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Haldane UK's Bid For Olympic Glory Haldane UK has celebrated London's success in securing the 2012 Olympic Games by manufacturing a bespoke glazing bead with the official logo design. Haldane has used the project not as a bid for its own Olympic glory but to demonstrate the company's ability to manufacturing glazing beads in any shape or profile. Managing Director, Forrester Adam, said "Of course, we would like nothing more than to see our handrails and glazing beads in the superb Olympic venues that are planned for London 2012, however that was never our intention." The Olympic logo is one of the most instantly recognisable symbols in the world and despite looking incredibly simple its construction as a timber glazing bead is extraordinarily difficult and demands the latest machining technology that only Haldane can offer. Forrester continued, "Machining a glazing bead by hand in a design as intricate as the Olympic logo would take an experienced craftsman approximately 2 days, however our technology enables a glazing bead with this level of intricacy to be produced in a fraction of the time, making them infinitely feasible and affordable." Haldane's expert skills have previously been used to manufacture glazing beads in all shapes and sizes from flags to letters of the alphabet. The company has even produced a stunning cloud-shaped glazing bead for a children's hospital in Newcastle as well as supplying glazing beads for Hampden Park which will be one of the venues at the London 2012 Olympics. Forrester concluded, "Circular and ladder glazing beads are our bread and butter and we can produce thousands of these every year however we enjoy the challenge of producing one off glazing beads. By demonstrating our full capabilities we hope architects and designers will look at the potential of creating dramatic features from their vision panels." To view the range of glazing bead service from Haldane UK click here or contac tour sales team for more information. |
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