Decco S.A., a company headquartered in Warsaw, is one of Poland’s leading producers of PVC profile systems for windows and doors. Dariusz Balcerzyk talks to Tomasz Janik, the company’s chairman, to learn more.
“We understand the needs of window manufacturers very well, since we used to make windows ourselves. This way we learned how to make top-shelf profiles,” says Tomasz Janik, chairman of Decco S.A. – a company that is at the forefront of the Polish market when it comes to high-quality PVC door and window profiles.
Initially, as Mr Janik has explained, the company was made window systems in-house. In 2004, however, it expanded its business operations with the production of profile systems. Two years later Decco sold the windows division of its business and focused on manufacturing PVC profile systems. Following this, the company developed dynamically and to become the biggest Polish producer of its kind. In 2017, it processed 17,000 tonnes of PVC.
“Our products are appreciated by both woodworkers and final users of windows and doors. Our professional team, advanced machinery, continuous research and meticulous quality control along with the whole range of certificates and prizes make our PVC profiles the best brand ambassadors for Decco,” adds Mr. Janik.
Decco employs 170 people, and its production facility, located in Suwalki district in north-east Poland, is highly automated; it is composed out of 12 modern production lines, research laboratories, a mixing room, logistics centre and high bay warehouse.
Outward-looking
Exports make up about 50 per cent of the company’s total sales. Its systems are present in around 30 European countries, mainly across central, eastern and southern Europe. Its products are also increasingly popular in western part of the Old Continent. Decco has even prepared a EURO+ profile system created specifically for window manufacturers who export their products to western Europe. The system is functional and easy to install, suitable for installation in old buildings. It has three types of renovation frames including one with central gasket, and a ‘French window’ style.
From left to right: Tomasz Janik, Kazimierz Janik and Wojciech Janik
“We are currently seeing a lot of interest in our products from such markets as Germany and France. In the future, we also plan to enter the US market,” says Mr Janik.
Range of profiles
Decco adheres to the principle that the right windows and doors can only be made from the right profiles. Such profiles guarantee a window’s stability and durability, and protect a house from heat loss. Moreover, they act as a design feature.
The company’s range of products includes a wide variety of profiles, starting from a ‘Decco 71’, which is functional, universal and elegant and can be made with a frame width of 81mm. The profile in the ‘Decco 82’ system is the perfect choice for those who seek the highest thermal performance to meet the latest building requirements, and excellent design at reasonable prices. ‘Decco 83’ is a profile with extreme thermal parameters. The third gasket and wide shaft packs with a warm frame make this profile second to none in the market. A wide range of glass packages are available, from 23mm to 54mm. ‘Thermicco’ is the best 8-chamber system on the market, with unmatched thermal insulation properties. Customers appreciate also the elegance of the profile. This product is recommended with 3-shaft packages. All systems are made from PVC in pure white.
The company’s flagship product is the HST system. “We rolled it out this year. We offer two types of HST system: Decco HST 83 Panoramicco and Decco HST 100 Standard. The first is the one with the lowest HST leaf on the market. It causes visual lightness of the structure and more light inside. The second one is more similar to the systems already available on the market,” says Mr Janik.
Another new thing solution is the warm threshold – an entire door and balcony structure sealing system consisting of threshold profiles, drip caps, draught excluders and accessories. The shape of this product is modern and original.
Growth and development
Decco’s development is based mainly on the company’s own resources. “We do not take loans, rather we finance our investments with our own funds. Only recently we have applied for funding from the European Union. This project is called ‘Competitive growth of Decco S.A. by enhancing the design management capabilities’ and is a part of the Eastern Poland Operational programme 1.4 ‘formula for competition’ – phase II. The aim of the project is to introduce a new range of PVC joinery profiles to Decco’s offering, characterised by a number of changes, including the introduction of the glazing bead profile and improved window profile construction.
This new product is the result of recommendations contained in the Design Strategy developed by the Institute of Industrial Design. “To implement the suggested activities, we are verifying our existing product offer by extending profile systems that meet the requirements of new legal norms for profiles and additional products, including glazing beads. We are developing new, distinctive products with innovative profile design,” explains Mr Janik.
Decco has also implemented a project co-financed by the European Union under the Operational Programme Eastern Poland 2014 2020, called ‘Implementation of the R&D work results by launching the production of PVC profiles with increased operational and utility parameters’.
“Ensuring our company has a reputation for offering solutions of the highest quality and reliability is one of our main goals. Hence, we place particular emphasis on research and continuous quality control. Besides constant monitoring of the production process by our integrated IT system, the highest quality standards are guaranteed by our laboratory, which controls the profile’s colour, impact resistance, thermal shrinkage and weld strength. Furthermore, our profiles are tested by independent laboratories in Poland and abroad. As to the above-mentioned project, this is concerned with carrying out investments in fixed assets to implement the results of our R&D efforts. The goal of the project is to achieve a significant competitive advantage and increase the company’s potential by diversifying its commercial offer,” concludes Mr Janik.