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UBV 23 –26 OCTOBER 2018

PATTERNED GLASS FACTORY

TO CLOSE

União Brasileira de Vidros (UBV), one of the largest producers of
patterned glass in Brazil, announced on 3 April that the factory is
going to close. Sergio Minerbo, President of the company, sadly
expressed that economic conditions and the local market situation
have made this decision indispensable and therefore, they will not
rebuild their furnace for another production cycle. The furnace
with a production capacity of 240 tons/day, situated in Cidade
Dutra of South of Sao Paulo therefore closed that day – 3 April.
At present, Brazil counts five flat glass producers: AGC, Cebrace,
Guardian and Vivx for float glass, and Saint Gobain Glass which
also produces patterned glass.

INTERMAC
MOVETRO PRODUCTS

AVAILABLE IN

NORTH AMERICA

THINK

Officials from Intermac America and Canada have announced
that Movetro products are now available in the North American
market. Movetro, which is based in Italy, produces automatic
glass storage and handling systems, and was acquired by Inter-
mac in July 2017. TANK
“With our acquisition of Movetro, and the availability of the
company’s products in the North American market, we now
offer the most comprehensive line of equipment for manufactur-
ing, handling and storing glass in the industry,” said Federico
Broccoli, president and CEO of Intermac America and Intermac Experience the future of glass live. Enter into
Canada, in a company release. “The market increasingly demands
a dialogue with the leading experts in the world
more control over the entire production process, as customers
of glass. Discover the latest trends, products,
strive to seize the new opportunities available with [Industry 4.0]
factories. They are realizing that automation is fundamental to developments and innovations.
success. Movetro’s solutions will give our customers across North
America ultimate control over handling and storage of glass at the
end of the production process.” Nowhere else, only here at the world’s leading
Movetro, based in the province of Padua, has been working with trade fair glasstec. Be part of it!
the glass division of Biesse Group for a number of years, and
boasts extensive expertise in the area, fundamental to cement-
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the Intermac range of 4.0 glass solutions, according to Intermac glasstec.de/thinktank
officials.

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