Lumiglass Industries LLC, a subsidiary of Dubai Investments, has become the first company in the United Arab Emirates to gain ECE 43R certification, the European standard for automobile glass safety a…
Lumiglass Industries LLC, a subsidiary of Dubai Investments, has become the first company in the United Arab Emirates to gain ECE 43R certification, the European standard for automobile glass safety and equivalent US Department of Transportation number DOT 806 for its automotive glass. On 12 July 2005, Lumiglass was certified as an ISO 9001-2000 quality management certified company by ATB Vincotte International, only 6 months after the start-up of commercial production. Along with these certifications, Lumiglass also gained the American ANSI Z-26/27 standards for its architectural laminated glass and BS6206, the British Standard for safety glass. Mr. Harri Peramaa, General Manager, Lumiglass, said: “In automotive glass, Lumiglass is now able to compete in the worldwide OEM markets, being considered an official supplier for the Ford Motor Company after our glass has passed their stringent quality requirements”. The firm“s products include Lumisafe for use in automotive windshields, Lumilam for use in architectural glass and Lumiarmor for use in bulletproof glass solutions and applications. The production facility at Al Quoz, Dubai, has a current capacity of 20,000 windshields a month, set to rise to 35,000 on completion of its expansion projects at the end of 2005. For flat laminated architectural glass up to 100 square meters of glass can be laminated per hour. The plant features a fully automated Robotech pre-processing line, which is the third of its kind in the world, connected to a fully automated screen printing unit and a computerized Tamglass windscreen bending furnace, two of which exist in the Lumiglass facility. The firm will install a Bavelloni edge polishing machine in the next two months. “Lumiglass products are used by automotive ARG (automotive replacement glass) markets locally, regionally and internationally. Other sectors such as the marine business, aircraft manufacturing and other safety glass consuming industries are the potential buyers of Lumiglass products”, said Mr. Harri Peramaa.