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News Release from: Anders Glass | Subject: Glass processor and glazing specialist
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 03 August 2006
Anders reflects on the Manchester bomb
legacy
Ten years after the Manchester bomb, Anders Glass, which was heavily involved in the immediate clean-up after the bomb damage, is this month celebrating 75 years in business.
Ten years after the Manchester bomb, one local company which was heavily involved in the immediate clean-up after the bomb damage, Anders Glass, is this month celebrating a much happier anniversary - 75 years in business As a leading glass processor and glazing specialist based in Salford, Anders was ideally placed to respond to the bomb devastation which wrecked large parts of the city centre
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 10 Aug 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Since then the company has also been involved in much of the city's extensive regeneration, working on key projects such as Piccadilly Plaza and the Manchester Transport Interchange as well as other Manchester landmarks including Old Trafford football ground, Terminal 2, The Trafford Centre and The Lowry Centre.
It's all a far cry from the company which was founded in 1931 by Thomas Arthur Anders and manufactured automobile screens and door glasses for the specialist commercial motor body builders.
During the 1950's the company changed direction believing the future lay in merchanting flat glass and offering a glazing service to the local community and business interests.
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In 1952, managing director Maurice Anders, the son of the founder, took over and moved the company to larger premises in Salford and in 1978, having recognised the benefits and potential of PVC-u as a window material, it diversified into manufacturing frames and sealed units.
Today, Simon Anders is the family's third generation managing director.
He commented: "The company has come a long way in the past 75 years but one thing we've always done is move forward and identify new market opportunities within glass and glazing wherever we can".
Anders Glass is now a major distributor and installer of Pilkington fire glass and specialises in glass processing, glazing contracts, aluminium shop fronts and PVCu window fabrication and installations nationwide.
Its ability to produce high quality bespoke glass designs in a range of complex shapes, sizes and thicknesses has in the past couple of years opened up new opportunities in the glass furniture market, supplying, for example, vanity units, splashbacks and work surfaces to the kitchen and bathroom sector.
Continues Simon: "Our involvement in much of Manchester's redevelopment work following the 1996 bomb means we are intrinsically linked with some of the city's major construction projects of recent years.
However, we now see ourselves as a national player.
"Whilst we're very proud of our involvement in the Manchester projects, we're equally proud of the UK-wide customer base we've established over the past 75 years and delighted that, as we celebrate this landmark anniversary, our business continues to expand on several commercial fronts.".
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