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Pyroguard Firesafe is the new range of modified toughened fire safety glass from Pyroguard. This monolithic solution is designed to meet individual specification requirements and fulfills customers’ expectations on lead time and availability, the company said. Pyroguard Firesafe is manufactured in both the UK and France to effectively service the European and export markets. Offering varying levels of fire protection...
Saint-Gobain Glass has launched Miralite Pure, a lead and solvent-free mirror, which is aimed at eco-conscious customers. Saint-Gobain removed lead from its mirrors more than 10 years ago. The next step has been to remove the solvent used in the silver protection paint. This has now been achieved with Miralite Pure and the solvent has been replaced by a water-based...
Halsall Glass has said that it has more than doubled its turnover in less than a year, driven by customer acquisition post lockdown and exponential growth in demand. The glass processor, which operates across markets – including construction, supply to other glass companies, interior fit out, leisure, and retail display – said that it had won a number of new...
The latest Juliette and Paris balconies from CRL meet the growing trend for creating a sleek impression and allowing for ample natural light to enter buildings. Increasingly being specified for new buildings and added to existing dwellings, for practical and decorative purposes, Juliette and Paris balconies provide a a safety barrier by means of the balustrades or railings. Available in...
Playing a key role in the striking V&A Dundee museum’s unusual facade were Dowsil 791 and 895 glazing sealants. Manufactured and supplied by The Sherwin Williams Company, the sealants were specified to help resist the gale force winds and rain that blow into the location across the Firth of Tay from the North Sea. Created using a structure of interlocking...
Clayton Glass and Yorkshire Windows have launched a new IGU – Ecomax – which uses recycled and organic materials in its construction, prompting its manufacturers to call it “the country’s most environmentally friendly glass unit”. Meeting both the growing demand from environmentally concerned homeowners (according to Clayton Glass, studies have found that 82% of home buyers would pay more for...
A new coated glass product, designed by the NSG Group to help reduce the transmission of microbes via surfaces in shared spaces and public transport, is ready for launch after its antimicrobial properties were verified through independent third-party testing. The launch of the new glass product, Pilkington SaniTise, follows fast-tracked antimicrobial research in the wake of the pandemic. The work...
Morley Glass is putting video at the heart of its marketing and customer care programmes and supporting installers to do the same, to provide customers and end-users with easy access to key information and resources in an increasingly online-first world. The company is working with video marketing specialist Video Production 4 to create video content, with more than 50 productions...
Eastman and Guardian Glass have launched Eastman’s new Saflex Crystal Clear PVB interlayer, which is designed to produce a colour neutral, brilliant laminated low-iron glass product: Guardian UltraClear LamiGlass Neutral. “Until now, laminating low-iron glass was challenging because traditional interlayers tend to reduce the neutral, transparent properties of low-iron glass,” Priya Kalsi, segment market manager with Eastman, said. “Our new...
February 2021 will mark the anniversary of four years of business for OnLevel UK. From the offset director Gary Dean was adamant the company add value to the industry with products and services that benefit the customer, and in addition to the numerous glass hardware products introduced since 2017, three new product ranges have been introduced in 2020 alone. Furthermore,...
The AGC Glass Configurator is now a fully integrated calculation platform that shows users the benefits of using high performance glass in facades. The Glass Configurator – an online application developed by AGC Glass Europe – is a tool that glass processors, facade and window manufacturers, architects and designers can use to calculate light, energy and safety properties. Single glazing,...
Solstice Glass, from Cantifix, can help regulate sleep cycles using natural light, while offering protection from the sun’s harmful rays. Cantifix, which produced the range for domestic and commercial construction, brought structural glazing to the market almost 30 years ago. For the past five years, the company – run by brothers Charlie, Matthew and William Sharman – has sponsored research...
TuffX recently processed it’s one millionth linear metre of glass, on the Bovone ELB 12 HS straight line edging machine installed at its Merseyside manufacturing plant 24 months ago. This milestone represents the consistently high customer demand that TuffX has experienced for its processed glass products, even while seven months into a global pandemic, the company said. When TuffX purchased...
Morley Glass and Glazing has launched an updated brochure for its Uni-Blinds product range. The 96-page brochure provides information on the company’s ScreenLine integral blind systems, including sections covering the different control options, colour choices and information regarding different glazing specifications, as well as an outline of the company’s sustainability and corporate social responsibility credentials. The brochure features lifestyle images...
Saint-Gobain Glass has launched new textured glass for the residential and commercial glazing markets, which provides high levels of privacy without sacrificing natural light. Visiosun features parallel lines that create a reeded glass effect. It offers high transparency, allowing large amounts of natural light to flood into a room, combined with high privacy levels. Saint-Gobain Glass market manager Jenni Young...
Bohle has unveiled the new MasterTrack ST shower door system, designed to offer simple and easy installation and effortless operation, while is also ideally suited to corner and recessed applications. The flexible system eliminates any requirement to process glass on site, tapping into the same principles that underpin the easy-fit MasterTrack internal sliding door. It’s suitable for installation as either...
AGC has launched Stopray Vision‑70, its new solar control glass. With a selectivity of 2.0, AGC's new Stopray Vision‑70 solar control glass, and its toughenable version Stopray Vision‑70T, outperform all conventional double silver products, the company said. These products are very colour neutral (Ra,D = 97), let in maximum daylight (TL = 70%) and, with a solar factor of just 35%, reduce the air conditioning...
OnLevel has launched Banana Slide, a pre-assembled sliding door system for 50kg and 80kg glass applications. Banana Slide is a sleek sliding door system with clean lines and a minimal appearance. It’s perfect for creating unimposing partitions and light-filled interior spaces, the company said. The system uses ‘clamping technology’ to provide a permanent connection between roller and carriage. Doors can...
Creating a streamlined finish when installing glass balustrades has never been easier, or safer, than with TaperLoc from CRL, the company said, which now has a new base shoe to create a flush fit. Allowing quick and easy slab edge installations, TaperLoc can now be installed flush with the slab edge and from the safe side, without the need for...
Rolltech has launched it revamped website, and updated an app that calculates the Psi value of IG units. Optimised with a responsive layout that ensures convenient, versatile cross-device navigation, the new Rolltech website caters to glass specialists who need to evaluate information crucial to producing high-performance insulating glass. It displays warm edge solutions from Glass Alliance, the international network that...