Roseview’s 40th Anniversary

This year Roseview Windows celebrates its 40th anniversary since first opening for business in 1977 – and while the company still resides just 50 yards from its first location in Olney much has changed at what is now one of the UK’s leading sash window manufacturers.Today the business fabricates 600 sash windows a week, which totals around 15,000 units per year, as well as employing a team of 85 people.Roseview Windows was established at a time when PVC-U was at the beginning of its own journey as a mainstream window material. But within a few years the firm began working with REHAU fabricating early casements and doors and has never looked back.The collaboration between the two businesses continued when in 1985 REHAU began developing a revolutionary new vertical slider sash window and Roseview Windows became the chosen fabricator, which the business believes makes them the first in the world to have manufactured a PVC-U sash window.The partnership was due in part to a representative of REHAU, Willie Kerr, who first approached Roseview Windows about working together on the project. Happily Willie is now the Managing Director at the company.He shared his thoughts on the reasons behind the success of the business. Roseview Windows has been built up as a quality brand, which has come through our work with REHAU and positioning ourselves as a high end business. We have also had considerable growth through the provision of alternative PVC-U products as well.Our position in the market means we don’t compete with other businesses. If customers don’t want to go ahead with us then that’s ok but we don’t compromise our service and that has definitely been a plus for us. They come to us because we are quality, and that is something we will continue.It’s been a great journey, from the businesses founding in 1977 to where we are now. We are looking forward to the next step and continued success.In recent years the business has experienced large growth and been responsible for some unique projects around the country, including Parkwood Hall School, Brighton Hospital and Bethlem Hospital. Each of these projects presented its own challenges, such as additional security on each window that was required at Bethlem Hospital, and the sheer size of the windows at Parkwood Hall School.Key to the success of these projects and the wider business has been the determination of Roseview Windows to be innovative and develop products not on the market – whether for bespoke projects or to offer a new product to the industry.Mike Bygrave, Marketing Manager, said: Ultimately our business grows because we provide bespoke products, invest in key developments and machinery, and we can work to unique projects. We always try to stay ahead of the industry. For example the Parkwood Hall School project saw us tackling windows that were enormous. But our solution has resulted in drastically reduced heating bills at the school as they were able to turn off the heating months earlier than in previous years.We also let people know what we’re up to and have won a number of awards in recent years. In 2013 we won New Product of the Year for the Ultimate Rose REHAU sash window, and in 2016 we won the G Award for Customer Initiative of the Year, thanks to our free customer training scheme which sees Willie training installers and their sales people on our products.And the success of Roseview Windows looks set to continue as the factory space continues to grow, now totalling 25,000 square feet.Glyn Rogers, Head of Sales Window Solutions Southern for REHAU, added: I have worked with Roseview Windows for some time now and over the years what has stood out for me is the ability of the business to provide solutions for unusual projects, which are extremely successful and offer fantastic results both in aesthetics and also in energy saving.