All articles of topic flat glass

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.

In addition to a line with the systron 6033es1 at its heart, arcon Flach- und Sicherheitsglas GmbH & Co. KG in Feuchtwangen in southern Germany has installed a 6033proHD CNC processing centre. With storage automation and face-to-face positioning of this waterjet system, arcon achieves high processing versatility with minimal resources.

cericom Laser has become a 100% member of the Lisec Group. This strategic move reinforces Lisec's commitment to driving innovative solutions in the field of flat glass and technical glass processing.

Guardian Glass has published new Environmental Product Declarations for its flat unprocessed glass products and processed glass products produced in North America.

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.

As a full-range supplier, Hova from Austria not only offers vacuum lifters and individual lifting devices, but also much more: aluminium rail systems and aluminium slewing cranes in smooth-running design are also part of the extensive portfolio. Here you can find out what the supplier will be showing at Fensterbau in Nuremberg starting tomorrow.

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.

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:

Sandra Kugler has now been appointed Sales and Marketing Director at Viprotron. In doing so, Viprotron wants to ensure that the company's strong global growth continues.

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.

Since establishing their presence in the US through an acquisition, Poland-based glass fabricator Press Glass, also active in Europe and the UK, has continued its brisk growth. To support this, the company has recently invested in a Glaston ProL convection control upgrade at its plant in Ridgeway, Virginia.

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.

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.

Three young makers at Lisec, Florian Buchberger, Severin Gassner and Lukas Schuller, were recently able to put their expertise into practice. In cooperation with MakerSpace[A], they were involved in the installation of a glass front. Here are the details.

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.

Most buildings have great potential for optimisation: They often require extensive energy-efficient refurbishment. Part of such measures is the renovation of balconies and loggias with glass. Here you can find out what such balcony glazing can achieve.

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.

Since it was founded by August Eckelt on 21 November 1923, the Austrian glass refiner Eckelt based in Steyr has always been a trendsetter with its innovative strength. Under new management and new ownership, vandaglas Eckelt is now in its 101st year of existence and is once again transforming and positioning itself for the future.

The SuperHub Meerstad on the outskirts of Groningen (NL) impresses with its transparent architecture - a construction of cross-shaped cross-laminated timber supports and a steel facade that make it look like a modern cathedral. The steel facade was designed by Forster. Here are the details.

Anders Dahlblom has submitted his resignation from his position as the CEO of Glaston Corporation for personal reasons. The Board will start the search for a new CEO immediately.

Glaston recently launched the Active'Sealer for IGU production. GW-News has now interviewed Uwe Risle, the responsible product manager, about this: here are his answers.

The new Engineering Center was opened at the Lisec site in Seitenstetten on 3 November 2023. Around 140 additional workstations are located on four floors and 2000 square metres of space. The new building was duly celebrated together with all those involved and guests. Here are the details.

Aurys Industries has now launched the Oforce mirror made of LSG as a product innovation and is thus offering a mirror made of laminated safety glass with a very high level of resistance for the first time.

Founded in 1960 and in the same family for three generations, Predari Vetri SPA has grown into a major producer of insulating glass in Italy. Their portfolio covers all types of insulating glass, including warm edge, as well as made-to-measure products with laminated and tempered glass.

With sedak tempered+, the glass specialists at sedak have developed a fully tempered and heat-resistant glass that offers the best optical properties without visible anisotropies. The glass thus sets new standards for tempered safety glass. The basis for this is a new, patented tempering technology.