to determine their class
• Alumil Ukraine will join TeamWIN "Window and Glass Days in Ukraine" 2023
• Come to the TeamWIN conference "Window and Glass Days in Ukraine" 2023
• Online conference for dealers and installers WKC Installer 5.0 starts (stream, programme)
• New European Bauhaus will welcome projects and concepts for rebuilding Ukraine
• WKC Installer 5.0: leading dealers will discuss the Ukrainian window market
• TeamWIN Windows & Glass Day will hold a dialogue with developers
• WKC Installer 5.0: Glasso will tell how new technologies for processing welded corners will help sales
• HAUTAU has become a subsidiary of MACO
• The Ministry of Digital Transformation will tell about the possibilities of simplifying document flow with WKC Installer 5.0
• TeamWIN Windows & Glass Day 2023: to be discussion how business and the public can join the renovation
• WKC Installer 5.0: AXOR INDUSTRY will present new products
• In the first time, Ukrainian windows are certified according to the explosion resistance class
• WKC Installer 5.0: Siegenia will present the latest company's software
• M-Group to support TeamWIN Windows & Glass Day 2023 conference
• Moratorium on fines for non-use of payment transaction registers (PPO) cancelled
• Experience of England: preserving local glass processing creates more jobs
• TeamWIN Windows & Glass Day 2023: the conference will focus on teamwork for effective rebuilding
• WKC Installer 5.0: Sustainability will once again be in the spotlight
• Saint-Gobain invests in Ukraine in the production of building mixtures
• TeamWIN Windows & Glass Day 2023: Siegenia will present its products for new comfort
• WKC Installer 5.0: Glas Trösch will give more information about a laminated glass
• WKC Installer 5.0: Normaizol will present three-layer seam protection technology to installers
• WKC Installer 5.0: Gealan to share how can shape the future of windows with their products
• TeamWIN Windows & Glass Day 2023 will talk about opportunities to involve Ukrainian window companies in the recovery
• WKC Installer 5.0: WDS will present turnkey solutions for market success
• WKC Installer 5.0: VEKA will present the second generation of its popular product
• WKC Installer 5.0: Winkhaus to share practical experience in manufacturing explosion-proof windows
• New businesses can become participants of the state programme eVidnovlennia
• ift Rosenheim will tell about the features of installation on WKC Installer 5.0
• WKC Installer 5.0: dealers and installers invited to talk about engineering, digitalisation and installation
• Ukrainian Professional Window Conference WINDO KYIV Conference transforms and changes its name
• Ukraine and Norway signed an agreement on “transport visa-free travel”
• Guardian Glass' most energy efficient furnace to be launched in Q4 2023
• The Energy Efficiency Fund has approved the list of consultants
• The global market for wooden interior doors will reach USD 2.5 billion in 2032
• Political will can increase the recycling of glass construction and demolition waste in the EU
• Saint-Gobain sells its Slovakian glass business
• Professional users of polyurethane foams and sealants in the EU to be trained in safe use
• Ukrainian Government launches compensation programme: up to UAH 100 thousand for an employee with disabilities
• Shelters will be built in residential and public Ukrainian buildings
• Grant competition for Ukrainian enterprises seeking to become more energy-efficient continues
• The law on preparation for the reuse of construction waste is in force
• Innovative equipment decoats different protective plastics and resins that require removal during glass-cutting
• MinRegion can reduce state regulation by 75%
• German film manufacturer offers products that make the glass visible to birds
• Veka completed an investment in the Polish foiling division
• Sustainable and inclusive cities will become an EU mission
• EU4Business will provide 50 grants to small businesses that have moved or been affected by hostilities
• EU plans to increase energy savings by 11.7% by 2030
• The first competition for mini-grants for Ukrainian micro businesses has been launched
• New glass reduces carbon footprint by almost half and is 10 times more resistant to damage
• Global windows and doors market forecast to reach USD 356.7 billion
• eVidnovlennia: the state plans to reimburse repairs made at its own expense
• Belarus helps to circumvent the European ban on russian glass imports
• Aluprof has increased the burglary resistance class of aluminium window and door systems
• Frameless and at the same time barrier-free Schüco sliding doors have won design awards
• Hegla develops equipment to separate glass in old or defective double-glazed windows
• Sales of electronic security technologies in Germany exceed EUR 5 billion for the first time
• USAID launches new grant programme for small and medium-sized enterprises in Ukraine
• Designers love the aesthetics of Velux flat roof lights
• Vocational schools could involve in testing construction products for compliance with Regulation 305
• Schüco acquires shares in its aluminium profile supplier
• Reynaers Aluminium Polska completes construction of new headquarters
• Construction of Gealan’s new multi-level automated warehouse in Germany is complete
• Deceuninck opens a new production plant in Croatia
• Vinnytsia City Council will provide loans to participants of the Energodim program
• Rehau has officially presented the new Artevo window system
• Developers are to be obliged to build housing with shelters
• The second AGC plant starts production of low CO2 float glass
• Exports of goods from Ukraine fell by 19.6% in the first quarter of 2023
• Winkhaus fittings will have a self-regeneration coating
• Kyiv shelters will have equipped with intercoms for automated access
• Miroplast launches production of co-extruded profiles
• German locks and fittings market shows a decline in the first quarter of 2023
• Government speeds up public procurement of energy services for budgetary institutions
• UK announces multi-year financial assistance to support and rebuild Ukraine
• Henkel has signed an agreement to sell its business in russia
• Renolit will increase warehouse capacity in Germany
• European industry needs 210 billion euros of investment by 2050
• Glas Trösch plans to build a sheet glass plant in Belgium
• New toughening furnace installed for the Pilkington plant in Norway
• Trade between Ukraine and Canada will permit the non-prohibited
• Global trade: roughly 70% of companies expect export turnover to grow in 2023
• Construction stores and contractors can become participants of the new Ukrainian programme eVidnovlennia
• 346 students practised workable skills during the renovation of their vocational schools
• Liquid plastic with fleece has offered for sealing zero thresholds
• WICONA and Saint-Gobain Glass can halve carbon emissions from building facades
• Gealan installs a new silo for recycled PVC granulate in Germany
• REHAU will have presented the latest generation of window profiles made of composite material
• NSG Group sells its subsidiaries in russia
• VELUX has launched production of controllers in Ukraine
• Winkhaus develops new automatic locks for dark entrance doors
• A simple solution for the insulation of already installed roller shutter boxes had presented at BAU
• Schuco supports the trend of colour diversity with the opening of a new aluminium profile painting facility
• Sliding windows with active seal presented at BAU 2023
• Old windows from Switzerland are used to rebuild bombed-out buildings
• The German window market expects a fall of 4.5%
• EU bans PVC profiles with lead stabilisers
• Forster has developed an energy-efficient steel window profile without plastic insulation
• Geze introduced a window drive up to 3.5 metres high
• Super Spacer remote frame has new colours
• Gealan introduces a premium profile for an automation window production
• Sliding doors without frames presented at BAU 2023
• Hinges for VELUX roof windows will make from recycled steel
• Ponzio Polska, VEKA and GEALAN become part of one group
• sedak isomax creates solid facades with thermal insulation at wall-level
• Winkhaus releases new service app for practical on-site use
• The merger between ETEM and COSMOS Aluminium completed
• AXOR INDUSTRY adapts its products to market needs
• Rehau coating programme switches to water-based varnishes
• Talisman has increased the thermal insulation of aluminium facades
• Saint-Gobain adds energy sources to decarbonise glass production
• Production of PVC profiles has started at the new Aluplast's plant in Poland
• Competition for thermal modernisation of public buildings starts for Ukrainian small and medium size cities
• Kyiv Regional Military Administration will finance works that cannot be carried out under the VidnovyDIM program
• VELUX introduces lower carbon footprint roof window blinds
• Medical facilities will be built according to the new DBN with consideration for accessibility
• The European glass industry advocates for strengthening the law on zero net industrial emissions
• EU plans to increase annual energy savings
• The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine expects to extend the free trade and sign an agreement with UAE
• Wise Service maintains its export potential during a full-scale invasion
• VidnovyDIM has increased the amount of the grant to UAH 7.2 million
• Gealan has increased the number of partners in the Ukrainian window market
• Glass Trösch Ukraine installs two glass processing lines
• Deceuninck lends €120 million for sustainable development
• Rehau optimises recycling of old windows in Germany to almost exact separation
• AGC and Saint-Gobain launch a pilot project to decarbonise a flat glass line
• Law on compensation for destroyed or damaged housing adopted
• Dnipro Polytechnic also plans to offer Masters in Energy Efficiency
• Ukrainian window manufacturers have problems with reconstruction orders
• "Liquid windows" were developed to control the amount and type of solar energy
• Ukrainian cities to be rebuilt according to 'New European Bauhaus' principles
• 23 Ukrainian communities presented priority recovery projects
• Ukrainian window manufacturers do not reduce the energy efficiency of windows during the rebuilding (clarified)
• Alumil's insulated system for large entrance doors now available on the Ukrainian market
• European construction products must be retested to obtain UKCA
• Italians patent system for cleaning glass edges after lamination
• Mortgage demand in Europe set to decline in the next quarters
• AGC develops a digital twin technology for float furnaces
• The energy-price shock will lead to moderate production losses for European companies
• Tecglass introduces inks for the production of decorative photovoltaic glass
• CMS SpA offers dry seaming machine edges without the use of water
• Master's course in energy efficiency to be developed in Ukraine
• German company has developed a grid for a glazed unit that prevents direct sunlight
• UAH 128 million has already been allocated for the reconstruction of houses under the VidnovyDIM programme
• Swiss company removes scratches by plastic deformation of glass
• Miroplast installed a generator at the production site
• Export and reconstruction will be discussed at WINDO KYIV Conference IV
• EU plans to increase energy efficiency in 2023
• In 2022, Saint-Gobain Glass presented its first bird-friendly glass
• Pilkington UK to produce architectural glass using hydrogen instead of natural gas
• 2022 was a positive year for the Italian woodworking machinery
• Profine Group will build a solar power plant in Bulgaria
• ETEM expands through the acquisition of COSMOS ALUMINIUM
• Veka and Foppe + Foppe successfully combined aluminium and PVC in facades
• The UK will continue to recognize the CE certificate for construction products
• 159 European standards of the windows and doors industry adopted as Ukrainian standards
• AGC Glass Europe launches low carbon glass series at the end of the year
• VELUX will buy solar energy for its European operations
• ift Rosenheim has released installation guidelines for windows, doors and curtain walls in English
• In 2023, the construction industry in Europe is expected to decline
• GEALAN expects to reach sales of up to EUR 390 million in 2022
• Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
• AGC increases sales of architectural glass, but not thanks to Europe
• Selena Group reported a profit for the three quarters of 2022
• Roto achieved double-digit growth in roof window sales in Germany
• VELUX Group reduces employees at European plants
• Ukraine and UK signed a Digital Trade Agreement
• NSG Group modernizes new double-glazed windows production plant in Poland
• The glass industry calls on the EU to take action to curb energy costs
• The GB continues to recognise the CE marking, but other rules will apply to construction products
• Round hole in a double-glazed window offered as a natural ventilation system
• The New European Bauhaus Academy is to train 3 million professionals in sustainable construction
• Only old wooden windows can be reused in reconstruction of the cities
• Co-owners will be able to receive compensation for step-by-step the replacement of windows and balconies
• The VidnovyDIM program launched with defined minimum requirements for windows and doors
• Bonding of double-glazed windows with the help of adhesive tape demonstrated at the Fensterbau
• Pilkington has developed the concept of a smart window that measures weather conditions to optimize the indoor
• Ukrainian window manufacturers increase the security level of standard windows
• The European Parliament has completed the procedure of approval of the "transport visa-free regime", which has been in force from July
• Ukrainians celebrate International Energy Saving Day with recommendations for successful wintering
• PVC profile for windows and doors will be imported without special duty
• During martial law, the duty on the import of PVC raw materials will abolish
• The assets of the Ukrainian PVC producer seized and handed over to ARMA
• ASSA ABLOY buys the Turkish hardware brand VHS
• Winkhaus stops working in russia and belarus
• The Global Flat Glass Market 2018 provides important features and forecasts regarding
• SolarWindow Technologies has announced power performance results
• VEKA Group constructions new recycling plant
• Glas Trösch: HYCLEAN glass with antibacterial properties
• Şişecam Group makes an offer to acquire its second flat glass plant in Italy
• Schüco and Soreg combine expertise
• Roto introduced a new line of rotary-folding accessories
• Attention! The size of grants under IQ energy Programme increased to 35% by the EBRD
• Glass Performance Days Workshop 2009, programme