The Hegla Group says it will be focusing on solutions designed to improve efficiency, save resources and create added value when it exhibits at this year’s Glasstec exhibition, scheduled for 22-25 October in Dusseldorf, Germany.

This will include the group’s latest glass processing machinery and software options, plus a solution to upgrade standard glass into bird protection glass.

This portable solution allows windows and facades to be upgraded with a bird protection pattern, even after installation using a laser printing process that transfers ceramic particles from a transfer strip directly onto the outside surface of the glass.

This creates a uniform geometry of dots that is said to be barely visible to the human eye, but seen as an obstacle to birds.

The pattern works in three ways: the distance between the spots indicates to birds that this is an area they cannot fly through. The pattern also breaks up otherwise deceptively realistic reflections of trees, while the change in the way the light is reflected and broken up acts as an additional warning signal.

The Hegla Group will also run live demonstrations of other systems at Glasstec, including the ReMaster, the ProLam LSR cutting system for laminated safety glass, a float glass trimming unit with a vertical remnant system, plus its vacuum lifters.