Written for the December issue of Glass News Magazine
‘Unprecedented’ has been the buzz word for 2021, and for good reason... We have overcome many challenges including raw material price hikes, huge rises in container shipping costs, delivery dilemmas within the UK carrier network and Brexit.
Despite these challenges the industry continues to be buoyant and with reference to Carl F Groupco, orders remain higher than pre-pandemic levels. We have continued to invest during 2021 and will continue to do so next year to cement our position as one of the leading hardware distributors. We have just launched our biggest digital upgrade ever to our websites, bringing our three brands; Carl F Groupco, Carl F direct and SmartSecure under one umbrella website. Next year we will be releasing our next hardware catalogue edition, again set to be our largest product resource yet.
I would like to thank our customers for their unwavering support over the past couple of years, we look forward to a positive and prosperous 2022 and wish all of your readers a very Merry Christmas.