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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?
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.
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.
Glaston, the initiators of the Glass Performance Days (GPD) conference, and Messe Düsseldorf, organizers of glasstec, announced that they will be collaborating to advance continuous knowledge sharing, networking and the latest glass industry solutions. Here are the details.
The Glass Performance Days (GPD) conference, a leading event focused on advancements and challenges in glass and glazing technologies, is now accepting abstracts for its 2025 edition. The conference will take place from 10th to 12th June 2025 at Nokia Arena, Tampere, Finland.
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.
The international Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has validated Glaston’s carbon dioxide emissions reduction targets for its operations and for its value chain. SBTi encourages companies to implement climate measures aligned with the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C.
Flachglas Wernberg has revolutionized its 50-year-old lamination line with Glaston ProL technology, boosting efficiency, automation, and energy savings. Learn about the innovative upgrades that set a new standard in glass lamination.
The Glass Performance Days 2023 were full of informative content on a wide variety of topics across the glass industry. If you were unable to make it to Finland last summer, you can get a feel for what the event was like by clicking here:
The Board of Directors of Glaston Corporation has appointed Toni Laaksonen as President and CEO. He will oversee a global business with about 1,000 employees active in more than 50 countries.
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.
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.
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.
Glaston recently launched the Active'Sealer for IGU production. GW-News has now interviewed Uwe Risle, the responsible product manager, about this: here are his answers.
The proceedings of the GPD 2023 are now available for download. The presentations of the speakers are published in the compendium. Here are the details and the download link:
Glaston recently celebrated 40 years of its insulating glass Services division. Offering support with original spare parts, maintenance, upgrades and more, the Services team still helps to keep customers’ machines running.
Vitrum 2023 will open its doors from 5 to 8 September at the Fiera Milano Rho exhibition centre in Milan. Vitrum will also feature innovations from the glass printing, sandblasting and glass marking segments. Here are details of Glaston's innovations.
Energy efficiency, quality and automation in production play an important role in every piece of glass processed. To this end, Glaston will be presenting a number of innovations at Vitrum 2023 in Milan from 5-8 September 2023, including for the following segments.
Glaston Corporation has released its half-year financial report for the first half of 2023 and provides an outlook for the months ahead. Here are the latest figures.
The story begins in 1989 when a Hamburg businessman and a glass manufacturer from South Africa jointly found KAB Allglass GmbH. Today, Allglass is in other hands, with the Grnjak family also involved and active as glass traders, refiners and ESG manufacturers.
At GPD 2023, Glaston executives have informed GW-News of a plan to restructure the group's organisation in order to better serve customers in the architectural glass, automotive and other segments. And Dietmar Walz is leaving the company. Here are the details.
Glaston and the Velux Group recently announced their collaboration on Step Change Base Camp 2023 event at the Glass Performance Days 2023 to make the glass industry more sustainable and address global environmental challenges.
The Jorma Vitkala Award of the Glass Performance Days (GPD) wants to honour an outstanding individual from the international glass industry for their outputs and contributions to the industry.
Karl Lenhardt, Managing Director of Glaston Germany GmbH, passed away recently. He will be remembered as one of the pioneers of insulating glass production.
On June 14–16, 2023, another edition of the Glass Performance Days (GPD) conference will be held in Tampere, Finland. The upcoming conference will address the new challenges shaping our lives and businesses as we move forward with our growth strategies.
