Jan/Feb 2022

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VISTA CONTRIBUTES TO MODULAR HOUSING PROJECT
Composite door manufacturer Vista Panels has helped on a £9.8 million
development in South Ayrshire, Scotland’s largest social modular housing
development to date, helping to deliver much-needed new affordable housing.
Working with Riverside Scotland, the UK’s largest social housing landlord, and Connect
Modular, part of The Wee House Group, Vista supplied its high-quality GRP composite door
for all of the factory built homes.
“We are thrilled to see our door used in this growing sector, and I feel it will really help
tackle both the housing crisis and the environmental one,” commented Ian Smith, Vista’s
Business Development and Marketing Manager.
The investment – which includes Scottish Government funding of £4.7 million – begins
with the delivery of 63 brand new affordable homes, the first phase of a 250-strong
property development located at the site.
Ian added: “The UK’s housing crisis and reducing our carbon footprint are both very important issues to us, and we’re therefore very excited to be partnering with
companies that share the same values.” www.vistapanels.co.uk
NOVA GROUP ENDORSEMENT FOR SBD LETTERPLATE
When Mila launched its new Kitemarked SupaSecure and ProSecure letterplates, the response from the
market was said to have been exceptional, with both high and low volume customers making the switch to the
SupaSecure stainless steel version in particular.
One typical fabricator is the Altrincham-based trade specialist Nova Group, which is now fitting the new Mila
SupaSecure letterplate as standard on all its Secured by Design accredited residential doors.
For Nova’s Managing Director Simon Felstein, the decision to choose Mila was easy. He said: “What’s clear from the
design of the letterplate is that it’s got the fabricator firmly in mind.”
The Mila TS008 letterplate is a patent-pending design featuring anti-fishing fins which open with a smooth concertina
action to allow mail to be posted through. Crucially though, the fins restrict the internal flap opening to 80° and this, in
combination with an angled postal ramp which deflects items upwards, is what makes fishing impossible.
“The product obviously meets the Door and Hardware Federation’s TS008: 2015 security standard, and the updated
PAS24:2016 required for SBD accreditation, which is a big USP for our trade customers, but it doesn’t have any of the bulky cowls or cumbersome add-ons that
we’ve seen in SBD letterplates from other hardware companies,” concluded Simon. www.mila.co.uk
ANTARCTIC BUILDING GETS ALUMINIUM DOOR SYSTEM
The British Antarctic Survey has continued to use and maintain a Research Station located 67º south on Adelaide Island which was established in
1975 with the help of a window and door system from Aluprof.
Known as Rothera, the busy station is used as a hub for other countries working in the area, offering a landing strip and wharf. The site has continued to
develop over the years and in 2018 work began on the new Discovery Building
The MB-86 ST window and door system has been designed to offer outstanding insulation
properties. Offered in three varieties, ST, SI and AERO the MB-86 was the first ever aluminium
system to employ silica aerogel, a nano-porous material that has a very high proportion of free
void volume compared to conventional solid materials.
Since setting up the Aluprof Office at the Business Design Centre in London, the company has
rapidly grown their specification influence in the UK with its architectural aluminium systems.
Further expansion of the company’s headquarters in Altrincham now provides specifiers with
meeting facilities and an extensive showroom of commercial systems to view.
www.aluprof.co.uk
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