Established back when the Queen was celebrating her Ruby Jubilee and Barcelona hosted the 25th Olympic Games, Tradelink Window Solutions (www.tradelinkdirect.com) can reflect on three decades of success supplying trade installers with PVC-U, aluminium and composite frames, as well as conservatory roofs and a growing selection of technologies.
From 1992, the business’s early expansion was in Cambridgeshire with sites in Chatteris and then March, where its head office is now located alongside six factories. Acquisitions since then have included MPM Windows in Mildenhall and later, Lee Aluminium during 2010. Four years on saw Tradelink open the first of its Window Centers.
In fact, as the fourth largest fabricator of Rehau systems, with five hubs creating an established presence across the South-east and East of the country, the company is looking to offer more customers convenient access to its unrivalled level of service and product quality.
Reflecting on the landmark, new MD Stuart Judge, who was appointed last year, commented:
“Tradelink has traded very strongly throughout the pandemic, reflecting the activity in the housing market generally which has largely been due to home working and a desire for more space. Looking ahead, we are seeking to strengthen support for our customers. I think it is significant that we are now seeing wholesale price rises for materials starting to level off, and we’re genuinely hopeful of not having to pass on any further price increases during the rest of this year.”
The company also has bold plans for further expansion as Stuart explained:
“I have just appointed a new Divisional Head for our aluminium and ‘Living Space’ business, here at our head office in March; to work with installers who specialise in the conservatory and orangery market. Then we are planning to more than double our number of Window Centers, from the five at the moment, over the next two years. This is going to be achieved through a combination of organic growth and acquiring new sites across the country.”
Crucially, the Window Centers offer support for smaller trade installers on a regional basis ensuring that they and their customers have access to technical expertise and showroom facilities. This proactive approach to engagement with the trade is going to be backed up with the introduction of new products planned for Quarter 3 this year. These will include enhanced versions of the R2 and R7 products, along with new composite systems to meet and exceed the latest requirements of the Building Regulations due to be introduced next year.
Stuart Judge summed up:
“Tradelink has always had a reputation for high quality and reliable service and these are strengths we believe we can build on for the future. Improved technology and the unique finishes we can offer are of real benefit to customers.”
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