Blinds & Shutters Buyers Guide 2023
Welcome to the Blinds & Shutters Buyers’ Guide 2023 the only UK directory for blinds, shutters, awnings and grilles. This is the essential guide for manufacturers, retailers and specifiers such as architects and designers, to source components and finished products. This edition of the Buyers’ Guide contains useful and practical information, such as the revised Glossary that starts on page 5. In the Year in Review starting on page 26, we take a look at the issues that dominated the headlines. On page 28 the Smart Buildings Show 2022, proved to be the biggest and best yet! Features on new products start on page 30, whilst the BSI revised some of the Relevant Standards, and this section can be found on page 113. The A-Z Section and Buyers’ Guide Section provides information relating to 450 businesses and 50 different product types. We hope that you find this year’s directory an invaluable aid to sourcing suppliers to provide the solution to your specific needs.
Welcome to the Blinds & Shutters Buyers’ Guide 2023 the only UK directory for blinds, shutters, awnings and grilles. This is the essential guide for manufacturers, retailers and specifiers such as architects and designers, to source components and finished products.
This edition of the Buyers’ Guide contains useful and practical information, such as the revised Glossary that starts on page 5. In the Year in Review starting on page 26, we take a look at the issues that dominated the headlines. On page 28 the Smart Buildings Show 2022, proved to be the biggest and best yet! Features on new products start on page 30, whilst the BSI revised some of the Relevant Standards, and this section can be found on page 113.
The A-Z Section and Buyers’ Guide Section provides information relating to 450 businesses and 50 different product types.
We hope that you find this year’s directory an invaluable aid to sourcing suppliers to provide the solution to your specific needs.
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FEATURE<br />
A new collection to get “MORE FROM LIFE”<br />
Dickson-Constant: tradition, design and innovation since 1836<br />
SMART + DESIGN<br />
58 new items have been added to the<br />
collection focusing on two key areas,<br />
textured plains and contemporary stripes<br />
TEXTURED SOLIDS<br />
• LINK: whimsical solids with a geometric<br />
texture recalling the delicacy of precious<br />
stones<br />
• Piqués, tweeds and chinés, in bright,<br />
sophisticated designs with delicate<br />
textures and deep colours alongside<br />
more luminous and subtle colours to<br />
create a harmonious palette.<br />
Almost two centuries of history,<br />
grounded in the present, turned<br />
towards the future.<br />
Leader in French-made textiles, Dickson-<br />
Constant is recognized for its unbeatable<br />
combination of technical expertise,<br />
innovation, performance and environmental<br />
action and its passion for home<br />
improvement. Because of the lifestyle<br />
changes brought about by Covid and<br />
especially global warming, for which awnings<br />
provide a natural and straightforward way<br />
to protect homes from the heat, our<br />
expertise remains just as relevant today as<br />
ever.<br />
Dickson-Constant already enjoyed the<br />
textile expertise, an attention to detail and a<br />
meticulous approach to technical weaving<br />
required to make uncoated sailcloth in<br />
Dunkirk in the 1840s. Dickson-Constant<br />
continues to produce its textiles in northern<br />
France, in Wasquehal and in its recently<br />
opened site in Hordain. This 10 hectare site<br />
houses a 20000m² state of the art textile<br />
factory as well as a new 18000m² logistics<br />
centre. It will increase production and<br />
storage capacities by 75%.<br />
Since it was founded, Dickson-Constant<br />
has been driven by a quest for innovation<br />
and technical quality in order to provide<br />
customers with long-lasting products.<br />
We’re proud to present the new Dickson<br />
Solar Fabrics collection.<br />
It is based on four key pillars:<br />
Designer fabrics:<br />
SMART + DESIGN<br />
Technical fabrics:<br />
SMART + FABRICS<br />
Responsible fabrics:<br />
SMART + PLANET<br />
A people-centric approach:<br />
SMART + PEOPLE<br />
The result is an extremely SMART<br />
collection:<br />
A collection designed to achieve one aim:<br />
to help people get more from life.<br />
To get more from life, you need more<br />
than a fabric. Dickson transforms the way<br />
we use our spaces, allowing us to spend<br />
more time outdoors with more freedom to<br />
choose what we do and when we do it.<br />
CONTEMPORARY STRIPES<br />
Rejuvenated, fresh, harmonious or<br />
minimalist, traditional, restyled or<br />
asymmetrical – stripes structure fabrics and<br />
add a touch of modernity and depth to<br />
vibrant, invigorating fabrics in tune with the<br />
times.<br />
This collection of 173 products is divided<br />
into four main colour families:<br />
Stone - grey tones<br />
Natural - natural tones<br />
Solar- warm tones infused with yellow,<br />
orange and red hues<br />
Polar - cool tones infused with green and<br />
blue hues<br />
30 <strong>Blinds</strong> & <strong>Shutters</strong> <strong>Buyers</strong>’ <strong>Guide</strong> • <strong>2023</strong>
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