NorDan announces record growth

- Social landlords turning to timber to reducing carbon and improving building performance
 
High performance timber windows and doors manufacturer, NorDan UK Ltd, has announced a record 34 percent increase in turnover for a single year in 2022.

This has included significant growth in the UK social housing market, with social landlords increasing their purchase of NorDan products by 11 percent.

Lat year, NorDan completed major deals with ForHousing, Clarion Housing Group, and A2 Dominion – plus the largest Scottish contract in its history, with a deal to retrofit 5,500 of Falkirk Council’s homes over four years.  

NorDan’s turnover has now increased year-on-year since 2016 - growing more than 85 percent in the last five years.  

Sustained growth across social new-build and retrofit projects is further evidence of shifting priorities for social landlords, with an increasing emphasis placed on the lifespan of building materials and reducing the whole life carbon impact of buildings.

This shift is being heavily influenced by the forthcoming Future Homes Standard (set to come into force in 2025), with numerous big social landlords and local authorities already insulating homes to that standard.

Originally conceived to withstand the harsh rigours of a Nordic maritime winter, NorDan’s timber and aluminum-clad timber windows and doors have long been noted across Europe as offering some of the highest standards in thermal performance and durability.

Alex Brown, NorDan UK Managing Director said: “Last year’s record growth is obviously very pleasing, but 100% consistent with the wider direction of travel in construction and development.

“People have long known that NorDan’s timber products are carbon negative and offer a 60-year lifespan but have maybe needed a reason to specify what was perceived as premium windows and doors.

“What we see now is that low carbon, durability, and high-thermal performance is becoming the new mainstream, and this is taking NorDan’s and other quality timber products with it.

“Architects and developers are now seeking incremental gains across buildings to meet raising industry standards as well as the expectations of the public, and NorDan can give them the low-carbon, high-performance guarantees sought.

Alex concludes: “Looking ahead, NorDan UK’s priority is to continue developing its people and infrastructure to maintain what we anticipate being sustained and accelerated growth over the coming years.”

Ayo Allu, Director of Design, Technical & Innovation at Clarion Housing Group comments: “Material costs and the impact of embodied carbon calculations on business performance is increasingly driving the way Clarion is constructing its buildings, as is our familiarity with the timber products on the market, and the vast increase in testing data compared to previous years.

“Embodied carbon is already a development consideration within major cities, and the GLA how has an embodied carbon tool which has to be completed for each new development – with other cities set to follow suit.”

Ayo concludes: “As a development business, we’re now benchmarking our embodied carbon for development and construction activities for the second year running, so we can set reduction targets for ourselves and our supply chain.”

NorDan UK is the British arm of the Norwegian founded NorDan Group, a multinational business that operates in seven European countries, employing 2,200 people across 12 factories and 35 sales offices.  

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