US Glasslam N.G.I. Inc. has announced that it intends to carry out global expansion for its Air-Tight insulating glass foam spacer products. Air-Tight UK Ltd. in Kent, UK, to be opened in summer 2010,…
US Glasslam N.G.I. Inc. has announced that it intends to carry out global expansion for its Air-Tight insulating glass foam spacer products. Air-Tight UK Ltd. in Kent, UK, to be opened in summer 2010, will service existing and new accounts in the growing European warm edge insulating glass market. The first of three extruding lines are almost complete, and staff training is presently underway. Air-Tight Asia, Ltd. in Kowloon, Hong Kong, will open during the third quarter of 2010, and will produce foam spacer products for use in the Chinese, Asian, and Far East markets. This new facility will operate in partnership with Glasslam Asia Ltd. Glasslam“s 2010 expansion plans will continue during the fourth quarter with a new Air-Tight foam spacer plant in the south-eastern US, and the company is presently looking at sites for the best location for the new facility. Glasslam“s new Air-Tight Smart Edge (with a pre-applied hot melt butyl) will be a major focus of this new operation, complimenting production of Air-Tight“s Generic Silicone and new thermoplastic foam spacers.