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COMPANY UPDATE

lass Company, spe- millimetre thick glass for
cialized in innova- the solar glass sector, with
Gtion for the glass high optical quality of the
industry, is undergoing an tempered glass that makes
important company reor- it suitable for use also in the
ganization, clearly dem- furniture sector, since the
onstrating the company’s furnace can temper large
attention to the market. glass sheets.
This reorganization, in fact, Glass Company’s flat glass
includes a new company and curved glass tempering
logo, new show room at the furnaces have been installed
headquarters in Pesaro and, in Europe, Asia, North Af-
last but not least, new per- rica and South America,
sonnel to support clients in positioning Glass Company
the use of Glass Company’s among the top suppliers of
machines. high-tech machines for the
The new 150 square me- flat glass industry.
tre showroom will have R&D; PRODUCTION
on show examples of glass DEVELOPMENTS
processed with the compa-
ny’s machines, while a 500 Another strong point of
square metre lab will have Glass Company is its re-
some of Glass Company’s search and development on
most important machines laser technology enabling it
such as Laser Scanner and to introduce highly efficient
Drawing, 5-axes Water- lasers to the flat glass sec-
jet, ultra high speed glass tor, suitable for any type of
Laminating Furnace, Mini glass surface processing.
Tempering Furnace, inter- The machinery for this sec-
active transparent glass, tor includes Scanner and
systems for the production Drawing lasers for the re-
of fire-resistant glazing, moval of coating from low-E
and much more. glass, from glass coated with
any type of paint, as well as
CORE BUSINESS
mirrors, leaving the glass
Glass Company’s core completely transparent.
business has always been The new laser source
glass heat treatment fur- Scanner can simulate satin-
naces (flat and curved tem- etched and sand-blasted
pering, chemical temper- effects on any type of glass used to create heated glass. Company can satisfy most
ing, glass bending, glass and mirror, using simple Last, but not least, Glass requests coming from pas-
thermoforming, coating images (jpg) or vector files Company supplies turnkey sive fire-protection market
drying, etc.) (dwg) with results that have equipment for the produc- sectors for E, EW and EI
Over the past few years, never even been imagined tion of fire-resistant glazing fire-resistant glass, with
the company has installed before now. (EI30, EI60, EI90, etc.). production equipment that
high-tech tempering fur- The Drawing laser is for Thanks to close collabora- can manufacture from a few
naces that very few compa- those working in the cooling tion with important Euro- square metres per month,
nies are able to build, such or heating sectors, as it car- pean chemical companies right up to completely au-
as the furnace installed in ries out micro-engravings in producing Intumescent tomatic plants for large pro-
Egypt, which tempers 2.5 the coating of low-E glass (fire retardant) Gel, Glass duction quantities.

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