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Wrightstyle Limited is an international specialist glazing company. Lee Coates leads research, development and testing for the company’s steel and aluminium systems which mitigate against fire, bomb/blast and ballistic attack.
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After last year's fire incident in a Bandra-Kurla Complex building exposed the helplessness of firefighters, civic body draws up fresh guidelines to safeguard human life and property.
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Wrightstyle, the UK steel and aluminium glazing company, has won a major Network Rail contract in Wales.
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Wrightstyle Limited is an international steel and aluminium glazing company, designing and manufacturing systems to mitigate against fire, bomb/blast and ballistic attack.
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