CMS Window Systems has made the influential Top 1000 ‘Companies to Inspire Britain’ 2017 report published by the London Stock Exchange Group.
This is the second consecutive year that the company has featured in the report. Based near Glasgow, CMS Window Systems manufactures all its energy-efficient windows, doors and curtain walling products in a resource-efficient way, with landfill waste virtually eliminated, and it recycles all the windows and doors it extracts during replacement projects.
These post-use products are separated by CMS into their constituent materials at its two recycling plants, ensuring waste PVC, timber and metal is re-processed rather than being sent to a landfill.
In just over a decade, the company has grown rapidly to now employ over 250 people. CMS conducts a highly sustainable, ‘closed loop’ approach to business and client projects and provides employment opportunities in addition to supporting the local communities.
Andy Kerr, Managing Director of CMS Window Systems, says, “It’s high-profile recognition of the whole team’s continued hard work and an independent confirmation that our business development is on track as the demand for genuinely sustainable, high quality windows and doors continues to grow.”
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