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Import sanctions

Glass for Europe in favour of banning glass from Belarus

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Glass for Europe has welcomed the decision of the European Council to include flat glass products as part of the extension of the scope of sanctions on Belarus to fight circumvention.

glasstec 2024

Glaston to present new solutions for optimised glass processing

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At glasstec 2024, Glaston will showcase ways to enhance glass processing efficiency without sacrificing quality. The company will highlight its ability to tailor solutions to individual business goals, helping manufacturers achieve higher productivity and operational excellence.

According to the developers, the patented manufacturing process of sedak tempered+ enables tempered glasses without anisotropies visible to the eye.
sedak

sedak presents new tempered glass without anisotropies

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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.

Safety glass

4 great reasons for making insulating glass out of safety glass

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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.

Glass tempering

The largest furnace for tempered glass in the world

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Tvitec is finalizing the installation of the world’s largest glass tempering furnace from NorthGlass. The resulting glass will be for the use in padel tennis courts.

Softsolution:

First Osprey quality assurance system installed in Scandinavia

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Forserum Safety Glass AB in Sweden has recently installed an Osprey system from Softsolution. The system checks tempered glass products for flatness, distortion and anisotropies.

Some of the flats of the "Sluishuis" in Amsterdam IJburg are positioned at a steep angle above the water.
AGC fire-proof glass:

A very special kind of fall-protection glass

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The "Sluishuis" (Lock House) from the architects of BIG and Barcode Architects currently under construction in Amsterdam above Lake IJ is anything but ordinary. Also exciting is the inclined safety glass by AGC, which is positioned above the water to prevent falls.

NorthGlass:

Record-breaking XXL laminated glass pane

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NorthGlass has broken its own records by creating a 23-metre laminated glass pane. The PMU (performance test unit) consists of 12 millimetre ultra-clear tempered glass with 6-layer Sentryglas laminations.

This is a flexible fecoplan partition wall system from feco that can also be easily relocated at a later date.
feco:

Movable glass partition wall systems are a growing trend

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In terms of materials, colour and transparency, relocatable partition systems offer a wide range of design options to create spaces where people feel comfortable and can work well. Here you can find out how feco implements this in detail.

Leon's High-Speed underground rail line ‘breathes’ through these 11 luminous and kaleidoscopic skylights with Vanceva coloured interlayers.
Tvitec:

High-speed railway station with coloured kaleidoscopic skylights

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Tvitec’s glass is one of the cornerstones of the radical urban transformation of the railway station in León in Spain. See here how Tvitec’s glazed and laminated solutions played a key role in making it a reality.

At the inauguration of the new plant: Andrey Sanosyan (Vice Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region) and Marc Michielsen (Belgian ambassador to Russia) - both at the centre of the picture - together with AGC managers.
AGC Glass Europe:

New float glass line starts production

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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.

Glossary

Tempered Glass

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Tempered glass is a form of glass that has been heat-treated and then cooled rapidly. This makes tempered glass stronger but also safer when it does break.

The glass is available with vertical, horizontal or diagonal grooves, which can be cut in a V- or C-shape.
sedak

Multifaceted reflections: the optics of grooved glass

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Panes of glass with grooves create a dynamic visual impression that changes according to the viewing angle and the incident light. sedak now realises such fascinating optics by cutting the grooves into float glass.

The company has seen an massive expansion in the proportion of triple-glass IG units they receive orders for.
Lisec:

Bodesa delivers high quality insulating glass

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24 years ago, Bodesa started with the manual production of insulating glass. Over the years, the company, based in Lithuania, has grown to become one of the largest and most modern insulating glass manufacturers in the Baltic countries.