Glass New articles © Guardian Glass Flat glass Guardian launches a new reduced-iron glass in North America 04/16/2024 - Guardian Glass introduces Guardian CrystalClear glass, a new addition to its product lineup in North America. This innovative glass meets the demand for enhanced transparency among architects and designers. © Guardian Glass North America Guardian Glass publishes new EPDs for some glass products 04/12/2024 - Guardian Glass has published new Environmental Product Declarations for its flat unprocessed glass products and processed glass products produced in North America. © AGC Group Sustainability AGC and partners successfully recycles solar panel glass 04/03/2024 - AGC Group has announced that it has succeeded for the first time in a demonstration test to recycle cover glass for solar modules into float glass. With the success of this test, AGC expects that cover glass can be used to make float glass. © Saint-Gobain Glass Miralite Stadip mirror from Saint-Gobain How to combine safety and aesthetics in mirrors 04/03/2024 - The safety mirrors in the Miralite Stadip series from Saint-Gobain offer a high level of protection against injuries. In the following article, you can find out what exactly is behind this, which variants are available and where these mirrors are used. © Guardian Glass VIG Guardian and Velux join up to develop tempered vacuum insulating glass 03/28/2024 - The Velux Group and Guardian Glass have entered a joint development agreement concerning tempered vacuum insulated glass (VIG). © NSG Group Float glass NSG Group decides early closure of float line in Germany 03/20/2024 - NSG Group has announced that the decision to cease the production on a float line at the plant in Weiherhammer, Germany, a year ahead of a scheduled cold repair. © Fineo Fineo vacuum glass Even better properties for hybrid vacuum glass 03/14/2024 - If you are looking for the highest insulation values in insulating glass, you will find them in insulating glass units with an integrated vacuum element, such as Fineo Hybrid. It insulates with a Ug-value of less than 0.5 W/(m2K), but are significantly more delicate than triple insulating glass with a thickness of 22 mm or more. But such hybrid glass offers even more advantages, which we present here. © masson masson, GGW and Chromogenics become partners Pioneering cooperation brings switchable glass to the world of conservatories 03/05/2024 - Manufacturer masson is now introducing switchable ConverLight glass for its residential conservatories. This has now been sealed by the partnership with GGW and ChromoGenics. The first conservatory to be realised with switchable glass is now located in an exclusive villa suburb of Hamburg. The glass was manufactured by the Hero Group. © Kuraray 25 years of SentryGlas Interview: "Product sustainability is becoming increasingly important" 02/28/2024 - In connection with our recent article on the 25th anniversary of SentryGlas and how their ionoplast film interlayer for LSG, we also sat down with Christoph Troska of SentryGlas to look back – as well as ahead to the future: © glasstec glasstec 2024 Unlocking the circular economy potential in the flat glass industry 02/16/2024 - The circular economy is a pressing concern in the flat glass industry, as explored in the upcoming glasstec 2024. Despite a 12% reduction in industry emissions in 2023, the positive trend is partly attributed to decreased production rather than sustainable practices. © Schott In conversation with Juliane Brandt-Slowik and Helmut Kugelmann of Schott Technical Glas Solutions GmbH Not all glass is the same: What makes borosilicate glass so strong? 02/15/2024 - In the following interview with GW-News, Juliane Brandt-Slowik and Helmut Kugelmann from Schott Technical Glass Solutions GmbH (TGS) discuss the special features of borosilicate glass compared to standard soda-lime glass. Their special focus will be on the thermal and mechanical properties as well as the possibilities borosilicate glass offers as fire-resistant glass. © Glass for Europe Glass for Europe’s Manifesto 2024-2029 Supporting energy and carbon efficiency of industrial processes 02/09/2024 - The European Commission recently presented its proposal for an ambitious 90 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. It initiates discussions on the necessary measures to create an environment conducive to significant CO2 emissions reduction, aligning with Europe’s 2050 climate-neutrality objective. See here for more details: © Saint-Gobain Glass Saint-Gobain Glass First glass products certified Cradle to Cradle 4.0 in all five categories 02/02/2024 - Saint-Gobain Glass is delighted to have achieved full Cradle to Cradle 4.0 (C2C Certified) certification at Bronze level for its float and coated glass products manufactured in Europe*, including Oraé low-carbon glass, as well as for its LSG products. © Hegla Kuraray SentryGlas celebrates 25th years of making glass panes stronger 02/01/2024 - A success story: over a quarter of a century ago, in 1998, the SentryGlas ionoplast film was launched on the market for the first time and has had a significant impact on structural glass construction with its increased load-bearing capacity, making new types of construction possible. © Kuraray Laminated safety glass LSG interlayer manufacturer Kuraray establishes Spanish subsidiary 01/24/2024 - Kuraray Europe GmbH (KEG) has announced the establishment of a new subsidiary. Kuraray Europe Spain S.L. (KES) is based in Málaga, Spain, and will serve as a strategic hub for the management and coordination of business activities on the Iberian Peninsula. © Lisec Glass processing What role does microplastic play in glass transport? 01/19/2024 - Since November 2023, the ban on microplastics and products to which microplastics have been deliberately added has been in force in the EU. Find out what this has to do with glass transport and what options there are for complying with the new legislation here. © Guardian Glass Laminated glass Coated glass from Guardian and interlayers from SentryGlas certified for France 01/12/2024 - The combination of Guardian Glass’ SunGuard High Durable coated glass with SentryGlas Xtra interlayers obtains a Document Technique d’Application (DTA) for the French market. © Malte Forstat / GW-News Float process Guardian Glass to run float process in UK using hydrogen from Ryze Hydrogen 12/21/2023 - Guardian Glass operates over 24 float glass lines worldwide and serves 160 countries across five continents. Ryze Hydrogen will support Guardian’s UK float glass plant in Goole, East Yorkshire, by supplying the hydrogen. © Saint-Gobain Glass Glass for Europe Paper on the sustainable disposal and recycling of flat glass 12/20/2023 - Glass for Europe has recently published a paper on the reuse, reprocessing and recycling of flat glass. Here you can find out what options are available for recycling flat glass at the end of its life cycle. © vandaglas Döring Glas Berlin / vandaglas Anniversary: The glass benders from Berlin celebrate their 90th birthday 12/01/2023 - Döring Glas Berlin, now part of the vandaglas Group, recently celebrated its 90th anniversary. The renowned glass companies Döring Glas Berlin and Flachglaswerk Radeburg can look back on an impressive track record in the glass industry. Show more Most read © Guardian Glass VIG Guardian and Velux join up to develop tempered vacuum insulating glass 03/28/2024 - The Velux Group and Guardian Glass have entered a joint development agreement concerning tempered vacuum insulated glass (VIG). © AGC Group Sustainability AGC and partners successfully recycles solar panel glass 04/03/2024 - AGC Group has announced that it has succeeded for the first time in a demonstration test to recycle cover glass for solar modules into float glass. With the success of this test, AGC expects that cover glass can be used to make float glass. © Saint-Gobain Glass Miralite Stadip mirror from Saint-Gobain How to combine safety and aesthetics in mirrors 04/03/2024 - The safety mirrors in the Miralite Stadip series from Saint-Gobain offer a high level of protection against injuries. In the following article, you can find out what exactly is behind this, which variants are available and where these mirrors are used. © Guardian Glass Flat glass Guardian launches a new reduced-iron glass in North America 04/16/2024 - Guardian Glass introduces Guardian CrystalClear glass, a new addition to its product lineup in North America. This innovative glass meets the demand for enhanced transparency among architects and designers.