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Stefan Frye took up the role of Managing Director at RAL Guetegemeinschaft Kunststoff-Fensterprofilsysteme e. V. (GKFP) on 1 November 2025.

The Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development, and Construction (BMWSB) invites you to attend the 17th Symposium on the EU Construction Products Regulation in Berlin or online on October 30,…

Issues 10 and 11 of Bauelemente Bau will feature a joint article by VinylPlus, EPPA ivzw, and GKFP in October (Part 1) and November (Part 2).

Save the date: 06 – 07 May 2026, Location: Wetzlar

Potsdam, May 15, 2025 - At this year's General Assembly in Potsdam, the Gütegemeinschaft Kunststoff-Fensterprofilsysteme e.V. (GKFP) elected a new board as scheduled. The members voted on the future…

On May 14 and 15, 2025, the members of the Gütegemeinschaft Kunststoff-Fensterprofilsysteme e.V. (GKFP) and EPPA Deutschland e.V. came together for their annual general assemblies. This year, the…

The windays of the Berner Fachhochschule have once again proven their importance as the most important specialist conference for the window and façade industry in Switzerland. Over two intensive days,…

The General Assemblies of the RAL Gütegemeinschaft Kunststoff-Fensterprofilsysteme e.V. (GKFP) and EPPA Deutschland e.V. will take place on 14 and 15 May 2025 in Potsdam.

A new video has been released on our YouTube channel in cooperation with RAL.

For the third time, the RAL Forum is focusing on sustainability, in particular the new quality class of secondary raw materials, with presentations and discussions on opportunities, challenges, and…

12/09/2025|Quality Committee | 12/16/2025|EG System Components | 01/15/2026|WG Sustainability | 02/05/2026|Industry Group for System Engeneering The meetings will take place on…

Bonn - 24.03.2025. This year, the RAL QUALITY MARK division - as well as the umbrella organization RAL itself - is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Since its foundation in 1925, RAL Quality Marks…

We are deeply saddened by the news of the death of Dr. Heyo Schmiedeknecht on February 25, 2025.

In the current press release from March 13, RAL Deutsches Institut für Gütesicherung und Kennzeichnung e. V. reports on the topic “5 criteria for reliable labels”. We have summarized this press…