A Better Price For Fully Glazed Frames
Emplas installers are benefiting from better glass and IGUs and lower prices because of a partnership between Emplas and Pilkington which is also improving customer service.
The partnership started six months ago. Nigel Scott, the senior operations manager at Emplas, said: “The partnership has got off to a very strong start. Pilkington UK has delivered the quality and consistency we were looking for, along with improved service and a more competitive offer we can pass on to our customers
“Pilkington is also a name that installers and homeowners recognise. That gives our customers another positive point of difference when they are presenting their window and door offer.”
Padiham Glass
Pilkington UK supplies the raw glass used by Emplas, which is then processed through Padiham Glass and built into completed glazed windows and doors under Emplas’s control.
That control gives Emplas greater oversight of specification, production quality and finished product consistency, while giving installers a single, dependable supply route for glazed frames.
Scott continued: “It is important to make the distinction that we are not simply buying in completed glazed units. Pilkington supplies the raw glass, which is then manufactured by us as part of the complete glazed product.
“Having that capability within the Emplas group means we can oversee the process from the raw glass through to the finished window or door. It supports greater consistency and traceability while allowing us to check the completed product before it reaches the customer.”
Fully glazed frames
The partnership supports Emplas’s wider strategy to increase the number of fully glazed frames it supplies to installers. Buying frames glazed reduces the need to manage separate frame and glass orders, while giving installers one point of responsibility for the completed product. It also reduces the risk of missing or incorrectly specified glass delaying an installation.
Picture: Pilkington UK is supplying Emplas with its glass.
The first six months of the Emplas and Pilkington UK partnership is off to a strong start with better consistency of glass units and lead times.
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