Reynaers Aluminium promotes the CE

The CE marking represents the minimum level of security that must be met to be able to market the finished product in Europe, and ensures compliance with the essential safety requirements of Directive 89/106/EEC 'building products', in other words, is not a mark of quality but of a 'technical passport' of the product.

After the European Directive 89/106/EC and the norm UNE-EN 14351-1, also known as 'Standard of product' for Windows and external pedestrian doors, as of February 2, 2010 must be compliance with the CE marking for any window that is marketed in the territory of the European Union. The marketing of Windows without the CE marking shall be considered a violation of the existing management.

The regulations indicates that direct responsibility of the manufacturer is the the adaptation of the CE marking to products they sell. The two fundamental tasks that manufacturers should be made to obtain the CE marking are the 'trials initials type' (EIT) of the types of Windows which are manufactured, carried out by the notified laboratory, and have implemented a system of 'Control of production in factory' (CPF).

Reynaers Aluminium has a working group to provide their clients the adjustment to the requirements of the CE marking, by providing them with timely technical support for the implementation of the necessary processes.

As already mentioned, required different trials are carried on doors and Windows. Reynaers helps its clients the reports of these trials, all of them made in laboratories reported, and also available at Reynaers Institute test banks needed to carry out compulsory inspections: air permeability, imperviousness to water and wind resistance.

Reynaers Institute hosts also the equipment necessary to perform additional tests to ensure the quality and strength of its products, such as banks of test for thermal, mechanical, acoustical, ageing and cycle tests.

Conference on the EC

Informative presentations on the CE for Windows and external pedestrian doors were conducted during the month of November at the premises of Reynaers Aluminium. These presentations were attended by members of the network of processors Reynaers Experts, professionals and architects, bringing nearly 150 people in total. The Conference, presented by those responsible for the Sales Department and Reynaers Aluminium projects, had intended to discuss with the new rules clearly offering professionals which was attended by all the necessary information to ensure that the workshops could mark their products with the CE marking. In all of them offered also to customers a powerful computer tool to adapt products to the CE marking in an easy and simple way and generate printed labels automatically.

On the last day, which took place on 19 November at the Hotel Verdi in Sabadell, Reynaers Aluminium invited Luis Alonso Caballero, of the General Bureau of quality and Industrial Security of the Ministry of industry, tourism and trade, which contributed with its experience a clearer vision of the CE markingclarifying any doubt of the professional audience. Luis Alonso also emphasized the commitment and excellent work done by Reynaers Aluminium with the CE marking and the support that the company was offering to its customers.