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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.
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.
Italian interlayer manufacturer Satinal announces Strato Solar as its new division for the production of EVA, POE and TPO encapsulating films for solar panels.
The Hegla Group is an international supplier of machine, automation and software solutions. We asked the company for an assessment of the current situation, recommendations for its customers, and what the production of the future will look like.
Tianjin North Glass is a glass processing company headquartered in Tianjin, China. The company supplies XXL glass with lengths of up to 18 metres as well as producing tempered, curved, laminated, insulating and digitally printed glass for Asia, Europe and North America.
Interpane Sicherheitsglas GmbH produces more than just standard laminated safety glass and toughened safety glass products. Such as interior and exterior glass with complex shapes. Find out here how the AGC subsidiary managed to stay at the cutting edge:
"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.
Glass Madrid Berlanas, located in Madrid, specialises in double and triple glazing. In a 27,000-square metre facility the company produces insulating glass using the new VSA line from Lisec.
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.
What do the SGG Polska plants in Sczercin, Jaroszowiec, Poznan and Lubartow have in common? They all use the LineScanner quality control system from Softsolution. Find out how that helps them:
Robert Bürkle GmbH held a glass webinar on autoclave-free glass lamination in November 2021. The online event gave viewers an in-depth insight into flatbed lamination of flat and safety glass. Here you can watch an English translation of the event:
Robert Bürkle GmbH is working with Meyer Burger Technology AG in the production of innovative PV modules. Meyer Burger’s plant is Europe's largest and most modern such production facilities.
Finstral manufactures insulating glass and complete windows and french doors at its Oppeano site near Verona. Now the capacities there are being considerably expanded.
Guardian Glass has announced plans to replace a float glass furnace at its Bascharage plant in Luxembourg.
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.
