May/June 2021

Company News
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VBH GAINS KITEMARK
Hardware specialist, VBH, says it is among
the very first companies to have been
awarded the new BSI Kitemark in respect of
hardware used in windows and doorsets.
To achieve the Kitemark, VBH submitted
various window and door samples to BSI for
testing to all the relevant UK quality standards.
The hardware covered includes products for
the manufacture of outward opening, and tilt
& turn windows, residential doors, bi-fold
doors, lift slide doors, inline sliding patio
doors and the greenteQ Invisifold slide & fold
door system. As well as the company’s own
greenteQ hardware, the Kitemark also covers
products from many of VBH’s partner brands
including AGB, Yale and Roto.
VBH business development manager, Rob
Norman, said: “Naturally, it takes a lot to
achieve this Kitemark but the benefits to
us and our customers are many. Not only
is the Kitemark a badge of quality for our
products but it also gives added credence to
our Q-secure consumer guarantee, as all the
hardware on our Kitemark schedule is also on
our Q-secure Approved Hardware list.”
www.vbhgb.com
ISO-CHEMIE OPENS NEW WEBSHOP
Window and door foam tape sealants
specialist, ISO-Chemie, has opened a new
online store, enabling UK customers to order
products 24/7.
Accessible via an office PC, laptop, tablet or
mobile device, the ‘easy-to-use and versatile’
webshop – available at ISO-Chemie’s web
portal – provides comprehensive application
information and specification detail on the
company’s extensive range of foam tape sealants
and associated products, such as BIM services.
Products can be viewed and ordered at the touch
of a button via an interactive display to save time
and ensure accuracy. Associated documents are
also available for downloading and viewing, while
orders can be tracked. In addition, ISO-Chemie
offers planning, calculation and installation tools
via its ISO-Portal.
The ISO-Chemie webshop is part of ISO-Chemie’s
Baufage 4.0 concept, marking the company’s
40th anniversary year. www.shop.iso-chemie.eu
‘AMAZON-STYLE’ SELF-SERVICE PORTAL
AdminBase has extended the ‘easy
functionality’ of its installer management
system with the addition of a new feature that
‘quite literally allows retail customers to help
themselves’.
The new portal is offered to all new and existing
users of the web-based version of AdminBase at
no additional cost.
By allowing customers to log in, track their order
and carry out other key tasks for themselves, the
new feature means installers can free-up busy
personnel for other tasks. Customers can enjoy an
immediate response any time of day or night; and
installers reduce costs whilst improving customer
satisfaction ratings.
The new feature will allow window, door and
conservatory installers to offer ‘Amazon-style’
self-service facilities. Easily added to and
accessed through existing websites, homeowners
can check the progress of their order as often as
they wish and at a time to suit them.
Customers may also confirm survey and
installation appointments and, when their
installation is complete, raise a service call for
any ‘post-installation snagging’. Customers may
also settle invoices through the facility, again
providing convenience for them and saving time
and effort for the installer.
The AdminBase Customer Self-Service Portal will
be included on all new AdminBase installations
from the beginning of May 2021, with all existing
customer systems being progressively updated
from that date. www.abinitiosoftware.co.uk
GLAZING PUTTY JOINS REVAMPED GEOCEL MATE RANGE
Geocel has marked the relaunch of its popular
Mate range with the introduction of Glazing Putty
– a premium solvent-free acrylic for glazing
timber and metal frames, offering ‘excellent
adhesion and temperature resistance’.
The Mate range, which includes all of Geocel’s
Trade Mate and Joiners Mate products, is an
extensive portfolio of professional sealants and
adhesives ‘created to tackle every challenge a
tradesperson might encounter on site’.
The new Glazing Putty has been introduced to the
Trade Mate range alongside Nail Power; an instant
grab gap filling adhesive which eradicates the need
for nails and screws and is suitable for bonding
most porous and non-porous surfaces.
The Trade Mate range encompasses 23 products
that are used across general building, plumbing,
roofing and glazing applications.
With new premium packaging as part of the
relaunch, each product’s intended application
has been accentuated to make it even easier to
identify on the shelf. www.geocel.co.uk
10 TI MAY/JUNE 2021 PRACTICAL CONTENT FOR THE GLAZING INSTALLER & HOME IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST