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Pilkington

What state-of-the-art fire protection should look like

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The Mizral building at the entrance to Düsseldorf's Media Harbour, designed by Eller + Eller Architekten, sets standards in terms of functionality and safety. State-of-the-art fire protection technologies with glass are used here, making the building a model of safety.

Vetrotech

Contraflam One: A special new fire-resistant glass

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The Contraflam 90-1 fire-resistant glass from Vetrotech Saint-Gobain sets new standards in fire-resistant glass technology. With an innovative single-chamber foaming technology, the glass combines exceptional light transmission, low weight and sustainability.

Fire protection test in the new furnace at IFTS Herzogenrath, Germany.
Vetrotech Saint-Gobain + IFTS

New 4 by 4 metre test furnace for fire protection

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IFTS, part of Vetrotech Saint-Gobain, is a fire resistance laboratory that carries out tests in accordance with all current European and international test standards for building and marine applications. With the new 4 by 4 metre test furnace and a high-tech test environment, 90% of all tests and type tests can be carried out at IFTS.

Cooperation

Deltamax and Polflam announce new European partnership

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Deltamax has announced a significant new European partnership with Polflam, known for their innovative fire-resistant glass solutions. Recently, Deltamax successfully conducted a test day of their product QPLUS at Predari Vetri Spa in Mantova, Italy.

Topic of the Week: Insulating glass

Glass basics: What is insulating glass and what is it best used for?

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Insulating glass is useful in a variety of applications. Which is the best type of IG unit comes down to what function the window or facade it is used in is intended to achieve. The following is a rundown of the major types:

 Polflam’s Gaia low-carbon fire-resistant glass is recognisable by the addition LOW CO2 product marking.
Polflam Gaia

World’s first low-carbon fire-resistant glass

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The specialists for fire-resistant glass, Polflam, have pulled out all the stops to make their latest product, Polflam Gaia, as environmentally friendly as possible. Find out here how they were able to reduce the carbon footprint of their glass.

Mathieu Joli, Managing Director of Pyroguard.
Fire Protection Glass

Mathieu Joli appointed Managing Director of Pyroguard

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Pyroguard, part of the Technical Fire Safety Group (TFSG), has appointed Mathieu Joli as its new Managing Director. He will be tasked with leading an ambitious new programme of investment and expansion. Here are the details:

Fire-resistant glass

Protecting precious artworks with fire-resistant glass in the Netherlands

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Pyroguard's fire-resistant glass was recently specified for the Boijmans Van Beuningen depot in the Netherlands, the world's first publicly accessible art storage facility. The depot is an 40m high egg-shaped building with a surface covered in reflective mirrors.

The new courthouse in Amsterdam has an attractive glass facade, and the building also features a lot of high-security glass from Saint-Gobain.
Vetrotech Saint-Gobain

How high-security glass protected the new Amsterdam Palace of Justice

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The new Amsterdam Courtroom consists of an open, relatively freely accessible outer shell. The inner shell of the courthouse is secured in many places by fire protection and security glass from Vetrotech Saint-Gobain.

The HiLo unit sits like a crown on the top platform of the NEST research building on the Empa campus in Dübendorf (Switzerland).
Vetrotech fire-resistant glass for ETH's NEST research building

Fire-resistant glass can be really special

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The HiLo structure on the roof of the NEST building at ETH Zurich in Dübendorf shows how to get by with very few building materials: the lightweight construction impresses with its innovative design and self-learning building technology. Precisely manufactured fire protection glass provides the necessary safety.

Pyrobel 16 IGU fire-resistant insulating glass provides a high level of safety in the event of a fire and is virtually indistinguishable from standard insulating glass in terms of aesthetics during normal operation.
Glass versus fire

AGC Pyrobel: Insulating glass that is fire resistant up to 60 minutes

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In the event of a fire in a house, standard insulating glass breaks relatively quickly and there is a risk of the flames spreading to adjacent parts of the building or other storeys. This can be prevented with the fire protection insulating glass "Pyrobel 16 IGU" from AGC Glass Europe, which is certified for a period of 60 minutes. Here are the details.

In the event of a fire, the fire-resistant glass roof ensures that flames do not spread to other parts of the building for at least 60 minutes.
Lamilux:

Glass roof now prevents the spread of fire for 60 minutes

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As far back as 2019, Lamilux developed a glass roof that could withstand fire and heat for up to 30 minutes. Now the new version lasts twice as long.

The 10-year warranty applies to Pyrobel and Pyrobelite fire resistant glass from AGC with an invoice date of 1 January 2020 of later.
AGC:

Warranty for fire resistant glass now extended to 10 years

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AGC Glass Europe now offers a 10-year warranty on its Pyrobel and Pyrobelite fire resistant glass. Find out here which glass products are included.