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A former member of the world council for the IWSF, the International Waterski Federation, and regional EAME council member, Rob McGlennon was British Champion. Rob also played rugby for Cardiff and is a lifelong enthusiastic sailor.
He became Sales Director of Finesse Window Systems in the 1990s, and then as Sales Director led the growth of the Epwin Group plc from 2002. He was appointed Sales Director for Deceuninck UK and Ireland in 2014, where he and his team have taken customer partnerships to a new level and transformed Deceuninck’s growth to become one of the leaders in the window and door industry.
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With a heritage spanning over 80 years, Deceuninck is at the forefront of windows and doors and is No 3 globally for innovative, high performance, sustainable PVC-U window and door systems. The company also supplies aluminium systems. A network of fabricators throughout the UK and Ireland makes Deceuninck windows and doors for residential, commercial and housebuilding.
Deceuninck’s highly desirable product range includes the Heritage Window Collection, a selection of Flush Sash, Chamfered and Sculptured windows and doors, available in a choice of 30+ colourways from stock and 20 further colours on very short lead times. It’s innovative 5000 composite window with award-winning Linktrusion™ Technology is a popular choice for commercial applications because it offers developers very slim, very strong, energy efficient windows and doors in a wide range of colours.
With a world class foiling team at Calne and colour from stock, Deceuninck is No 1 for colour in the market.
A newly invested recycling facility near the global headquarters in Belgium quadruples the previous recycling capacity to process up 45,000 tonnes of material a year, reinforcing Deceuninck’s pledge to the circular economy.
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Launched in 2015, the award winning monthly Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report is the only reliable measure of repair, maintenance & improvement (RMI) activity in the UK. Filling an important gap, it can be widely used in construction, and by economists, Government, national media, commentators and influencers outside the industry.
Deceuninck Comment: Q3 2023
Sustainability will define the UK window and door industry in the next decade. But ‘doing’ is a lot harder than discussing, or sprinkling the words sustainability and net zero throughout your marketing to imply that you take sustainability seriously, and you’re further down the journey than you actually are.
‘Doing’ is hard work, and from a business perspective it requires serious investment and a whole company integrated focus on the journey to net zero. That means measuring ourselves against clear, quantitative targets – and no greenwashing.
Consumers are ready to buy sustainable products now. Independent research we commissioned recently, conducted by YouGov, shows that more then two thirds of end users (68%) would choose windows and doors with a higher recycled content over products that don’t contain recycled content, or do at lower recycled content. Being able to lower their carbon footprint had an impact on the purchasing decisions of more than 70% of respondents. And it’s not just about recycled product or reducing carbon in manufacture. High energy prices have put home energy efficient front and centre.
Sustainability is as much about energy efficiency in the home as the pivotal part that collectively the industry can play in lowering UK energy consumption and homeowners bills. This is what we’re doing and how we aim to get there…
Deceuninck is doing this through our pioneering recycling programme and the commitment we’ve made to lower our operational carbon footprint through the Science Based Targets (SBTi) programme, making our approach to sustainability ‘real’ – and evidence based.
We’re also working to make UK homes more energy efficient in a new generation of products, including Elegant which includes the option for enhanced performance via our Linktrusion technology, and Phoenix, our 100% recycled window which we’ve developed for the future.
We aren’t as sustainable as we want to be, but we’re working to get there, and we’re determined to lead and support customers do the same. This includes products we supply, support to help them reduce their environmental impact, and dedicated resource and marketing support so they can tell their sustainability story.
We’re inviting the industry to join us on the sustainability journey, and spell out how in ’A guide to sustainability’ available at www.deceuninck.co.uk.