Sense of direction – Cornwall Glass unveil investment plans for Highbridge site

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 [...]

2024-01-05T15:49:09+00:00

£20,000 Granted from the Cornwall Glass Fund Awards for 2020

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 [...]

2020-10-15T09:15:10+00:00

Introducing Future Generation Planitherm Range 

Cornwall Glass Manufacturing is delighted to announce the introduction of the new ‘Future Generation’ version of PLANITHERM® ONE T FG from Saint Gobain to it's glass product range. With the suffix “FG” added to the product code to signify the future generation version of the PLANITHERM ONE T it can be easily distinguished from other Planitherm [...]

2020-09-08T13:35:46+00:00

Lockdown Acquisition Trail

Cornwall Group, parent company of Cornwall Glass Manufacturing, Mackenzie Glass and Cornwall Glass and Glazing, has said it is progressing three potential acquisitions, having started discussions in lockdown. Mark Mitchell, Chairman Cornwall Group, said it had received a number of approaches from owners looking to make disposals since March, of which three had now progressed [...]

2020-07-07T09:34:48+00:00

Return to work

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  

2020-05-11T13:09:44+00:00

Covid-19 Company Statement

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 [...]

2020-03-24T15:44:15+00:00

Cornwall Glass Manufacturing Apprentice Pledge for 2020

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 [...]

2020-02-03T11:59:51+00:00

Going for GOLD

Cornwall Glass is delighted to announce that is a Constructionline Gold Member and now conforms to PAS 91 What does this mean for our commercial customers? Cornwall Glass can now work for companies which use this organisation as a pre-qualification management system for SSIP purposes. Saving contractors valuable time with the confidence of the highest [...]

2020-01-23T12:01:06+00:00

Poppy of Honour on Tour to Belgium

It is hard to believe it was over a year ago that Cornwall Glass assisted in the construction of the Poppy of Honour, supplying, processing and  delivery the glass to encase over 1 million hand written names of every service man and woman killed or reported missing in action during the First World War. We [...]

2019-10-07T11:22:15+00:00

Case Study – Secondary Glazing Bristol

 Transformation of a Grade II former Orphanage to Luxury Apartments Cornwall Glass Bristol has completed the installation of 272 secondary windows as part of an Acorn Property Group renovation project in one of Bristol’s well -known landmark buildings. The newly named Loft House now accommodates sixty 1, 2 and 3 bedroom, elegant and distinctive apartments [...]

2019-08-29T10:14:39+00:00