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                                            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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