FIT set to be ‘biggest UK ali event’
November 2016

FIT Show organisers say next year’s event is set to be “the biggest gathering of aluminium suppliers ever assembled at a UK fenestration trade show.”

More than thirty companies are expected to feature aluminium framed products on their stands. However, they say, the standout feature at the 2017 FIT Show is the large number of window and door systems suppliers that are launching new products specially developed for the UK residential market.

The aluminium industry’s representative body, the Council for Aluminium in Building (CAB), will have a substantial pavilion at the show to offer the fabricators, installers and specifiers attending the event advice on the new wave of aluminium products being shown. Its Chief Executive Justin Ratcliffe (pictured), said: “The surge in interest amongst homeowners, in aluminium bi folding and sliding doors, especially highlights just how much the aluminium fenestration sector has innovated through investment in customer research, R & D and product improvement in recent years.

“It is well known that homeowners like the almost limitless choice of colours, slim but inherently strong frames and the installed performance of windows and doors in aluminium. Our latest Q3 2016, State of Trade Survey clearly highlights sales growth in the year ahead.

“CAB is at the FIT Show together with many of its members to present dozens of exciting new products, including brand new window systems, some seen for the first time anywhere, and we will have the CAB Technical Team on hand to answer any questions. For any company looking at expanding their interest in aluminium the FIT Show will have the widest range of products and services anywhere in the UK during 2017.”