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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 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.
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.
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.
The new, highly efficient float glass production facility at the Guardian Glass plant in Bascharage is now in operation following a successful cold tank repair. The new furnace is an important milestone for Guardian. Energy efficiency has been improved by around 25% and emissions reduced.
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.
To make glass panes safe for birds, these laser processing systems from Cericom can help glass processors to produce bird protection glass directly from float glass. Here are the details.
As part of a sustainability initiative, the Glas Trösch Group is working to become even more efficient and environmentally friendly. Often it is the seemingly small changes that can make a big difference. Like the release agent used at Euroglas, for example.
Saint-Gobain is the first glass manufacturer in the world to use more than 30% hydrogen in energy (60% in volume) in the production of flat glass as part of R&D trials.
Turkey-based glass manufacturer Şişecam continues its growth trajectory in 2022, reporting consolidated net sales of over 4.7 billion euros. Last year, the company produced 5.8 million tonnes of glass, 4.9 million tonnes of soda ash and 4.4 million tonnes of industrial products.
AGC and Saint-Gobain, two leading global flat glass manufacturers, have announced that they are collaborating on the development of a pioneering pilot flat glass line: The new line is designed to significantly reduce direct CO2 emissions from glass production. Here are the details.
Saint-Gobain Glass has reached an important milestone on the road to CO2 reduction by signing a contract with recycling specialist Ragn-Sells, which will enable the float manufacturer to further increase its share of high-quality cullet used in the production of CO2-reduced glass. Here are the details.
At glasstec 2022, AGC officially launched its new low-CO2 float glass, developed as part of AGC's "Road to Carbon Neutrality". It is said the new glass has a CO2 footprint of less than 7 kg/m2 CO2 for 4 mm thick glass.
AGC Glass Europe has just announced a new glass range that has a significantly reduced carbon footprint and is to be launched by the end of 2022. Details will be provided as part of glasstec 2022 in September.
Glass manufacturer Saint-Gobain Glass is the first company in the world to produce flat glass carbon-free. Here you can find out how this was achieved.
It is not just advancing climate change and the need to reach carbon neutrality by 2045 but also our current dependency on fossil fuel imports that make it clear there is no alternative to switching to renewable energies and new technologies. How can and will that work?
In a recent circular, the German Federal Flat Glass Association points out that the effects of the war in Ukraine will also have an impact on the glass industry if gas and energy prices continue to rise. Here is the statement.
A renovated float line in Russia, an introduction to switchable glass, collaborative robots that help to cut delivery times and the ins and outs of burglary-resistant windows. Here are the top stories of the week:
The inauguration ceremony for the renovated AGC float glass line in Bor, Russia, took place recently. This float glass line had been shut down for cold repairs. Now the new float line has started production.
After complete renovation, Amsterdam's De Walvis office building now has a new glass facade made of highly selective glass. Here you can find out about the role played by the glass portholes, which were specially developed for the project by Schollglas.
For the first time ever, Pilkington Ltd. of the UK, part of the NSG group, has successfully manufactured architectural glass using hydrogen power. Find out here how that was done:
The new arconnect glass ensures good mobile phone reception inside a building. It was developed by glass refiner arcon together with a partner. Here you can find out who they are and what the glass does.
Pilkington Activ has been used in commercial and residential construction for 20 years due to its self-cleaning properties. Here, Hannah Rullkötter from Pilkington and Frank Horstmann of the Flachglas MarkenKreis answer the most important questions.
Float glass is the most widely used form of glass today and is produced by a process of floating molten glass on a bed of molten metal (usually tin).
