Edition 65 (January-March, 2022)
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GLASS BULLETIN is a publishing company, managed by a highly experienced editorial and administrative staff. It has a dedicated and responsible team for providing quality journals and related services to its readers. The company publishes GLASS BULLETIN which is the fastest growing top-notch journal of India for the global glass industry. It is published quarterly and circulated among glass manufacturers, glass processors, glass-machinery & tool manufacturers, art glass processors, glass dealers, architects, builders, aluminium fabricators, interior decorators and the automobile industry across the globe.
GLASS BULLETIN is the ideal platform, both in the print and digital media, for worldwide exposition of news, reports, products and exhibitions related to the glass industry. It is a one-stop solution for all queries and needs related to glass–machinery and technology, its innovation, product-procession and marketing in India. By its permanent columns, it enjoys the status of highest readership among all Indian glass journals.
GLASS BULLETIN is the media partner for international glass exhibitions in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou in China besides in other parts of the world, including Europe, India and the Middle East.
GLASS BULLETIN e-magazine, the first glass-related e-magazine of India, is also available online and on mobile phone, free of cost at http://www.glassbulletin.com
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Event<br />
Preparation for 32nd China Glass <strong>2022</strong> in<br />
full swing<br />
Promoting Double Carbon Goals Achievement & Helping Industry<br />
Development<br />
The 32nd China International Glass Industrial Technical Exhibition will be held at the<br />
Shanghai New International Expo Centre from April 13-16, <strong>2022</strong>. It is being organised by<br />
the Chinese Ceramic Society and contracted by the Beijing Zhonggui Exhibition Co., Ltd.<br />
In the first half of 2021, the glass<br />
industry saw high productivity,<br />
prices at high levels, and major<br />
economic performance indicators<br />
increased significantly. According to<br />
the National Bureau of Statistics, 690<br />
million weight cases of flat glass were<br />
sold from <strong>January</strong> to August, up 11 pc<br />
year on year.<br />
A total of 430 million square metres<br />
of three kinds of glass techniques –<br />
tempered glass, laminated glass and<br />
hollow glass – were sold in the first<br />
half of 2021, up 22.4 pc year-on-year.<br />
Architectural glass enterprises above<br />
designated size on revenues of 182.48<br />
billion, up 37.7 pc year-on-year, 26.92<br />
billion of total profit.<br />
Currently, glass industry is in<br />
the critical period of kinetic energy<br />
conversion development and<br />
industrial restructuring. Driven by<br />
the quick recovery of demand market<br />
of housing, cars, communications,<br />
photovoltaic and appliances, glass<br />
industry will boost technical glass<br />
market booming development. In the<br />
meantime, the growth in the industry<br />
of food, beverage and pharmaceutical<br />
will push the rise in the demands of<br />
bottle glass market.<br />
Especially the achievement in<br />
double carbon goals, which taking<br />
the huge growth market potential on<br />
the development of flat glass which<br />
is represented by photovoltaic glass.<br />
China Glass underscores its role as<br />
cooperation platform by promoting<br />
double carbon goals achievement and<br />
helping industry development.<br />
Furthermore, China Glass gives<br />
a very clear boost on Industry<br />
technology exchange, resource<br />
allocation and supply chain<br />
50 Glass Bulletin | <strong>January</strong> - <strong>March</strong>, <strong>2022</strong>
China Glass <strong>2022</strong>• 2<br />
optimization, which unleash consumer<br />
market potential and upgrade the<br />
consumer market.<br />
The exhibition area planning<br />
will be in line with the previous<br />
exhibition: Hall E1 is the International<br />
Hall, which gathering Germany<br />
Pavilion, Italy Pavilion and numerous<br />
global glass industry mainstream<br />
brands; Hall E2 is the exhibition<br />
area for flat glass manufacturers<br />
and large comprehensive glass<br />
equipment manufacturers; Hall E3-<br />
E6 is an exhibition area for glass<br />
production and deep processing<br />
equipment manufacturers. Hall E7<br />
is an exhibition area for non-device<br />
exhibition, art glassand daily glass.<br />
Currently, all kinds of exhibition<br />
work is in full swing, due to the<br />
successful holding in May 2021 and<br />
the good reputation of China Glass,<br />
many exhibitors at home and abroad<br />
have renewed the reservation of the<br />
China Glass <strong>2022</strong> with an area of<br />
45,000 m2. Since the full launch of<br />
the exhibition in July this year, the<br />
reservation area has reached 80,000<br />
m2. More than <strong>65</strong>0 manufacturers<br />
have confirmed their participation,<br />
and it is expected that there will<br />
be 1,000 exhibitors, over 40,000<br />
professional visitors, and the overall<br />
exhibition scale will exceed 90,000<br />
m2.<br />
Mainstream brands at home and<br />
abroad are ready for display, domestic<br />
brands including China Building<br />
Materials Academy, Triumph Science<br />
& Technology, CTIEC, Qinhuangdao<br />
Glass Industry Research & Design<br />
Institute, China New Building<br />
Materials Design & Research Institute,<br />
Bengbu Glass Industry Research &<br />
Design Institute, Luoyang Northglass,<br />
Luoyang Float Glass Group, China<br />
Yaohua, Huaguang Group, Triumph<br />
Photovoltaic Materials, Triumph<br />
Engineering Technology, Bengbu<br />
China Optoelectronic Technology,<br />
Yangzhou Zhongke Semiconductor<br />
Lighting, CNBM Optoelectronic<br />
Equipment, Triumph Junheng,<br />
CNBM Triumph Robotics, Triumph<br />
Group, Taiwanglass Group, Xinyi<br />
Ultrathin Glass, Landglass, Luoyang<br />
MOUNTAIN Intelligent Equipment,<br />
Jinjing Group, CSG Holding,<br />
Shanghai SYP Glass, Kibing Group,<br />
HebeiYingxin, Xinfuxing Glass,<br />
Wuhan University of Technology,<br />
Anhui Jingling Glass, ZIBO GT New<br />
Materials Group, Shabo Glass Group,<br />
Shahe Glass Research Institute,<br />
Flat Glass Group, Mr.Glass, Sinoma<br />
Advanced Materials, China Glass<br />
Holdings Limited, Shanxi Lihu<br />
Glass(Group), Ruitai Materials<br />
Technology, Qinhuangdao Yuntong<br />
Glass Mech-Electro Technology,<br />
Liaoning North Glass Machine,<br />
South Glass, Hangzhou Zhijiang<br />
Silicone, Guangdong Golive<br />
Machinery Technology, Tenon<br />
(Beijing) Equipment, MGM Glass,<br />
Hangzhou Jinggong Machinery,<br />
Yinrui, Weili, Boza Automation,<br />
Guibao, Zibo Agc, Jointas Chemical,<br />
Sanjin Glass, Huafu(Chengde)<br />
Glass, Weifang Sanjiang, Tengzhou<br />
Huayang Art Glass, Guilin Champion<br />
Union Diamond, Yuandong<br />
Refractory, Chaoyang Glass, Deway<br />
Machinery, Shandong Fangding<br />
Safety Glass, Hanjiang Automatic<br />
Glass, Beijing Glorious Future Glass,<br />
QinhuangdaoTucheng Glass, etc.<br />
International brands including LiSEC,<br />
Glaston, Vonardenne, Henry F.<br />
Teichmann, Sefpro, Zippe, Honeywell,<br />
Five Stein, Grenzebach, Vesuvius,<br />
ISRA, Air Products, HeglaTaifin,<br />
Quanex, Buhler Leybold, Sorg,<br />
Glasstech, SIEMENS, etc.<br />
The 32nd China Glass will<br />
actively use “platform capabilities”<br />
and social media, providing more<br />
value added business to exhibitors,<br />
helping gain more economic benefits<br />
and enhance Brand Image. Relying<br />
on its own powerful industry<br />
resources, China Glass Exhibition<br />
is inviting more industrial insiders<br />
including representatives of domestic<br />
branch of international industrial<br />
organization, overseas enterprises,<br />
trader, professionals among scientific<br />
research, production to visit the<br />
exhibition.<br />
E-mail: service@chinaglass-expo.com<br />
WeChat: chinaglassexpo<br />
Website: www.chinaglass-expo.com<br />
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Company News<br />
Glaston inks deal for 2 TPS ®<br />
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These Have Excellent Productivity, Quality & High<br />
Flexibility, As Well As Long Service Life<br />
Glaston Group has received an order for two Glaston<br />
Thermo Plastic Spacer (TPS®) insulating glass lines from<br />
French window manufacturer TRYBA. The order is booked<br />
in Glaston’s Q4/2021 order book and the lines will be<br />
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French glass manufacturer<br />
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with Glaston. The company already<br />
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lines equipped with the latest glass<br />
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As the company is expanding its<br />
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The insulating glass line Glaston<br />
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“A high capacity and high<br />
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to choose Glaston,” says Marco Stehr,<br />
SVP Sales & Service for Glaston’s<br />
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“We want our customers to succeed<br />
in their business. The Glaston TPS® is<br />
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and quality while at the same time<br />
looking for a combination between<br />
state of the art technology and<br />
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Glaston Corporation.<br />
“Progress and innovation are<br />
the driving force leading us to<br />
constantly renew our products and<br />
make them even more efficient. Our<br />
team is paying attention to detail<br />
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and reaching a balance between<br />
technology and design. With Glaston<br />
technology and service capabilities we<br />
are confident to expand successfully<br />
our glass business,” says Jerome<br />
Oberle, Project Manager of TRYBA<br />
S.A. Portugal.<br />
About the company<br />
Glaston is the glass processing<br />
industry’s innovative technology<br />
leader supplying equipment, services,<br />
and solutions to the architectural,<br />
automotive, solar, and appliance<br />
industries. The company also supports<br />
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Email: info@glaston.net<br />
Website: www.glaston.net<br />
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Event<br />
glasspex INDIA, glasspro INDIA,<br />
fenestrationpro INDIA rescheduled to<br />
Sep 14-16, 2023<br />
Messe Düsseldorf India Decides To Postpone Dates, Keeps Event Venue in<br />
Mumbai Unchanged<br />
Given the impending uncertainty due to the sudden surge in cases of COVID-19 and its<br />
new variant, Messe Düsseldorf India has decided to reschedule the combined events of<br />
glasspex INDIA, glasspro INDIA and fenestrationpro INDIA.<br />
The events originally scheduled<br />
for <strong>March</strong> 3-5, <strong>2022</strong> at the<br />
Bombay Exhibition Centre in<br />
Mumbai has now been now scheduled<br />
on September 14 -16, 2023 at the<br />
same venue.<br />
The seventh edition of glasspex<br />
INDIA – International Exhibition for<br />
Glass Production, Processing and<br />
Products – is organized by Messe<br />
Düsseldorf India and supported by<br />
the All India Glass Manufacturers’<br />
Federation (AIGMF).<br />
On the other hand, glasspro INDIA<br />
is an annual event for the flat glass<br />
industry, showcasing the latest trends<br />
in flat glass processing and products,<br />
and is jointly organized by Messe<br />
Düsseldorf India and Glass Bulletin.<br />
Both the events are powered by<br />
Glasstec Düsseldorf, Germany – the<br />
world’s leading exhibition on glass.<br />
Thomas Schlitt, Managing Director,<br />
Messe Düsseldorf India, said: “Our<br />
objective remains to support economic<br />
recovery by providing a leading<br />
platform for conducting business<br />
safely and effectively at our trade<br />
fairs. But the recent development<br />
in the pandemic situation makes it<br />
impossible to hold the glass events in<br />
India for <strong>March</strong> <strong>2022</strong>. The decision<br />
to reschedule the fairs to September<br />
2023 was taken after careful evaluation<br />
of the situation together with our<br />
partners and key stakeholders.”<br />
With this decision, Messe<br />
Düsseldorf India is taking into account<br />
its obligations towards its partners<br />
of the glass industry in India and<br />
worldwide. The postponement to a<br />
later date will ensure that the event<br />
will continue to play its leading<br />
role in bringing the global industry<br />
stakeholders together once again.<br />
“We are grateful to all our partners<br />
for their continued support in these<br />
unprecedented times. We stay<br />
committed and will take every possible<br />
measure in supporting and creating<br />
resilient businesses at India’s leading<br />
industry event catering to the glass<br />
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Company News<br />
HEGLA appoints additional<br />
managing director,<br />
authorised signatories<br />
Move Aimed At Further Strengthening Itself, Set<br />
Course For Continued Success In Future<br />
The HEGLA Group, based in Beverungen, Germany, has<br />
expanded and restructured its leadership team in order to<br />
advance the company according to its sustainable growth<br />
strategy in the long term.<br />
The HEGLA Group is expanding its executive team within<br />
the scope of its sustainable growth strategy (left to right):<br />
Dr Heinrich Ostendarp (CTO), Bernhard Hötger (CEO),<br />
Jochen H. Hesselbach (Managing Director) and Ingolf<br />
Ripberger (COO).<br />
On December 1, 2021, Ingolf<br />
Ripberger, 57, joined the<br />
current executive board<br />
members Jochen H. Hesselbach,<br />
Bernhard Hötger and Dr Heinrich<br />
Ostendarp, taking on oversight<br />
responsibility for the Production,<br />
Technology, Supply Chain and Human<br />
Resources departments.<br />
“We are delighted to have acquired<br />
Mr Ripberger, a professional who<br />
is recognised industry-wide and<br />
familiar with glass as a material and<br />
its processing,” said Bernhard Hötger.<br />
“He also has personal experience with<br />
the applications and solutions of the<br />
HEGLA Group.”<br />
Previously, Mr Ripberger worked<br />
in a technical and commercial<br />
management role for the Saint-Gobain<br />
Group in Germany and internationally<br />
for over 25 years. He has a degree<br />
in electrical engineering and also<br />
completed a degree in business<br />
administration at RWTH Aachen.<br />
Bernhard Hötger, who has held<br />
various positions at HEGLA since<br />
1984, became CEO of the HEGLA<br />
Group on December 1, 2021. He<br />
will continue to be responsible for<br />
Sales and Marketing, and supervise<br />
the operation of the international<br />
subsidiaries and sales agencies.<br />
Dr Heinrich Ostendarp will focus<br />
on strategic and operational product<br />
development, as well as the integration<br />
and further development of the<br />
subsidiaries and the product areas of<br />
tempering furnaces for safety glass<br />
(HEGLA-TaiFin), laser applications<br />
(HEGLA boraident) and software and<br />
automation (HEGLA-HANIC).<br />
Jochen H. Hesselbach will remain<br />
a member of the executive board<br />
of the HEGLA Group but will focus<br />
more intensively on his role as CEO<br />
of the 100% parent LEWAG Holding<br />
AG and forge ahead with the strategic<br />
alignment and assessment of new<br />
shareholdings or subsidiaries and<br />
potential collaborative partnerships.<br />
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Authorised signatories to set a new<br />
course and strengthen competencies<br />
To adapt the structures of the HEGLA<br />
below board level to the growth of<br />
the company, two further senior<br />
members of staff have been appointed<br />
as authorised signatories. Josef<br />
Kusserow (Head of Production) and<br />
Georg Dressler (Head of Strategic<br />
Purchasing) are now authorised<br />
to represent the HEGLA site in<br />
Beverungen.<br />
In a collective meeting to make<br />
the authorisation official, Managing<br />
Director Bernhard Hötger emphasised<br />
that this step demonstrates significant<br />
trust in the abilities and know-how<br />
of the authorised signatories. “By<br />
handing over these far-reaching<br />
competencies, we are further<br />
strengthening HEGLA and setting the<br />
course for continued success in the<br />
future,” said the managing director.<br />
The HEGLA Group, which<br />
was founded by the HEsselbach<br />
and GLAser families in 1976 and<br />
has mechanical and automotive<br />
engineering, long goods and sheet<br />
metal storage technology divisions,<br />
exceeded a total revenue of €100<br />
million for the first time in 2019, the<br />
year before COVID.<br />
The company expects further<br />
“<br />
In a collective meeting to make<br />
the authorisation official, Managing<br />
Director Bernhard Hötger emphasized<br />
that this step demonstrates significant<br />
trust in the abilities and know-how of<br />
the authorised signatories.<br />
“<br />
growth after the COVID pandemic,<br />
thanks to the acquisition of laser<br />
application specialist HEGLA<br />
boraident in Halle/Saale in 2017, a<br />
majority shareholding in software<br />
provider HEGLA-HANIC in Bochum-<br />
Wattenscheid (ERP and MES systems)<br />
acquired in 2018, and a majority<br />
shareholding in the Finnish company<br />
HEGLA-TaiFin, which specialises in<br />
the development and production of<br />
high-quality glass tempering furnaces<br />
for architectural glass and glass<br />
bending furnaces for vehicle glass,<br />
acquired in 2019.<br />
Operating as a group, HEGLA<br />
can now offer comprehensive<br />
solutions for glass processing from a<br />
single source and focus even more<br />
strongly on its innovation course<br />
towards digitalisation/Industry 4.0<br />
and integrated shop-floor logistics,<br />
which is has embarked upon with the<br />
expansion of its product portfolio.<br />
To adapt the structures of the HEGLA below Board<br />
level to the growth of the company, two further senior<br />
members of staff have been appointed as authorised<br />
signatories. Josef Kusserow (Head of Production) and<br />
Georg Dressler (Head of Strategic Purchasing) are now<br />
authorised to represent the HEGLA site in Beverungen.<br />
(Left to Right): Bernhard Hötger, Georg Dressler, Josef<br />
Kusserow and Jochen H. Hesselbach.<br />
–Carsten Koch<br />
Email: carsten.koch@hegla.de,<br />
info@hegla.de<br />
Website: www.hegla.com<br />
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Company News<br />
(L-R) Wes Brigner, Director of Manufacturing, and Dan Wright, CEO/President of Paragon Tempered Glass<br />
Glaston’s CHAMP 25 line helps Paragon<br />
meet growing demands<br />
Automation Opens Door To Greater Capacity, Significantly Improving Yield<br />
And Quality<br />
The line combines all four processes of robotic loading, cutting, grinding and drilling<br />
with two sets of drills into one. Earlier, this would have taken four separate pieces of<br />
equipment.<br />
Paragon Tempered Glass – a<br />
2012 merger of two well-known<br />
processors in Ohio and Michigan<br />
– underwent numerous changes in<br />
ownership over the years. When The<br />
Cypress Companies of Ohio took the<br />
helm in 2012, Paragon was finally able<br />
to invest in machinery to improve its<br />
future.<br />
Dan Wright came in five years ago<br />
as VP of Sales and quickly moved on to<br />
CEO/President of Paragon Tempered<br />
Glass. With significant history in the<br />
glass industry as both a supplier and<br />
a customer of Paragon, he can see<br />
the potential in the specific industries<br />
Paragon serves.<br />
“A large percentage of our business<br />
is transportation glass – for truck caps,<br />
RVs and construction equipment<br />
manufacturers. We also supply glass<br />
for a wide variety of other industries,”<br />
he said. “We’ve seen record growth<br />
recently and have been able to make<br />
significant investments in capital<br />
equipment to grow our business.”<br />
Champ paves the way<br />
Dan and his colleague Wes Brigner,<br />
Director of Manufacturing, already<br />
knew Bystronic glass and Glaston<br />
well from their vast experience in the<br />
glass industry. The two Paragon plants<br />
have 30-year-old Bystronic glass preprocessing<br />
equipment and Glaston<br />
tempering lines.<br />
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“We know that Glaston is very<br />
reliable, and the equipment does an<br />
awesome job,” said Wes. “We’ve always<br />
thought highly of the two equipment<br />
manufacturers that are now one<br />
Glaston.”<br />
About two years ago, the men saw<br />
the CHAMP 25 line. They reached out<br />
to Glaston to learn more and decided<br />
it was the right path for their business.<br />
“Not only would the line give us the<br />
speed and capacity we needed, we also<br />
knew our relationship with Glaston<br />
would be excellent and the quality<br />
would be of the highest calibre,” Dan<br />
said. And this all proved to be so –<br />
even down to the way the product was<br />
packaged and shipped.<br />
“Of all the equipment we<br />
have purchased over the years,<br />
this machine came with the best<br />
packaging, instructions and top-of-theline<br />
support,” Wes emphasized.<br />
“When it came to support, the<br />
Glaston team had a response for us<br />
within minutes and a game plan to<br />
take care of any issue within an hour.<br />
This means the world to us!”<br />
Dan agreed that the partnership<br />
was exactly what they had hoped for.<br />
All-in-one<br />
Paragon purchased their first CHAMP<br />
25 line in October 2019. Although<br />
COVID-19 slowed the process, the line<br />
was installed in September 2021. The<br />
new line incorporates four different<br />
processes – robotic loading, cutting,<br />
grinding and drilling with two sets of<br />
drills. Earlier, this would have taken<br />
four separate pieces of equipment.<br />
Now the line combines all processes<br />
into one and is tied into the company’s<br />
digital printer.<br />
CHAMP automates the processes,<br />
significantly improving yield and<br />
quality. At the same time, it helps<br />
Paragon focus on what they’re best<br />
at – fabricating a high volume of high<br />
value-added parts.<br />
This is the direction their business<br />
is moving – providing parts with more<br />
holes and odder shapes – and serving<br />
new and different cab styles with a<br />
sharper look.<br />
Operators expect the best<br />
Glaston worked closely with Paragon’s<br />
maintenance group, answering<br />
questions and providing information,<br />
for a smooth installation.<br />
“Our operators are really excited<br />
about the CHAMP line, as they see<br />
this as the future. Especially at the<br />
Ohio plant, our people have adapted<br />
over the years to many changes and<br />
expect the best. They also know we<br />
share the business profits with our<br />
workforce. They understand that the<br />
better we do, the better they do, too,”<br />
Dan said.<br />
Wes added that the additional<br />
automation is helping them grow<br />
the business in a way they can excel<br />
without making the personnel work<br />
more hours. “We’ve been short on<br />
team members and see automation as<br />
a way for us to work to live – and not<br />
live to work,” he said.<br />
Wes said they’re already trying to<br />
figure out how to get more space to<br />
purchase another CHAMP 25 line.<br />
“We’re going to continue to add<br />
capital equipment over the next few<br />
years. We want to grow the footprint in<br />
our two facilities so we can continue<br />
doing more. Our new line enables us<br />
to shorten lead times significantly and<br />
give our customers the service they<br />
deserve,” Dan summed up.<br />
Email: info@glaston.net<br />
Website: www.glaston.net<br />
The additional automation is helping the company grow its business in a way it can excel without making its<br />
personnel work more hours. “We’ve been short on team members and see automation as a way for us to work to live<br />
– and not live to work,” said Dan Wright.<br />
The new line incorporates four different processes –<br />
robotic loading, cutting, grinding and drilling with<br />
two sets of drills.<br />
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Company News<br />
Mr. Mukesh Patel, Managing Director<br />
Mr. Jacky Patel, Director of Sales<br />
Mr. Rupesh Limbani,<br />
Director of Procurement & Production Management<br />
Avon Tuff celebrates<br />
10-year anniversary<br />
Thanks Customers For Support And Trust Which<br />
Has Been Its Drive Towards Continued Growth<br />
Avon Tuff Glass is co-branding partner for SG-Secure with<br />
Saint Gobain Glass. Its product segments meet all end-toend<br />
applications.<br />
As Avon Tuff Glass celebrates its<br />
10 year anniversary, Managing<br />
Director Mr Mukesh Patel said<br />
the company has strictly followed its<br />
strategy to be a truly customer-focused<br />
business with a need to work towards a<br />
complete 360-degree project view.<br />
By doing this, the company<br />
succeeded in delivering unified crosschannel<br />
customer engagement. “On<br />
this special day of our company’s<br />
anniversary, we want you to know that<br />
your support and trust have been the<br />
biggest drive towards our continued<br />
growth. Thank you for being a part of<br />
our business success,” Mr Patel added.<br />
The Avon Tuff management has<br />
well understood the business culture<br />
to meet the modern architectural<br />
glass demand for exterior and interiors<br />
of the construction industry, and<br />
ultimately created a culture where the<br />
customers’ needs are at the heart of<br />
every interaction, the MD said.<br />
Avon Tuff Glass is the co-branding<br />
partner for SG-Secure with Saint<br />
Gobain Glass. This ensures that its<br />
clients get the best quality of float<br />
glass along with the Saint Gobain logo<br />
as assured processing partners in<br />
Mumbai.<br />
Processed glass is subjected to<br />
different types of treatments to make<br />
it suitable for diverse applications<br />
and Avon Tuff meets the supply<br />
consistency because of the same make<br />
of annealed or performance glass, Mr<br />
Patel said.<br />
Glass has made its way as a wonder<br />
material with deep inroads in the<br />
“Avon Tuff Glass is Certified Processor with<br />
SGC Assure - Saint Gobain India”<br />
building industry. It has revamped<br />
itself hugely and the industry has<br />
shattered the conventional fears and<br />
norms of breakage, safety, security and<br />
several other factors and addressed<br />
them head-on.<br />
Technological innovations in glass<br />
and glazing have helped and rewarded<br />
the industry with substantial growth<br />
in volumes and adding diversity and<br />
versatility in usage, the company said.<br />
Façade glazing contributes to<br />
the aesthetics of a building and<br />
reduces visual and physical weight<br />
of a building. It presents design<br />
opportunities to architects, where<br />
they can explore different geometric<br />
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configurations and shapes of glass<br />
with customised module design and its<br />
assembly. Architects are still exploring<br />
its creative applications, it said.<br />
Glass is selected based on various<br />
functional and aesthetic criteria<br />
to meet the overall engineering<br />
requirements of a project.<br />
“Right from the project concept<br />
stage, a suitable methodology should<br />
be laid down by stakeholders to<br />
understand implication and influence<br />
of available façade options. Effect of<br />
window type/glazing system design<br />
is not only driven based on codal<br />
requirements or cost of the system,<br />
but also includes investigation based<br />
on parameters like safety, lighting,<br />
acoustic, thermal, fire, durability, life<br />
cycle, maintenance and buildability<br />
with the right detailing,” Mr Patel<br />
added.<br />
“We are thankful for our<br />
investments with futuristic Glass<br />
Processing Technology to get highest<br />
production energy efficiency and best<br />
end glass quality. Modern facade and<br />
window requirements for processing<br />
efficiency, quality features are growing<br />
based on the new range of high<br />
performance glasses and we produce<br />
even the most complex triple silver<br />
range of glass by Saint Gobain India,”<br />
he said.<br />
Avon Tuff Glass product segments<br />
meet all end-to-end applications<br />
together with its co-partner Saint<br />
Gobain by providing and processing<br />
the perfect quality of glass for<br />
buildings according to a customer’s<br />
needs.<br />
“Although building a customerfocused<br />
culture isn’t something you<br />
do overnight, implementing these<br />
strategies will set you on the path<br />
for success. We are celebrating our<br />
10th anniversary and it is not just<br />
the company’s anniversary, but it is a<br />
family anniversary that has defined all<br />
odds to grow strong and achieve great<br />
things together,” Mr Patel said.<br />
Speaking on the occasion, Director<br />
of Sales Mr Jacky Patel said, “Growth<br />
is fundamental to a business’ survival.<br />
Every solid sales strategy starts with<br />
a forecast. Your sales forecast is the<br />
best way to see what’s coming into<br />
your pipeline and what isn’t, while you<br />
still have time to change the outcome.<br />
Extreme weather, economic crises,<br />
global pandemics like COVID-19<br />
— all can dramatically change your<br />
forecast.”<br />
“But that doesn’t mean you throw<br />
the whole thing away. Instead, take<br />
time to determine which deals are<br />
still realistic and which customers<br />
you need to focus on. We are thankful<br />
to our co-branding partners Saint<br />
Gobain and this gives us opportunity<br />
to implement more than one business<br />
growth strategy to reduce risk and<br />
maximize market share expansion,” he<br />
added.<br />
Mr Rupesh Limbani, Director<br />
of Procurement & Production<br />
Management, said, “As the glass and<br />
glazing industry chases new growth<br />
opportunities, the role of procurement<br />
will necessarily evolve and assume<br />
more strategic responsibilities.<br />
The glass (exterior and interior)<br />
industry has undergone significant<br />
changes over the past decade and it<br />
will continue to evolve rapidly. My<br />
key role is to address the problem<br />
of jointly determining production<br />
planning and scheduling decision in a<br />
complex multi-stage, multi products,<br />
multi-machine and batch production<br />
environment.”<br />
“With a collaborative system, leadtimes<br />
can be managed and inventory<br />
can be planned and forecast ahead<br />
of demand for this I stay focused on<br />
integrating procurement, production<br />
planning with shop floor team and<br />
strongly managing the inventory<br />
management processes,” he explained.<br />
Speaking about quality assurance<br />
with Avon Tuff Glass, Director of<br />
Quality & CRM Mr Mahindra Lonare<br />
said, “Our experienced quality<br />
assurance team ensures strong<br />
interfaces between the different<br />
functions (process development,<br />
production, engineering, quality<br />
control, sales and external partners).<br />
We are committed to meeting our<br />
on-going quality objectives. Ensuring<br />
to improve and focus with periodic<br />
management review and QC team.”<br />
“We practice the individual<br />
components of a modern quality<br />
management system holistically, and<br />
constantly seek to improve and update<br />
these,” he added.<br />
Email: sales@avontuffglass.com<br />
Website: www.avontuffglass.com<br />
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Company News<br />
Şişecam Glass Symposium<br />
discusses ‘future and<br />
innovation of glass’<br />
Event Saw Participation By Students,<br />
Academicians, Industry Professionals And<br />
Scientists<br />
Şişecam, a global actor in all main areas of glass industry<br />
as well as soda and chrome compounds, organized the<br />
36th Şişecam Glass Symposium online.<br />
Şişecam Glass Symposium which<br />
was held with 608 participants<br />
attracted attention from<br />
students, academicians, industry<br />
professionals and scientists. The<br />
world’s leading glass industry<br />
representatives and scientists<br />
discussed the future of the glass<br />
industry, sustainability, and new<br />
technologies during the symposium.<br />
Şişecam Chairman professor Dr.<br />
Ahmet Kırman, praised the proposal<br />
of the <strong>2022</strong> International Year of Glass<br />
which was formally approved by the<br />
United Nations in the opening speech<br />
he gave in the Symposium.<br />
“The history of glassmaking<br />
dates back more than 5,000 years.<br />
Making glass has been one of the<br />
most important and impactful<br />
developments throughout recorded<br />
human history. Indeed, glass has<br />
proven to be one of the key enablers<br />
of modern human civilization.<br />
Our understanding of glass has<br />
grown exceptionally in the last two<br />
centuries followed by ground-breaking<br />
innovations. Advances in glass<br />
science and technology have served<br />
as essential ingredients for modern<br />
day society, including architecture,<br />
transportation, medicine, energy,<br />
communication, and display<br />
technology,” Kırman said.<br />
“Şişecam, the only global company<br />
with operations in all core areas of<br />
glass manufacturing, quickly transfers<br />
its R&D efforts into production<br />
with its highly qualified workforce.<br />
Şişecam’s culture of innovation,<br />
advanced production capabilities and<br />
expertise in corporate R&D dates<br />
back 50 years. We add value to life<br />
by introducing innovative solutions<br />
and practices to the market. Şişecam<br />
Science, Technology and Design<br />
Centre is one of the world’s leading<br />
glass R&D centres,” he noted.<br />
In his speech, Şişecam CEO<br />
Görkem Elverici addressed the effects<br />
of the pandemic and the role of glass<br />
in terms of R&D and sustainability.<br />
“As the COP26 drew our attention<br />
to the subject once again, we are<br />
facing the clear and present danger<br />
of climate crisis. However, with the<br />
advances in science and technology<br />
along with the emergence and<br />
maturation of digitalization, we are<br />
better equipped and more ready than<br />
ever to tackle the challenges we are<br />
facing and maintain sustainable and<br />
responsible growth as a global glass<br />
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industry,” Elverici said.<br />
Glass is an integral part of<br />
renewable energy systems like solar<br />
cells or wind turbines. Automotive<br />
and architectural glass with functional<br />
coatings to reduce the heating and<br />
cooling needs, results in significant<br />
energy savings.<br />
“As indispensable as it is in its<br />
conventional use, glass, embodying<br />
unmatched properties of transparency,<br />
formability, hardness, inertness, low<br />
cost and availability, is presenting<br />
itself as the key ingredient in a wide<br />
range of new and novel applications<br />
like in electronics, medicine,<br />
communications, and agriculture and<br />
it will continue to do so. Therefore,<br />
our message for today is glass is the<br />
future,” Elverici said.<br />
Şişecam Chief R&D and Quality<br />
Officer Dr. Reha Akçakaya drew<br />
attention to the fact that the glass<br />
industry, which provides long-term<br />
value with its constantly developing<br />
and expanding usage areas, promises<br />
endless potential in creating a<br />
sustainable future. “International Year<br />
of Glass <strong>2022</strong> will be very important<br />
for all of us. Next year we have<br />
to work harder for increasing the<br />
awareness of glass,” Akçakaya said.<br />
President of the International<br />
Commission on Glass (ICG) professor<br />
Alicia Duran was one of the keynote<br />
speakers of the event. Duran gave a<br />
speech about “The United Nations<br />
International Year of Glass-<strong>2022</strong>” at<br />
the plenary session of the event. As<br />
part of the symposium, 13 papers in<br />
three sessions were presented.<br />
About Şişecam<br />
One of the most established industrial<br />
enterprises in Turkey, Şişecam is<br />
a global player in business lines,<br />
including flat glass, glassware, glass<br />
packaging and glass fiber as well as<br />
soda and chromium chemicals.<br />
Website: www.sisecam.com<br />
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Company News<br />
Union Glass invests in<br />
LiSEC’s jumbo insulating<br />
glass line<br />
It Enables Speedy Production Of High-Quality<br />
Coated Insulating Glass Units With Wide Range<br />
Of Fixed Spacers<br />
LiSEC is justified in asserting that it is innovative, skilled,<br />
and reliable. It has continued to enhance our clients’<br />
confidence in us: Union Glass GM Tommaso Savian<br />
Since 1984, when Union<br />
Glass was founded under<br />
the name Vetreria Livenzia,<br />
the company has been successful<br />
in glass processing. The company<br />
is mainly active in production of<br />
flat glass for construction, boat<br />
building, cooling, and the furniture<br />
market. Furthermore, in 2008, the<br />
photovoltaic department was founded<br />
for production of BipV modules.<br />
With approx. 110 employees, Union<br />
Glass and its companies work on a<br />
high-quality, broadly diverse portfolio<br />
of solutions for their customers,<br />
for example insulating glass with 5<br />
chambers.<br />
In an interview, general manager<br />
Tommaso Savian, the son of founder<br />
Franco Savian, talks about the biggest<br />
milestones of the company and<br />
the installation of the new LiSEC<br />
insulating glass line for fixed spacers<br />
for jumbo sheets.<br />
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LiSEC• 2<br />
– If you think back on the history of<br />
Union Glass today, what milestones<br />
and events are especially important<br />
to you?<br />
Besides the most important mergers<br />
and acquisitions, the most recent<br />
important milestone for the strategic<br />
development of the company was<br />
the fusion of Union Glass and La<br />
Torre Vetro in Villafranca, at the<br />
Union Glass location here in Motta<br />
di Livenza. We already had this plan<br />
in mind for some time, and in 2017,<br />
we purchased the right tools for the<br />
expansion.<br />
Detailed planning started between<br />
2019 and 2020; implementation<br />
began after the lockdown caused by<br />
COVID-19. Overall, we had to move<br />
three LiSEC insulating glass lines<br />
from Verona to Motta di Livenza and<br />
arrange them so that the second<br />
step, specifically the new investment<br />
in a jumbo insulating glass line<br />
from LiSEC and the connected<br />
replacement of an old line, were able<br />
to take place smoothly. With the order<br />
books full, every step needed to be<br />
planned and reliable partners needed<br />
to remain available, since otherwise,<br />
too much production capacity would<br />
be lost during this time.<br />
– How exactly did this process look?<br />
In 2020, we picked up the insulating<br />
glass lines monthly from Verona.<br />
This means that in June, the first<br />
was picked up, while the second<br />
and third were collected in July and<br />
August, respectively. The transferred<br />
production was therefore able to start<br />
again at the end of August / the start<br />
of September.<br />
The installation of the new<br />
jumbo insulating glass line from<br />
LiSEC was completed just as<br />
seamlessly. The machine was<br />
delivered in the second week of<br />
July, unpacked in a warehouse, and<br />
prepare for installation. On August<br />
2nd, the first parts of the old line<br />
were decommissioned, and the<br />
new machine was gradually built<br />
up. On August 23rd, insulating<br />
glass production was able to be<br />
tested on the new line. This was a<br />
great performance by the LiSEC<br />
technicians and my on-site team.<br />
– What was relevant for making<br />
the decision to purchase a LiSEC<br />
insulating glass line?<br />
This was based on several reasons.<br />
Naturally, one of the factors was that<br />
employees are already familiar with<br />
handling LiSEC machines, especially<br />
in case of the insulating glass, but<br />
also cutting tables for monolithic<br />
and laminated glass, and therefore,<br />
extensive training would not be<br />
necessary. Furthermore, the likelihood<br />
of error while operating the machine<br />
within relatively quickly integrated full<br />
operation was low. This was important<br />
to ensure that clients’ trust would not<br />
be harmed by delivery delays.<br />
And from the opposite perspective,<br />
LiSEC has continued to enhance our<br />
clients’ confidence in us, especially<br />
since Massimo De Feo took over the<br />
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Company News<br />
LiSEC Solution Italy team. We can<br />
rely on his ‘handshake quality’, of<br />
his team, and the technicians from<br />
the service department. That was<br />
important to us.<br />
– Which advantages has LiSEC<br />
provided to you as a partner and the<br />
LiSEC insulating glass machine to<br />
your company?<br />
LiSEC is justified in asserting that it<br />
is innovative, skilled, and reliable. In<br />
any case, this is exactly how the LSI<br />
team was experienced on this project.<br />
Regardless of the fact that we are<br />
never immune to mutual problems,<br />
it is also important to learn together.<br />
This means that is something<br />
happens, it is important to trust each<br />
other and share information with each<br />
other to arrive quickly at a mutual,<br />
effective goal. The relationship with<br />
LiSEC technicians is accordingly<br />
good. LiSEC’s Italian team maintains<br />
its agreements, which isn’t necessarily<br />
a matter of course these days.<br />
We chose the jumbo insulating<br />
glass line for fixed spacers with 60/33<br />
and featuring AKL, VHW, RSVN-S,<br />
AGP, VFL-1F, and UKL from LiSEC,<br />
and we also installed the LiSEC prod<br />
software for production planning, as<br />
well as order for our administrative<br />
area, in order to accelerate offer and<br />
order management.<br />
The insulating glass line for fixed<br />
spacers from LiSEC features a<br />
sophisticated system. This insulating<br />
glass line enables the speedy<br />
production of high-quality coated<br />
insulating glass units with a wide<br />
range of fixed spacers (aluminium,<br />
steel, stainless steel, plastic, and<br />
hybrid). It is designed through and<br />
through with optimised quality. The<br />
VFL-1F produces perfect edge sealing<br />
quality.<br />
About LiSEC<br />
LiSEC, with headquarters in<br />
Seitenstetten/Amstetten, Austria, is<br />
a globally operating group offering<br />
individual and complete solutions in<br />
flat glass processing and finishing for<br />
60 years.<br />
CREATING VISIONS, PROVIDING SOLUTIONS.<br />
–Claudia Guschlbauer<br />
Email: claudia.guschlbauer@lisec.com<br />
Website: www.lisec.com<br />
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Company News<br />
Hanjiang records steady footfall at<br />
Mumbai glass exhibition<br />
Presents Key Processing Technologies, Comprehensive Technical<br />
Explanation Of Fully Automated IG Line<br />
Hanjiang recently participated in an exhibition held in Mumbai where its booth recorded a<br />
good footfall and inquiries from prospective clients and old customers.<br />
The booth set up by Hanjiang<br />
at the 19th ZAK Glass, Door<br />
and Window Exhibition during<br />
December 2-5, 2021 received quite<br />
a bit of attention. Hanjiang had<br />
arranged the booth strategically,<br />
dividing it into three sections:<br />
(i) Hanjiang factory and processing<br />
technology: During the epidemic,<br />
many customers were unable to visit<br />
the factory. The company presented<br />
its key processing technology in clear<br />
pictures and vivid texts, bringing<br />
customers a deeper understanding of<br />
its excellent craftsmanship.<br />
Due to a rapid increase in order<br />
demand in 2021, Hanjiang has<br />
once again put into production a<br />
super large CNC milling machine in<br />
August 2021. The maximum layout<br />
processing size has increased from<br />
the original 2,500*4,000 mm to<br />
4,000*6,000 mm. The production<br />
capacity of the company has increased<br />
from the original 20 lines in a single<br />
month to 28-30 lines; it has brought<br />
revolutionary advancement to the<br />
processing of JUMBO IG line.<br />
(ii) A comprehensive technical<br />
explanation of the fully automated IG<br />
line: Although the configuration is still<br />
new in the Indian market, Hanjiang<br />
is committed to bringing the most<br />
advanced technology to all over the<br />
world. At the exhibition, local glass<br />
processors were introduced to the<br />
future production trend of insulating<br />
glass.<br />
This time, Hanjiang also combined<br />
the latest industry 4.0 cloud series<br />
“DATA MASTER” system to help<br />
customers think about how to subtly<br />
transform traditional enterprises<br />
into smart and digital factories.<br />
This theme saw discussions at the<br />
exhibition site. Local customers said<br />
Hanjiang’s “DATA MASTER” system<br />
gave them a new understanding<br />
of IGU production. The more<br />
experienced glass processors, the<br />
more eager to break the traditional<br />
management model. A series of<br />
feasible schemes are proposed for data<br />
sharing, predictive maintenance, and<br />
optimized production capacity.<br />
(iii) The development history<br />
of Hanjiang market in India: The<br />
company’s export department was<br />
established in 2004. In the past 17<br />
years, Hanjiang products have been<br />
exported to more than 80 countries<br />
all over the world. India has nearly 70<br />
Hanjiang IG lines in operation, and<br />
it has obtained the highest market<br />
share in the field, far ahead of other<br />
competing products.<br />
Hanjiang’s export team set up<br />
a local office in 2013 to train local<br />
after-sales personnel. It established<br />
a material department in 2018<br />
to bring one-stop service of IGU<br />
production to customers, train<br />
of talents in customer factories,<br />
introduce advanced IG equipment,<br />
select trustful quality raw materials,<br />
and impart good knowledge to QC<br />
personnel to strictly control the<br />
production of IGU to achieve the<br />
industry’s leading level.<br />
At present, Hanjiang has a spare<br />
parts warehouse, an IG raw material<br />
warehouse, two after-sales personnel,<br />
and a sales team covering the entire<br />
network in the Indian market.<br />
–Ms. Ashley Quan<br />
Email: Asia@hjglass.com.cn<br />
Website: www.hjglass.com.cn<br />
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Personalities<br />
Mr. Harish Sokhi<br />
‘Firms looking to diversify<br />
supply chains post-Covid;<br />
big opportunity for India’<br />
Qualified Hardware Professional Harish Sokhi, Dip<br />
GAI, Shares His Insights with Glass Bulletin<br />
The construction industry is one of the worst-affected<br />
sectors in the country due to the pandemic, but right<br />
policies and a positive approach can bring about a speedy<br />
recovery.<br />
“ If manufacturing facilities are<br />
developed in India, it will reduce<br />
costs and control the lead time<br />
as well. Local supplies also help<br />
to maintain inventory and saves<br />
costs on big warehouse. Presently,<br />
big investment is being used on<br />
warehousing. Excise, custom, and<br />
import duties have been increased<br />
before locking down and USD is<br />
also at all-time high against the<br />
INR, and therefore, it is best to<br />
start looking for opportunities<br />
locally. I feel it is a very difficult<br />
task but it is not impossible. At<br />
least, we can shift the entire<br />
non-mechanical products and<br />
especially furniture fittings and<br />
glass fittings, where we do not<br />
have any standard to follow.<br />
“<br />
Before COVID-19, India was<br />
one of the most emerging<br />
economies, but the pandemic<br />
spared no one. The country now<br />
needs to adopt a manufacturingfriendly<br />
approach.<br />
The latest indication is that many<br />
companies now want to diversify<br />
their supply chains post-COVID-19,<br />
especially American ones. This really<br />
creates a good opportunity for India<br />
and many others like Indonesia and<br />
Vietnam. Turkey is already ahead in<br />
the race for diversification as countries<br />
are looking to de-risk from China.<br />
India’s dependency on Chinese<br />
goods rises largely from its inability<br />
to produce EN, ANSI and other<br />
international standard products<br />
and close the gap between domestic<br />
production and demand. Upgrading<br />
of Indian standards is an urgent<br />
requirement if we want to enhance<br />
our manufacturing to world-class<br />
levels. There is also a lack of<br />
information on standards, fire rating,<br />
safety, durability etc.<br />
India can seize this opportunity<br />
if it brings the right policies and<br />
takes steps to support its industries,<br />
especially the building materials<br />
industry. There are several issues like<br />
the lack of proper infrastructure and<br />
skilled labour. This has been magnified<br />
by the ongoing migrant labour crisis.<br />
But if these can be rectified, the<br />
country stands to win big.<br />
BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards)<br />
is tasked with maintaining the quality<br />
and safety of products meant for<br />
consumption in the country. It applies<br />
to products produced domestically as<br />
well as imports. BIS made certification<br />
mandatory in certain products –<br />
Compulsory Registration Scheme<br />
(CRS), Foreign Manufacturers<br />
Certification Scheme (FMCS),<br />
SCOMET products, so far these<br />
certification are required mainly in<br />
electronic items, chemicals, hardware<br />
etc.<br />
With the new import duties and<br />
high logistic costs and increase in<br />
transportation time, many Indian<br />
buyers are looking for some other<br />
destinations or quality certified India<br />
manufacturer’s products.<br />
As hardware professionals, we can<br />
take this industry to the world. We<br />
think a few points are to be addressed<br />
to help the industry recover the<br />
business losses.<br />
The building material industry<br />
is the second-biggest employment<br />
generating sector in India, after<br />
automobiles. Hardware plays an<br />
important role in securing buildings.<br />
Given the right push, the sector can<br />
bounce back in very short time.<br />
Trade and OEM will start<br />
immediately because people will<br />
complete their projects, all underconstruction<br />
projects must be<br />
completed in time, although the<br />
government has extended the time<br />
limits for builders to complete those.<br />
One can stay without luxury items,<br />
but no building can be completed<br />
without doors and windows.<br />
Indian architects and engineers<br />
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Harish Sokhi• 2<br />
are now designing high-rise building,<br />
world-class complexes, some of<br />
the biggest offices buildings in the<br />
world, airports and smart cities.<br />
Manufacturers are producing more<br />
than 10 million doors per month,<br />
including those of steel, wood glass<br />
and aluminium, in addition due to the<br />
new NBC mandate for fire doors.<br />
This should encourage all<br />
companies to produce and sell the best<br />
quality along with fire compliance.<br />
Opportunities will arise for<br />
ironmongery companies as immediate<br />
demands have to be met. Considering<br />
the limited stock available in the<br />
country and that it will take time to<br />
import from China, the hardware<br />
industry will have to look to<br />
manufacture in India.<br />
In hardware, the number of<br />
products is huge and many ancillary<br />
industries like raw material, plating,<br />
casting, extrusion etc. are dependent<br />
on it.<br />
Indian manufacturers have<br />
limitations to produce world-class<br />
standards or match the EN or ANSImarked<br />
product, for all machinal,<br />
electric or electromechanical<br />
products, we are totally dependent on<br />
foreign suppliers.<br />
When we talk about developing<br />
India as a manufacturing hub, we<br />
must consider a few things. We have<br />
a shortage of skilled labour not only in<br />
manufacturing sector but also in sales<br />
as well. After COVID-19, we have to<br />
unlearn, relearn and regularly develop<br />
new skills.<br />
Considering the market size of<br />
approximately USD5-6 billion, which<br />
includes real estate, hospitality,<br />
airports, infrastructure, healthcare,<br />
smart cities etc., all companies put<br />
together have not yet achieved USD1<br />
billon in organised sector in the last<br />
20 years.<br />
Architecture and engineering<br />
students should be trained to deal with<br />
challenges like pandemics, natural<br />
calamities and economic crises,<br />
besides focusing on designs. A few<br />
hardware companies are already doing<br />
training programmes for upcoming<br />
professionals but it should be done on<br />
a regular basis.<br />
Educating the end-user and owners<br />
should become the main task to all<br />
companies because a consumer is<br />
paying for the best quality but their<br />
requirements are being compromised<br />
and at the end, they are responsible<br />
in case of any mishap like fire etc.<br />
Therefore, it is essential to upgrade<br />
the standards and all products should<br />
be labelled with relevant norms.<br />
It has been proven wrong that the<br />
Indian market is known for cheap<br />
products. In the automobile industry,<br />
we had experienced the failure of<br />
selling the cheapest car. It is important<br />
to understand and identify the right<br />
customer and train people who can<br />
provide hardware solution to the trade<br />
and end user.<br />
Many treated trade and retail in<br />
India as a price sensitive market,<br />
this has changed perception. Now<br />
the consumer understands quality,<br />
otherwise all multinationals would not<br />
have worked successfully in India for<br />
over two decades.<br />
We must convince the user that<br />
hardware is the only movable part in<br />
the furniture, and it helps to improve<br />
the performance and durability of the<br />
product besides other benefits like<br />
safety, security, energy saving, fire<br />
rating etc. No furniture and door can<br />
pass any standard unless proper use of<br />
fittings.<br />
Good quality hardware of cabinets,<br />
wardrobe, and doors can not only<br />
enhance the life of the finished<br />
product but provide aesthetics as well.<br />
Upgrading of Indian standards is<br />
an urgent requirement if we want to<br />
enhance our manufacturing to world<br />
class levels. There is also a lack of<br />
information like standards, fire rating,<br />
safety, durability etc.<br />
If manufacturing facilities are<br />
developed in India, it will reduce costs<br />
and control the lead time as well.<br />
Local supplies also help to maintain<br />
inventory and saves costs on big<br />
warehouse. Presently, big investment<br />
is being used on warehousing. Excise,<br />
custom, and import duties have been<br />
increased before locking down and<br />
USD is also at all-time high against<br />
the INR, and therefore, it is best to<br />
start looking for opportunities locally.<br />
I feel it is a very difficult task but it is<br />
not impossible. At least, we can shift<br />
the entire non-mechanical products<br />
and especially furniture fittings and<br />
glass fittings, where we do not have<br />
any standard to follow.<br />
Considering the number of projects<br />
and retail consumer, our domestic<br />
market is much bigger than many<br />
international markets, and it is not<br />
immediately possible to shift the<br />
entire manufacturing, but we should<br />
maintain a balance between import<br />
and export.<br />
As a qualified ironmonger, we play<br />
a crucial role in support of all the<br />
hardware companies, government<br />
agencies, architects, contractors<br />
and multinational corporations. We<br />
speak for the industry in India and<br />
abroad on committees concerned<br />
with building regulations, European<br />
and ANSI standards, and legislations<br />
like that. We have the expertise to<br />
provide the right solution for the<br />
hardware industry and always propose<br />
hardware considering the consumer<br />
requirement, special products like<br />
anti ligature, anti-bacterial and antiallergic<br />
etc. for hospitals, laboratories,<br />
embassies old age homes, asylums,<br />
prisons and special hardware for<br />
special needs. Scope for new products<br />
like finger trap for junior school<br />
and electric or electromechanically<br />
hardware is very evident at present<br />
time.<br />
Many customers are still not aware<br />
of using good quality hardware and<br />
importance of security and safety, we<br />
should involve everyone in the selling<br />
process and make them accountable,<br />
especially in the government sect,<br />
while in new NBC Codes and fire<br />
department make it mandatory.<br />
Hardware is the most important<br />
component of the entire building<br />
material product category and<br />
together we can make it very big<br />
difference.<br />
About the writer<br />
Harish Sokhi is one of India’s first<br />
architectural hardware specialists<br />
from GAI – Guild of Architectural<br />
Ironmongery, UK. Views expressed are<br />
personal.<br />
Email: harishsokhi@rediffmail.com<br />
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Technical Article<br />
The laminated glass cutting machine can be connected to a downstream sorting system. An additional automatic rotating device ensures entirely automatic<br />
cutting of laminated glass.<br />
LiSEC’s modular<br />
laminated glass cutting<br />
system solution<br />
VSL-A System Solution With Dynamic Load<br />
Balancing – Fastest Laminated Glass Cutting<br />
Available<br />
In developing VSL-A cutting technology, company has<br />
taken into account the growing portion of laminated glass,<br />
especially at companies processing insulating glass.<br />
At the end of 2018, LiSEC<br />
presented its VSL-A horizontal<br />
cutting system — a basis for<br />
successful processing of laminated<br />
glass. Since market introduction,<br />
numerous customers have been<br />
inspired by its considerable increase<br />
in output, patented SIR film heater,<br />
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LiSEC• 2<br />
Laminated glass cutting with dynamic load balancing: The VSL-A system solution for especially fast laminated glass cutting by LiSEC (Type A customer<br />
system). Intelligent Dynamic Load Balancing ideally supplies both cutting bridges, which maximizes output with low space requirements.<br />
The VSL-A system solution provides consistent cut edge<br />
quality with fluctuating quality of laminated glass mostly<br />
without operator intervention, ensures ± 0.4 mm tolerance,<br />
and verifiably reduces false breaks.<br />
significantly reduced glass waste,<br />
and less operator intervention due to<br />
increased automation.<br />
To provide solutions that best meet<br />
customers’ individual needs, LiSEC<br />
has developed a modular laminated<br />
glass cutting system solution that can<br />
be adapted and expanded step by step<br />
as required. At the final expansion<br />
stage, two VSL-A stations can be<br />
combined consecutively to cut glass<br />
to size on the second VSL-A Tandem.<br />
Together with intelligent Dynamic<br />
Load Balancing, output of up to<br />
approx. 140 units of fully cut sheets<br />
can be achieved per hour.<br />
In keeping with the motto, “If you<br />
stop getting better, you stop being<br />
good” (P. Rosenthal), over the past<br />
two years, extensive development has<br />
been done to the VSL-A’s production<br />
control logic and engineering. Daniel<br />
Schörghuber, product manager for the<br />
glass cutting department at LiSEC,<br />
introduces future solutions for almost<br />
completely automatic cutting of<br />
laminated glass with high output and<br />
perfect cut quality.<br />
– Mr Schörghuber, what is LiSEC<br />
development focusing on?<br />
In developing VSL-A cutting<br />
technology, we’ve taken into account<br />
the growing portion of laminated glass,<br />
especially at companies processing<br />
insulating glass. This allows higher<br />
output in less time with reduced<br />
waste. Moreover, in the past two years,<br />
in a great deal of project planning,<br />
we and our customers have assessed<br />
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Technical Article<br />
The patented SIR (selective infrared) heating modules are 900 mm long and reduce heating time to about 4 seconds at 44.2 (8.76 mm) of laminated glass and thereby the heat load to the glass,<br />
which improves edge strength by at least approx. 10%.<br />
their production data, analysed the<br />
situations in the production facilities,<br />
and have come to the following result:<br />
A glass storehouse usually supplies at<br />
most two to three cutting lines.<br />
Generally, there is no space<br />
for expansion width-wise without<br />
structural adaptations to the<br />
production hall. With the necessary<br />
increase in automation together with<br />
continuously high quality regardless<br />
of the raw glass quality, LiSEC’s new<br />
system solution meets market demand<br />
at a time when labour is tight. The<br />
VSL-A system solutions are the next<br />
step toward fully automatic systems.<br />
The laminated glass cutting capacity<br />
is increased by a modular concept<br />
based on VSL-A technology.<br />
– How is the modular design<br />
structured?<br />
It all starts with automatic glass<br />
storage in combination with a system<br />
for edge deletion or removal of the<br />
LSG film overhang, and with the first<br />
VSL-A cut with conveyor belts. Then,<br />
depending on the production quantity<br />
and variety, users can choose between<br />
two different variants. Customer Type<br />
A, who has a lot of variation in the<br />
product mix (X-Y-Z cuts) can already<br />
reach output of approx. 75 sheets an<br />
hour with an additional VSL-A station<br />
without Tandem, downstream from<br />
the first VSL-A station in line — and<br />
it’s all completely automatic. Here<br />
optimal dynamic use of the two VSL-A<br />
system solutions plays a major roller.<br />
Moreover, new operating modes<br />
have been developed and can be<br />
switched between at any time:<br />
Sport and comfort mode. When<br />
comfort mode is selected, the system<br />
continuously produces fully cut<br />
glass sheets on the conveyor belt,<br />
with almost no human intervention.<br />
Sport mode can provide additional<br />
production capacity. Here the<br />
operator assists the station, especially<br />
in separating scraps, which again<br />
makes for higher output, a special<br />
advantage during production peaks.<br />
Customer Type B, who often produces<br />
identical products (X-Y cuts), can<br />
expect a count of approx. 140 sheets<br />
per hour with a VSL-A station in<br />
Tandem design. In Tandem mode,<br />
two simultaneous sheets can be cut<br />
on the second VSL-A, automatically.<br />
This solution far exceeds all previous<br />
output numbers and represents the<br />
fastest LSG cutting system on the<br />
market, especially for series formats.<br />
– How does the dynamic load<br />
planning work?<br />
When developing two consecutive<br />
VSL-A laminated glass cutting bridges,<br />
it was especially important to us to<br />
load them intelligently and as well<br />
as possible to maximize output and<br />
reduce waste. We achieved that<br />
through mutual dynamic production<br />
control, which — depending on the<br />
specific optimization — dynamically<br />
distributes the processes on the<br />
individual laminated glass cutting<br />
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LiSEC• 4<br />
Consistently high edge quality and strength with VSL-A technology from LiSEC. Elimination of grind additions and drastic reduction of spontaneous breakage, thanks to especially high edge<br />
quality of cut laminated glass on the VSL-A from LiSEC.<br />
bridges. This Dynamic Load Balancing<br />
(DLB) loads the bridges in the best<br />
way possible. It reduces throughput<br />
time for each optimization and<br />
increases the hourly output of<br />
completed units.<br />
– What advantages do two<br />
consecutively arranged VSL-A<br />
laminated glass cutting bridges<br />
offer?<br />
The VSL-A cutting bridges have<br />
very high mechanical stability<br />
and therefore form the basis for<br />
consistent, precise cutting results.<br />
The first VSL-A station optionally<br />
makes the front edge cut to at least<br />
20 mm and automatically disposes of<br />
it into a container. Then follows the<br />
X sub-plate cut, which is precisely<br />
rotated 90° by the VSL-A with its<br />
integrated rotation function and<br />
without operator intervention. The Y<br />
scrap at the trailing edge of the subplate<br />
is automatically removed and<br />
disposed of. The sub-plates prepared<br />
on the first VSL-A station are then<br />
further processed at the VSL-A bridge.<br />
Depending on the dynamic load<br />
plan, the first station can also make<br />
Y cuts. In the next step, the Y and<br />
Z cuts are done, and the scraps<br />
are removed without operator<br />
intervention. Then follows automatic<br />
outfeed and either removal of the<br />
finished products by an operator or<br />
automatic transfer to a downstream<br />
sorting system.<br />
Fact box:<br />
Standard functions<br />
;;<br />
Approx. 45 units of trimmed<br />
sheets per hour with one<br />
VSL-A cutting bridge (X-Y-Z<br />
cuts) — fully automatic<br />
;;<br />
Approx. 75 units of trimmed<br />
sheets per hour with two<br />
consecutive VSL-A cutting<br />
bridges (X-Y-Z cuts) — fully<br />
automatic<br />
;;<br />
Approx. 140 units of trimmed<br />
sheets per hour with two<br />
consecutive VSL-A cutting<br />
bridges (X-Y cuts) + tandem<br />
function on second station —<br />
fully automatic<br />
;;<br />
Version with Dynamic Load<br />
Balancing (DLB) of two cutting<br />
bridges for maximum output<br />
and minimum waste<br />
;;<br />
Version with one or a<br />
maximum of two laminated<br />
glass cutting bridges with 3.7<br />
m, 4.7 m or 6.1 m – special<br />
space-saving design<br />
;;<br />
Cutting of laminated glass from<br />
22.1 (4.38 mm) to 1212.12<br />
(28.56 mm) glass thickness,<br />
with precision of +/- 0.4 mm<br />
and up to 140 m/min cutting<br />
speed<br />
;;<br />
Approx. 10% higher edge<br />
strength through reduced heat<br />
transfer into the glass thanks<br />
to a patented SIR heater,<br />
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Always have an overview, thanks to intuitive operation and display. Various<br />
operating modes, such as comfort mode and sport mode, ensure maximum<br />
flexibility and performance, based on current requirements.<br />
the cutting wheel design and<br />
pressure regulation<br />
;;<br />
Up to at least 20 mm fully<br />
automatic cutting, breaking<br />
and separating of laminated<br />
glass<br />
;;<br />
Automatic sub-plate rotation to<br />
the maximum dimensions and<br />
maximum glass thickness<br />
;;<br />
Electronic cutting pressure<br />
control and cutting wheel<br />
consumption analysis<br />
;;<br />
Very low maintenance and high<br />
system availability<br />
;;<br />
Simple operation thanks to a<br />
graphic touchscreen interface<br />
Optional functions<br />
;;<br />
Cutting of custom shapes and<br />
W sub-plates<br />
;;<br />
Automatic processing of float<br />
glass and two-sided film coated<br />
float glass possible — cutting,<br />
film separation and breaking<br />
;;<br />
Rotating device for finished<br />
cut glass sheets for automatic<br />
connection to a sorting system<br />
;;<br />
Version with automatic<br />
laminated glass scrap disposal<br />
(GSA-A) — laminated glass<br />
scraps are crushed quietly and<br />
dust free, and disposed of in<br />
handy containers<br />
;;<br />
Expansion option from one<br />
cutting bridge (VSL-A) to a<br />
system solution with two VSL-<br />
As and a tandem option<br />
Highlights<br />
99<br />
Fast, flexible cutting of LSG<br />
Using a VSL-A system solution<br />
with two cutting bridges extended<br />
with dynamic load balancing<br />
(DLB), allows the VSL-A Tandem<br />
to provide continuous high<br />
output and process safety under<br />
any conditions. Depending on<br />
the version (with or without the<br />
Tandem option) and optimization<br />
(cutting plan), this allows up to<br />
approx. 140 completed sheets per<br />
hour.<br />
99<br />
Fully automatic production<br />
Laminated glass is cut,<br />
broken and separated entirely<br />
automatically. Rotation and<br />
further feed requires no operator<br />
intervention. Complete cut<br />
laminated glass is consistently<br />
delivered. Laminated glass just<br />
in time — the result is cutting<br />
independent of operator and<br />
environmental influences.<br />
99<br />
Consistently high-quality<br />
cutting results<br />
The SIR film heater is specially<br />
developed for current and<br />
future laminated glass cutting<br />
requirements, reduces heat stress<br />
to the cut edges and ensures at<br />
least approx. 10% greater edge<br />
strength. Double precision-guided<br />
cutting heads with direct drive<br />
and dynamic cutting pressure<br />
control, including cutting<br />
wheel consumption monitoring,<br />
reducing oblique breaks and<br />
sliver formation, and forming<br />
the basis for successful cutting<br />
of LSG without scratches, and<br />
significantly reducing grind<br />
additions.<br />
About LiSEC<br />
LiSEC, with headquarters in<br />
Seitenstetten/Amstetten, Austria, is<br />
a globally operating group offering<br />
individual and complete solutions in<br />
flat glass processing and finishing for<br />
60 years.<br />
CREATING VISIONS, PROVIDING SOLUTIONS.<br />
–Claudia Guschlbauer<br />
Email: claudia.guschlbauer@lisec.com<br />
Website: www.lisec.com<br />
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Company News<br />
Glaston celebrates International Year of<br />
Glass <strong>2022</strong><br />
A Member Of ICG, Glaston Will Highlight UN’s Initiative For Glass Throughout<br />
The Year<br />
To acknowledge the essential role glass has and continues to have in society, the General<br />
Assembly of the United Nations has designated the year <strong>2022</strong> as the International Year of<br />
Glass (IYOG <strong>2022</strong>).<br />
Glaston – a member of the<br />
International Commission on<br />
Glass (ICG), the organization<br />
behind the IYOG <strong>2022</strong> initiative –<br />
will highlight the United Nations’<br />
International Year of Glass in its<br />
communications throughout <strong>2022</strong>.<br />
Glass has been key to a wide range<br />
of scientific advancements because<br />
of its exceptional multifunctionality.<br />
Glass artifacts have provided a<br />
firm basis for the development of<br />
modern science – from astronomy to<br />
biology, from basic lamps to lenses<br />
for lighthouses, and from valves to<br />
optical fibres in communications and<br />
electronics. In architecture, glass has<br />
been used ever since Roman times.<br />
“Throughout the centuries,<br />
glass has played an important role<br />
in society. Glaston, a frontrunner<br />
in the glass industry, has been<br />
involved for decades in developing<br />
the industry, within ICG as well as<br />
by organizing the industry-leading<br />
Glass Performance Days (GPD)<br />
conferences,” said Marko Mökkönen,<br />
Director, Industry and stakeholder<br />
relations at Glaston Corporation.<br />
Now as our world faces increasing<br />
environmental pressures, advanced<br />
glass products are playing a central<br />
role in combating climate change.<br />
Glass is one of the most recyclable<br />
materials available and helps reduce<br />
greenhouse gas emissions in many<br />
ways. Glaston is a leading company<br />
developing and selling advanced<br />
technology to produce insulating glass<br />
units for energy saving in buildings.<br />
The glass industry has actively<br />
developed different types of glass,<br />
such as those with energy-saving<br />
coatings that can be effectively used<br />
to optimize heating and cooling needs<br />
in buildings to further reduce energy<br />
consumption.<br />
“At Glaston, we see sustainability as<br />
a business opportunity. The urgency<br />
to mitigate climate change is leading<br />
to increased demand for insulating<br />
glass and to rapid development in<br />
smart glass, ultra-thin glass and<br />
glass used in solar energy solutions.<br />
Energy-efficient buildings have a key<br />
role in combating climate change.<br />
Energy-efficient modern double- or<br />
triple-glazed insulating glass units<br />
and coated, low-emissivity safety glass<br />
processed with Glaston’s technologies<br />
are key enablers for meeting the<br />
sustainability requirements of<br />
buildings,” said Päivi Lindqvist, CFO<br />
at Glaston Corporation and leader of<br />
the Glaston-wide strategic cornerstone<br />
initiative that focuses on elevating<br />
sustainability and continuous<br />
improvement.<br />
About Glaston<br />
Glaston is the glass processing<br />
industry’s innovative technology<br />
leader, supplying equipment, services<br />
and solutions to the architectural,<br />
automotive, solar and appliance<br />
industries.<br />
Email: info@glaston.net<br />
Website: www.glaston.net<br />
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Technical Article<br />
Forever young – longevity par<br />
excellence by LiSEC<br />
After-Sales Service Team Provides Modifications That Extend Beyond<br />
Normal Replacement Parts Sales<br />
Zurich-based Glas Müller, proudly operating LiSEC GTI insulating glass machine for 36<br />
years now, places request for a general overhaul.<br />
Glas Müller AG is a classic<br />
family-owned glazier’s<br />
workshop in Switzerland, which<br />
processes the full spectrum of glass<br />
products for buildings with around 30<br />
employees at its site in Schlieren.<br />
Glas Müller impresses in particular<br />
when it comes to niche products,<br />
ranging from float glass to mirrors<br />
and insulating glass, all of which<br />
are manufactured in-house - and<br />
above all specialised products that<br />
large companies do not cover due to<br />
special sizes, shapes, but also special<br />
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LiSEC• 2<br />
functionality, for example in the field<br />
of LED mirror cabinets and movable<br />
glass wind-breaker walls.<br />
Furthermore, the glazier’s<br />
workshop also offers a 24h emergency<br />
service covering Zurich and the<br />
surrounding area, which provides<br />
appropriately rapid emergency glazing<br />
and replacement windows within the<br />
shortest possible time, in the event of<br />
break-ins or broken windows.<br />
LiSEC GTI insulating glass machine<br />
from 1986<br />
With a proud 36 years in operation<br />
and full production capability, the<br />
LiSEC GTI insulating glass machine<br />
supports the production of insulating<br />
glass at the workshop in Zurich and<br />
is primarily used for repairs and<br />
insulating glass for cat flap holes.<br />
Mr Stöcklin, Managing Director of<br />
Glas Müller, is thoroughly impressed<br />
with the LiSEC machine: “The<br />
machine has not caused us any major<br />
problems at all to date. A few spare<br />
parts have been replaced over the<br />
years and the washing machine has<br />
been exchanged once. But all in all,<br />
it has been in constant use. And we<br />
want it to stay that way.” That is why<br />
the company recently requested a<br />
general overhaul from the LiSEC<br />
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After-Sales Service team. “This<br />
machine is worth its weight in gold,<br />
in particular when it comes to niche<br />
products such as insulating glass with<br />
holes for cat flaps, and is a credit to<br />
the LiSEC name.”<br />
Glas Müller also intends to<br />
optimally realise future strategic<br />
goals with the LiSEC GTI insulating<br />
glass machine. The company will<br />
continue to focus on niche products<br />
with rapid delivery times and tailored<br />
adaptations directly for the customer.<br />
To ensure these goals remain feasible,<br />
the machine must also be serviced<br />
and maintained accordingly - and not<br />
simply supplied with spare parts.<br />
LiSEC LONGLiFE<br />
In addition to this special offer<br />
of a general overhaul of a vintage<br />
insulating glass unit from LiSEC,<br />
the company is also offering targeted<br />
conversions and improvements to the<br />
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systems - in particular for machines<br />
built after 2000 - which can increase<br />
the service life of many machines.<br />
The LiSEC After-Sales Service<br />
department provides modifications<br />
that extend beyond normal<br />
replacement parts sales. This includes<br />
PC upgrades, drive modifications, and<br />
similar modifications/improvements.<br />
A preventive replacement of<br />
obsolete elements ensures the supply<br />
of replacement parts and service<br />
for the long term. This ranges from<br />
upgrades to drives using industrial<br />
PCs to the complete replacement<br />
of the machine control system. The<br />
advantage is modernisation of the<br />
machines at low cost, compared to<br />
purchasing a corresponding new<br />
machine. The solid, basic machine<br />
properties remain preserved.<br />
About LiSEC<br />
LiSEC, with headquarters in<br />
Seitenstetten/Amstetten, Austria, is<br />
a globally operating group offering<br />
individual and complete solutions in<br />
flat glass processing and finishing for<br />
60 years.<br />
CREATING VISIONS, PROVIDING SOLUTIONS.<br />
–Claudia Guschlbauer<br />
Email: claudia.guschlbauer@lisec.com<br />
Website: www.lisec.com<br />
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Product Hunt<br />
Brâncușis Măiastra in 12-metre-high<br />
glass cube<br />
Craiova Art Museum Honours Sculptor With Impressive Glass Art<br />
When works of art from a sculptor are exhibited underground, they need an even stronger<br />
above-ground anchor point.<br />
This is the idea that led to the<br />
creation of the 12-metre-high<br />
cube above the new “Brâncuși<br />
Museum” in Craiova, which is<br />
dedicated to the work of the great<br />
Romanian sculptor Constantin<br />
Brâncuși.<br />
The imposing all-glass<br />
construction is a tribute to the artist<br />
that is visible from afar. With glass<br />
panes that are the full height of the<br />
building (sedak) the shell is just as<br />
impressive as the filigree interior,<br />
also made from glass, which is<br />
designed to look sculptural and is<br />
based on a typical Brâncuși work –<br />
the mythical bird Măiastra.<br />
Craiova, the sixth-largest city<br />
in Romania (around 260,000<br />
inhabitants), has honoured one of<br />
its most famous artists, the sculptor<br />
Constantin Brâncuși, by adding the<br />
“Constantin Brâncuși International<br />
Art Center” to the city’s Art Museum.<br />
In order to provide extra space<br />
for the new exhibition without<br />
altering the historic free-standing<br />
building, the museum has been<br />
extended downwards and given an<br />
underground wing.<br />
Above the ground a new work of<br />
art has been added: a glass pavilion<br />
that bridges the gap between<br />
architecture and sculpture, a piece of<br />
“op-art” providing an optical illusion<br />
consisting of different forms – as is<br />
typical for the work of Brâncuși, a<br />
glass cube in which an oval, fusiform<br />
structure shines and shimmers.<br />
The building-art-work is thus also a<br />
reference to a project that Brâncuși<br />
never realized: the Temple of Indore.<br />
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sedak• 2<br />
A unique experience by day and night: The 12-metre-high glass work of art that is a tribute to the creations of sculptor<br />
Constantin Brâncuși. It stands next to the Art Museum in Craiova (Romania). Extended underground, the museum now<br />
displays the art of Brâncuși, who came from Craiova.<br />
Photos: Andrei Pandele<br />
Impressive are the glass panes,<br />
each of them twelve by three meters<br />
in size, which form the sides of the<br />
cube on its quadratic base. Inside,<br />
horizontally layered glass lamellae<br />
define an ovoid shape reminiscent<br />
of the sculpture “Măiastra” in<br />
silhouette, a piece of art created in<br />
the sense of Brâncușis work. Here,<br />
a completely independent spatial<br />
experience awaits the visitor: from<br />
the underground level, a glass<br />
elevator – trans-porting only a single<br />
person - rises to the centre of the<br />
pavilion.<br />
In the few seconds that the journey<br />
takes, this person can immerse<br />
himself in the world of Brâncuși and<br />
experience what the artist wanted to<br />
convey through his work: sublimity,<br />
peace and the illumination of the<br />
mind.<br />
(Constantin Brâncuși: Sculptor,<br />
artist, cosmopolitan)<br />
Constantin Brâncuși (1876 – 1957)<br />
was a Romanian-French sculptor<br />
and photographer. His work was<br />
not characterized by the realistic<br />
representation of objects but<br />
rather by reduction, influenced by<br />
traditional African and Romanian<br />
art. Many of Brâncușis sculptures<br />
are egg-shaped heads or flying birds;<br />
his works are attributed to the avantgarde<br />
in the visual arts. “Măiastra”<br />
Sketch of the underground extension including the<br />
above-ground eye-catcher.<br />
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The rendering shows the original building, the Craiova Art Museum, and the glass construction as the new<br />
attention-grabber. In this way, the neoclassical building retains its impact despite the increased exhibition space:<br />
this was created underground.<br />
pic: Dorin Stefan, DSBA<br />
thereby represents a connection pars<br />
pro toto: the representation of birds<br />
in almost ovoid shape.<br />
Short interview with architect<br />
Dorin Stefan<br />
Q: Brâncuși worked with bronze,<br />
marble, wood and plaster. Why have<br />
you dedicated a glass pavilion to<br />
him and his creations?<br />
The pavilion is not supposed to<br />
recreate an object or a particular form<br />
from Brâncuși, it is a homage – using<br />
the technical and expressive building<br />
materials of our time. I am fascinated<br />
by glass and its modern possibilities<br />
for expression.<br />
Q: What was the biggest challenge<br />
in this project?<br />
When I started the project there were<br />
not yet any glass panes of more than<br />
nine meters – so I planned to have<br />
two panes in order to achieve twelve<br />
meters in height. Luckily, delays in<br />
the project resulted in the advantage<br />
that we could use 12.5 meter panes,<br />
which by then had become available.<br />
The challenge was in finding a<br />
specialist (Wolfgang Kahlert from<br />
Germany) to design the statics for<br />
such a glass object. At the same<br />
time we have a very special elevator<br />
that takes us into the center of the<br />
glass egg. The elevator is from the<br />
Romanian manufacturer ELMAS,<br />
which has received international<br />
acclaim for it.<br />
Q: What importance does glass have<br />
in your architecture?<br />
Of all the different building<br />
materials I love glass the most.<br />
For me, architecture is defined by<br />
transparency and light.<br />
About the company<br />
Founded in 2007 in Germany, sedak has<br />
used its pioneering spirit to establish itself<br />
as a premium manufacturer of large-format<br />
insulated and safety glass. sedak has evolved<br />
its glass as a construction material for all-glass<br />
facades and roofs.<br />
sedak<br />
– Verena Simon<br />
Email: verena.simon@sedak.com<br />
– Jan Birkenfeld<br />
Email: j.birkenfeld@pr-neu.de<br />
Website: www.sedak.com<br />
Măiastra, a mythical bird, was a frequent subject of Brâncuși’s sculptures – reduced to a minimalist form and often<br />
only a few centimeters high. These in turn served as a template for the impressive large-format glass work of art.<br />
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Company News<br />
AGI glaspac inaugurates<br />
manufacturing facility for<br />
its Speciality Glas division<br />
The Unit In Telangana’s Bhongir Is Expected To<br />
Generate Revenue Of Rs 250 Cr At CAGR Of 10% YoY<br />
It is expected to provide employment to over 350<br />
workers, reduce dependence on imports and promote<br />
sustainability, especially in the beauty industry segment.<br />
The company aims to capture 10-15 pc market of speciality<br />
glass segment.<br />
AGI glaspac, India’s leading<br />
container glass bottle<br />
manufacturer, on <strong>January</strong> 24<br />
inaugurated its new manufacturing<br />
facility in Bhongir, Telangana. With an<br />
aim to cater to the growing demand<br />
in the speciality glass segment, the<br />
new 154 TPD (tonnes per day) glass<br />
plant has initiated the production of<br />
clear glass products as vials, nail polish<br />
bottles, etc.<br />
These clear glass products are<br />
primarily used for packaging cosmetics<br />
and perfumery, pharmaceutical<br />
products, premium spirits, food and<br />
beverages and also to make water<br />
bottles and candle jars<br />
In line with ‘Make in India‘ and<br />
‘Atmanirbhar Bharat‘, the new plant<br />
will help reduce dependency on<br />
imports and promote sustainability<br />
by encouraging various industries to<br />
choose for the glass products over<br />
plastic. The facility will provide direct<br />
employment to more than 350 people<br />
and will serve foreign markets along<br />
with the Indian markets.<br />
“With the opening of this new<br />
facility, we are closer to our vision<br />
of building a centre of excellence<br />
in the container glass packaging in<br />
India, using globally-benchmarked<br />
manufacturing systems and practices.<br />
With an expected revenue of Rs 250<br />
crore at a CAGR of 10 per cent YoY,<br />
this facility will boost our commitment<br />
to produce sustainable world-class,<br />
innovative products for the ever<br />
evolving demands of our consumers,”<br />
President and CEO of AGI glaspac Mr<br />
Rajesh Khosla said.<br />
The facility will comprise end-fired<br />
furnaces with six forehearths for<br />
production and capable of producing<br />
154 tonnes of premium flint and other<br />
different colours. Aiming to capture<br />
10%-15% market of speciality glass<br />
segment, the facility consist of stateof-the-art<br />
technology for Blow&Blow,<br />
Press&Blow with integrated decoration<br />
facility for hot foil stamping, coating,<br />
lacquering, colouring in collaboration<br />
with world renowned service providers.<br />
AGI will be using 5” DG machine,<br />
85mm IS10 TG machine, 64mm<br />
IS8 QG machine, 64mm IS 6+6<br />
QG Tandem machine, and 5.5” IS<br />
10 DG machines to manufacture<br />
nail polish bottles, foundation jars,<br />
perfume bottles, water bottles, food<br />
and beverages, premium spirits<br />
bottles, injectables, infusion bottles,<br />
carbonated water bottles, sparkling<br />
wine bottles etc. There are also several<br />
other specialized equipment for<br />
packaging and decoration.<br />
Going forward, AGI will increase<br />
its production capacity in the years to<br />
come. AGI is also focused on serving<br />
niche customers with small batch<br />
requirements as the production<br />
lines are flexible and can be adapted<br />
based on their needs. Further, AGI<br />
is planning to forge warehouse at<br />
strategic locations near its key markets<br />
so as to reduce the delivery lead time.<br />
About the company<br />
AGI glaspac is engaged in the<br />
manufacture of high-quality glass<br />
containers to meet the stringent quality<br />
standards of the packaging needs of<br />
food, pharmaceuticals, soft drinks,<br />
spirits, beer, wine and other industries.<br />
AGI glaspac<br />
Email: agi@agi-glaspac.com<br />
Website: www.agi-glaspac.com<br />
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Technical Article<br />
Ideal doors and windows<br />
to jazz up your space<br />
uPVC Is Environment-Friendly, Resistant To Rust<br />
& Corrosion; Has Multifarious Advantages Over<br />
Wood, Aluminium<br />
Windows and doors play an essential role in the general<br />
aesthetics of a house as they form an integral part of the<br />
home décor, enhance the design of the building, and act<br />
as a weather barrier.<br />
Windows and doors were<br />
erstwhile considered to be<br />
the weak point of the entire<br />
building. But now, selecting the right<br />
material for the windows and doors of<br />
a house is as necessary as any other<br />
integral part of the building. Beautiful<br />
designer windows and doors can<br />
jazz up the ambiance for a relaxing<br />
environment.<br />
uPVC is an environment-friendly<br />
product that has transformed the<br />
windows and doors phase. uPVC<br />
doors and windows are resistant to<br />
rust and corrosion and thereby, they<br />
prevent heat transfer and have noise<br />
reduction properties.<br />
The façade and fenestration<br />
industry has various choices for<br />
windows and doors made up of<br />
materials such as wood, aluminium,<br />
PVC, and uPVC profiles. However,<br />
uPVC has been in demand among<br />
house owners and builders because<br />
of multifarious advantages over<br />
traditional wood and aluminium.<br />
Moreover, unlike metal, uPVC is<br />
non-conductive. This means that its<br />
usage in doors and window frames<br />
contributes significantly to making the<br />
internal temperature more consistent<br />
for a building. The combination of<br />
uPVC window frames with double<br />
glazing makes windows highly energyefficient.<br />
uPVC profiles are available in<br />
distinctive styles, shapes, and sizes.<br />
The most important advantage<br />
of uPVC profiles over alternative<br />
materials is their minimum<br />
maintenance and corrosion-resistant<br />
feature.<br />
Wood has the inherent<br />
characteristic to expand and contract,<br />
which ends up in water absorption.<br />
However, uPVC does not warp,<br />
contract or expand with weather<br />
changes.<br />
Additionally, they are double sealed<br />
with high-quality EPDM gaskets. It is<br />
a significant safety feature that helps<br />
in maintaining the temperature of the<br />
house. PVC products, on the other<br />
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Window Magic• 2<br />
hand, have extended durability, and<br />
they are also rust-resistant and do<br />
not easily succumb to corrosion. This<br />
makes the products ideal for coastal<br />
properties where corrosion is caused<br />
majorly by salt-laden air.<br />
The choice of windows and doors<br />
is primarily created as per the<br />
current surroundings. The fact that<br />
green building committees keep<br />
the environment as their priority<br />
and recommend the developers,<br />
Manish Bansal,<br />
Director & CEO, Window Magic<br />
Having acquired a degree from the<br />
University of Kent, Canterbury, United<br />
Kingdom, Mr Manish Bansal is the current<br />
CEO and Director of Window Magic, a<br />
leading uPVC brand in India. He has played<br />
a significant role in transforming Window<br />
Magic into a profitable venture.<br />
contractors, and architects the same,<br />
uPVC materials are an excellent<br />
choice over the other counterparts<br />
because of their eco-friendly<br />
properties.<br />
To top it all, uPVC materials are<br />
100 per cent recyclable, ecologically<br />
sound, and lead-free, which also<br />
creates a healthy environment in your<br />
homes. With the low-maintenance<br />
price, high returns, and longer<br />
durability, most of the buyers these<br />
days are preferring uPVC windows<br />
and doors. With the world getting<br />
cautious about sustainability and<br />
green buildings, uPVC is indeed here<br />
to stay.<br />
About the company<br />
Set up in 2002, “Window Magic”,<br />
a division of Window Magic India<br />
Pvt Ltd, is a part of the JV Group. It<br />
emerged from collaboration with the<br />
Profine Group of Germany, the world’s<br />
largest manufacturer of uPVC profiles<br />
operating under the brand name of<br />
Kommerling. Its products include<br />
casement windows and doors, tilt and<br />
turn windows, sliding windows and<br />
doors, designer window, conservatory<br />
and lift and slide doors.<br />
Email: info@windowmagicindia.com<br />
Website: www.windowmagicindia.com<br />
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Product Hunt<br />
Customised rubber gaskets from Fusion<br />
Polymer Industries<br />
Produced From Carefully Selected EPDM Grades Supplied By Reputed<br />
Manufacturers<br />
Fusion Polymer Industries is a group of experienced, energetic, young and professional<br />
rubber technologists and mechanical engineers.<br />
Fusion Polymer Industries<br />
manufactures multiple rubber<br />
products using the extrusion and<br />
molding process as per international<br />
standards. The company boasts of a<br />
steady growth since its inception.<br />
While acquiring the latest<br />
technology for development and<br />
production, the company has steadily<br />
been introducing innovative products<br />
besides providing customized solutions<br />
for various business sectors.<br />
The company has set up a<br />
sophisticated manufacturing facility,<br />
well-equipped with the latest<br />
technology called Microwave Curing<br />
System for EPDM Profiles and testing<br />
equipment.<br />
All these facilities are handled by a<br />
trained and qualified team of engineers<br />
and technicians. The company has a<br />
dedicated engineering team for client<br />
support from product development to<br />
supply.<br />
Profiles are the least visible part of<br />
windows, and are often misconstrued<br />
as the least important part as well.<br />
However, this cannot be further from<br />
the truth.<br />
Fusion Polymer Industries seeks to<br />
shed light on this matter and inform<br />
fabricators, builders, and architects of<br />
the importance of using high-quality<br />
Microwave Cured EPDM Profiles in<br />
their window systems, handrails and<br />
facades.<br />
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EPDM rubber has excellent<br />
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which means it is heat, ozone,<br />
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It has good resistance to most<br />
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EPDM rubber also has great<br />
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It has a stable, saturated polymer<br />
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Advantages of Fusion EPDM Rubber<br />
Gaskets<br />
EPDM rubber is known for its<br />
outstanding resistance to weathering,<br />
ozone, UV radiation, ageing and<br />
wide range of temperature from - 60<br />
degree Celsius to 120 degrees Celsius.<br />
Additionally, it also offers excellent<br />
sealing properties, helping minimize<br />
outside noise, dust and efficient<br />
working of air-conditioning (energy<br />
saving).<br />
Due to these unique properties,<br />
EPDM rubber has been the material of<br />
choice of window producers and other<br />
industries for the past several decades.<br />
Fusion rubber gasket are produced<br />
from carefully selected EPDM grades<br />
supplied by the world’s reputed<br />
manufacturers to meet customerspecific<br />
requirements.<br />
Properties of EPM Rubber Profille<br />
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Email: info@fusionpolymer.com<br />
Website: www.fusionpolymer.com<br />
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Product Hunt<br />
EvA’s on-the-go cloud-based<br />
fenestration ERP software<br />
Only Indian Company Offering Innovative, Customizable And Affordable<br />
Software Solutions For Fenestration Sector<br />
EvA has come up with a new cloud solution – the EvA CLOUD – which can be accessed<br />
through mobile phones, tablets, and laptops, anytime and from anywhere.<br />
Evolutionary Algorithms Pvt.<br />
Ltd. (EvA), established in 2009,<br />
is the only Indian software<br />
provider in the fenestration industry,<br />
offering innovative, customizable and<br />
affordable cloud-based fenestration<br />
software solutions, which can be<br />
accessed by all stakeholders including<br />
sales executives, dealers, surveyors,<br />
system suppliers, manufacturers,<br />
fabricators, installers, shop floor<br />
managers, store keepers to architects,<br />
and builders in a centralized manner.<br />
It has come up with a new cloud<br />
solution – the EvA CLOUD – which<br />
can be accessed through users’<br />
mobiles, tablets, and laptops, anytime<br />
from anywhere. The new, easy-to-use<br />
application can also be used by dealers<br />
and sales executives for generating<br />
quotations on site.<br />
Using EvA CLOUD’s drag-anddrop<br />
features, users can effortlessly<br />
design windows for any scale of the<br />
projects. The software’s scope extends<br />
to varied materials for frames like<br />
aluminium, uPVC, PVC, and steel.<br />
Its 3D view shows more clear details<br />
like the height of lintel and sill beams,<br />
height of handle from floor, while<br />
the cross-section view shows the<br />
thickness of glass, frame, and wall to<br />
help architects manage the aesthetics<br />
of the building. Its structural analysis<br />
features can also calculate and<br />
check if the designed structure can<br />
withstand wind loads and dead loads,<br />
thus enabling the user to modify the<br />
structure accordingly.<br />
EvA CLOUD provides profile<br />
optimization, production calculation,<br />
stock management, batch<br />
management, survey & installation<br />
management and invoicing. Its<br />
automation capabilities can be used<br />
for machine integration to provide any<br />
level of automation, and hence better<br />
utilization of manpower. It provides<br />
QR-coded labels to the products in use<br />
that can make production completely<br />
automatic. Also provides invoices with<br />
QR codes which can be used in case<br />
of any complaints to be raised and that<br />
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EvA CLOUD• 2<br />
also helps fabricators to rectify the<br />
issue in a hassle-free manner.<br />
The In-built CRM feature helps to<br />
manage tasks, manage opportunities,<br />
include contact details of customers<br />
and helps the users in increasing<br />
the sales & expanding business. Its<br />
efficient optimization ability even helps<br />
monitor value of sales, location-wise<br />
sales, sales-executive’s performance,<br />
losses, etc.<br />
Accounts management has been<br />
simplified for the purchase executives<br />
with EvA CLOUD’s billing, BOQ<br />
preparing and accounting features.<br />
Also, it has features that are extremely<br />
easy for the management to track the<br />
status of the project, the efficiency<br />
of the plant, the bottle necks in<br />
production, having a better audit<br />
control and analytics over the entire<br />
process.<br />
This Cloud based Solution can<br />
help Architects and Builders to track<br />
project timelines as per contractual<br />
obligations with the help of project<br />
tracking tools.<br />
All local language support has<br />
made EvA a favourite among Indian<br />
fabricators, leading to 70% of system<br />
suppliers in India opting for it. Being<br />
a cloud-based platform, EvA plans to<br />
widen its reach across India and in the<br />
overseas markets as well.<br />
Currently, EvA’s major clients<br />
include Deceuninck, VEKA,<br />
Aluplast, Encraft, Okotech, Gealan,<br />
Salamander, Plastone, NCL Seccolor,<br />
Prominance, Simta, Aluminco,<br />
Aluline, Yantra, Fenova and many<br />
more.<br />
– Gnanha Mozhi Nathan (a) Shiva<br />
Email: gmnathan@evawinoptimize.com<br />
Website: www.evawinoptimize.com<br />
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Company News<br />
Alstone launches<br />
‘Louvers’ – new premium<br />
exterior and interior<br />
cladding solutions<br />
A Personal Touch Of Elegance & Finesse, Its<br />
Versatile Multi-Application Possibilities Are Truly<br />
‘Limitless’<br />
Easy installation, maintenance free, super strong, many<br />
colour options, fire redundant, termite and rust proof.<br />
A high-tech concept for homes or office surfaces that’s<br />
going to change the way buildings look.<br />
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Alstone• 2<br />
Louvers are considered for easier<br />
installation offering 100%<br />
maintenance free application.<br />
It further enhances the beauty<br />
and life of your homes or offices.<br />
It comes in a range of attractive<br />
colours and textures, minimizing the<br />
need for expensive paints or other<br />
anti-corrosion measures. It's a onestop-solution<br />
for those looking for<br />
sophistication and elegance.<br />
There are manifold applications<br />
of Louvers with respect to utilisation<br />
such as exterior cladding. Cladding<br />
is a dual-purpose external finishing<br />
method that resembles a covering or<br />
an extra non-load bearing layer. It not<br />
only protects the building's interiors<br />
from the elements, but it also adds<br />
a beautiful and appealing exterior to<br />
the structure, and the same goes with<br />
interior cladding.<br />
Louvers allow architects new<br />
inventiveness like balcony cladding,<br />
which inspires amalgamation with<br />
urban and airflow design. Louvers<br />
can enhance the whole place without<br />
any other material and serves with a<br />
minimalist design. As mentioned, the<br />
whole place includes roof cladding<br />
because louvers has the advantage of<br />
building the structure entirely.<br />
Louvers furnishes the entire house<br />
ornamental, therefore it provides<br />
the service of canopy design as well.<br />
Fence and railing are also included<br />
when it comes to building the entire<br />
furnish structure. Louvers propounds<br />
such vivid pictures to construct an<br />
ideal place.<br />
Alstone Louvers offered in wide<br />
range of colours and hues<br />
Louvers provide various propounds<br />
in terms of hues and selection for<br />
different sections.<br />
Exterior cladding requires a<br />
particular colour, therefore Louvers<br />
provide colours such as Armani Grey<br />
and Wenge. Armani Grey considers<br />
panelling with hints of slate for an<br />
awe-inspiring look. On the contrary,<br />
Wenge colour provides taupe shade to<br />
create a sleek, urbane look.<br />
Louvers provide the notion of<br />
different colours for interior cladding<br />
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Company News<br />
“ Louvers furnishes the entire<br />
house ornamental, therefore it<br />
provides the service of canopy<br />
design as well. Fence and<br />
railing are also included when<br />
it comes to building the entire<br />
furnish structure. Louvers<br />
propounds such vivid pictures<br />
to construct an ideal place.<br />
“<br />
such as Royal Teak, which is an<br />
amalgamation of rich, and subtle<br />
shades of almond and radiates<br />
warmth.<br />
Novacentopine colour provides a<br />
charisma of rustic shade. Black Silver<br />
comes with blades of raven black and<br />
muted silver and gives you a classic<br />
glance. Coffee Silver, Coffee bars with<br />
a touch of silver that work together to<br />
create a sophisticated look.<br />
Louvers come up with Shadow<br />
Grey for fence and railings. Shadow<br />
Grey embraces the contrast with<br />
charcoal for a glossy, refined aesthetic.<br />
Louvers present another hue for Roof<br />
Cladding, Dark Teak offers chocolate<br />
brown mesh with shades of mahogany.<br />
Lauvers give another hue for a wall<br />
panel that is Oxford Cherry, which is<br />
a vibrant cherry red with a mahogany<br />
texture for walls that stand out.<br />
About the company<br />
Alstone is a leading producer of High<br />
Pressure Laminate (HPL) & Fire<br />
Rated Composite Panel in India.<br />
Email: lalit.midha@alstoneindia.com<br />
Website: www.alstoneindia.com<br />
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Event<br />
Zion Exhibitions unveils<br />
‘D-arc BUILD <strong>2022</strong>’<br />
Its Biggest-Ever Design, Architecture, Building<br />
and Construction Expo<br />
Incorporated in <strong>January</strong> 2020, Zion Exhibitions aims to be a<br />
colossal player in the B2B exhibition industry that redefines<br />
the platform by creating dynamic and comprehensive<br />
opportunities.<br />
The inauguration ceremony took place at The Grand, New<br />
Delhi. Managing Directors Adarsh Singh (L) and<br />
Gurtej Singh Gill<br />
The official inauguration of Zion<br />
Exhibitions and unveiling of<br />
the brochure of ‘D-arc BUILD<br />
<strong>2022</strong>’ was held at The Grand, New<br />
Delhi on December 10, 2021. It was<br />
a national-level business networking<br />
evening with collective presence of<br />
eminent personalities from design,<br />
architecture & build fraternity having<br />
renowned architects, recognized<br />
interior designers, eminent builders<br />
& developers, prominent lighting &<br />
façade consultants, prime hoteliers,<br />
industry relevant association members,<br />
representatives from ministries &<br />
embassies and management of leading<br />
manufacturing brands.<br />
The event witnessed a knowledgeoriented<br />
panel discussion on<br />
‘Emerging Trends in Design’ curated<br />
by Mr Hemant Sud, Chairman, IIID -<br />
Delhi Regional Chapter with Ar. Prem<br />
Nath, Ar. Sabina Reddy, Ms. Sonali<br />
Bhagwati, Ar. Nilanjan Bhowal, Ar.<br />
Nitin Killawala, and Ar. Manmohan<br />
Khanna on board.<br />
The highlight of the event was<br />
the unveiling ceremony of D-arc<br />
BUILD, a distinctive showcase of<br />
design, architecture, building and<br />
construction-related technologies to be<br />
held on 22nd to 25th September, <strong>2022</strong><br />
at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.<br />
As per Zion Exhibitions, D-arc<br />
BUILD is India’s finest knowledge<br />
sharing platform which promotes<br />
innovation in construction and<br />
infrastructure sector where exhibitors<br />
from around the world showcase<br />
their potential by providing detailed<br />
demonstrations of products and<br />
services within industry segmented<br />
pavilions, curated by seasoned<br />
professionals from the fraternity.<br />
Through “D-arc BUILD”, it<br />
is expected that bilateral trade,<br />
investments and business relations<br />
will get strengthened which will have<br />
a positive impact on the economy<br />
through joint venture initiatives,<br />
employment generation and export/<br />
import competitiveness, the<br />
company said. Its aim is to serve as a<br />
catalyst for the expansion of Indian<br />
exhibition industry and promote trade<br />
internationally.<br />
D-arc BUILD strives to bring<br />
cutting-edge brands to the fore, and<br />
delivering year-round service with<br />
promised return on investment, brand<br />
visibility and networking avenues.<br />
Raising a unique benchmark in the<br />
infrastructure sector, D-arc BUILD<br />
will have four focused pavilions with<br />
30 diverse segments spread across<br />
25,000 sqm.<br />
It plans to offer its clients a wellresearched<br />
platform with special<br />
attention to detail and a promise of<br />
superlative quality. Various allied<br />
events and knowledge-oriented<br />
international conferences have been<br />
planned for providing value to the<br />
business visitors.<br />
According to the company, It is<br />
an ideal B2B networking platform<br />
for architects & interior designers,<br />
builders & developers, dealers &<br />
distributors, hoteliers & purchase<br />
heads, façade consultants, lighting &<br />
MEP consultants and manufacturing<br />
brands.<br />
Email: info@zionexhibitions.com<br />
Website: www.zionexhibitions.com<br />
L to R | Moderator- Mr. Hemant Sud, Panelists- Ar. Prem Nath, Ar. Sabina Reddy, Ms. Sonali Bhagwati, Ar. Nilanjan Bhowal,<br />
Ar. Nitin Killawala, and Ar. Manmohan Khanna<br />
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