WHS Halo sheds the lead in favour of organics

WHS Halo has become the first major UK systems supplier to switch to a new generation of calcium organic stabilisers, as part of the company’s wider commitment to delivering environmentally sustainable window and door solutions.

The company’s leading Eclipse and Eclipse esthétique PCE PVC-U profile will now be manufactured using a new calcium organic compound in place of conventional lead stabilisers. The company has moved to delete the lead materials from its products as part of its ongoing commitment to sustainable development – and well ahead of the 2015 deadline agreed by the PVC-U window industry. The compound changes to the Eclipse and Eclipse esthétique PCE systems follow those already enacted in respect of the company’s public sector system, System 10.

Calcium Organic stabiliser systems have been used in PVC applications for over 20 years; and this type of stabilising system delivers products that have strong structural qualities and excellent weatherability. In recent years there have been significant performance developments in calcium organic stabilisers, which now means they are viable technical alternatives to most other stabilising systems. 

The switch to calcium organic forms part of a ‘holistic’ approach to environmental sustainability that will also see WHS Halo continuing to promote post-consumer recycling initiatives.

Winston Duguid, Managing Director of Bowater Building Products, says of the move: “We are ahead of the game by switching to calcium organic at this early stage and this progressive step to manufacture using 100% calcium organic material is a significant part of our contribution to the development of sustainable products as part of our wider commitment to the community”.

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Editors’ note:

WHS Halo is a division of Bowater Building Products and one of the UK’s leading extrusion businesses. WHS Halo is firmly committed to responsible sustainable development; while continually providing customers with technically superior products that promote the optimum in longevity, low maintenance and performance.

WHS Halo's history of innovation includes: production of the first interchangeable window and door system (1987), creation of the first authentic vertical sliding sash window (1995), introduction of the first five chamber system in Europe (2000) and being the first to produce a patented hybrid beading system (2004).

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