Mark Mitchell Chairman of the Cornwall Group reflects on its first two-years, including lockdowns, product shortages and multi-million-pound investment plans. Cornwall Group was created in July 2019 from the restructure of Cornwall Glass, creating three distinct divisions, each with its own focus on a key area of glass supply. The strategic aim, announced at [...]
Glass supply in the UK is changing. We find out what is happening and why? We know about the pressure on glass supply, the shortages of laminates, the impact of cold repairs, but the COVID-era has led to another phenomenon - the rise of regional IGU and glass suppliers. “I don’t know if it’s [...]
Cornwall Glass has said it expects to be able to guarantee IGU supply to its established customer base in face of global shortages in the supply of laminates. With one of the UK’s three float glass manufactures already limiting supply of laminated products, Mark Norcliffe, Joint-Managing Director, Cornwall Glass Manufacturing, said that the IGU sector [...]
Climate change and government pledges to reduce carbon emissions is driving a step change in window and door specification but have planners got it right? Estimates suggest that there are 2,000 heat-related deaths in England and Wales each year - something expected to rise to 7,000 by the mid part of this century because [...]
Cornwall Group will create 10 new apprenticeships before the end of this year as part of its continuing commitment to support the up skilling of workers in the glass industry. Our St Austell Apprentice, Kieran We operates across three divisions, Cornwall Glass Manufacturing, Cornwall Glass and Glazing, and its glass merchanting business Mackenzie [...]
Cornwall Glass Manufacturing has unveiled £6m investment plans for our Highbridge site, something which Mark Mitchell, Chairman of the Cornwall Group, argues extends our reach along the M4 corridor. Cornwall Glass, more accurately Cornwall Group since July 2019, has come literally, and metaphorically, a long way since being founded in Truro in 1978. Now operating across [...]
Cornwall Glass Fund – Grant Awards 2020 With more uncertainty around the corner and a winter of discontent, seemingly on the cards The Cornwall Glass Fund panel were privileged to award grant funding, in excess of £20,000, to a variety of groups and organisations across Cornwall. The work of many of these organisations has become [...]
Joint Managing Director for Cornwall Glass Manufacturing, Mark Knight talks candidly about the challenges facing directors, colleagues and customers as the company begins a phased return to work after weeks of suspended service due to the Corona virus pandemic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErmM2U9lKgU
Following the announcement by the Prime Minister on Monday night, we have taken the precautionary measure to temporarily suspend from Wednesday 25th at 5 pm normal business activities until further notice at all of our locations throughout the Southwest. We are working closely and swiftly with all our colleagues, customers and suppliers to carefully cease [...]
Cornwall Glass Manufacturing will create six new apprenticeships before the end of this year as part of its continuing commitment to support the up skilling of workers in the glass industry. The IGU manufacturer and glass processing specialist which operates three sites across the South West and Southern England, already employs 12 apprentices within its [...]
