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From humble beginnings working out of a farm buildings in Essex where our first big contract was making windows for the pig farm, to where we are today, with state-of-the-art factories in Essex and Stoke employing over 320 people; it’s been quite a journey!
GJB was established by Gary John Bristow over 30 years ago, Gary remains in the business to this day. Lister Trade Frames was formed over 40 years ago by the Listers family in Stoke-on-Trent. Fast forward from 1982 to 2017 when Roy Frost and his team bought the 2 companies together into the GJB Holdings Group, now trading as one of the largest fabricators in the UK, Lister Window Systems.
As a nationwide trade fabricator with over 40 years of experience, we at Listers are proud to be the go-to choice for installers. Our extensive range of high-quality trade windows, trade doors, and conservatories, combined with our industry knowledge, makes us a reliable partner. As a leading trade fabricator, we constantly invest in new technology and product development to stay ahead in the industry. We offer competitive pricing, allowing businesses to grow cost-effectively. Our commitment to customer satisfaction shines through our exceptional support, expert advice, and dedicated after-sales service. As a responsible trade fabricator, we prioritize fast, reliable service and ensure quick lead times and efficient delivery.
We develop and supply premium, innovative products with ‘Unique Selling Points’. Products that are ahead of the market, better and different, on trend products that keep our customers ahead of their competitors. Importantly the best quality products that our customers can simply ‘fit and forget’ offering their homeowner customers complete peace of mind.
We support our network of local and regionally based installation company customers. Our trade installer customers are family owned and care passionately about their customers, they are the experts in this complex sector unlike the larger national brands. We support our great customers with great service, quick lead-times plus importantly the very best Sales & Marketing package helping our customers grow. We always strive to be the easiest company to deal with, putting our customers first.
We want to be the best company to work for, after all our employees spend a huge proportion of their lives at work! Great communication and collaboration between team members and customers is at the core of our business success. Our employees look after our customers. It’s the foundation for developing our new ideas and resolving the inevitable day to day challenges.
Offering genuine career progression opportunities and a fair and competitive wage is important to us as responsible employers and we are incredibly proud to be Real Living Wage employers quite literally ‘putting our money where our mouth is’.
We want to be kind to our world and let’s face it uPVC is an oil derivative but remains a great building product relative to other materials and importantly can be recycled and recycled again. 95% of our factory offcuts are recycled and we enable our customers to recycle the windows and doors they take out of homes to replace with new ones. UPVC can be recycled up to 10 times, and even becomes stronger after recycling. We work closely with our key suppliers Eurocell and VEKA to ensure that the products we make have a high content of recycled materials. Out latest product, ELITIS ECO leads the way in this field and is made from 80% recycled uPVC. Aluminium is the most recycled material in the world and we have the very best recycling procedures in house in minimise any waste.
Our uPVC and Aluminium systems achieve industry leading thermal performance to reduce carbon emissions, delivering housebuilders and homeowners replacement windows with genuine environmental credentials and longevity.
We believe we have the best team in the industry. People are at the heart of the business and we are proud that many of our colleagues have worked in the business for over 10 years, and several for over 20 years. We offer on site training in the factory and have apprentices in our offices to develop new talent.
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