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AUTOMATION

a game-changer. Industry
OINING FORCES: 4.0 needs no introduction,
CHANGING THE
JGLASS INDUSTRY with times and challenges
rapidly evolving. Tools for
Belgium based CNUD transparent processing, in-
EFCO and German GFT creased efficiency and bet-
have joined forces to in- ter benchmarking are the
troduce a groundbreaking industry’s holy grail.
innovation in the glass in- AUTOMATION
dustry. CNUD EFCO has SOFTWARE
a long-standing reputa-
tion in annealing all types That’s why CNUD EFCO
of glass, while GFT is a GFT decided to collabo-
young and ingenious tin- rate with Siemens on the
bath design company. To- development of automation long-awaited, fully auto- of the people at Siemens,
day, their joint knowhow software that stabilizes and mated solution for tin-bath we’ve put the right team
and expertise introduces optimizes the forming and and Lehr. CEO Géraldine in place. They’re working
a new and cutting-edge annealing process. The idea Seynaeve: “By combining hard on the realization of
technology that’s set to be is growing out to be the our expertise with the skills this project. An additional

Joining forces also means joining and combining

knowledge and expertise, a benefit for the companies

involved, but also for the sector they are involved in.

the companies in this article – CNUD EFCO and GFT –

have done just that, with results that are defined

by the same companies as ‘groundbreaking’.