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OPEN TO THE HEAVENS WITH PILKINGTON ACTIV™
Worshippers at St Therese Roman Catholic Church in Banbridge have a much brighter view of proceedings, thanks to the incorporation of Pilkington Activ™ self-cleaning glass in the roof. The building is a monument to successful contemporary design a…
DEGREE OF SUCCESS FOR PILKINGTON ACTIV™
Leading fabricator, Polar North East, has been supplying windows with the revolutionary Pilkington Activ™ self-cleaning glass to one of the most prestigious universities in the country, Durham University. Founded in 1832, the university has built…
PILKINGTON ACTIV™ IS ACADEMIC!
A highly unusual window replacement scheme has taken place at Leicester University. Pilkington Activ™ Blue glass has helped transform the Attenborough Tower, a 19-storey tower block built in the early 1970s on the main campus. . Named after the fa…
TUSCAN ROOFLIGHTS WITH PILKINGTON ACTIV™
Conservation rooflights are becoming increasingly popular as more and more period properties are being renovated for habitable purpose. Tuscan Foundry Products rooflights provide light, aesthetic appeal and energy efficiency and they also offer an added…
Crystal Clear Partnership
Pilkington, the UK’s leading energy efficient glazing manufacturer, has added another partnership to its Pilkington energiKare™ scheme. Crystal Windows, the largest independent manufacturer and installer of high durability windows in the Sou…
PILKINGTON ACTIV™ BLUE GIVES SHOWSITE THE ‘WOW’ FACTOR
With winter nights drawing in, and challenging trading conditions in the glazing market, deciding on the best conservatory roof may not be top of everyone’s mind.  But as one enterprising installing company has already proved by its creative…
‘DON’T LET DIRT SPOIL THE VIEW’ SAYS PILKINGTON ACTIV™ TO 20,000 KNOWN CONSERVATORY BUYERS
20,000 homeowners seeking planning permission to install a conservatory or who are known to be actively considering one in the next 6 months are to receive a clever and informative mailer advising them of the benefits of installing Pilkington Activ&trad…
HAGLEY ROAD - FIRST COMPLETED PROJECT FOR PILKINGTON PLANAR ACTIV™ IN BIRMINGHAM
The flexibility and style of the Pilkington Planar™ structural glazing system, and the practicality of Pilkington Activ™ self cleaning glass have been combined for the first time in the refurbishment of superior office blocks at 54 Hagley Ro…
NEW WEBSITE IS AS CLEAR AS…PILKINGTON ACTIV™!
The new website for Pilkington Activ™ www.pilkingtonselfcleaningglass.co.uk is incredibly bright and clear both in its general appearance and imagery but also in its ease of use – appropriate then for the world’s first self-cleaning gl…
BRITANNIA RULES WITH PILKINGTON ACTIV™
If there is one way to prove that you really believe in a product, then it must be to use it yourself, which is precisely what happened recently with Britannia Windows (UK), a fabricating business in Clevedon in South West England when it used Pilkingto…
PILKINGTON ACTIV™ MOVES INTO PROGRAMME SPONSORSHIP TO STEP UP TV PRESENCE
Pilkington is boosting TV support for its market leading Pilkington Activ™ self-cleaning glass through sponsorship of some of Britain’s favourite property design and home improvement programmes. In a deal with leading digita…
SALES OF HIGH PERFORMANCE ORANGERIES BUCK THE TREND SAYS TOP INSTALLER TRENTHAM
The Orangery is undergoing a renaissance in Britain and bringing a touch of excitement to homeowners seeking the addition of traditional elegance to their homes. But whilst the design may be traditional, the performance of Orangeries installed by Trenth…
PILKINGTON TAKES STEPPS TO IMPROVE
Buchanan Tower, or as it is more commonly known, the Black and White Works, is one of Glasgow’s most familiar and iconic buildings and with the help of Pilkington Activ™ self-cleaning glass, this landmark has now had a complete facelift! The…
PILKINGTON ACTIV™ AUTUMN TV CAMPAIGN – THE SUCCESS CONTINUES
The latest figures received in the ongoing research to study the effects of the advertising campaign for Pilkington Activ™ self-cleaning glass highlight that the “awareness of” and “interest in” the product are at their hig…
PILKINGTON ACTIV™ REACHES NEW HEIGHTS IN MANCHESTER
Plymouth Grove in Manchester is a striking example of contemporary architecture and imaginative use of materials – and Pilkington Activ™ self-cleaning glass has been specified as an integral part of the overall design.Plymouth Gr…
PRIMARY CARE CENTRE USES PILKINGTON ACTIV™
Narborough Road Primary Care Centre in Leicester is one of a new breed of PFI care centres built to the most exacting standards, and for this purpose, Pilkington Activ™ self-cleaning glass was specified for the windows on part of this modern, cont…
IN THE FRAME WITH PILKINGTON ACTIV™
A recent open weekend held at Brackenwood Windows head office in Basingstoke was deemed a huge success, with guest of honour, former world snooker champion Dennis Taylor well in the frame – literally! Long-term Pilkington distributor, Brackenwood,…
PILKINGTON ACTIV™ CHOSEN FOR IKEA LANDMARK STORE
Pilkington Activ™ self-cleaning glass is now on prominent and permanent display at the brand new IKEA store in the city centre of Coventry. The £43 million building was opened in December 2007 and represents a landmark for the Scandinavian c…
PILKINGTON CERVOGLASS GO NATIONAL AS GLASS ROOF SALES SOAR
Pilkington Cervoglass, the highly successful specialist division that manufactures high performance insulated glass units for conservatories, is extending its manufacturing capacity and localising distribution by opening three new manufacturing operatio…