C R Laurence Of Europe Ltd (CRL) is the leading supplier to the glazing, railing, architectural, construction, industrial, and automotive industries. With over four decades of experience and offices in Rochdale (UK) and Ilsfeld (Germany), the company offers more than 80,000 products including daily tools and accessories for glaziers. Parent company (C. R. Laurence Co. Inc) also designs, engineers, and manufactures a wide variety of architectural hardware, including commercial and residential architectural railings, hardware for all-glass commercial entrances, transaction hardware, and frameless shower door hardware.

CRL’s European Headquarters are based in Manchester, England – this location has a 75,000 ft² warehouse. The European head office stocks CRL’s extensive product range, and also features a large product showroom area. Here, visitors are able to view high quality glazing hardware and accessories, for example glass balustrades, railing systems, locking ladder pulls and shower door hardware.

In addition to the product display area, there is a large trade counter and will call area, where customers can visit to collect their orders. Architects and designers alike are all welcome to visit the premises, to view the facilities and the fantastic product range in the display area.

One of C.R. Laurence’s core products is their TAPER-LOC Dry Glaze Balustrade System. This system conforms to BS6180:1999 and BS6399-1:1996 and is significantly faster than alternative methods and is also completely unique, in that it uses a horizontal TAPER-LOC design, which allows the system to be adjusted, dismantled and re-set.

The TAPER-LOC System has been used in many high profile installations throughout the UK, including at the Imperial War Museum in London.