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L.B. Plastics Ltd

L.B. Plastics Ltd logoL.B. Plastics Ltd is a company synonymous with high performance thermoplastics for the UK building industry having pioneered the manufacture of PVC windows for the British market in the 1970s.

In addition to the company's Sheerframe PVC windows, doors and curtain walling, its brand names include Thermlock thermally enhanced window and door reinforcement, Sheerlite conservatories, Sheerline fencing and decking, Hometrim cellular cladding, roofline products and trims, and Sheerglide/Contour furniture components.

L.B. Plastics extrusion plants in Derbyshire have the capacity to produce up to PVC building products every year, all produced without the need for lead stablisers. L.B. Plastics operates ISO 14001 registered factories and was the first UK PVC systems company to successfully switch to calcium organic stablisers in 2004, maintaining consistently high product quality where other companies have tried and failed.

The company predominantly supplies PVC products to approved fabricators and installers, along with custom extrusions to other building component suppliers. It provides extensive technical support and design and testing services in-house including a dedicated team for the housebuilding industry.

Go to the Sheerframe website
Go to the Sheerline website
Go to the Hometrim website
Go to the Sheerlite website

Manse Masterdor Ltd

Masterdor logoManse Masterdor is one of the UK's largest manufacturers of bespoke timber-bladed external door-sets, supplying made to measure low maintenance exterior entrance doors to the New Build and Social Housing markets. The company's Masterdor and Suredor door-sets are pre-finished and come complete with hardware and glazing.

The company has gained extensive experience in developing and working within partnering arrangements with builders, ALMO Groups and Social Housing organisations. With an extensive range of doors and state of the art machinery and production facility, clients' needs are met to the highest industry quality standards such as Secured by Design, PAS23, PAS24 and BS7950.

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ICF Tech Ltd

ICF Tech logoICF Tech Ltd manufactures and installs the only Insulating Concrete Form (ICF) system developed specifically for the UK market. After years of research and high levels of investment and technical expertise by company founders and twin brothers Graeme and Malcolm Howorth, ICF Tech is providing a realistic solution for architects and developers aiming for low and zero carbon homes.

The ICF Tech system is a complete supply and fit system including all the elements required to construct ICF walls such as the floor supports, bracing and alignment system and closers to seal the window and door cavities. The system is designed to integrate seamlessly with Sheerframe windows and Masterdor door sets to deliver a thermally superior building envelope to roof height.

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L.B. Plastics, Inc.

L.B. Plastics Inc. logoL.B. Plastics, Inc. is The Litchfield Group's US division operating from a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility of over 350,000 square feet in Mooresville, North Carolina.

Working exclusively with the North American market, L.B. Plastics, Inc draws on the Group's international technical expertise to extrude premium outdoor vinyl building products such as railing, decking and fencing, premium vinyl window and door systems, as well as, highly specialized PVC Custom Extrusions and industrial matting.

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L.B. Profile GmbH

LB Profile Poland logoServing the large German and mainland European market for over 40 years with technically superior window and door systems is the Herbstein based L.B. Plastics GmbH. This company manufactures a range of systems including seven and eight chamber profiles, complete with thermally enhanced reinforcement, to deliver amongst the most thermally efficient windows and doors in Europe.

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L.B. Profile Poland

LB Profile Poland logoThe unique requirements of the Eastern European market are met by L.B. Profile Poland based in Chrzanów. This company was formed over 10 years ago bringing together the technical expertise of its British and German sister companies to offer the Polish market superior window and door systems.

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