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FIT Show <strong>2022</strong> Preview<br />
MADE FOR TRADE SHOWS<br />
Made For Trade says it is delighted to<br />
be attending the FIT Show in May at the<br />
Birmingham NEC, as the event returns to<br />
the exhibition roster stronger than ever,<br />
following a two-year forced Covid hiatus.<br />
A longstanding supporter of the fenestration<br />
and glazing industry event, Made for Trade<br />
also has an in-house heritage promotional<br />
link to be celebrated, since the FIT Show<br />
platform was chosen for the initial launch of<br />
MFT’s Korniche roof lantern back in 2016.<br />
In the years since, that inaugural Kornichebranded<br />
product has gone on to receive<br />
a plethora of awards and become a sales<br />
phenomenon, whilst Made For Trade has<br />
continued to choose FIT Show as the number<br />
one exhibition of the year through which to<br />
showcase new innovations, alongside design<br />
and engineering prowess.<br />
The <strong>2022</strong> Made For Trade FIT Show exhibition<br />
stand will up the ante in comparison to the<br />
2016 event, with the entire product range on<br />
display including the recent Korniche bi-folding<br />
door system – proudly offering the same<br />
engineering-led design prowess as the multiaward<br />
winning lantern roof – plus the flagship<br />
new Visoglide Plus sliding patio door system.<br />
The Wynyard-based firm are set to display<br />
the range via an eye-catching and exciting<br />
170sqm stand area, which is currently under<br />
construction in preparation for the event<br />
on 10-12 May <strong>2022</strong>.Attendees can operate<br />
the products and compare the renowned<br />
construction, as well as speak to the on-site<br />
MFT team who help set Made For Trade apart<br />
from competitors.<br />
Should any colleagues be unable to attend<br />
the FIT Show, appointments can be arranged<br />
for a visit to see the same products on<br />
display at the recently launched in-house<br />
showroom within Made For Trade’s North<br />
East HQ.<br />
Stand: N 11<br />
www.madefortrade.co<br />
A FOCUS ON THE FUTURE OF COMPETENCE<br />
What does the future of competence<br />
in construction mean for the glazing<br />
industry? Find out at Jon Vanstone’s<br />
seminar at FIT Show <strong>2022</strong>.<br />
Jon (pictured) will discuss the future<br />
competence landscape within the construction<br />
industry and the impact it will have on the glazing<br />
sector.<br />
With the new Building Safety Bill and the<br />
introduction of the Building Safety Regulator, there<br />
is a drive for seismic shift throughout construction<br />
and how individuals and organisations are deemed<br />
to be competent.<br />
“Big changes lie ahead for our sector,” explained<br />
Jon. “As well as new regulations that come into<br />
force on 15 June, we are faced with the impact of<br />
the Building Safety Regulator which will be run by<br />
the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).<br />
"By understanding these changes and preparing<br />
ourselves for them as a sector, we can make<br />
compliance easier for everyone, so we can work<br />
together to design, build and maintain buildings in<br />
a safer way.<br />
SupaLite, the Preston-based<br />
tiled roof specialist, will<br />
be launching some<br />
major new product<br />
developments to its<br />
roof system at this<br />
year’s FIT Show.<br />
The SupaLite team will<br />
also be showcasing the<br />
new trade and retail pricing app<br />
which is due to launch in the spring.<br />
The app will provide roof costs for business<br />
owners and prices based on customers’ retail<br />
pricing. It also links to the company’s installer<br />
hub, SupaLite FUSE, which means users will have<br />
free access to a database for their retail sales.<br />
Wes Clarkson, Sales Director at SupaLite, said:<br />
“But we need a clear understanding of why<br />
these measures are being implemented<br />
and what our industry needs to do now to<br />
avoid pain later on.”<br />
The ‘Future of Competence’ seminar will be<br />
held on Wednesday 10 May <strong>2022</strong> at 11.10am<br />
in the FIT Seminar Theatre and will cover: new<br />
legislation and regulations that will directly affect<br />
installers and the way they work, the future of the<br />
industry with the new Building Safety Regulator<br />
and the new demands for proving competence.<br />
Jon delivers clarity to industry on Building<br />
Regulations and Government Requirements with<br />
industry programmes. He is the founding chair for<br />
HSE’s Interim Industry Competence Committee,<br />
Chair of Certass, Director of the National Home<br />
Improvement Council, member of DLUHC’s Building<br />
Regulations Advisory Committee and Chair of its<br />
sub-committee, the Competent Persons Forum.<br />
Stand: D49 (Certass)<br />
www.certass.co.uk<br />
Read more about the FIT Show speaker<br />
programme on page 22<br />
A SUPA REASON TO ATTEND FIT SHOW <strong>2022</strong><br />
“We shared a preview of our new<br />
products at our SupaLite Seminars,<br />
and we received a really positive<br />
response to the latest products<br />
and our new app. We can’t wait<br />
to show more people what we’ve<br />
been busy working on.”<br />
Joining the newly enhanced roof<br />
system on the stand will be the new<br />
flat roof orangery.<br />
This latest product has been designed to be one<br />
of the fastest flat roof systems on the market,<br />
with recent tests revealing it takes around three<br />
hours to install a typical 6x4 roof – excluding roof<br />
coverings.<br />
Stand: M60<br />
www.supaliteroof.co.uk<br />
16 TI APRIL <strong>2022</strong> PRACTICAL CONTENT FOR THE GLAZING INSTALLER & HOME IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST
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