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Windows and Doors Market Report 2000

DateJan, 2000
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Abstract:
 This report analyses the UK window and door market which in 2000 was estimated to be worth Ј1.4bn at manufacturers' selling prices (msp). Market segmentation is given by main material types - unplasticised polyvinyl chloride (Pvc-u), wood, aluminium and steel.

Windows and doors are used in two markets - new building work and replacement (mainly for the domestic sector). Housebuilding is the main application in the new build sector. Although the output for housing increased in 1999, housing starts were virtually static and housing completions actually decreased. However, there is medium-term optimism in the form of government housebuilding plans which, although being revised downward from a four million target, still represent a substantial number. In the South East alone, the target is in excess of 600,000 houses. Planning permission procedures are being streamlined to facilitate construction on brown field sites. Other changes in the housing sector are the building of affordable housing and the transfer of many council-owned houses to social landlord ownership.

There is an important international trade in windows and doors, with large imports of hardwood products from the Far East and South America. There has been a marked growth in exports to the Republic of Ireland.

Changes have occurred in ownership of some of the major players in the market. Bowater Windows Ltd has been the subject of a management buyout (MBO), whilst Everest Ltd is now owned by the Latium Group, which also owns Weatherseal and Duraflex.

The main factors influencing the purchase of replacement of windows and doors in 1999 were socio-economic group (mainly by AB and C1), region (mainly South East/East Anglia), income (Ј20,000 per annum or more), and length of time in the house (10 years or more).

Although general economic factors are stable at present, with low inflation and no immediate prospect of rises in interest rates the window and door market is very competitive. These conditions are causing a move towards the purchase of trade windows and the emergence of superfabricators.

Key Note estimates that the windows and doors market will continue its steady growth in the early years of the 21st century, reaching a value of Ј1.62bn in 2005.




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