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SPECIAL MACHINERY AND LINES

“No Limits” Coupling Press & Gas Filling Machine

The innovations at this ing. Consequently, the size
year’s event also included of the plants to work these
FOREL PRODUCTION a special day dedicated to formats will be bigger and
bigger. Forel, in fact, has
Italian and international
Founded in 1976, Forel now has about 200 employees and press of the sector. created the largest line for
the processing of insulating
another 300 collaborators, covering machinery for all types of SOMETHING glass ever produced in Italy
glass processing. NEW EVERY DAY - panels up to 15 meters in
The Company actually has five product ranges: stocking/ Glass-Technology Interna- size - a real challenge for the
storage, vertical cutting for laminated glass, sorting system, edge tional was one of the maga- use of insulating glass in ar-
processing, laminating line and insulating glass line. Forel made its
name in particular in IG machinery, but the company’s patented zines invited to visit Forel’s chitecture.
vertical cutting line, aimed at high productivity needs, is also a premises the last day of the MACHINERY AND
regular part of the company’s production. Open House, and had the DEVELOPMENTS
Forel’s vertical edge processing line is also one of our ‘best chance to meet some of
sellers’, with different solutions fort seaming, edge processing, the key people of the com- The next part of the meet-
drilling, milling and grinding, and now also with a pre-processing pany, including Fortunato ing was dedicated to the
area which also includes polishing. Vianello, founder of Forel, most recent developments
who is today leading the of Forel machines presented
Two years of development in automation company with the usual at the Open House, speak-
Zuccarello spoke to us about the last two years of development energy that has always dis- ing with Carlo Zuccarello,
in Forel’s cutting solutions for laminated glass. The Company tinguished him. Area Manager, and Giac-
is the only supplier of this patented technology, and the first
vertical cutting line was introduced in the 1990s, and now many The main theme of the event omo Molucchi, Marketing
units are produced every year. was the use of extra Jumbo Manager.
“At the moment we are seeing important commercial results in sized insulating glass: ob- This year’s event, Molucchi
Central Europe,with regards to the request of big volumes of serving the market, it’s told us, was as important as
laminated glass to be processed” easy to see that the demand trade shows.
for significant-sized glass The opportunity to meet
sheets is constantly grow- customers at its produc-

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