The caleoglas Nord GmbH branch in Rostock started out in October 1990 as DGG Rostock mbH, which itself was established by a spin-off of the glass division of VEB Baustoffversorgung. In 1996, the company relocated to its new site, just 10 minutes outside of Rostock. Today, as a full-range supplier, caleoglas Rostock offers the complete portfolio of caleoglas group products and supplies the glass processing trade throughout the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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Of the caleoglas Group's total of 450 employees, 30 are based at the Bentwisch site, which specialises in the production of insulating glass. The scope of insulating glass on offer (which also accounts for the largest share of sales) is broadly diversified and ranges from standard insulating glass, insulating glass with heat, sun and sound insulation, to safety insulating glass.
A particularly innovative product is the extra-light insulating glass, which exhibits excellent thermal insulation values. caleoglas has a solution available for almost every requirement and this is intimated by the company name: It is derived from "caleo", Latin for "to burn with passion".
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Christin Pannier, site manager, and Tino Graurock, operations manager, are just the top representatives of the experienced team at caleoglas, which considers close cooperation and a family atmosphere to be greatly important. This lays the foundation for top quality insulating glass production.
Looking ahead to the future
caleoglas Rostock is looking with a great deal of positivity to the future and will continue to focus primarily on insulating glass production. This will allow the company to optimally cater for trends towards ever larger insulating glass units and higher thermal insulation values. Furthermore, the proportion of triple insulating glass units is rising steadily. Germany is currently experiencing a decline in house and apartment construction due to interest rate policies. Therefore, the hope is that the renovation market will be boosted in the future.
Lisec plays key role in production at caleoglas
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Today, the site in Rostock-Bentwisch boasts an extensive range of Lisec machinery. Early on, these include a bending machine, a frame mounting station as well as a Lisec VFL-1D sealing unit.
Over the past three years, the caleoglas machine fleet has been further complemented by a frame mounting and inspection station, a new FPS press with a specially developed nozzle system, which ensures turbulence-free gas filling of insulating glass units with a weight of up to 250 kg/m as well as a new bending machine with a 15-slot profile magazine for the production of spacer frames.
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The most recent installation, in 2022, was a new washing machine. This system has automatic detection of the glass coating, glass thickness scanning and an integrated pre-washing zone. Furthermore, the brush speed regulation is variable, which ensures a gentle washing process.
