Ultraframe (UK) Ltd is a

Clitheroe Clitheroe () is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Ribble Valley, Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England; it is located north-west of Manchester. It is near the Forest of Bowland and is often used as a base for to ...

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...

, based roofing products manufacturer. Ultraframe also use independent third party accreditation and testing agencies such as Wintech, Exova (Warringtonfire) and the

British Board of Agrément The British Board of Agrément (BBA) is a UK body issuing certificates for construction products and systems and providing inspection services in support of their designers and installers. Agrément certificate This is an authoritative documen ...

. Ultraframe's conservatory roofing system carries a 25-year BBA ( British Board of Agrement) life expectancy certificate and was the first in the industry to hold this accreditation.

History

Established in 1983, by entrepreneur John Lancaster MBE, Ultraframe was the first conservatory company to develop a conservatory roofing system with no onsite manufacture. In 1996 Ultraframe was the first roofing system to obtain the

approval for their products and in 1998 Ultraframe was floated on the

London Stock Exchange The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a stock exchange based in London, England. the total market value of all companies trading on the LSE stood at US$3.42 trillion. Its current premises are situated in Paternoster Square close to St Paul's Cath ...

. In July 2006 Ultraframe was acquired by Latium Plastic Holdings, including the Wendland Roofing system. Latium Enterprises (LE) is the hub based in

Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

, England and

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, US. Latium owns a number of companies in the US and UK, all of which were either wholly or materially controlled by Brian Kennedy working with partner companies. In 2007 the Ultraframe factory was awarded ''UK’s Best Engineering Plant'' by the Cranfield Institute, and in 2009 the company won a Shingo Bronze Medallion for operational excellence. In 2012 Ultraframe acquired the Quantal Aluminum Roofing System and launched the Loggia Premium Conservatory range that won Retail Campaign of the Year at the G Awards in the same year. In 2013, its 30th anniversary, the company launched their first solid roof product. Livinroof won Best New Product in 2014. In 2016 Ultraframe launched Ultraroof a tiled solid roof at Fitshow, this is the lightest tiled roof on the market weighing only 38 kg/m2. In 2017 Ultraframe launched the Ultrasky Orangery, a build extension and

orangery An orangery or orangerie is a room or dedicated building, historically where orange and other fruit trees are protected during the winter, as a large form of greenhouse or conservatory. In the modern day an orangery could refer to either ...

product which combines a glazed roof with insulated columns and

pelmet A pelmet (also called a "cornice board") is a framework placed above a window, used to conceal curtain fixtures. These can be used decoratively (to hide the curtain rod) and help insulate the window by preventing convection currents. It is sim ...

s and an integrated structural goalpost. Ultraframe currently have over 80 patents registered. The company currently employs around 400 people at their Clitheroe head office. Ultraframe is a member of the Glass and Glazing Federation.

References

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