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The Venice region of Italy has been announced as the venue for this year’s Annual ARGE Conference, and we hope you’ll be joining us this year.  Abano Terme will be the main location for all ARGE delegates from 4th to 5th September, but with trips planned to historic Padua, wine tasting in Prosecco and the…

ARGE has annouced further details for this year’s Annual Conference and General Meeting.  Held from the 4th to 5th September in the Venice Region of Italy, the event will be kindly supported by SILCA AG Treviso. Hosted at Abano Terme, near Padua in Venetia, the conference looks to build on the success of last year’s…

ARGE has held positive talks with the European Door and Shutter Federation (EDSF), after presenting its sustainability roadmap and generic EPD proposals.  Joachim Kieker, the General Secretary of ARGE introduced ARGE’s Sustainability Agenda and the according EPD project to the Technical Board of EDSF, highlighting the importance of the proposed industry solution for hardware products…

After three successful years with ARGE, Technical Consultant Alessandro Brunelli will step down this April.   Representing the lock and hardware industry at several CEN Committees, highlighting the views and delivering statements on behalf of ARGE, Sandro has been instrumental in creating ARGE’s sustainable roadmap. Since the introduction of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) in…

Save the date…this year’s annual conference will be held from 4th to 5th September in the Venice region of Northern Italy! Following the success of last year’s conference, we’re excited to annouce that plans are underway for the 2014 ARGE conference. With the plans to introduce generic EPDs by the summer of 2015, this year’s…

We’re pleased to announce that we will be progressing with our plans for delivering generic Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) by Summer 2015, with 11 member associations from across Europe already committed.  After completing presentations to all member country associations, ARGE has received an overwhelmingly positive response to the proposals for generic EPDs.  Member associations from…

2014 is already proving to be a succesful year for ARGE but before we start to look forward, we reflect on some of the successes 2013 brought.  Early in 2013 ARGE briefed its membership on the forthcoming changes to the Construction Products Regulation, which came into force in July. Creating a series of Declaration of…

As ARGE seeks to produce generic EPDs for hardware products, the committee and its Technical Working Group have been evaluating the possible technical solutions, moving one step closer to etsablishing common ‘industry representing’ EPDs.  During a successful meeting, attended by many key people, Working Group C discussed the 2 tenders that have been received from…

ARGE recently attended a meeting with representatives from CEN and the European Commission, as a result ARGE believe positive steps are now being taken to improve the way product standards are developed and introduced. It’s no secret that ARGE members have been concerned over the past 2 years regarding delays to the introduction of key product…

Following a meeting with representatives from CEN and the European Commission, ARGE believe positive steps are now being taken to improve the way product standards are developed and introduced. Here at ARGE we have been concerned over the past two years regarding delays to the introduction of key product standards within TC33/WG4, which are preventing…