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regards to staff, with the hiring of new employees,” continues Salvian The picture emerging from their interventions outlined the increasingly
“with the final aim of expanding our product range, also involving important role of façade glass, with regards to aesthetics, structural,
other glass production sectors. This does not mean that we want to energetic virtues, as well as its ability to lend itself to the most diverse
try to do ‘everything’, but that we are going to choose some specific architectural trends.
sectors and commit ourselves to be the best in those contexts.” The theme of building applications was also central during the
“This project is the consequence of a precise choice regarding the conferences on Friday, opened by Ennio Mognato, director of the
market segment in which we want to work,” explains Fortunato. Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro, with an intervention entitled ‘Large
“Forel products are, in fact, mid- to high-end solutions.” windows: regulations and problems’, and continued with Sandro
Casaccio, Sales & Market Development Manager of Kuraray Italia,
CONFERENCES who spoke about ‘Interlayers in laminated glass’, presenting the latest
The Open House organized by Forel was not focused only on R&D developments in this sector.
machines, but also offered guests an opportunity for discussion on
topics of interest to them, with the intervention of speakers from
really top-notch companies of the glass industry.
On Thursday, Giuseppe Vita, Head of the Technical Department,
and Maureen Tsagouria, Product & Market Manager, Façade
Business Unit, of Saint-Gobain Italia, spoke about ‘The evolution of
glass for architecture’, followed by Giacomo Sangalli, Permasteelisa’s
commodity manager, who brought his Group’s experience on the
theme ‘Trends in the façade market’.