Manufacturing New articles © Viprotron North America Kingston Eck joins Viprotron North America as new President 04/02/2025 - Viprotron North America has announced a newcomer to the team: Kingston Eck will be joining the company as the President. With his extensive industry experience and expertise, he will be a great addition, says Kai Vogel. © Biesse Processing machines Biesse presents new machine portfolio on 5 continents 03/31/2025 - Biesse has completely overhauled and restructured its entire portfolio in all areas and expanded it in the glass and stone sector in particular. The new machines offer improved performance, a modern, uniform design and are also equipped with a new, intuitive Human Machine Interface (HMI), as the manufacturer emphasises. © Lisec Video Lisec: The new fully automatic production line of Vitrochaves in Portugal 03/28/2025 - Vitrochaves, one of the leading glass processing companies on the Iberian Peninsula, has successfully implemented a new, fully automatic LiSEC system comprising a glass storage, glass cutting, and insulating glass line. In this video, Managing Director Joaquim Chaves shares insights into the project and the advancements in the new production hall. © heroal Company profile heroal: Aluminium solutions with over 150 years of innovation history 03/27/2025 - Founded in 1874, heroal has grown from a small craft business into an international manufacturer of aluminium system solutions for building envelopes. With a strong focus on innovation, in-house production and efficient services, heroal provides architects, planners and fabricators with integrated, high-quality solutions for modern construction. © Lisec Sustainability Lisec scores EcoVadis bronze sustainability medal 03/20/2025 - Lisec announces that the company has received the bronze medal from EcoVadis for outstanding sustainability performance. This award is a milestone on the road to greater sustainability and underlines Lisec’s commitment to the environment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement. © Şişecam Şişecam Şişecam experiences strong growth despite challenges 03/04/2025 - The Turkish glass and chemicals group Şişecam can look back on a successful 2024. Despite global economic uncertainties, the company was able to increase its turnover and push ahead with strategic investments. Here are the latest company figures for 2024. © Lisec Video Lisec GSA: This machine crushes glass remnants for easier re-use 02/28/2025 - Lisec’s GSA system – GSA-CF for float glass and GSA-CL for laminated glass – automates glass crushing and cullet disposal, ensuring a seamless production process. Key benefits include enhanced safety, reduced labour costs, automated cullet management and optimised workspace efficiency. Here is a short video with more info. © Lisec Production Lisec expands product portfolio with laser processing 02/20/2025 - Lisec is integrating cericom GmbH into its all-in-one solutions portfolio, further strengthening its technological expertise and market presence. Here the details. © Lisec Family and career Lisec honoured for family friendliness 02/06/2025 - Family friendliness as a corporate value: Lisec was recently awarded the ‘berufundfamilie’ state quality mark in Vienna. The award, organised by Familie & Beruf Management GmbH, recognises companies that are actively committed to improving the work-life balance of family and career. © Forel Video Forel: How Glass Planet became the largest IGU producer in South Africa 01/31/2025 - Here is a short video interview that Forel did with Steve Pypers of South African glass processor Glass Planet. In it he tells the story of how the company started and what a role Forel’s service and company ethos has played in its success. © Generated using DALL-E Artificial Intelligence Affordable and safe AI for the glass and facade industry 01/31/2025 - Artificial intelligence is reshaping the facade and glass industry, bringing safety improvements, cost-efficiency and streamlined operations within reach of companies of all sizes. From enhancing structural integrity through advanced modelling to automating routine processes, AI is becoming an integral part of administration and production in the facade and glass industry. © Swisspacer Environmental Product Declarations Swisspacer achieves best EPDs for warm edge spacers 01/27/2025 - Spacer manufacturer Swisspacer is setting the bar high in terms of sustainability. With electricity from renewable energies and optimised production, the carbon footprint of a 16 mm spacer is now less than 0.15 kg CO₂ equivalents per running metre - a reduction of almost 30% compared to the previous value. Find the details here. © Cyncly Personnel Kristina Lengyel becomes Chief Customer Officer at Cyncly 01/24/2025 - Software provider Cyncly has appointed Kristina Lengyel as Chief Customer Officer. In this position, she will lead Cyncly's entire customer organisation, which includes the areas of Customer Experience, Customer Success and Professional Services. © A+W Software Personnel A+W Software Managing Director resigns in March 01/21/2025 - Peter Dixen, Managing Director of A+W Software and Portfolio Manager of the Comas Group, will be leaving at the end of March 2025. He will be succeeded by Dennis Tiegs and Hubert Woźniak, respectively. © Lisec Finstral and Lisec Partnership for sustainable and reliable window production 01/17/2025 - Finstral is a family business from South Tyrol with over 50 years of history which can be said to be a pioneer in window construction. With around 1,650 employees and 14 sites –including ten in Italy and four in Germany – Finstral covers the entire value chain of window construction. The company has been using Lisec products since 1980 and has continuously expanded its Lisec machinery. © Saint-Gobain G24 Awards Saint-Gobain Glass honoured for “Sustainability Initiative of the Year” 12/20/2024 - Saint-Gobain Glass has been named the winner of the “Sustainability initiative of the Year” category at the prestigious G24 awards. The G24 Awards, which take place annually in London, recognise outstanding achievements in the glass industry. © Lisec Glass recycling Simple separation of insulating glass with Syn2tec by Lisec 12/10/2024 - With Syn2tec, Lisec now offers an interesting solution for the efficient recycling of end-of-life (EOL) insulating glass panes. With the separation technology, high-quality glass panes can be recovered for reuse, and IG units can also be separated for recycling. Find out how here. © DNA Photographers Sustainability Swisspacer to commission new recycling plant for thermoplastics 11/29/2024 - Swisspacer is planning to commission a new recycling plant in 2025 that will make it possible to fully recycle thermoplastic materials. According to the spacer manufacturer, the product quality will remain unaffected, even with a higher proportion of recycled materials. © AGP, New Zealand New Zealand AGP takes advantage of the Glaston Autopilot on its tempering lines 11/26/2024 - In 2020, Architectural Glass Products of New Zealand selected two FC Series tempering lines for its greenfield plant in Cambridge, NZ, to increase production of insulating glass units for the country’s market for thermally efficient windows, doors and facades. What has happened since then? © Vitropor Glaston Vitropor upgrades its ProE tempering line 11/18/2024 - Founded more than 30 years ago near Porto in Portugal, Vitropor has since then outgrown its three locations and consolidated them into one new production site. In 2001, the company purchased a Glaston laminating line and a new ProE tempering line to replace its older HTF line. Find out here how the upgrade has helped. Show more Most read © Hova Topic of the Week: Vacuum lifters Practical helpers for production 07/22/2024 - 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. © Viprotron Viprotron Temper Scanner 5D helps Thiele Glas to reach new highs in quality 08/02/2024 - Germany-based Thiele Glas continues to set new benchmarks for glass quality and innovation. With a strong presence across Germany, Thiele Glas has earned a reputation for its architectural, safety, functional and design glass solutions. Find out here, how the new scanner from Viprotron will take them even further: © profine GmbH Balkans: Why profine is now also extruding in Bosnia-Herzegovina 11/17/2021 - At the end of September 2021, the first extrusion line at profine in Bosnia-Herzegovina went into operation. At the site of its subsidiary profine BH, the company is currently further expanding the technical and logistical infrastructure in order to manufacture products specific to the region locally in a timely manner. © Pilkington Glass basics: How the float glass process has revolutionised the glass industry 02/05/2021 - When Alastair Pilkington introduced the industrial process for producing float glass in the 1960s, it was not only a revolution for the production of flat glass. It also changed the way glass was made. At the same time the float glass process was a significant step in optical quality that could not be matched by previous methods.