May 13 2004
Window and door systems specialist, Schüco, has won the much coveted 2004 Manufacturer of the Year prize at the Building Awards.
Schüco beat off stiff competition to claim the prestigious honour. The company won praise from the judges for its innovative, cutting edge building products and enviable training programme.
Schüco supplies a highly engineered range of innovative façade, curtain walling and window systems in aluminium, steel and PVC-U. The judges commended the company for its technical know-how and willingness to push technical frontiers. In the judges summary of the award, it said: “The advancements of the construction industry would, frankly, advance nowhere were it not for those manufacturers of building products that would not only create what we need to build our schemes but also push technological boundaries to make buildings better. Schüco is one such firm.”
Schüco was delighted to win the award, after being up against such distinguished competition. The company takes pride in its products and people and to be acknowledged by its peers was a fantastic honour. Schüco is constantly developing its technical expertise, range of building solutions and ways of working. Its investment in people is of paramount importance and it is totally dedicated to training, as illustrated by the company’s state-of-the-art training centre in Milton Keynes.”
Schüco’s constant search to utilise groundbreaking technology is exemplified at the new McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, where the company used aluminium wind blades and slim, stainless steel vertical tie-rods to create framework from which 40,000 tonnes of glass is almost invisibly suspended.
In addition to its unparalleled technical and advisory services the company supplies fabricators with full product training as well as specialist machinery and computer software for design and estimating. Schüco specialists are also involved with the client from initial concept right through to its final realisation by specialised sub-contractors.
The Building Awards is celebrating its 10th anniversary and this year received a record number of entries across all categories. The Manufacturer of the Year Award was slightly different to the majority of the categories with candidates nominated by a panel of specifiers as opposed to entering the award themselves.
The winners were chosen by five panels of judges and assisted by a random survey of leading clients and customers.
Source: Communique PR