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Machines

Glass and stone machinery company Denver celebrates 40 years in business

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Denver Spa was founded in 1984 in San Marino and is now a global manufacturer of machines for the stone and glass industry. Here is a conversation with one of the company founders and his sons.

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systron seaming line for XXL panes

Full automation from the cutting table to the tempering furnace

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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.

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Glaston

Jumbo XXL IGU line for AGC Interpane in Bavaria

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The AGC Interpane plant in Plattling, southern Germany, produces high-quality semi-finished glass products and insulating glass. The basis is coated glass up to 18 m x 3.21 m. These extra-long glass elements can be provided with various solar control layers or with iplus thermal insulation layers. With the latest IG line from Glaston, even XXL formats can be produced automatically.

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Appointments

Sandra Kugler takes over Sales and Marketing at Viprotron

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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.

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Acquisition

Biesse to buy several companies in the glass and stone cutting segment

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Biesse recently announced the acquisition of GMM Finance, the holding company which comprises the stone, glass and other materials machining companies Bavelloni, GMM and Techni Waterjet, including their Italian and foreign subsidiaries.

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Press Glass

Bringing European expertise to US glass production

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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.

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Breaking news

CEO of Glaston resigns and Antti Kaunonen takes over

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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.

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Lisec

Why Italian IG producer Predari Vetri is going with TPA technology

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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.

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Hegla

4.5-million-euro investment into new logistics centre

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With a symbolic ground-breaking ceremony, the starting signal was given for a major investment at Hegla. The company is building a new logistics centre at its site in Beverungen, which will combine the individual warehouses on 3000m².

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Forel

A look back to Forel at Vitrum 2023

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The 2023 edition of Vitrum, the Italian trade show dedicated to glass automation, is over. Forel, an exhibitor since 1981, showed its latest generation of machinery, solutions and processes. Here is a recap:

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Trade fair

Vitrum 2023 presents final report

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The 13th edition of Vitrum – the international trade fair for machinery, equipment and systems for flat and hollow glass as well as for glass itself – has presented its figures. More than 7,200 visitors (46 per cent more compared to Vitrum 2021), the show organisers concluded.

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Glass coating

A glass coating machine for treating panes as and when needed

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Groupe SVR, a Canadian glass distributor and manufacturer, has announced the integration of an X-Line automatic glass coating machine from EnduroShield into its facility.

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Glass drilling

Schraml presents the latest generation of glass drilling machine

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Schraml Glastechnik GmbH, an Austrian supplier of vertical glass processing machines, has launched the newest version of its topDRILL glass drilling machine. See here for all the details on what’s new:

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Expertise in glass made in Germany

caleoglas Nord from Rostock: A burning passion for insulating glass

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Located in Rostock in the north of Germany, caleoglas Nord GmbH is a part of the caleoglas Group and specialises in the manufacturing of quality insulating glass made in Germany.

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Vetreria 2M

Offering a variety of insulating glass products for northern Italy

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Vetreria 2M offer anything from standard-sized insulating glass to interior glass products and XXL IGUs. Keeping their lines up to the cutting edge over the last 30 years has allowed them to even supply solutions to other glassworks in the region.

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Electric heating

Glass as a heating element - How does it work?

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Using windows as a heating element: Specialised machines enable the cost-effective production of heating glass that can be easily integrated into an electric heating system.

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Glas Herzog

Why is this German IGU company so happy with Glaston’s Speed Box?

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"We have great confidence in Glaston," says Andreas Herzog, Managing Director of Glas Herzog of Germany. And this is not only reflected in the recent purchase of a new Speed Box insulating glass line from Glaston. Here are the details of a long-standing partnership.

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Interview with Lisec CEO Gottfried Brunbauer

"We are on the way to the future"

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In the run-up to glasstec 2022, Lisec CEO Gottfried Brunbauer met with GLASWELT editor Matthias Rehberger to talk about how the group of companies is developing, what it will focus on in the future and what the focus of the trade fair appearance in Düsseldorf will be. Here are his answers.

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Glasstec 2022

Adelio Lattuada & Knittel: New robotic line makes its debut

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In recent years, Lattuada has invested heavily in the automation of the grinding process, as the glass industry needs solutions that relieve operators of repetitive and heavy work in order to achieve higher productivity.

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Hegla Group

Creating added value together

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More than 32 trucks have been ordered to bring the Hegla machines and equipment to Düsseldorf for the glasstec 2022. Everything on the Hegla stand follows the motto "Creating added value together".

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Messe Düsseldorf

At last, the glasstec is back!

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After a long break, the international glass industry will come together again at glasstec in Düsseldorf from 20 to 23 September 2022. In the course of this week, we will take an advance look at new glass solutions, innovative machines, systems, software and the associated supplier products.

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Glass processing:

The 400th Lisec KSR seaming line goes to Sardinia

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The Italian company Nobento from Sardinia specialises in the production of windows, doors and roller shutters and also has its own glass production in order to be independent of glass suppliers. Here you can find out why the 400th KSR seaming line from Lisec is now located there.

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Intermac:

Inside 2021 opens doors at Intermac and Diamut

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Until 5 November, the doors will be open at Intermac and Diamut on the campus at the production site in Pesaro in Italy to present the latest machines, systems and services. Online participation is also possible. Find out how here.

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Lisec:

Video: A very user-friendly and efficient processing line

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Here we present you with a video that gives an overview of SplitFin, Lisec‘s vertical processing line for edge and inner processing.

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Lisec & Rollplast:

High-quality PVC windows made in Bulgaria

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Rollplast was founded in 2000 by Svetlin Nikolchev with the goal of producing and installing indoor and outdoor blinds. Since then, the Bulgarian company has been looking at constant growth, especially in PVC windows.