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Leading edge processing and planning software has the potential to offer glass processors and IGU manufacturers massive efficiency gains, but can it also be flexible? Glass Times reports. “We have two IGU lines and two toughening furnaces,” Billy Cowen, managing director of Twinseal, said. “Downtime isn’t ever a problem, we always have reserve capacity. “Customers don’t want to know about...
The principles that underpin lean manufacturing are returning to the UK construction industry. Glass Times talks to Bohle’s Dave Broxton. The term ‘lean manufacturing’ is coming back into the construction industry’s consciousness, thanks to a drive to promote off-site manufacture. The UK construction industry first turned to successful Japanese manufacturing techniques in the late 1990s in a bid to cut...
Glass Times spoke to Nolan Millard of Unilam about a recent custom-build installation that will play a key part in the expansion of longstanding customer, Cwmtillery Glass. For companies looking for innovative and intelligent solutions for glass production, Unilam Machinery is widely regarded as one of the leaders in its field. From its base in Leeds, the company represents some...
Dave Broxton, managing director of Bohle, argues that the wrong choice of cutting wheel could be costing glass processors thousands a year. Edge quality is key in any form of glass processing; it defines your product quality but also levels wastage, particularly where you’re going on to toughening. Get it wrong, and both (and, ultimately, your bottom line) are going...
The wrong choice can cost you £thousands, while the right one will put them straight onto your bottom line. Dennis Kampmann, director of Industrial Glass Cutting, Bohle, asks: where should you start when choosing industrial glass cutting wheels? It’s about physics and chemistry – and probably just a little alchemy. Get your cutting table set up with the right cutting...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell met owner of Bedford-based Vetroseal Eric Falisi to discuss the importance of machinery – including the latest cutting and laser-marking equipment from Bottero – in maintaining a modern business. Vetroseal’s owner and managing director Eric Falisi left school at 16 and started making glass units at a local sealed unit manufacturer. “I’ve basically grown up...
By Forel. Artigianvetro is a company based in San Severino Marche (Italy), founded by Graziano Marcantonelli in 1985. Two 20-year-old glaziers, a van, 120m2 but much enthusiasm and passion: these are the ingredients with which the company was established, and today it supplies structural, residential, commercial and interior glass products. Artigianvetro has had several site changes since the first site....
David Lithauer, managing director of Vetro Tooling, discusses the company’s new machinery partnership. Vetro Tooling has been a leading supplier of glass tooling and accessories for more than 18 years, and we are proud to provide our customers with a quality and service second to none. We also have our own state-of-the-art workshop and engineering team so we can produce...
Ten years since the Celtic Tiger came to a screaming halt, the Irish economy – and with it, construction – is once again roaring. Glass Times reports. Economic forecasts predict Irish GDP will record 4.1% growth this year, while construction growth will hit more than 20%. The economy is resurgent, confident and focused on sustained and sustainable growth. If the...
Bigger units, heavier glass, and increased use of laminates is making manual handling of glass higher risk. Glass Times talked to Dave Broxton, managing director of Bohle. Glass is being used as a main structural element of the building envelope, and on an increasing scale. The floor-to-ceiling installations, which have dominated high rise designs for decades, have now migrated into...
Lee Dover, from Houghton International, expresses concerns about how machine downtime can have a drastic impact if a business is not prepared for it. No matter what industry you specialise in, machine downtime can have a major impact on your business; if you’re not prepared, technical errors in your appliances can bring significant costs to your productivity and negatively impact...
With industry warning of a skills crisis, Bohle’s Dave Broxton explains how the supply chain could be part of the answer. While there’s universal agreement that the skills gap is one of the key challenges facing industry, what to do about it is less clearly defined. Under investment has resulted in a failure to recruit young people into the sector....
Promac discusses how the addition of linesscanners could save you £thousands a year in avoided remakes. Glass is getting bigger. The cost of getting it wrong – regardless of whether that’s a defect in edge quality, dimensional or surface defects or anisotropy – is also far greater, not to mention the reputational damage and potential loss of future business that...
By Forel. The glass balustrades of the Tour Odeon Skyscraper of the Principality of Monaco, the interior of the Doha Airport in Qatar, the new BBC headquarters, Manchester University’s facades, the glasses for the Winter Garden in London’s Shard, and the cruise ships of Costa Crociere. These are just a few projects that Formator in Rijeka, Croatia, has been involved...
Treforest Glass has been manufacturing high quality sealed units for more than 30 years and has recently made a considerable investment in its own tempering plant, sourced from Lambert GT. Glass Times spoke to Peter Zehetmayr, managing director of Treforest Glass, to find out more about the machinery investment and the impact this will have on the company and its...
With unlimited fines for those companies who fail to comply, plus reputational damage and lost business, Dave Broxton, managing director of Bohle, asks if your waste water strategy is up to scratch. The penalties for failure to comply are astronomical, the potential rewards significant, so why wouldn’t you be on top of waste water management? Yet there are still far...
Energy Saving Glass has continued its investment in its in-house manufacturing facility with seven-figure spend on a new toughening facility. The company’s Alex Walker explains why. Bringing more of your supply chain in-house to increase controls on quality and cost isn’t new but it’s happening with increasing frequency across the window, door and, particularly, glass processing sectors. We manufacture IGUs,...
Embodied energy in building products is under greater scrutiny, delivering environmental benefits and production efficiencies. Joe Hague, managing director of Promac Group, explains. The construction industry is the largest consumer of resources in the UK, swallowing up more than 400 million tonnes of material a year (Davis Langdon) and accounting for 10% of UK carbon emissions (Envest). While the industry...
Cheadle Glass discusses it 50 years in business, and its plans for continued investment and expansion. In April 2017 Glass Times visited glass processor Cheadle Glass, which had just installed a new Cooltemper toughening plant as part of an ongoing investment strategy aimed at improving productivity and reducing operating costs to support competitive trade pricing in the marketplace. 18 months,...
With over-sized units already making up a sizeable chunk of the IGU market, super-sized IGU manufacture has arrived at Glasstec. Joe Hague, managing director of Promac Group, Forel’s exclusive supply partner in the UK, explains. Size, it seems, does matter. Exhibition space at this year’s Glasstec has been defined by high volume but also production on an increasingly gargantuan scale....