About The Group

The Windows Group Mission Statement is:

"To promote and safeguard its members by enabling the UK plastics windows industry to fulfill its business potential.

To contribute to society and the environment by promoting responsible and sustainable development of the plastics windows industry and the benefits of plastics materials and building products"

The BPF Windows Group represents the interests of all those involved in the PVC windows industry - these include raw material suppliers, additives suppliers, PVC windows suppliers, fabricators and installers.

Group Meetings

All of these committees meet at least four times annually. From time-to-time sub-groups or working parties are formed to discuss specific issues facing the industry.

Our activity covers the efficient manufacture of raw materials and products and the minimisation of plant emissions and waste. We are also focused on the sustainable waste management of used products, the appropriate roles of re-use, recycling and energy-from-waste. With the aim of minimising the quantities of used materials and products going to landfill.

The PVC industry has invested millions of pounds to develop a sophisticated recycling service, bringing thousands of tonnes of ‘waste’ material back into use in a new generation of advanced energy efficient and sustainable products. Due to its structure and composition, PVC can be easily, mechanically recycled in order to obtain good quality recycling material. Careful and proper sorting is of crucial importance for the optimal recycling of PVC materials.

Importantly, this includes a capacity to recycle not just production off-cuts but also old PVC products, for example doors and PVC-U windows that have reached the natural end of their life cycle – closing the loop on the recycling process.

In 2006, the UK saw over 16,800 tonnes of post-consumer PVC product recycled. The 2007 figures – released at the PVC 2008 conference, Brighton – show that the UK recycled a total of 42,162 tonnes, showing an outstanding year-on-year increase. The UK leads the field under Recovinyl, in Europe. The indications are that the UK will continue the upward trend in post-consumer PVC recycling from 2008 and beyond, with over 42,700 tonnes recycled in 2008 alone - another year-on-year increase.

Members of the Windows Group

System Companies

Bowater Building Products Ltd	Deceuninck Ltd	Duraflex	Epwin Group Plc. (including Profile 22 Systems and Swish)
Eurocell	LB Plastics Ltd	REHAU	Spectus Window Systems
	VEKA (UK) Ltd	WHS Halo