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Kuraray's Advanced Interlayer Solutions (AIS) division has announced that its new CertiPly blockchain-based technology will offer even greater security to all users of its SentryGlas ionoplast interlayers, according to the manufacturer, as it provides complete traceability for laminate applications.
Dear readers, here updates and highlights in compact form from the facade, sunshade and glass industries in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (we call it the DACH region). Enjoy.
The Lisec Technology Days 2025 took place in Bad Arolsen on June 25 and 26. Around 60 trade visitors from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Belgium took the opportunity to exchange ideas and information on trends, automation solutions, and forward-looking technologies for flat glass processing.
40 Leadenhall Street is one of the largest building projects ever completed in the historic City of London: 85,000 square metres of floor space for10,000 building users. For the glass facade, structural silicone-bonded double glazing, AGC Interpane Architectural Glass supplied more than 30,000 square metres of ‘Stopray Vision 60’ solar control insulating glass. Here are the details.
Satinal, the Italian manufacturer of the Strato interlayers for laminated safety glass, announced the upcoming opening of a new facility in Southern Italy. Here are more details.
Bulgarian manufacturer Baros Vision has made a name for itself as a specialist in glass railing systems within just a few years. To enable even more flexible and independent production, the company has now invested in its own laminated glass line from Lisec – the first of its kind in Bulgaria.
Miika Äppelqvist (38) has been Senior Vice President of Glaston's Architecture division since the end of 2023 and is one of the two Managing Directors of the German branch. GW-News asked him how he assesses the market and what Glaston presented at glasstec 2024. Miika Äppelqvist has been with Glaston since 2013, where he has held a number of management positions.
Eastman's PVB film ‘Saflex LiteCarbon Clear’ will in future be used as a safety film in AGC's sustainable ‘Low-Carbon Stratobel’ laminated safety glass. AGC Glass Europe has now announced this partnership with Eastman.
AGC inaugurated a new LSG production facility in Osterweddingen at the end of April 2024. With an annual capacity of 5.5 million square metres, the LSG line will produce high-quality safety glass. The plant is scheduled to officially go into operation in June 2024. Here are the details.
Viwinco Windows & Doors is a second-generation family-run window and door manufacturer based in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, founded in 1982. The company recently purchased a new IFL laminator from Bürkle and here the two managers talk about their experience with the machine from Germany.
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.
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:
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 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.
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.
For Columbia University in New York, Diller Scofidio + Renfro designed two impressive new buildings with FX Collaborative. The architecture, designed for transparency and communication, is characterised by 25,400 square metres of LSG by BGT Bischoff of the Glas Trösch Group.
Making insulating glass from safety glass is a sensible decision to increase intrusion protection in shop windows or commercial buildings as well as in private homes. Here you will find 4 good reasons for using safety glass in IGUs.
Everyone wants safety, but no one should see it. This is a high requirement, especially when it comes to high-security glass and fire-resistant glass. Sebastian Dengg explains how this can nevertheless be achieved.
Individual glass constructions are more in demand than ever in architecture today. This also applies to existing buildings in New York. In the case of the office tower at 299 Park Avenue, the lobby was transformed into a transparent and inviting space, with glass in large formats from Glas Trösch.
At Tesla's new Gigafactory in Austin (USA), four suction systems from Heavydrive LLC (Atlanta, USA) were used for the installation of the 110 oversized facade elements. Here are the details.
The partition walls and door solutions of the Uniquin system from Dorma-Glas are characterised by a uniform design of all components and can be used very flexibly, including fall protection. A building authority test certificate is available for this up to a height of 3300 mm.
Willach will also be presenting numerous hardware innovations at glasstec: For example, the new generation of manual Portavant fittings (for inside) will be presented for the first time.
At Krefeld Zoo in Germany, one of the large panorama glass panes of the penguin pool, which is popular with visitors, had been damaged by a rock fall. Vetrotech Saint-Gobain Grund sponsored a new LSG pane suitable for penguins.
Recently, LSG interlayers specialist Eastman introduced Saflex FlySafe 3D, a new PVB interlayer that is very effective at keeping birds from colliding with glass facades. An exciting pilot project with 8 m long bird protection glass has now been installed in the Helios schools in Cologne, GLASWELT took a look on site.
The demands on facade glass in terms of safety and optical quality are increasing. Glass expert Hannes Spiß is a specialist for functional glass, especially for facade glass and large-format glass applications. In this interview, he explains why such glass is often made of safety glass, what this means in terms of optical qualities and how this also affects (upmarket) residential construction.
