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Six months after the relaunch of the Planitherm Network by Saint-Gobain Building Glass, one installer in particular is enjoying a “quiet success”. The Planitherm Network is designed to help fabricators and installers to win more business by upselling to homeowners based on the comfort benefits of different types of Planitherm glass such as enhanced security, reduced overheating, noise reduction, energy...
Tecglass claims to have brought sweeping changes to the inks sector for digital printing on glass, with the launch of With Jetver Ultra. The Spanish company has developed a new line of inks engineered to enhance the colours of glass walls, delivering particularly brilliant colours, especially in the most diverse shades of red, yellow and orange. Tecglass has taken into...
CRL will be exhibiting at BAU with a stand set to be double the size as in 2017. With almost 100m2 in Hall 3, the company will be showing many new products in the areas of doors and partitions, shower hardware and railing systems. There will also be a focus on the new European web shop, which has made the...
Guardian Glass has developed Guardian Vacuum IG, a new double glazed unit that promises extremely low U-values. Guardian Vacuum IG takes two glass panes and seals them airtight. A vacuum is created in the space between the two fully tempered glass panes, which are held apart by almost microscopic pillars. The vacuum eliminates any fill gases and all associated conduction...
Double R Glass & Roofing Systems has added the Saint Gobain Masterglass range of textured glass to its suite of IGU and conservatory roof products. “We are always looking to offer our customers something new,” Ian Sims, managing director of Double R, said “to keep them ahead of their competitors. We pride ourselves on our pioneering approach and always strive...
Ian Woolley, sales director at Hitech Blinds, discusses the company’s new rooflight with integral blinds. There has been a definitive shift in UK architecture towards contemporary minimalist designs and clean sightlines. That has driven the development of the growing market for rooflight installations, as flat-roof extensions take an increasing share of the home improvement market. Also, home extensions are becoming...
The new premium mirror Mirox 4Green from AGC Interpane is an especially sustainable alternative to the low-lead standard mirror Mirox MNGE, the company has announced. It delivers the same performance but stands out through its use of lead-free paint. It is also opaque and therefore ideal for backlit applications. The paint on the back of Mirox 4Green, which is impenetrable...
The new CRL Paris system offers a simple solution to install a French balcony, the company said. In domestic situations, a popular way of gaining natural light internally while achieving a sleek and modern look on a building’s exterior is to opt for French doors and large windows teamed with a French balcony. CRL Paris is a safe glass balustrade...
Pyroguard, specialist manufacturer of fire safety glass, has opened a second facility in the UK. In a presentation to customers and the local MP Conor McGinn, chief executive Neil Tilsley acknowledged that demand for Pyroguard’s products had increased dramatically in the last three to five years. The new facility is dedicated to Pyroguard’s toughened range of fire safety glass products...
AGC Interpane now offers various products with integrated LEDs under the brand name Glassiled. New to this product range is Glassiled Uni, which provides evenly illuminated glass surfaces coupled with high energy efficiency. Unlike the other Glassiled products, the LEDs are not glued onto the surface of the insulating glazing in the space between the panes, but are integrated into...
Pilkington UK, has launched Pilkington Optimirror Protect Plus, a new safety mirror that provides enhanced safety capability without the need for secondary processing. This latest new product, which doesn’t require toughening or laminating, and can be cut to size from stock using standard glass processing equipment, builds on the well-established Pilkington Optimirror range. It also follows the recent introduction of...
To keep pace with the latest requirements in spacer requirements, Lisec has completely redesigned the BSV-B45NK bending machine. In addition, a new generation of ARL-B45F filling systems has been designed to facilitate precise monitoring of target/actual desiccant quantity. A new function of the bending machine is the integration of zero-radius corner (ZRC) technology. In addition to the familiar bent corners,...
Glaston’s Support Room is a cloud-based customer support platform, developed to give customers a single point of contact to Glaston for all service and support, and shown for the first time at Glasstec. Built on cloud-based technology, Glaston Support Room enables efficient remote support for glass processing equipment. Glaston’s experts can help handle incidents, solve problems and assist with fault...
Swisspacer has introduced the online ordering of warm edge products. Via the website, customers can order warm edge spacers, Georgian bars and accessories, at any time. Swisspacer said the online ordering tool makes it simple to select the required product, followed by colour and width. Past orders can be added to the basket, making repeat ordering easy. Andy Everett, national...
BetweenGlassBlinds units have passed the BS EN 1634-1 internal door fire resistance test. The company put its double glazed integrated blind units to the fire test, in both 44mm and 54mm timber doorsets, to achieve FD30 standards. Both doorsets and BetweenGlassBlinds integrated glass units passed the test. The furnace was turned off after 45 minutes with IGU units intact. Mark...
Despite the potentially catastrophic consequences of changing a specification for glazing, doors and windows that offer passive fire protection, specifications are still being routinely altered just to save a few pounds or due to a lack of technical understanding, according to Promat UK. Promat UK has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the risks of changing even the tiniest...
ODL is promoting its Blink blinds as an upselling opportunity for customers. Blink blinds are fully encapsulated by glass, so the blinds require no cleaning and have no exterior cords or cumbersome controls. A switch controls the raise, lower and tilt facility, and the full-height privacy channels eliminate light gaps, shadows and sunlight glare. Every blind in the range carries...
Distinction Doors has reported an imminent 50% upturn in sales of its glass range. That demand passed 45% this year against the same period in 2017 and is still climbing towards the 50% milestone, according to Distinction Doors’ national sales manager Andrew Grogan. “We saw sales beginning to climb as soon as we unveiled our own glass design creations two...
Tuffx has bought a second Bovone ELB 12 HS straight line edging machine, a £200,000 investment that marks a key stage of development, the company said. Tuffx already has an identical Bovone SLE machine at its factory in Knowsley, Merseyside, which was installed in August last year; a 12-wheel straight line edger that is designed to produce flat and arris...
OnLevel recently launched Kronos, a fully adjustable glass clamp. Kronos clamps glass securely and swiftly via a one-piece connection. The one-piece design means the clamp can be taken straight out of the box and fixed into place, removing the need to assemble/disassemble a traditional multi-part clamp and rubber gaskets. Made in Germany from one section of high-performance stainless steel, it...
