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Super Spacer presents greatness at the Glasstec trade fair
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The flexible Super Spacer made of will be demonstrating the versatility of its standard in the field of window and facade
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structural foam is the pioneer among Super Spacer warm edge spacer system technology,” explains Joachim Stoss. In the
warm edge spacer systems. At Glasstec, in state-of-the-art glass architecture. An opinion of the Heinsberg-based company
Edgetech/Quanex will be showcasing essential aspect in the selection of the hardly any builders or developers need to
the many potential applications of its prod- buildings was the different climate zones be convinced any more of the advantages
ucts based on well-known buildings such ranging from Scandinavia to the Gulf of warm edge spacers, such as markedly
as the Elbphilharmonie (Elbe Philharmonic region. “A warm edge spacer must, despite improved energy efficiency, an optimised
Hall), the Kö-Bogen or the Copenhagen the mechanical forces constantly acting indoor climate and elimination of conden-
Maersk Tower in Hall 17, Stand C 61. on the edge seal, remain impermeable sation in the spaces between the panes. For
Worldwide Quanex Building Products for decades,” explains Christoph Rubel, this reason, warm edge spacer is increas-
Corporation sells more than 300 million European Technical Manager. “Obviously, ingly attracting attention in production tech-
metres of Super Spacer annually in over this applies in particular to extremely cold nology terms, particularly in view of the
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90 countries. Its wholly-owned subsidiary and extremely hot regions or to climatic fact that curved windows and free-forms
Edgetech Europe GmbH is not just a sig- zones in which rapid, weather-related tem- can only be designed with flexible spacers
nificant sales hub of the company, but also perature changes are a regular occurrence. as multiple layer insulating glazing. Precise
a development centre and the largest pro- A spacer such as the Super Spacer, absorbs application down to the last millimetre,
duction location in Europe for the flexible the pumping motions of the panes of glass even on large panes of glass, is possible
spacers. The Heinsberg-based company by virtue of its flexible structural foam and both manually and in an automated man-
will act as the host of the Quanex group at prevents wear of the primary seal and ner when using a Super Spacer system,
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its home trade fair in Düsseldorf. thus the possible entry of air into the space and is of particular interest to the manu-
“Over a period of almost 30 years between the panes.” facturers of insulating glass units as well as
the company´s product has been included Another focal point of the trade fair is the window and façade builders visiting the
in an impressive number of noteworthy state-of-the-art glass architecture, which has Glasstec trade fair.
structures. We want to celebrate this with repeatedly set new milestones in the recent Edgetech’s Super Spacer flexible foam-
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our customers at Glasstec 2018”, said past in buildings such as Zaha Hadid’s ‘The based spacer systems acts as energy-effi-
the company’s managing director Joachim Opus’ in Dubai or the Elbphilharmonie in cient warm edge spacers in insulating glass
Stoss. Under the motto of “Always pre- Hamburg. “Round is the new rectangular, windows. They significantly reduce energy
sent in Prestigious Buildings,” Edgetech and triple insulating glazing is the current loss to the outside, largely prevent conden-
sation and also contribute to the lifetime of
a window. On average, worldwide, more
than 300 million metres are sold annually
in over 90 countries.
Edgetech Europe GmbH, located in
Heinsberg Germany, is a fully-owned
subsidiary of Quanex Building Products
Corporation, an industry-leading manu-
facturer of components sold to Original
Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in the
building products industry. Quanex designs
and produces energy-efficient fenestration
products in addition to kitchen and bath
cabinet components, with its head offic-
es in Houston, Texas. Based on turnover
Edgetech/Quanex is the world‘s largest
manufacturer of spacers. Edgetech Europe
GmbH is a sales location for the markets
in continental Europe and one of the three
worldwide Edgetech production plants,
with a total of 450 employees and 16
extruders.

www.superspacer.com
Gladbacher Strasse 23 - 52525 Heinsberg - Germany
Tel.: +49-2452-964910 - Fax: +49-2452-9649111
E-mail: info@edgetech-europe.com