Blinds & Shutters - Issue 3/2023
Summer seems to have arrived and I imagine it’s peak season for companies that are involved in the awnings and solar shading markets. There seems to a lot of choices out there and it will be interesting to see how the home improvement market copes with the increasing of interest rates over the last few months. Lots of fixed mortgage rates are coming to an end, from historically low levels, so it way create another shock to consumers. So fingers crossed that it’s not as bad as some economists would have us believe and hopefully the rest of the summer will be long and hot!
Summer seems to have arrived and I imagine it’s peak season for companies that are involved in the awnings and solar shading markets.
There seems to a lot of choices out there and it will be interesting to see how the home improvement market copes with the increasing of interest rates over the last few months.
Lots of fixed mortgage rates are coming to an end, from historically low levels, so it way create another shock to consumers. So fingers crossed that it’s not as bad as some economists would have us believe and hopefully the rest of the summer will be long and hot!
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PROFILE<br />
Taking stock<br />
This year LSS<br />
Lewens<br />
Sonnenschutz-<br />
Systeme GmbH &<br />
Co. KG celebrates<br />
its 25th<br />
anniversary. Here<br />
its managing<br />
director takes stock<br />
and offers insights<br />
into the company’s<br />
success story<br />
In 1998, Hamburg entrepreneur Götz A. Lewens<br />
founded LSS Lewens Sonnenschutz-Systeme<br />
GmbH & Co. KG in Ludwigslust. Working with a<br />
small team, Lewens built the company’s success on<br />
the back of his extensive industry experience and a<br />
keen instinct for what customers wanted. The<br />
Lewens modular back bar awning system, Family,<br />
with its high quality standard captured the spirit of<br />
the times and is still part of the product range<br />
today. Over the years, the product portfolio<br />
expanded and in 2004 the Toscana model, one of<br />
the first full cassette awnings produced by Lewens,<br />
received the Aluminium Design Award. Following<br />
on from this, the company developed and<br />
produced façade and glass roof awnings, pergolas<br />
and, since 2012, glass roof systems also. These have<br />
likewise been recognised with a number of<br />
accolades for design and technology. “The market<br />
has changed; it has become much more diverse<br />
and demanding,” says Philip Lewens, managing<br />
director and son of the founder. “What was once a<br />
purpose-built product, namely a crank-operated<br />
awning to provide shade from the sun during the<br />
warmer months of the year, is now frequently<br />
called upon to facilitate outdoor living at home all<br />
year round – for instance, with a glass roof and<br />
automated blinds, often also solar-operated and<br />
integrated into the home automation system.”<br />
20 <strong>Blinds</strong> & <strong>Shutters</strong> • ISSUE THREE <strong>2023</strong><br />
Quality and sustainability<br />
Today, the Lewens-Markisen brand offers a<br />
complete range of high-quality, durable and<br />
innovative products “made in Germany”. As in the<br />
past, the company operates its own fully integrated<br />
production process. Top-quality materials ensure<br />
the robust character and long service life of the<br />
products, while stringent testing guarantees that<br />
they comply with or even surpass industry<br />
standards.<br />
Awnings are not only meant to look good –<br />
they should also last for many years. Where<br />
sustainability is concerned, investing in a longcontinues<br />
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