Carl Kammerling International (CKI) added the Clipacore brand to its CKI subsidiary Nerrad Tool.  A tool system designed to eradicate a common and dangerous problem for users of core drills, Clipacore is a clip release system which allows users to change and remove core bits from drills quickly and effortlessly. Dismantling a …

ERA has introduced cardboard packaging that is fully recyclable from 1st April 2023. The newly designed cardboard packaging features euro hooks that enable merchants to stock its hardware within retail displays in the same way as its previous plastic clamshell and bag packaging. Every aspect of the recyclable packaging is …

More than 280 exhibitors at this year’s National Merchant Buying Society exhibition welcomed 558 independent merchant member companies and 1,084 visitors through the Coventry Building Society Arena doors on 19 and 20 April. Chris Hayward, chief executive officer at NMBS, said: “The 55th NMBS Exhibition was our most successful show yet, …

Sustainability and the reduction of packaging waste was high on the agenda of UFEMAT’s 63rd European Building Materials Conference, attended by over 100 builders’ merchants, building materials manufacturers delegates representing from 12 different countries. This year’s Conference took the theme “A Vision for Success” and John Newcomb, the current UFEMAT …

Trade kitchen supplier Howdens has opened the doors to its 800th UK depot in the town of Rowley Regis, West Midlands. The opening comes after Howdens recently expanded operations into the Republic of Ireland, opening five depots last year, as well as continued operations in France where the company has …

KBB distributors PJH has acquired a new purpose-built distribution centre in Wolverhampton, intending to relocate the entire current Cannock operation. Located just 8.3 miles from the existing site, the new Wolverhampton Distribution Centre will be purpose built to PJH’s specification.  With a sq. ft. of 200,000, the new site is …

Construction output is forecast to fall from a record-high level and contract by 6.4% in 2023 according to the CPA’s Spring Forecasts. This is a downgrade from a fall of 4.7% expected in the Winter, driven primarily by sharp falls in the two largest construction sectors – private new housing …

The Government’s Plan for Water is misguided and could waste a huge amount of government money. That’s according to Unified Water Label Association managing director Yvonne Orgill. The comments were made following the launch of the plan by environment secretary Therese Coffey and water minister Rebecca Pow. Orgill said: “These …

Boiler maker Baxi has launched its latest 600 and 800 Combi and System 2 boilers, specifically designed to make installation and maintenance run even smoother. Improvements include a pre-heated siphonic condensate trap, which prevents freezing and boiler lockouts in adverse winter conditions, a combined PrV and separate primary boiler drain …

Grant & Stone has enabled a water pump to be installed in Manicaland in Zimbabwe,, which will provide much-needed clean and fresh drinking water for hundreds of people in the province. Grant & Stone installed AquAid watercoolers into its 44 locations. With each purchase of an AquAid watercooler, the company …