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OVERSIZED GLASS
This is the way Tvitec’s
TVITEC – SUPPLYING high performance and eco- Tvitec
MORE THAN 2,000 efficient architectural glass
SQUARE METRES contributes to the biocli- Tvitec is a young company with strong roots in the glass
OF GLASS industry. Founded in 2007, the company has always had an
matic façade that the archi- entrepreneurial spirit and great ambition, powered by a highly
Altogether, Tvitec supplied tects designed in order to skilled team with considerable experience in the sector.
more than 2,000 square assist the natural ventila- Tvitec offers solutions and products for both small- and medium
metres of several different tion in Summer and keep installers, as well as for major works. The company’s main
solutions in high quality ar- the heat in Winter. For production facility is located in Cubillos del Sil (León), near
chitectural glass. The inner the 10-metre units, barely Ponferrada, where it has a factory of more than85,000 square
skin of the façade is made available in Europe but metres, the largest in Europe.
of insulating glass units through Tvitec, the design
which serve as a support to team chose Planitherm XN
the above mentioned large II (Saint Gobain) on low- tectural glass provides, of the glass as this build-
units, among others, small- iron. the lamination process ing is located in a really
er, located on the side parts In addition to the sustain- enhances the safety and central and noisy part of
of the building. ability that Tvitec’s archi- soundproofing properties Madrid.
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