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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.
Edgetech Europe invites architects and designers to discover the highly versatile, metal-free, flexible Super Spacer spacer system at the BAU trade fair in Munich, Germany. From January 13 to 17 2025, here is what you can expect.
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.
Swisspacer is advancing automation to help insulating glass manufacturers optimise production processes. CEO Matthias Bach, with the company for a year now, highlights energy efficiency as the primary driver in the insulating glass market, especially in Europe and North America.
Glaston, the inventor of the Thermo Plastic Spacer (TPS), has developed a new processing method that allows the use of thin glass in insulating glass units. The process is also suitable for triple insulating glass.
The US construction industry is set for significant growth in 2024, driven by sustainability and government subsidies. Swisspacer's new NJ distribution center positions European manufacturers for success in this evolving market.
Swisspacer Air - integrated into the edge seal of insulating glass - ensures continuous pressure equalisation with the environment and thus mitigates climate loads. In collaboration between Swisspacer and the Saint-Gobain Glassolutions Insulating Glass Centre, the foundation has now been laid to allow it to obtain a CE mark.
Francis Cholley has been Managing Director of Swisspacer since March 2022. After one with the company, he gives a positive assessment of the company's performance - and looks forward to the future with confidence. Sustainable products remain a key topic for the future.
Super Spacer can lay claim to some world premieres in facade technology solutions. Here are some very spectacular examples in museum spaces.
We’ve been her before: In 1973, a global energy crisis had already directed focus to the energy efficiency of buildings. With the Thermal Insulation Ordinance of 1977, single-pane glass was banned, coated insulating glass quickly became the standard and the Uw value dropped substantially.
Housing is in short supply in American cities such as New York. Redensification is one way to gain space - especially in terms of height. Read how insulating glass with a warm edge plays an important role here.
Every summer the tennis world looks to London for the traditional Wimbledon Championships. The international tennis elite play exciting matches here. In future, the warm-edge system Ködispace 4SG from H.B. Fuller | Kömmerling will also be a part.
Organic solar facade elements, a warm edge building in Dubai, A window system that automatically lets in fresh air and an award-winning spacer manufacturer. Here are our top stories of the week:
That is what project developer Omniyat calls "The Opus" tower in downtown Dubai. The building envelope pushes the limits of what is technologically feasible with advanced engineering. Edgetech Super Spacer TriSealTM are a key part of this massive 3D puzzle.
The Thermoseal Group has been awarded the 2021 National Fenestration Awards in the Spacer Bar Manufacturer of the Year category for the second year running.
In Canada's megacity Toronto, one of the city's most interesting and largest construction projects is currently under way: The new, sustainably planned CIBC Square.
Dow wants to introduce the world's first product range for carbon neutral silicones in building facades. Find out here what exactly is behind it and how it will affect windows and facades.
The copper shell for the Maersk Tower in Copenhagen is a prime example of what can be achieved when Danish architecture, Austrian steel and glass construction and German curved glass come together with Edgetech’s Super Spacer warm edge spacers. Read here how it all works:
When transporting IG units to locations of different altitude above sea level, the gas in the space between the glass panes can cause the window unit to bulge. Swisspacer have now come up with a solution for this:
In addition to quality and durability, the efficient production of insulating glass units with warm edge plays a central role for manufacturers. We wanted to know from Jörg Lenz, Product Manager at Technoform, how high-quality plastic spacers with warm edge can be processed economically and efficiently and how Technoform supports producers in this.
In multi-pane insulating glass, a warm edge is an edge seal in which the spacer between the panes of glass is made of materials with low thermal conductivity.
In insulating glazing, the edge seal (more commonly known as the spacer - because it keeps the individual panes of an IG unit apart) consists of aluminium, stainless steel or plastic profiles as well as solid plastic compounds.
The HoHo Vienna is not only one of the tallest wooden constructions in the world. The LEED Gold-certified building features 6,000 square metres of insulating glass incorporating Edgetech’s Super Spacer warm edge spacer system. Read on for more details:
With its 162m high glass facade, the Principal Tower makes an impressive statement on the London skyline. Given the dimensions of the building, attention had to be paid to every detail in the highly energy-efficient curtain wall - right down to the spacers of the facade glass. Find out here why Swisspacer systems were used for pressure equalisation to counteract climate loads.
Following the launch of the Super Spacer T-Spacer SG spacer system for automated processing, Edgetech/Quanex now presents the manual version for structural glazing elements and XXL formats.
