Edition 66 (April-June, 2022)

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Event 

3P Shield – protective coating for silicabased 

surfaces, viz. glass, granite, quartz, 

ceramics etc. 

It Works At Nanoscale Level To Form Ultra-Thin Protective Layer Of Optically 

Clear Material 

3P Nanopac Pvt Ltd showcases 3P Shield, protective glass treatment for glass, granite, tile, 

porcelain and other silica-based surfaces, at Clean India Expo (Mar 24-26) in New Delhi. 

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Lesser time for cleaning, 

increase productivity 

Untreated glass is not smooth. 

When viewed microscopically, 

one would see peaks and 

valleys. These peaks and valleys can 

cause pitting, chipping and cracking. 

The peaks also create prisms where 

light is reflected and refracted, 

causing vision distortion and 

glare. Water collects in the valleys, 

depositing dirt, minerals and other 

materials that will stain and etch the 

glass surface over time. 

As a solution, 3P Nanopac has 

brought in proven nanotechnology 

protective coating for all silica-based 

surfaces such as glass, ceramic, 

porcelain granite and quartz. 3P 

Shield, works at the nanoscale level, 

approximately 30 nanometres. 

The change of the molecular 

composition of the silica-based 

surface created by nano-coating and 

bonding nanoparticles, along with the 

cross-linking, and branching enables 

full efficiency of the coating process at 

an atomic level. A chemical reaction 

bonds to form an ultra-thin protective 

layer of optical clear material which 

makes the surfaces significantly easier 

to clean and resistant to weathering. 

3P Nanopac’s unique protective 

coating 3P Shield offers a range of 

benefits when applied on silica-based 

surface like shower enclosures, glass 

and granite surfaces. 

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Prevents stains, corrosion and 

etching 

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Needs less frequent cleaning 

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Reduction In mold and 

bacteria 

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Stain and graffiti resistance 

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Resistance to leaching caused 

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At least 20% more brilliance 

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cleaning 

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Reduces need for hard 

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3P Nanopac provides total solutions 

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with economical and environment 

friendly products , restoration powder, 

products promoted by 3P Nanopac 

helps to remove hard water stains 

on silica surfaces and 3P Shield 

protective coating helps in protecting 

the surfaces. These can be applied on 

new glass too. 

Building exteriors treated with 

3P Shield requires UPTO 60 per 

cent fewer cleanings, resulting 

in substantial water savings and 

reduction in the need for harsh 

chemical cleaning products. 3P Shield 

treated windows stay cleaner for 

longer, optimizing a building’s overall 

energy efficiencies. It also protects 

exterior glazing from extreme etching, 

preventing costly replacement projects 

that ultimately contribute to landfills. 

Solar panels treated with 3P Shield 

are easily cleaned of dirt and debris, 

thus ensuring a high-performing and 

energy efficient PV system. 

The company offers onsite 

restoration solutions for existing glass 

surfaces such as façade, shower, and 

window glass. 

About the company 

3P Nanopac Pvt Ltd offers low 

maintenance solutions to protect and 

preserve building façades, shower & 

other interior glasses. 

Email: nagendra@3pnanopac.com 

Website: www.3pnanopac.com 

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Company News 

Competence team for flat and curved glass (from left to right): Maic Pannwitz (Vice President sedak, inc.), Guillaume Chinzi, Gery Chinzi, Beatriz Fernandez, Kevin 

Berni (Head of Sales), Gaia Sperotto and Ralf Scheurer. 

Bild: Thomas Dashuber / sedak 

sedak and sunglass merge sales 

Glass From A Single Source: Flat, Curved, In Oversized Formats 

Architects and planning offices will now have a single contact partner for the entire 

portfolio of flat and curved glass. 

Around three years ago, sedak, 

the technological leader for 

glass in oversized formats 

and high-end quality, and sunglass 

industry, specialists for thermally 

curved glass, joined together. Now, 

the two companies are bundling their 

sales operations under the sedak 

brand. 

Architects and planning offices will 

now have a single contact partner for 

the entire portfolio of flat and curved 

glass. Head of Sales Kevin Berni 

emphasized: “Presenting ourselves 

under the unified sedak flag simplifies 

communications as well as the 

complete procurement process for our 

market partners and strengthens our 

position as a full-service supplier.“ 

Glass in exceptional forms and 

quality 

sedak will continue to invest in 

both locations and is extending 

capacities and quality standards. In 

2021, for example, a new 18-metre 

bending furnace went into operation 

in Gersthofen (Germany), whilst 

in Villafranca Padovana (Italy) a 

3D bending furnace was invested 

in, with which multi-curved glass 

panes can be manufactured as safety 

glass (thermally toughened or fullytempered). 

With an anisotropy scanner (about 

the company) and a 3D form scanner 

for curved glass, sedak is laying 

further foundations to extend its 

quality leadership. 


Founded in 2007 in Germany, 

sedak has used its pioneering spirit 

to establish itself as a premium 

manufacturer of large-format 

insulated and safety glass. 

Head of Sales Kevin Berni and his team wants to expand 

sedak‘s innovation leadership. 

Bild: Thomas Dashuber / sedak 

sedak 

– Verena Simon 

Email: verena.simon@sedak.com 

– Jan Birkenfeld 

Email: j.birkenfeld@pr-neu.de 

Website: www.sedak.com 

Glass Bulletin | April - June, 2022 57

Company News 

Ozone Secutech offers live 

experience of its latest 

Digital Locks and Safes 

range 

Mobile Experience Centre To Reach Out To 

Consumers Across North, South And West Of 

India 

Ozone Secutech, a leading brand in the digital safes 

and locks segment, on March 5 took a strategic initiative 

towards creating awareness about various security 

solutions available for consumers across domestic and 

commercial establishments. 

This initiative aims to sensitize 

people to move from the hassle 

of carrying a bunch of keys 

to the new-age digital locks. These 

products comprise multiple access 

mode that gives unmatched security 

with utmost ease. 

The initiative will spread over six 

months and reach out to the masses. 

Ozone will offer various fun activities 

and awards to engage consumers. The 

vehicle will be traveling to north India 

covering NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, 

Rajasthan, and Haryana; south India 

covering Karnataka, Hyderabad, 

Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and Kerela; 


Ozone• 2 

Mr. Abhishek Aggarwal, 

President- Strategic Operations, Ozone Group 

and Mumbai, Pune, and Nashik in the 

western part. 

The flag-off took place at 4 points 

by Sheraton, New Delhi, with 

massive participation by dealers and 

distributors from the city. 

Talking about the campaign Mr 

Abhishek Aggarwal, President- 

Strategic Operations, Ozone Group, 

said, “We are delighted with the 

overwhelming response and can 

already feel the impact of this unique 

activity. The idea was to amplify the 

familiarity of using digital products 

in daily lives, and through our 

thoughtfully crafted range, we know 

it’s not far behind. For our customers 

to have a hands-on experience and 

live the convenience of implementing 

digital products is all that we look 

forward to. Through the MUV, this 

can happen at a good pace and with 

live demonstrations bringing our 

creation alive to as many people as it 

can.” 

The event witnessed a massive 

gathering of 80+ channels and media 

partners. The initiative will garner 

visibility for the new range of Ozone 

products and create top-of-the-mind 

recall in consumers’ minds. 


Ozone Secutech, a leading Indian 

brand in the Digital Locks and Safes 

segment, is the flagship company of 

the Ozone Group. Designed to meet 

international quality norms and 

standards, the unmatched solutions 

developed by Ozone Secutech are 

trusted across the board by builders 

and homeowners alike. 

E-mail: pr@ozone-india.com 

Website: www.ozokart.com 


Company News 

Filtraglass steps into 

2022 with new home, new 

additions, new resolutions 

Moves To New Premises, Recruits More Team 

Members, Plans To Allot Substantial Resources To 

R&D 

The year 2022 has arrived with new developments for 

Filtraglass: new facilities, new team members and – in line 

with its continuous efforts in the field of innovation – new 

R&D projects. 


Filtraglass• 2 

With the arrival of the New 

Year, Filtraglass has officially 

moved to new premises. 

The company’s new headquarters are 

located in Vilamalla, in the province 

of Girona, at the Pont del Príncep 

industrial estate, at number 19 Carrer 

Riu Fluvià. The company now boasts 

a space spanning over 1,000 m2, 

a significant increase compared to 

the previous facilities, reflecting the 

exponential growth that the company 

is experiencing worldwide. 

The new premises include a very 

large space for the manufacture 

of water filtration systems; a large 

storage area where the company 

stores machines ready and waiting to 

be shipped to their final destinations; 

a meeting room that also serves as 

a showroom so that customers and 

collaborators can see Filtraglass 

machines up close; and an office 

area that houses, among others, the 

directors’ office, the administration 

and accounting office and the 

communications office. 

The growth that the company 

has experienced in recent years is 

also reflected in the expansion of 

its workforce. In recent months, 

Filtraglass has added to its ranks a 

communications team manager, a 

new welder, an electrical technician, 

a mechanical technician and an 

administrative assistant. 

With a larger and more diversified 

team, one of the leading companies 

in the water filtration industry 

expects improvements in the areas 

of production, advertising and public 

relations, customer service and, of 

course, innovation. 

Filtraglass naturally saw in the 

new year with some key resolutions. 

The company continues to be 

committed, as it has been since 

its creation, to a sustainable glass 

industry. And now more than ever. 

In line with its values and public 

commitment to the environment, the 

company will continue to strive to 

create increasingly sustainable water 

filtration systems, which, in turn, 

will help its customers and the glass 

industry in general to move towards a 

greener world. 

The company’s second resolution is 

to further strengthen its international 

presence. Filtraglass seeks to 

reach new markets that value its 

commitment to the environment and 

its investment in R&D. It has systems 

in all five continents, but has set a 

target of increasing its international 

presence by 20 per cent. 

Finally, this year, Filtraglass plans 

to dedicate a substantial part of its 

resources to its R&D department. 

The company wishes to persevere in 

the development of new products and 

systems that comprehensively meet 

the needs of the glass industry in 

terms of water treatment. Filtraglass 

wants to be prepared to adapt to the 

growing and changing needs of the 

market and therefore considers this 

investment to be essential. 2022 looks 

set to be a great year for Filtraglass 

and for the glass industry. 

Email: info@filtraglass.com 

Website: www.filtraglass.com 


Company News 

Solutions for handling 

large glass sheets 

outdoors by Schmalz 

Vacumaster Glass Ensures Maximum Safety And 

Flexibility, Leading To Increased Productivity 

Utmost safety precautions are necessary during facade 

construction as large glass sheets and windows are 

transported outdoors and lifted to dizzying heights with 

site cranes. 


Schmalz India• 2 

J 

Schmalz GmbH has created a 

solution with the newly developed 

VacuMaster Glass, which can be 

used outdoors to handle glass sheets 

weighing up to 600 kg. 

Safety in the air 

Glass sheets are often installed at 

great heights in building facades. 

A high degree of safety is required 

when doing so. The VacuMaster 

Glass is designed for use high above 

the ground and for the horizontal 

and vertical handling of loads in 

accordance with EN 13155-1/-2. It 

is attached to the site crane, and 

loads are held by four or eight suction 

plates. 

The vacuum is switched on and 

off using a manual slide valve. Two 

backup vacuum circuit systems 

provide the necessary degree of 

safety. Each circuit has its own 

vacuum reservoir and manometer for 

displaying the vacuum. If the vacuum 

drops to a critical minimum level, 

an audible and visible warning signal 

is produced. If one circuit fails, the 

second circuit is able to handle the 

maximum load alone. 

Flexible and adjustable 

When moving the vertically 

transported glass sheets into the 

final assembly position, the handling 

system must have the flexibility 

to move them as required. The 

VacuMaster Glass lets you swivel 

workpieces by 90 degrees and rotate 

them by 360 degrees; both of these 

movements can be locked in place 

manually. This means that the glass 

sheets can be aligned perfectly and 

installed in the facade. 

Even glass sheets that are standing 

at an angle can be picked up easily. 

The Schmalz lifting unit can be 

adapted flexibly to the dimensions 

of various glass sheets. The unit’s 

extension arms can simply be 

removed in order to reduce the 

number of suction plates to four. The 

maximum load is then up to 300 

kilogram. 

Every cable is a troublesome 

security risk on a construction site. 

That is why the VacuMaster Glass is 

designed so that it does not need to 

be connected to the mains. It draws 

its power from a rechargeable and 

replaceable 12 V battery; an LED 

indicator displays the charge status. 

Increased productivity 

The VacuMaster can be operated 

easily and enables fast, efficient and 

ergonomic handling of a wide range 

of glass sheet sizes. The flat, compact 

structure means glass sheets can even 

be installed behind scaffolding. All of 

these features make it easy to handle 

glass sheets with the VacuMaster 

Glass. 

E-mail: schmalz@schmalz.co.in 

Website: www.schmalz.com 


Company News 

From the left, Thomas Herzog, Andreas Herzog, Jr. and Andreas Herzog, Sr., Managing Directors of Glas Herzog 

Glas Herzog’s smooth startup of Glaston 

SPEED BOX IG line 

Provides High Output, Easy Operation & Robust Construction For High 

Machine Component Reliability 

Glas Herzog was founded by Andreas Herzog Sr in 1948 as a glass grinding factory in 

Waghäusel, Germany, near Heidelberg. 

Over the course of nearly 75 

years – and three family 

generations – the company 

has evolved from a purely craftsman’s 

business to being flat glass experts. 

Today, it offers a full range of 

functional and insulating glass to 

window manufacturers in Germany 

and neighbouring countries. 

Providing a human touch 

The founder’s son, Andreas Herzog, 

Sr., along with his sons Andreas 

Herzog, Jr., and Thomas Herzog, say 

the key to developing and managing 

their business successfully over the 

years has been to retain “the human 

touch” as a top priority in all they do. 

“This means providing our 

customers with personal advice and 

support in whatever way we can,” 

says Herzog, Sr. “Our distinctive 

service concept focuses on fast, 

direct deliveries – with high delivery 

reliability.” He adds that customers 

also appreciate that they are a familyrun 

business with the ability to make 

quick decisions. 

Adding automation with Glaston 

speed box 

In 1978, Glas Herzog purchased 

its first Lenhardt insulating glass 

line. This makes the company one 

of Glaston’s oldest customers. For 

special glass production, Glas Herzog 

still operates a 1987 Lenhardt 

washing machine and 1991 Lenhardt 

inspection station. 


Glaston• 2 

In December 2020, the Glaston 

SPEED BOX IG line was delivered to 

replace an old Lenhardt insulating 

glass line that had been operating 

for 26 years. Starting production 

in January 2021, this new line is 

running smoothly alongside two other 

Bystronic glass insulating lines that 

run fully automatically. Together, they 

enable Glas Herzog to produce more 

than 1,000 insulating glass units daily. 

The new line provides the company 

with high output, easy operation 

and robust construction for high 

machine component reliability. This 

individually configurable production 

line for insulating glass units with 

conventional spacers delivers high 

flexibility, excellent productivity and a 

long service life. 

“We have a great deal of confidence 

in our supplier,” says Andreas Herzog, 

Sr., Managing Director of Glas 

Herzog. “Our cooperation with former 

Bystronic glass – and now Glaston 

– is just as you would want it to be 

as a customer. In fact, we’re one of 

their oldest customers – 44 years and 

counting.” 

Triple power 

A special feature of Glaston 

SPEED BOX is its high degree of 

automation. By combining three 

components – SPACER’FILLER AT 

(automatic desiccant filling station), 

SPACER’BUTYLAPPLICATOR 

(butyl coating robot), and 

FRAME’POSITIONER (automatic 

frame setting station) – SPEED BOX 

makes frame processing almost fully 

automated. 

“Without any manual intervention, 

prefabricated spacer frames are 

automatically filled with desiccant, 

precisely coated with butyl and then 

automatically positioned onto the 

glass,” Thomas Herzog explains. 

“The shortest possible cycle times 

are achieved by parallel filling and 

transport processes. We can produce 

different frame dimensions, profile 

widths and glass thicknesses in 

any sequence. Insulating glass unit 

thicknesses of 80 mm are now 

possible.” 

Uniquely extensive training 

With professional project management 

from planning through delivery, 

installation and commissioning of the 

SPEED BOX line proceeded smoothly. 

“We also had extensive training by 

Glaston’s staff – something that rarely 

happens any longer,” adds Andreas 

Herzog, Jr. 

Field tests bring mutual benefits 

Over the years, Glas Herzog has 

field-tested numerous prototypes 

before the machinery was introduced 

to the market. The relatively short 

distance from Glaston in Neuhausen 

to Waghäusel is only 80 km. When 

Karl Lenhardt was still Managing 

Director of the former Lenhardt 

Maschinenbau GmbH (today Glaston 

Germany GmbH), he worked closely 

with Andreas Herzog, Sr., to develop 

machine functionality and system 

components that are still used in 

Glaston insulating lines today. 

“This has been valuable for both 

of us,” Herzog, Sr., says. “Whenever 

Glaston sends us their potential 

customers for a reference visit, we 

give them our recommendations. 

Likewise, we know Glaston is close 

enough to provide us with quick 

service calls if we need any support.” 

“With 44 years of cooperation, 

our partnership has developed into a 

valuable friendship – one that is quite 

unique nowadays. We’re proud of 

being a customer from the very start – 

and look forward to many more years 

of deepening our friendship,” Andreas 

Herzog, Sr., concludes. 

Email: info@glaston.net 

Website: www.glaston.net 

Andreas Herzog, Sr & Peter Nischwitz from Glaston pointing out that in 1978, Glas Herzog purchased its first 

Lenhardt insulating glass line. This makes the company one of Glaston’s oldest customers. 


Company News 

Genius CT-A Tech 

Biesse India now producing 

glass processing machines 

at its Bengaluru unit 

Seeks To Reverse Trend Of Extensive Imports 

Dominating Domestic Market Requirements In 

The Sector 

Biesse India is now developing ‘Genius CT-A Tech’ glass 

processing machines in its production units in Bengaluru. 

Glass processing machines 

that automate the glass 

cutting process with great 

precision are highly sought after 

in various industries including the 

furniture industry. By commencing 

the production of ‘Genius CT-A 

Tech’, Biesse India becomes the only 

company to develop glass processing 

machines in India. 

The domestic market requirements 

in this sector is highly catered by 

international suppliers through 

extensive imports. However, Biesse 

India has reversed this trend by not 

only producing such machines in 

India for the Indian market but also by 

exporting the machines made in India 

to other countries, including Italy. 

Biesse India is the Biesse Group’s 

first production site outside Italy. This 

strategic investment in India was 

an insightful decision to develop an 

advanced production plant that would 

create employment opportunities in 

the country and at the same time, 

cater to the quality machines needs 

of small to medium-sized companies 

66 Glass Bulletin | April - June, 2022

Biesse India• 2 

across the globe. 

The expansion of Biesse India’s 

export network to 70+ countries has 

had a significant impact on the ‘Make 

in India’ mission. The company has 

also been proactively engaged in CSR 

activities over the years by supporting 

schools, empowerment through 

specialised courses at the Institute of 

Wood Science & Technology (IWST) 

and KIET Group of Institutions, 

setting up libraries, RO Water Plants, 

borewells, plantation drives and 

numerous other activities for the 

benefit of the society. 

Biesse India set up its office in the 

country back in 2006 with just a team 

of 13 employees. It began operations 

out of a small shed of just 1,000 

square metres in Yeshwantpur. Now, it 

has two production units in Bengaluru 

spread across 30,000 square metres 

with more than 700 employees. The 

company recently marked its 15 years 

of establishment in India. 

In the span of 15 years, Biesse in 

India has been able to manufacture 

10,000 machines, of which 70 per 

cent have been exported to nations 

across the world, including the USA, 

EU, Middle East, East Asia, Russia 

and Australia. The firm has developed 

into one of the global leaders in 

designing and manufacturing 

advanced woodworking machinery, 

and over the years, it has also 

diversified its offering by adding 

machinery and systems for the glass 

and advanced materials processing 

sector. 

Commenting on the combined 

efforts of the organisation, Mr Sayeed 

Ahmed, CEO of Biesse India, said, 

“Our constant strive for product 

excellence as per International 

standards has been well received 

and appreciated across continents.” 

Adding further on their core values, 

“Biesse India has always believed in 

empowering the local community by 

hiring local talent and onboarding 

local suppliers. We also try to create a 

progressive and encouraging working 

environment for everyone,” he said. 

The global manufacturing company 

also invests four per cent of its yearly 

revenues in R&D, boasting over 200 

registered patents. The R&D centre 

has previously developed a software 

to augment user experience and is 

committed to bring transformative 

concepts for automation in 

manufacturing. 

It operates through 12 industrial 

sites, 39 branches, 300 agents, and 

selected dealers, exporting 85 per cent 

of its production. Biesse India itself 

exports to more than 70 countries 

across continents. Founded in Pesaro 

in 1969 by Giancarlo Selci, Biesse 

Group has been listed in the STAR 

segment of the Italian Stock Exchange 

since June 2001. It currently has 

4,000 employees around the world. 

Biesse India’s initial years were 

of great rigour and perseverance 

as it took seven years to reach a 

total production of 2,000 machines. 

However, Biesse India’s team, 

including their leadership, with 

continuous support from its investors 

and the top management in Biesse 

Italy, bolstered their operations and 

as of today, has reached a production 

capacity of 1,800 machines per 

annum. 

A growth of more than 100 times 

compared to where the company 

started from. Biesse India now 

offers six product lines in 100 

different configurations. There is 

also an experience centre where 

15+ machines are available for live 

demonstrations. 


Biesse Group designs, manufactures, 

and distributes machines, 

integrated systems, and software for 

manufacturers of furniture, door/ 

window frames, and components for 

the construction, shipbuilding, and 

aerospace industries. 

–Santosh B Holeyachi 

Email: santosh.bh@biesse.com 

Website: www.intermac.com 


Company News 

Hegla-Hanic launches new software for 

cutting tables 

Cut+ Supports Different Languages, Units Of Measurement; Inclusive 

Updates Are Regularly Provided 

Normally, one update follows the other to bring software up-to-date. But HEGLA-HANIC 

from Bochum, Germany, does things differently. 

Cut+ is new, intuitive software from HEGLA-HANIC for cutting table organisation and 

management. Cut+ was developed from the ground up and is based on the Microsoft 

.NET Core development environment. 

It automatically creates waste-optimised cutting plans. Operators experience maximum 

flexibility: they can exchange panes or positions on the plan via drag & drop. The system 

also takes break-out edges and grinding additions into consideration, for example. 

The company is now offering 

Cut+, a new program for 

cutting table organisation and 

management that relies on a range 

of new functions and is a completely 

new version. “You can use updates to 

keep any software current,” explained 

Managing Director Dr Jan Schäpers 

of HEGLA-HANIC. “But at some 

point you should take advantage of 

the opportunity to re-think proven 

programs and prepare for the future.” 

Cut+ is based on the standards of 

.NET Core, the Microsoft development 

environment, which ensures that the 

software can be extended from the 

Microsoft pool with little effort at any 

time. 

Intuitively register customer orders 

and create items 

Cut+ is designed to intuitively manage 

and organise individual cutting 

tables. Its core functions include the 

technical registration of customer 

orders with all parameters to ensure 

that they are available for further 

processing. Orders can be registered 

by importing Excel .csv files, for 

example. 

It is also possible to register the 

data directly at the cutting table, on 

an office computer as a step in work 

preparation, or in the form of an 

order acceptance. If keypads are not 

available, a touchscreen can be used 

instead. A live editor immediately 

displays the registered geometry to 

the operator for a plausibility check. 

Alongside a .dxf import option, a shape 

catalogue intended to make work on 

complex geometries easier is stored in 

the software. Users can intuitively add 

the shapes they create themselves to 

the catalogue. 

The integrated item management 

system saves recurring products from 

the product range to simplify future 

orders. 

Waste-optimised cutting plans at the 

press of a button 

As soon as all the orders are in the 

system, a waste-optimised cutting plan 

can be requested and created, and 

the glass can be arranged to ensure 

that as much glass area as possible is 

used. The software takes break-out 

allowances into account, as well as 

decoating contours, grinding additions 

and surrounding pane shapes. 

“Operators remain fully flexible,” 

emphasised Dr Jan Schäpers. “Panes 

can be exchanged or shifted on the 

plan via drag & drop. It is almost 

always possible to make amendments.” 

If required, the cutting plans can be 

printed out and made available for incompany 

process organisation. If the 

glass to be processed is not on hand 

in the warehouse, the optional Cut+ 

warehouse management extension will 

trigger an alert. 

Paper, labels and laser marking are 

supported 

For internal operations that are 

organised with labels instead of paper, 

the software offers a label editor. The 

visual placement of the customer logo 

and data on the labels can be manually 

specified if desired. Alternatively, this 

can be done automatically when the 

dataset is called up from the customer 

file. If you plan to switch to laser 

marking in future, the software is 

already compatible with the control 


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In the item management system, recurring glass products from the range can be saved and are therefore accessible for follow-up orders. 

our customers can form their own 

impression of our new software.” It is 

still possible to connect to the Shop- 

Floor Assistant app from HEGLA New 

Technology and the HEGLA-HANIC 

Cockpit. 

Cut+ supports a high number 

of different languages and units of 

measurement, which operators can 

select themselves. Inclusive updates 

are regularly provided and they 

continue to support earlier versions of 

the HEGLA-HANIC software. 

The pane editor displays the geometry immediately, thus enabling an initial plausibility check. 

Email: info@hegla-hanic.de 

Website: www.hegla-hanic.de 

and data transfer functions of most 

systems. 

Open interfaces in accordance with 

OPC/UA 

Open interfaces in accordance with 

OPC/UA are the technical basis that 

enable the software to be used with 

almost any cutting table from almost 

any manufacturer. If your system is 

not prepared for this, HEGLA-HANIC 

will adapt the software to your specific 

needs. 

“We are proud of the new software 

and pleased that our team has very 

successfully taken this step,” said 

Dr Jan Schäpers. “Alongside various 

extensions and options, we can 

also provide a Cut+ trial version so 


Company News 

Mars Glass enters into 

new venture with Saint- 

Gobain My Home 

Launches New Showroom In Delhi With Sprawling 

Displays For All Major Products 

Mars Glass Solutions, an old name in the glass industry, 

has joined hands with Saint-Gobain vertical My Home, a 

collection of custom-made design solutions for exteriors 

as well as interiors. 


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The Mars Glass-My Home SG 

showroom was launched on 

March 25 in the heart of west 

Delhi in Rajouri Garden. Keeping in 

mind the precautions necessitated by 

the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a 

limited gathering for the launch. 

A few family members of Mars 

Glass executives and an SG team 

from Chennai, comprising My Home 

business head Mr Hemant Khurana, 

along with senior management team 

members Mr Srihari and Mr DU 

Venkata Ramanan and their local 

sales team with technical experts from 

Bhiwadi plant, joined the launch event. 

Mars Glass has two directors Mr 

Manoj Kumar and Mr Anish Chhabra 

with fairy rich experience of nearly 

three decades in processed glass 

industry. The group has now joined 

hands with Saint-Gobain, a company 

known for its professional approach, 

wide range of consumer products and 

state-of-the-art factories located in 

different parts of India. 

With this partnership, Mars Glass 

anticipates good business growth in the 

near future. 

Some facts about the Mars Glass-My 

Home SG showroom: 

;; 

Has an approximate carpet area 

of 1,600 sq ft with live display 

of all major products under the 

umbrella of MY Home by SG 

;; 

Highlighted products include 

UPVC doors and windows, 

shower cubicles, kitchen cabinet 

frame and wardrobe, LED 

mirrors, wallpaper, false ceiling, 

writing board and glass railing 

hardware. 

Mars Glass Solutions Pvt Ltd is a 

leading player in the façade and 

fenestration business. Its product and 

services include supply and installation 

of structural/curtain wall glazing 

(glass & ACP cladding), spider glazing, 

internal glass partitions, glass shower 

cubicle, doors and windows, and 

stainless steel railing. 

Mars Glass has been involved in 

projects in the residential, corporate, 

hospitality, retail and infrastructure 

segments. 

Email: projectsmars@yahoo.com 

Website: www.projectsmars.com 


Company News 

Schraml presents the combiFIN rapid 

processing line 

Combines Vertical Processing Devices To Create Single Intelligent Line; 

Developed In Collaboration With LiSEC 

The glass processing specialists from Schraml Glastechnik in Austria are back. Following 

a lengthy development period, alongside preparations for the presentation of the new 

topDRILL drilling machines, it recently celebrated the market launch of the combiFIN 

complete processing line. 

The combiFIN is a nifty 

combination of different vertical 

processing devices to create a 

single intelligent line, which typically 

consists of the following individual 

systems: 

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GLX grinding and polishing 

machine for rectangles and 

shapes - optionally with tool 

change 

;; 

MRX drilling and milling centre 

with double-sided processing - 

optionally with water jet head 

;; 

topCLEAR glass washing 

machine with four or six 

brushes for different glass 

thicknesses 

;; 

Water treatment systems or 

lines with logistics and shuttle 

solutions 

A special feature of the system 

is its development through close 

collaboration between LiSEC and 

Schraml, and the associated synergy 

that came into effect thanks to the 

expertise of both companies. 

Horst Schraml, managing director 

of Schraml Glastechnik, explains a few 

of the highlights and unique features 

of the system: 

Q: How are the machines linked with 

each other? 

The devices are linked automatically. It 

is therefore only necessary to perform 

operation and programming on one 

machine. If necessary, the systems 

can also be used separately and 

independently. 

Q: How complicated is operation of 

the combiFIN? 

Operation is significantly easier than 

operating complex all-in-one systems. 

Despite this, the devices deliver 

very high performance thanks to 

the respective focus on processing. 

Programming can be carried out in the 

office or on the machine, or even as a 

combination of both. 

Q: What cycle times can be achieved 

with the combiFIN? 

Dividing processing up between at 

least two devices means that the cycle 

time is significantly reduced. Almost 


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all doors, partition walls and similar 

products are completely finished in less 

than five minutes. 

Q: What shapes is the system able to 

process? 

The system processes almost all 

glass lites sheets with a straight edge. 

Rounded and bevelled corners are 

processed with no cycle time losses. 

Thanks to the batch size of 1, the 

customer can process any glass 

lites sheets, thicknesses and shapes 

successively without limitation. 

Q: How efficient is the system? 

The use of series parts from the LiSEC 

or Schraml modular range means 

that the system is comparatively 

economical. In combination with its 

high level of productivity, this results in 

advantageous overall efficiency. 

Q: Is the combiFIN future-proof? 

The systems are state-of-the-art and 

the combination can be used with 

either an MRX or RX drilling machine. 

All processing devices are optionally 

available for delivery with the water 

jet head or a range of processing 

heads. Interfaces with external 

software suppliers are tried, tested and 

available. 

The combiFIN exhibits all the 

features of leading-edge machine 

construction technology. The systems 

conform to the Industry 4.0 schema. 

Remote maintenance and remote 

control are possible, while the 

configuration can also operate in any 

running direction and in a range of 

expansion stages. The only limitation 

is the maximum glass size, which is 

currently 3,210 x 2,000 mm; i.e. splitsized 

glass sheets. 

Schraml Glastechnik GmbH has 

been working in wet processing for 

three decades now and was the world’s 

first provider of vertical glass drilling 

machines. Since 2017, Schraml 

Glastechnik GmbH has been part of 

the LiSEC group and the company 

can therefore optimally utilise 

LiSEC’s development and production 

capacities. By presenting the 

combiFIN, the system constructor has 

succeeded in taking a major technical 

leap forwards. The system is oriented 

towards current customer benefits and 

delivers not only technical but also 

financial advantages. 

Highlights of the GLX P1: 

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Comprehensive water splash 

protection 

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Water cushions for sheet 

movement 

;; 

Small glass design as standard 

;; 

Convenient maintenance 

access and well thought-out 

maintenance concept 

;; 

Twice as fast cycle time 

compared to all-in-one 

machines 

;; 

Significantly improved grinding 

quality through specialisation 

of the grinding head 

;; 

Inclined edges or shapes with 

curves are possible without 

difficulty 

;; 

Fully integrated and yet standalone 

- allows flexible use as 

required 

Highlights of the MRX G7: 

;; 

10-position revolver drill head 

at front and rear, with tool preselection 

;; 

Dynamic vacuum belts with 

shape detection 

;; 

Extremely compact design 

;; 

Flexible in all directions 

;; 

Drill and countersink holes in 

the most individual design from 

both sides 

;; 

Milling operations without 

technical restrictions in size 

and shape 

;; 

New - also with possible 

polishing of interior cut-outs 

;; 

Tool change even during 

processing on the opposite side 

;; 

Tool change and revolver now 

also controlled by servo drives 

About LiSEC 

LiSEC, headquartered in 

Seitenstetten/Amstetten, is a globally 

active group that has provided 

individual and comprehensive 

solutions in flat glass processing and 

finishing for 60 years. 

Email: claudia.guschlbauer@lisec.com 

Website: www.lisec.com 


Company News 

LiSEC sells its 400th seaming machine 

KSR to Italian firm Nobento 

Nobento Specialises In The Production Of Windows, Doors And Roller 

Shutters Since 2009 

Increased production and continuous operation means that LiSEC’s machines achieve 

their full potential and create an incentive for the use of automated systems and other 

technology. 


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Nobento also has its own 

glassworks to cover all its 

needs. One of the most 

important products in the Nobento 

range is TERMOFIBRA®. Steel 

reinforcement is no longer a 

requirement for the bracing of this 

window. 

Nobento, which has its headquarters 

and production facility in Alghero 

(Sardinia), has undergone significant 

growth in recent years. The company 

achieved a turnover of €3 million in 

2015 with its team of 20 employees 

and was even able to boost this 

operating result to €27 million in the 

2021 business year with a workforce 

of 250. 

The machinery fleet was also 

steadily expanded within this relatively 

short period of time. The latest new 

investment is not only special for 

Nobento, but also for LiSEC: The 

400th LiSEC-manufactured KSR 

seaming machine sold has left the 

company’s own production facility for 

the city of Alghero in Sardinia, where 

it is to be added to Nobento’s machine 

inventory and help the window 

manufacturer achieve its ambitious 

goals in the future. 

The Italian company primarily 

distributes its products in Italy. 

Whereas only about 5 per cent of 

the total production remains in 

Sardinia, the remaining 95 per cent 

is “exported” to the rest of Italy. In 

addition to well-known wholesalers 

such as Leroy Merlin Italia and 

Bricoman, who jointly generate about 

30 per cent of the company’s turnover, 

both small retailers and private 

customers also place their trust in 

Nobento’s products and quality. 

Nobento operates across two 

different company locations and makes 

the most of the benefits that these 

two branches bring. The company’s 

sales and customer service offices are 

located in Cattolica (in the Emilia 

Romagna region) which means they 

are close to customers. The actual 

production as well as the other offices, 

however, are situated on the northwest 

coast of Sardinia, which is why the 

manufacturer can benefit from the 

special expertise and loyalty of the 

islanders. 

Nobento runs several LiSEC plants 

on a production area of 25,000 sq 

m. Following strong growth in recent 

years, LiSEC’s plants are no longer 

only in use for seven to eight hours, 

but run 24 hours a day in a threeshift 

pattern. Increased production 

and continuous operation means that 

LiSEC’s machines achieve their full 

potential and create an incentive for 

the use of automated systems and 

other technology. 

Nobento and LiSEC 

LiSEC and Nobento have been 

collaborating since the Italian company 

was founded. Nobento wants to offer 

its customers a portfolio of first-class 

products which is why it has relied on 

LiSEC’s production solutions from the 

very outset. “We expect the highest 

level of quality and, ultimately, that’s 

what our customers expect from us. 

Which is why LiSEC ranks so highly 

with us, on the one hand because 

their machines completely fulfil these 

quality requirements, and on the other 

hand because the service life of the 

products is really impressive,” says 

Andrea Alessandrini, CEO of Nobento. 

“LiSEC fulfils our expectations as 

a manufacturer of the highest quality 

glass processing machines from 

every point of view and has never 

disappointed our demands in this 

respect. Nobento employees can also 

rely on the extremely short response 

times of our partner. The possibility 

of support through the online 

maintenance service LiSEC.eye makes 

life easier for us, since this platform 

significantly reduces the time needed 

to rectify causes compared to all other 

solutions,” he adds. 

If there are any questions, Nobento 


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approaches the Italian team, led 

by Massimo De Feo and Gianmaria 

Ricciuto as direct regional contacts, 

to whose full and competent support 

they can always rely. “We are already 

working on increasing productivity and 

doubling glass production capacity by 

2025,” says Gianmaria Ricciuto. 

Nobento and the 400th KSR system 

from LiSEC 

Nobento employs a combined 

glass cutting machine GFB-VB 

manufactured by LiSEC for cutting 

laminated and float glass, which is 

driven by a self-propelled glass storage 

system of the PKL series designed as a 

bridge trolley. The insulating glass line 

from LiSEC, which consists of the fully 

automatic washing and drying unit 

VHW 27/6M, the gas filling press FPS 

and the system for sealing insulating 

glass units VL-1N, operates all day long 

during the production of insulating 

glass. Tried and tested machines such 

as a BSV-45NK, an A1RL and a BH- 

25V are used for processing spacer 

frames. 

Production planning is supported 

and largely automated by the GPS. 

prod software solution developed by 

LiSEC. Consequently, at Nobento, the 

KSR system from LiSEC has recently 

started to contribute to production. 

Andrea Alessandrini says, “We are 

delighted that this investment has 

given both companies a reason to 

celebrate. It is the workers who 

ultimately decide on the choice 

of machine, and they have to get 

acquainted with how the equipment 

works. I consider it important to have 

my employees take joint responsibility 

and contribute their individual 

expertise in order to strengthen the 

innovative and success-oriented power 

of the company. This was also the 

case when it came to the decision 

of investing in the new processing 

machine. The KSR from LiSEC is 

clearly the best solution for my team 

so that we can continue to produce 

successfully and with high quality in 

the future”. 

All four sides of a sheet can 

be measured and seamed fully 

automatically with the KSR glass edge 

grinder from LiSEC. This LiSEC 

processing machine is characterised by 

perfect seaming of the glass edges and 

the ability to automatically adjust the 

grinding belts to the sheet thickness. 

The machine, which is made from 

stainless steel, can be easily integrated 

into any production line. The long 

service life of the grinding belts is what 

makes the KSR system the perfect 

addition to an insulating glass line or 

for combination with a tempering oven. 

Nobento – looking into the future 

The employees at Nobento are 

essential for the long-term success of 

the company. They work with great 

enthusiasm and drive every day looking 

for the most modern solutions to 

meet the future requirements of the 

customers through a high degree of 

innovation. 

“Innovation is driven by the needs of 

the market and the resulting demand,” 

explains CEO Andrea Alessandrini. 

On the outside, modern windows 

barely differ from the products of the 

1980s, yet from a technical point of 

view, contemporary windows are in 

a completely different league. Being 

able to meet the demand for ever 

better and higher quality products calls 

for cooperation with a first-class and 

industry-leading partner - especially 

when it comes to the company’s own 

machinery. “A strong partnership, 

like the one we have with LiSEC, will 

allow us to continue solving innovation 

and automation issues together and 

to address these exciting technical 

challenges in the future.” 

About LiSEC 

LiSEC, headquartered in 

Seitenstetten/Amstetten, is a globally 

active group that has provided 

individual and comprehensive 

solutions in flat glass processing and 

finishing for 60 years. 

CREATING VISIONS, PROVIDING SOLUTIONS. 

Email: claudia.guschlbauer@lisec.com 

Website: www.lisec.com 


Company News 

Versatile Glass Solution LLP gets BIS 

licence for toughened, laminated glass 

VGS Products Will Now Carry Guarantee Of Quality, Safety And Reliability 

Versatile Glass, one of the most versatile, innovative and technologically advanced glass 

processors in India, will now be able to print the ISI mark on these products. 

Mr. Kartar Singh Verma, MD 

The Bureau of Indian Standards 

(BIS) recently granted licence 

to Versatile Glass Solution LLP 

for toughened glass of 4 to 12 mm and 

laminated glass of 8.38 to 40.56 mm. 

The company is also the first in 

India to get a BIS licence for laminated 

glass above 25.52 mm thickness. 

Versatile Glass, one of the 

most versatile, innovative and 

technologically advanced glass 

processors in India, will now be able to 

print the ISI mark on these products. 

The company is also a supplier of 

bullet-resistance glass (max thickness 

60 mm). It has supplied bullet 

resistant glass to the Bangladesh Naval 

War Room and the Statue of Unity. 

In its effort to further ensure the 

quality of its products, Versatile Glass 

Solutions LLP has recently added a 

heat shock test facility to check the 

resistance of glass to sudden changes 

in temperature. 

Versatile Glass provides glass 

solutions for both interior and exterior 

applications. The company thrives to 

fulfill the entire spectrum of glassrelated 

demands of the end-user while 

ensuring quality standards that are 

unmatched. Backed by experience, 

technology and versatility in delivering 

customised solutions, the company 

desires to meet all its clients’ needs. 

The company’s product range 

includes architecture glass, automotive 

glass, curved tempered glass, fire 

safety glass, bullet resistance glass and 

decorative glass. 

Architectural Glass on offer 

include: 

VGS Toughen Glass 

Toughened or tempered glass is a type 

of safety glass processed by controlled 

thermal or chemical treatments to 

increase its strength compared with 

normal (annealed) glass. 

VGS Insulated Glass: 

Insulating glass is also known as double 

glazing glass. These are basically a 

double or triple glass window panes 

separated by a spacer along the edge 

and sealed to create a dead air space 

between the layers. 

VGS Bend Toughen Glass: 

It is made through JetConvection Plus 

Bent Glass Tempering Furnace adopts 

JetConvection heating technology. 

VGS Laminated glass: 

It is a sandwich of two or more sheets 

of glass with a plastic interlayer usually 

polyvinyl (PVB) interlayer in between. 

Email: info@versatileglass.in, 

vgs@versatileglass.in 

Website: www.versatileglass.in 


Company News 

The new sedak bending furnace produces cylindrically bent glass in oversize formats up to 18 meters. 

Photo credit: sedak 

Precisely curved glass up 

to 18 metres in length 

sedak Puts 18m Bending Furnace Into Operation 

The furnace is designed for series production of 

cylindrically curved, fully tempered glass and thermally 

toughened glass in large formats of up to 3.6 x 18 metres. 

sedak has extended its production 

capacity in the field of curved glass. 

With the start of operation of its 

new 18 m bending furnace, the glass 

processing company is setting new 

standards in thermal glass bending 

and has underpinned its technological 

leadership for large-format functional 

glazing. 

The new sedak bending furnace 

is designed for series production of 

cylindrically curved, fully tempered 

glass and thermally toughened glass in 

(over-)large formats of up to 3.6 x 18 

metres. The bending and tempering 

thereby takes place in a single 

production process. 

New technology enables the fast 

and precise adjustment of the bending 

radius, so that glass for projects 

requiring various geometries can 

quickly be produced. Depending on 

the width, glass can be curved to a 

minimum radius of 1,000 millimetres. 

The first orders are already running 

on the sedak bending furnace. The 

production of a large project with glass 

of up to 11 metres in length is set to 


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process for almost any architectural 

free-form. 

The curved glass is further 

processed to safety glass and insulation 

glass and, just as for flat glass, this can 

be put through the complete sedak 

processing spectrum from gold printing 

to bullet-resistant glass. 


Founded in 2007 in Germany, 

sedak has used its pioneering spirit 

to establish itself as a premium 

manufacturer of large-format insulated 

and safety glass. 

Transparent and excellently curved: sedak has once again raised the bar for processing of special glass formats. One furnace 

now has a state-of-the-art bending unit for panes in oversized formats of up to 18 metres long. 


sedak 

take place in early summer 2022. 

sedak offers the complete spectrum 

of curved glass in almost any form. 

The glass panes are produced in a 

suitable process depending on the 

glass geometry. In addition to thermal 

bending of fully tempered glass and 

thermally toughened glass, sedak offers 

lamination bending for glass of up to 

20 metres and the gravity bending 

– Verena Simon 

Email: verena.simon@sedak.com 

– Jan Birkenfeld 

Email: j.birkenfeld@pr-neu.de 

Website: www.sedak.com 

The first orders are currently running on the sedak bending furnace. In the early summer, sedak will begin the production of 

cylindrically curved, fully tempered glass in lengths of up to 11 metres. 



Technical Article 

Decarbonisation in float 

glass industry 

Melting And Glass Furnace Operation Using 

Alternative Energy Systems 

It is not just advancing climate change and the need 

to reach carbon neutrality by 2045 but also our current 

dependency on fossil fuel imports that make it clear there 

is no alternative to switching to renewable energies and 

new technologies. 

How can the energy-intensive 

float glass industry so far 

heavily dependent on natural 

gas become carbon neutral by 

2045? The energy efficiency of glass 

production is already close to what is 

physically-technically feasible today. 

Carbon neutrality can only be achieved 

by shifting to new key technologies 

and sustainable raw materials to avoid 

process-related emissions. 

According to current surveys by the 

Federal Association of the German 

Glass Industry (Bundesverband 

Glasindustrie e.V. – BV Glas), up to 

7.4 million tons of glass are produced 

annually in Germany. The final energy 

consumption required for this stood 


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at 19.1 TWh in 2020, of which 15.1 

TWh were generated by means of fossil 

fuels, especially natural gas, and the 

remaining 4 TWh by electricity. 

Every year 3.9 million tons 

of CO2 are emitted by systems 

subject to Emissions Trading, i.e. 

by glass melting and downstream 

combustion processes. An additional 

process-related million tons of 

CO2 are generated by the thermal 

decomposition of the carbonate raw 

materials. 

The energy efficiency thus achieved 

is remarkable nonetheless: while some 

100 years ago the production of one 

ton of glass still required 6,000 kWh, 

today less than 1,000 kWh suffice. 

While in former times approximately 

three tons of CO2 were emitted per 

ton of glass, it is less than 500 kg 

today. There is not a lot more to be 

saved here, which is why carbon 

neutrality requires a consistent shift 

to new technologies and renewable 

energy. According to BV Glas, the glass 

industry currently covers some 75% of 

its total energy demand by natural gas. 

In Europe float glass, for instance, 

is mostly produced in cross-fired 

regenerative furnaces where the 

batch is molten at constant process 

temperatures of around 1,650°Celsius 

over the complete life of the furnace, 

ideally at least 15-20 years. 

Many of the major glass producers 

and associations are already 

conducting in-depth studies into 

sustainable transformation options, 

such as Saint-Gobain, for instance. 

This company is currently examining 

and will still be until 2025, how its 

production at the Herzogenrath 

site might become carbon neutral. 

They see the highest potential in 

using regeneratively produced, green 

hydrogen for glass manufacturing. 

Energy savings could still be 

achieved in processing as well as by 

energetically optimised energy use 

and supply at the site. The project is 

being modelled in cooperation with 

the city of Herzogenrath, neighbouring 

communities and numerous 

institutes like the “Gas- und Wärme- 

Institut Essen e. V.” (Gas and Heat 

Institute), the “Institut für Technische 

Thermodynamik” (Institute for 

Technical Thermodynamics), the 

“Institut für Industrieofenbau 

und Wärmetechnik” (Department 

for Industrial Furnaces and Heat 

Engineering) as well as the “Institut 

für Stromerzeugung und -speicherung” 

(Institute for Power Generation and 

Storage) of RWTH Aachen. If the 

model test is successful, the site could 

be climate-neutral starting in 2030. 

Another project that gives hope: 

last August the NSG Group Company 

Ltd (Pilkington Glass UK) reported 

the successful float glass production 

with the help of hydrogen as a fuel. 

The trial was run at Pilkington’s 

furnace in St. Helens (nominal load 

of approx. 800 tons of glass per day) in 

two stages: in the first stage one part 

of the furnace was fired with 100% 

hydrogen, replacing 20% of the natural 

gas volume in total. In the second stage 

hydrogen was admixed to the natural 

gas in all burners of the furnace. Due 

to the limited hydrogen supply its total 

share was limited to 15% in this stage 

of the trial. 

A permanent shift could only be 

realised based on a comprehensive 

network of hydrogen pipelines – 

otherwise the road transport would 

counteract the desired climate 



neutrality. Pilkington’s initiative forms 

part of the “HyNet Industrial Fuel 

Switching-Project” to decarbonise 

industrial processes in the North-West 

of Great Britain. 

Key technologies now being 

researched 

Existing manufacturing processes in 

the glass industry are already highly 

optimised to manufacture glass in 

a consistent quality and with low 

pollutant emissions. In view of the 

targets agreed in the Paris Climate 

Agreement and growing social 

pressure, the glass industry is doing indepth 

research across its entire process 

chain. 

The option that seems obvious 

would be the 100% use of green power 

(also to avoid conversion losses), but 

for physical reasons not all types of 

glass can be molten electrically and 

electric furnaces are still limited in 

size. The furnaces usually operated 

in the float glass industry cannot be 

fully electrified at present. BV Glas 

estimates that it is more probable for 

furnaces of this size to focus on hybrid 

technologies that additionally rely on 

green hydrogen as a fuel. 

There are two key technologies on 

the horizon that might replace the 

existing base by 2045: 

• Fully electric melting furnaces 

that melt the batch by introducing 

electric energy via electrodes. The 

use of regenerative power alone does 

currently not suffice to fire bigger 

melting units. 

• Hybrid furnaces also using 

hydrogen could get up to 80% of the 

energy required for melting electrically 

via electrodes and get the remaining 

energy by burning hydrogen. Questions 

regarding the supply, availability and 

economic viability of green hydrogen 

are still unanswered at the moment. 

Despite all roadmaps the 

aforementioned key technologies are 



still under research, but the possible 

effects in case of a successful shift can 

already be calculated for the float glass 

industry as follows according to BV 

Glas: 

• Decline in absolute CO2 

emissions by 75%. 

• The share of process-related 

CO2 emissions from the thermal 

decomposition of so far non-CO2- 

neutral raw materials would remain 

unchanged. The possible use of CO2- 

neutral raw materials must therefore 

become the subject of research. The 

potential savings achieved by using 

more cullet is very limited in the float 

glass industry in Germany. Contrary 

to widespread opinion, float glass 

cullet in Germany is recycled almost 

completely, but only 11% in float glass 

production. The greater part is reused 

in the container glass and glass wool 

industry. BV Glas is currently preparing 

a publication on this topic. 

• The specific energy consumption 

decreases slightly but with an altered 

mix of regeneratively produced power 

and green hydrogen. 

• Manufacturing costs will rise by 

70% because energy costs are expected 

to triple compared to 2020 – the effects 

of the Ukraine crisis have not been 

factored into this estimate yet. 

Long term the successful 

installation of a circular material 

economy that functions cradle to 

cradle would offer savings potentials – 

the buzzword here being buildings as 

“material banks”. 

Impact on production processes and 

product quality 

As part of the “HyGlass” project 

the Federal Association of the Glass 

Industry (BV Glas) and the Gas and 

Heat Institute (Gas- und Wärme- 

Institut Essen e.V. – GWI)) are 

studying the impact of using hydrogen 

as a fuel on the extremely sensitive 

process of glass production, product 

quality and pollutant emissions. 

This study includes both a view of 

all processes when increasing amounts 

of hydrogen are admixed to natural gas 

and the 100% use of green hydrogen 

along the entire glass production chain. 

(Process of industrial glass production. 

Graph: BV Glas) 

The HyGlass Project here focuses 

on studying the impact of hydrogen 

on regenerative melting furnaces 

and the downstream combustion 

processes, for instance in the feeders 

used in the container glass industry. 

This makes sense since the European 

gas industry plans to directly feed a 

rising percentage of hydrogen into the 

natural gas grid in addition to building 

dedicated hydrogen infrastructures in 

future. 

Then the production plants in the 

glass industry will also be supplied with 

a mix containing significant amounts 

of hydrogen and therefore featuring 

combustion properties different to 

natural gas – producing an impact on 

product quality, pollutant emissions 

and possibly on the plant lifecycle. 

The impact of all this is specifically 

studied by HyGlass – especially in 

terms of combustion, which plays 

an important role in many process 

steps, in melting and in the so-called 

feeders which transport the molten 

glass and where it is homogenised 

for moulding. The melting process 

is the most energy-intensive part of 

glass production and the feeder is 

often decisive for high product quality. 

One anticipated difficulty here is that 

melting furnaces and feeders will differ 

substantially in technical terms and 

also in terms of size and energy needs. 

While in the melting furnace burner 

systems with non-premixed flames 

and high air preheat temperatures 

or oxy-fuel burners are used, feeders 

use numerous small burners with 

premixed flames mounted to the side 

walls. Accordingly, the effects of higher 

hydrogen contents in natural gas 

need to be assessed differently. While 

with feeders, process control and 

possible flame flashbacks are especially 

relevant questions, the priority aspects 

for melting furnaces are efficiency, 

heat transmission and nitrogen oxide 

emissions (NOX). 

The necessary product quality is 

influenced both in the feeder and in 

the melting furnace. Initial results 

of the studies indicate that the 

effects of hydrogen on combustion 

are manageable but that previously 

fine-adjusted measuring and control 

technologies are required. The thermal 

nitrogen oxide emissions (NOX) can 

rise with a higher hydrogen content, 

but the proven measures for NOX 

reduction should continue working 

once adapted. 

In the light of these studies it 

would make sense to bring these 

two key technologies – fully electric 

and hybrid melting furnaces with 

hydrogen – to market maturity as soon 

as possible – in cooperation with the 

plant and component manufacturers 

already operating in Germany and 

Europe whose expertise should be 

incorporated into a national strategy. 

A global challenge is our consistent 

departure from fossil energies and the 

speedy installation of infrastructure 

for regenerative power along with the 

connection of glass industry sites to 

a hydrogen infrastructure yet to be 

created. Here political foresight and 

planning are also an imperative – also 

in view of the long investment cycles. 

To achieve full carbon neutrality 

plenty of research in sustainable raw 

materials is still needed in addition 

to this and the creation of a reliable 

circular economy. 

– Daniel Krauß 

KraussD@messe-duesseldorf.de 

– Brigitte Küppers 

Email: KueppersB@messe-duesseldorf.de 

Website: www.glasstec.de 



Customised screen 

printing solutions from 

Cugher 

Kunal Enterprise Brings Its Product Portfolio To 

Indian Market 

Cugher supplies fully automated machinery and lines for 

screen printing, and technologically advanced systems 

for drying and handling glass among others. It configures 

every single machine to meet customer specifications. 


Kunal Enterprise• 2 

For more than 50 years, Cugher 

has been designing and 

producing screen printing plants 

for flat glass processing, offering a 

wide range of solutions that cover the 

entire productive process, starting 

immediately after the cutting and 

washing of glass sheets, up to the 

phases preceding tempering and 

bending processes. 

Besides printing machines, the 

company provides technologically 

advanced systems for drying and 

handling glass, such as IR and UV 

dryers, tilt loading and unloading 

conveyors, flat and vertical inspection 

stations, rotating tables, stackers, 

roller and belt conveyors, corner 

conveyors, tilting bridge conveyors and 

booking stations. 

Cugher also provides machine 

solutions for automotive glass, 

architectural glass, home appliances 

and solar glass modules. All of these 

and more from the house of Cugher is 

brought to the Indian market by Kunal 

Enterprise. 

Kunal Enterprise is a leading 

complete solution provider in 

industrial printing/packaging industry, 

specifically in the screen printing 

genre in India since 2001. 

Specific solutions for all types of 

glass 

Every type of glass needs to be 

handled following specific proper 

solutions to guarantee the maximum 

care during its transportation along 

the line, so as to avoid damage and 

protect the material from dust. 

Indeed, glass shapes and sizes 

are parameters that define the 

characteristics of each single plant. 

For instance, automotive glass 

is characterised by a variable 

shape complexity, depending on 

its application type (windshield, 

backlight, sidelights), and by 

dimensions that rarely exceed 

2,600mm. On the other hand, 

architectural and home appliance 

glass generally has a symmetric shape, 

but whilst the first have dimensions 

easily over 3,000mm, the second can 

be very small and also drilled. 

Flexible engineering, guideline of 

Cugher’s design, allows to develop 

highly customized solutions. Every 

single machine is designed to be 

suited and configured in accordance 

with customer specifications, without 

having to use additional resources. 

The company’s high potential for 

customization is applied in the 

mechanical and electrical hardware, 

as well as in the software that 

coordinates the whole the line. 

Industry 4.0 

The Internet of Thinks (IoT) is 

currently an essential requirement 

in the manufacturing industry and 

Cugher software perfectly integrates 

with other control systems, connecting 

all parts of the plant to enable the 

real-time sharing of huge quantity 

of data and to facilitate the control 

during all production phases. It is 

the only company with an inspection 

machine that has its own software in 

it. 

These features allow Cugher 

to respond to the prerogatives of 



Industry 4.0, whose goal is to have a 

fully automatic and interconnected 

industrial production. In this 

perspective, the development of new 

technologies allows to obtain a higher 

line flexibility, producing small lots at 

low costs, to reach greater productivity 

thanks to minor set-up time and error 

reduction, as well as to increment 

quality and reduce waste, by adopting 

sensors and vision systems that 

monitor production and its results in 

real time. 

Reliability and innovation 

To achieve the described results 

and guarantee the reliability of each 

machine according to customers’ 

needs, Cugher refers to the best 

suppliers in the market, whose highperforming 

components ensure the 

maximum reliability. This approach 

reduces the need of after-sales 

intervention and, in case of necessity, 

the close relation with selected 

suppliers enables to quickly respond 

to every issue. 

Engineering and production 

quality is reflected also in the high 

attention to the safety. Sure enough, 

right from the early design stages, 

the application of every single safety 

devices is considered, using the most 

innovative available technologies. 

Thanks to continuous investments in 

research and development, Cugher 

is recognized as one of the most 

innovative companies in the glass 

industry. 

In India, Cugher’s partner 

Kunal Enterprise has experienced 

professionals for after-sales 

service and managers for business 

development and marketing of its 

machines. Kunal Enterprise aims to 

purvey state-of-the-art technology 

for the Indian printing industry. Its 

teams keep looking for new areas 

and spending time in research and 

development for printing especially in 

industrial printing applications. 

Change and flexibility as a driving 

force for growth and innovation 

Cugher Glass was founded in 1967 

focusing its business on the design 

and production of machines for screen 

printing on glass, textile, electronics 

and household items. Over the years, 

the constant development of new 

solutions, increasingly performing and 

technologically advanced, have led the 

company to focus its business on the 

flat glass sector. 

From that moment on, Cugher 

started to hold an international role, 

becoming a par-excellence partner 

for the supply of fully automated 

machinery and lines for screen 

printing. At present, Cugher is 

recognized globally as one of the most 

innovative manufacturing companies 

in its reference market and it stands 

out thanks to its core values: 

;; 

Reliability of its solutions as well 

as the ethos of its organization 

;; 

Shared know how and focus on 

client driven projects; Cugher’s 

clients are partners 

;; 

Performance and quality 

inherent not only to products 

but also to service 

;; 

Cutting-edge engineering and 

customization of products and 

processes that comes from 

listening carefully to customer’s 

needs 

A customer-oriented business 

The automotive sector is, and has 

always been, the core business of 

the company, which supplies highly 

automated and customized plants 

to multinational corporations that 

produce car glasses, like AGP group, 


Kunal Enterprise• 4 

Vitro, AGP E-Glass, Saint Gobain, etc. 

Considering that the projects 

regarding screen-printing lines are 

complex and the engineering details 

are very specific, Cugher encourages 

an open dialog with its customers, 

effectively cooperating during the 

most delicate parts of the project, 

from the definition of specifications to 

the design and up to the installation. 

This partnership has allowed the 

realization of challenging projects to 

handle, print ad control all glasses, 

from the biggest (windshields) to 

the smallest (vents), ensuring high 

productivity. 

The experience gained from 

the automotive sector has led the 

company to work with other flat 

glass sectors too. Machines were 

specifically created for the home 

appliance industry, where fast cycle 

time and quick production changeover 

are the basic characteristics. Careful 

and concrete listening to the needs 

coming from the sector has allowed 

Cugher to collaborate with prestigious 

customers, guaranteeing high quality 

and productivity. 

Cugher’s flexibility in engineering 

has allowed it to satisfy the 

requirements of clients operating 

in the building and interior design, 

often characterized by the need to 

manage small lots, squared shapes 

and variable dimensions. Moreover, 

the machines developed by Cugher for 

this type of sector offer the possibility 

of being used stand alone, or in-line 

machines, according to the different 

production needs of each customer, 

large or small. 

The experience in handling 

glass sheets, also those with large 

dimensions, and the cooperation with 

other partner companies producing 

plants, has allowed Cugher to 

specialize further. Today the company 

is capable to offer different types of 

handling systems, as well as robotized 

systems for the loading and unloading 

of process lines. 

Challenges for growth 

Cugher has been able to capture 

the opportunity of growth and 

development to sustain its business. 

Over the past year, just like many 

other companies, Cugher faced the 

challenges imposed by the restrictions 

of COVID-19 global pandemic, 

innovating its working mode. 

The impossibility to travel and to 

work on site encouraged the renewal 

of connection and communication 

methods with customers and 

suppliers. For instance, thanks to the 

innovative use of sophisticated smart 

glass (augmented reality) during 

conferences, customers can attend 

screen printing lines tests and verify 

the print quality on glass and the 

performances of the plant remotely. 

Moreover, Cugher is increasing 

its presence at digital events, from 

conferences to exhibitions, exploiting 

the communication through web 

services, so as to be always close to its 

customers, also from distance. 

The company sustains and plans to 

strengthen this digital transformation, 

searching the right connection 

between persons and technology. 

Progress in communication 

The changes that the company is 

making, both in-house and towards 

the customers, and the expansion 

of the business in recent years, have 

raised the consequent and natural 

need to develop a new marketing plan. 

Cugher intends to share the core 

values that distinguish it as a global 

leader, such the reliability of solutions 

and the ethics of the organization. 

Cugher produces customized 

and cutting-edge products and the 

new graphic design, that supports 

a set of communication projects, 

consists of an elegant and prestigious 

multimedia, designed to effectively 

convey the excellence of the Cugher 

brand. 

Kunal Enterprise entered into an 

association with Cugher to provide 

glass screen printing solutions in 

India. 


Kunal Enterprise, Cugher’s India 

agent, is a leading solution provider 

in industrial printing and packaging 

industry, specifically in the screen 

printing genre in the country since 

2001. It is renowned for providing 

some of the best quality automatic 

and semi-automatic screen printing 

machines, industrial dryers, pre-press 

equipment, screen printing inks and 

accessories. 

– Kunal Gandhi 

Email: kunalgandhi@kunalenterprise.com 

– Uday Chitre 

Email: uday@kunalenterprise.com 

Website: www.kunalenterprise.com 



Grenzebach_Float_Glass_Line – Source Grenzebach: 

“Also at the cold end – here a flat glass line – OPC UA raises the potential in machine communication.” 

OPC UA - dawn of a new 

interface generation 

glasstec 2022 Will Be Held At The Messe 

Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre In Düsseldorf, 

Germany. 

Digitalisation creates added value. How the manufacturerindependent 

communication standard OPC UA can 

contribute to this will be illustrated at glasstec, the world’s 

leading trade fair for all things glass, from September 20- 

23, 2022. 

Digital transformation has long 

since taken hold of the flat glass 

industry and is progressing 

rapidly. People increasingly just 

monitor manufacturing processes 

rather than doing the jobs themselves. 

Skilled labour shortage, growing 

demands made on the flexibility of 

machinery and equipment as well as 

increasing sustainability requirements 

require intelligent monitoring of 

production processes. 

Producers can generate particular 

added value by pursuing a mechatronic 

approach. It is therefore worthwhile 

focusing on data and intelligent 

man-machine, machine-man 

communication and – last but not 

least – on the communication between 

machine and software. Especially 



Siemens – Source Siemens: 

“Forming an important basis for the successful communication along the complete process chain is the manufacturer 

and platform-independent exchange of data as offered by OPC UA.” 

since a growing number of machines 

and the operating software of different 

manufacturers need to communicate 

with each other. 

Currently, most interfaces required 

for this are still implemented as 

custom solutions for the respective 

application. But rather than investing a 

lot of time and money in programming 

individual interfaces, a standardised, 

manufacturer-independent, interoperable 

communication standard, 

as offered by the Open Platform 

Communications Unified Architecture 

–or OPC UA for short – would provide 

a solution offering high potential along 

the value chain. 

A standard “picks up speed” 

OPC UA transmits machine data such 

as controlled variables and measured 

values and has the ability to describe 

these semantically in a machinereadable 

format. Developed in the 

USA, the standard is now gaining 

increasing importance in Europe. 

A cross-sectoral study published in 

2021 by the VDMA e.V. (German 

Engineering Federation) illustrated the 

relevance of interoperable interfaces 

and the associated standards in 

companies: over 90% of those surveyed 

saw a need for interoperable interfaces. 

According to the survey, the dissolution 

of proprietary interfaces is of the 

greatest strategic importance, as this is 

what makes plug and produce possible 

in the first place. 

According to estimates, some 10 

Grenzebach_Digitalisation Platform – Source Grenzebach: 

“OPC UA supports operators in communicating with machines.” 

Hegla OPCUA_optimax_esguard – Source Helga: 

“The flat glass cutting line will in future communicate with the laser marking systems and even external plants 

ever more easily thanks to OPC UA.” 



Hegla OPCUA_rapidline – Source Helga: 

“OPC UA simplifies the installation of machines and equipment.” 

per cent to 12 per cent of plants in 

the glass industry are equipped with 

this platform. Demand for OPC UA, 

however, also depends heavily on 

the target market. “Our lines are 

already fitted with this communication 

standard. However, demand for it in 

Asia is still of secondary importance 

compared to Europe,” says Peter 

Seidl, Head of Product Management 

Business Unit Glass at Grenzebach, 

describing the current situation. 

In addition, integration of OPC UA 

without the associated Companion 

Specification cannot exploit its 

full potential. Interoperability is 

only achieved when the connected 

machines and systems understand 

the interface content due to this 

Specification – in order words, speak 

the same language. 

To define this and make it work for 

the flat glass industry, manufacturers 

and software providers are involved 

in a Joint Working Group (JWG) of 

the VDMA and the OPC Foundation. 

The latter has worked out the first 

Companion Specification for the flat 

glass industry, which was published 

at the OPC Foundation in November 

2021. This Specification is applied in 

production management. “With this 

Spec we no longer have to worry about 

how we communicate but only what 

we communicate,” says Seidl, who 

advocates the introduction of OPC UA 

in the JWG, looking to the future of 

interoperability. 

Key to more value added 

Dr Markus Schoisswohl, General 

Manager at Hegla New Technology 

and chairman at the JWG, adds: 

“If we succeed in replacing the 

proprietary protocols by OPC UA, we 

can eliminate enormous investment 

not only in terms of money and 

time for programming but also for 

individual tests during commissioning.” 

Especially as employees are confronted 

with growing plant flexibility demands. 

“Manufacturers are required to 

adapt their production to new orders 

with varying batch sizes at ever 

shorter intervals,” reminds Tobias 

Wachtmann, Head of Vertical Glass 

& Solar at Siemens. It is precisely 

this setup that OPC UA facilitates, as 

manual programming is eliminated 

and the number of different interfaces 

is greatly reduced. It also makes the 

integration of machines or components 

into existing production lines much 

easier and faster, thus increasing plant 

efficiency 

Furthermore, OPC UA markedly 

simplifies the generation of a digital 

twin needed for adding new facilities 

or expanding capacities. Current 

production data in a standardised 

format assist in planning maintenance 

and improve resource efficiency while 

cutting response time in the event 

of errors. And data protection is also 

ensured: OPC UA boasts a wide variety 

of security mechanisms. Messages, 

for example, can be transmitted in an 

encoded format across various levels 

and signatures and authentication are 

also possible. 

“Digitalisation must be manageable” 

At present, the use of OPC UA in the 

glass industry is still a small piece of 

the puzzle. The flat glass industry is 

setting off to news shores. According 

to Dr Schoisswohl, digitalisation 

must be manageable. “We must not 

leave our co-workers behind but 

make them understand the benefit 

that the data transmitted by OPC UA 

brings.” Wachtmann suggests: “Just 

marketing proprietary solutions is too 

short-sighted these days. Interface 

standardisation, developed in close 

cooperation with suppliers and users 

generates the biggest benefit for the 

supply chain.” 

By introducing the first Companion 

Specification JWG has created a solid 

base. In future, it will get further 

specifications underway for more 

variables and production areas. Experts 

expect OPC UA to become established 

in the glass industry in a few years. 

With a view to making the benefits 

of this interoperable standard 

accessible, the companies involved in 

the JWG plan to exhibit a demonstrator 

at their glasstec 2022 stands. This will 

show how OPC UA positively impacts 

plant efficiency as well as resource 

consumption. 

(Author: A. Stohl, frankfurtPR, 

a.stohl@frankfurt-pr.de) 

From September 20-23, glasstec 

2022, the world’s leading trade fair 

for all things glass, will be held at the 

Messe Düsseldorf exhibition centre in 

Düsseldorf, Germany. 

– Brigitte Küppers 

Email: KueppersB@messe-duesseldorf.de, 

KraussD@messe-duesseldorf.de 

Website: www.glasstec.de 


Product Hunt 

Value through automation and 

intelligence 

Glaston Jumbo Series Tempering Line For Sophisticated, Jumbo-Sized 

Architectural Glass 

Need to produce small to ultra-jumbo sizes with the highest yield of premium quality 

tempered glass? Here are some reasons why Glaston Jumbo can be a choice to consider. 

Glaston Jumbo Series is built on 

the reliability and experience of 

50 years of delivering high-end 

tempering lines worldwide. Glaston 

has a peerless track record with large 

furnaces and tempering line lifetimes of 

20+ years. 

Glaston Jumbo offers the best 

heating control available for highquality 

results. It also gives the extra 

capability to process low-E glass in 

mixed sizes. 

“Glaston Jumbo Series has been 

designed to enable glass processors to 

break into prestigious markets where 

size means winning more business,” 

said Sami Kelin, product director at 

Glaston. “The Jumbo Series is built 

on the reliability and experience of 50 

years of delivering high-end tempering 

lines worldwide.” 

The main highlight of the machine is 

its fusion option, providing the capacity 

of a double-chamber furnace to match 

growing architectural glass demands. 

When running regular batches, the 

furnace scales back to a single chamber. 

Fusion lowers production costs, as 

energy is channelled only where it 

is needed on the glass. No energy is 

wasted, as the furnace can be filled 

efficiently, cutting back on energy 

consumption. 

Highest versatility for global 

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glasses with the highest 

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Robust solution for 

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The most accurate and 

intelligent Vortex Pro 

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Patented Roller Heat 

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most responsive heating 

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Intelligent maintenance 

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Future-proof choice with 

ever-evolving Glaston 

technologies and services 

Email: info@glaston.net 

Website: www.glaston.net 


Project Hunt 

© Cordelia Ewerth 

Thinking outside the box for curved 

façade on Hamburg concert hall 

Guardian Glass Provided High Performance Coated Glass Products & 

Technical Support For Project 

Located on the Elbe River on the western tip of HafenCity in Hamburg, Germany, the 

Elbphilharmonie is one of the largest and most acoustically advanced concert halls in the 

world and an outstanding example of modern architecture. 

The Elbphilharmonie boasts of 

stunning architecture in the 

mixed-used facility. Designed 

by Herzog & de Meuron, the building 

is not just a site for music, it is a 

fully-fledged residential and cultural 

complex. 

The 108-metre-high building, 

which officially opened in January 

2017, accommodates a philharmonic 

hall, a chamber music hall, 

restaurants, bars, a terrace with 

panoramic views of Hamburg and the 

harbour, luxury apartments, a hotel, 

fitness centre, conference rooms and 

parking facilities. 

The design of the glass building 

resembles a hoisted sail or water 

wave. Extruded from the shape of 

the original Kaispeicher warehouse 

that supports it, the glass building 

is identical in ground plan with the 

brick block of the older building, above 

which it rises. However, at the top and 

bottom, the new structure takes a very 

different design from the quiet, plain 

shape of the warehouse below. 


Guardian Glass• 2 

Complex curved glass façade 

The building’s stunning 21,800 

sq m glass façade consists in part 

(approx. 5,000 sq m) of curved glass 

that transforms the structure into 

an enormous quartz crystal, whose 

appearance continually changes as it 

catches the reflections of the sky, the 

water and the city lights. 

Josef Gartner GmbH was 

responsible for developing the glass 

façade. It comprises both flat and 

curved insulating glass units (IGUs) 

for the windows, as well as triple 

laminated curved single glazing for the 

loggias (covered exterior galleries). 

One of the challenges was 

developing the curved glass elements 

of the façade. Up to that time, nobody 

has ever bent glass panes of that 

complex 3-D-geometry. 

The next challenge was to maintain 

the functions of the different coatings 

of the glass during the manufacturing 

process. The glazing of the façade 

consists of a low-E coating, a solar 

control coating, chrome mirror dots 

and a ceramic silk-screen pattern. 

The solar control coating and the 

chrome dots were vital in achieving 

the customers’ performance 

requirements. Gartner was concerned 

that the high temperatures in the 

bending oven would destroy these 

layers or adversely affect their 

performance but the glass offered a 

remarkably high stability during the 

bending process 

“We talked with many companies, 

but Guardian was the only one that 

could offer a base layer that would 

guarantee that the sun protection 

layer maintains its functions during 

the manufacturing process… In close 

collaboration with Guardian, we were 

able to achieve and maintain the 

customers’ requirements,” Senior 

Project Manager, Elbphilharmonie, 

Josef Gartner. 

As well as working with Gartner 

during the façade design phase, 

Guardian Glass also worked closely 

with curved glass processor SunGlass 

Srl. This ensured that the curved glass 

met the architect’s requirements in 

terms of performance and aesthetics 

(i.e. shapes of the curved glass, 

appearance and colour reflections). 

Technical support services 

In addition to supplying high 

performance coated glass products, 

Guardian Glass provided technical 

support including thermal and 

spectrophotometric glazing 

calculation data, and thermal stress 

analyses. Using its experience and 

knowledge base, Guardian were 

also able to provide suggestions 

and guidance on glass bending and 

ceramic printing of coated glass. 

Website: www.guardianglass.com 


Event 

Taiton brings biometric digital locks for 

uPVC, aluminium doors 

With Innovation At Its Core, Taiton Looks To Create Better Products And 

Integrate Them In Its Offering 

Taiton Architectural Hardware has the largest and most comprehensive product range 

which has been skilfully crafted to suit the modern hi-tech needs of commercial and 

residential establishments. 

Taiton showcased all of its major 

products at the ACE Tech 

Exhibition held during March 

4-6 at the Hitex Exhibition Center, 

Hyderabad. It introduced a new 

segment of biometric digital locks for 

uPVC and aluminium doors. Tavic by 

Taiton slim framed automatic sliding 

and office partitions and wardrobe 

profiles were the new launches during 

the expo. 

It also participated took part in 

international food and hospitality fair 

Aahar held at Pragati Maidan, New 

Delhi, from April 26-30. 

A beautiful display of all major 

products was showcased at the 

event whichs enthused and drew a 

large number of professionals like 

architects, builders and interior 

designers and the general public too. 


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In addition, Taiton participated 

in the IIID Design Confluence and 

Showcase from February 25-27 at the 

Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, Lucknow. 

It also took part in ARCHEX (The 

Architectural Exhibition) held in 

Chandigarh from March 11-14 which 

drew visitors from Punjab, Haryana 

and Himachal Pradesh. 

Taiton’s intentions to decorate 

interior spaces has inspired it to foray 

into diverse fields with a premium and 

exclusive range of products. In the 

current dynamic world, infrastructural 

development is witnessing a rapid 

advancement, hence, there is a 

requirement to continuously innovate 

the products utilizing some of the 

latest technologies to offer solutions 

that match perfectly to the needs of 

modern customers. 

With over five years of experience 

in everything related to accessibility 

and security, Taiton continues to 

innovate and provide the best of 

products, along with solutions and 

high-class services to our customers, 

pan India. 

Innovation has been the core 

of Taiton philosophy since its very 

inception. As the technology evolves, 

the company too tries to create better 

products and integrate them in 

offering to the customer and making 

their experience aesthetically fulfilling 

and functionally easier and smoother. 

The company designs various 

paraphernalia online and gives 

presentations and holds regular 

events at various locales. The aim is 

to inform and update all people in the 

chain, including architects, builders, 

contractors and also the end-users, 

about the upcoming and innovative 

items which Taiton keeps adding to 

its bouquet of products and offers its 

clientele a worthy platform to touch 

and feel the products. 

The company also offers them 

personalized service and information 

about the usage, quality and easy 

functionality etc. With this view 

point, it participates in shows and 

exhibitions from time to time at 

different locations. 

E-mail: customercare@taiton.in 

Website: www.taiton.in 


Interview 

MR. NITIN JAIN, 

Director, Viva Composite Panels Pvt. Ltd. 

Viva – one-stop solution 

for all your cladding needs 

In Conversation With GB, Director Nitin Jain Talks 

About ACP Industry, Emerging Trends, Future Plans 

Being a leading manufacturer of ACP, Viva etched a legacy 

of two decades with trust and reliability. It has one of the 

biggest manufacturing facilities, producing 50 lakh sq ft/ 

month, with backward integration for aluminium sheet 

products. 


Interview• 2 

In a discussion with Glass Bulletin, 

Nitin Jain, Director, Viva Composite 

Panels, said they are paving the 

path for a sustainable and greener 

future. 

– A short introductory note of VIVA 

ACP 

VIVA was one of the first companies in 

India to introduce ACPs. The venture 

started in Mumbai in 2003, and the 

value we’ve brought to the ACP sheet 

industry has been synonymous with 

trust and reliability throughout the 

years. Our manufacturing plant in 

Umbergaon, Gujarat, began with 

a single production line and has 

grown rapidly which now includes six 

production lines, two coil coating lines, 

and a production capacity of 7 million 

sq. mt. per year and 2.5 lakh sq. ft. per 

day. 

Our production facilities are 

equipped with world-class machinery 

and cutting-edge technology, allowing 

us to produce high-quality products 

and provide exceptional service to 

customers all over the world. Now we 

have 22 warehouses across India’s 

main cities, as well as a network of 

over 500 dealers and distributors. In 

addition to that, we offer more than 

300 shades of ACP sheet designs which 

can be customized further as per the 

requirement. Even in terms of safety, 

we have all the latest certifications- be 

it fire retardant or weather resistant. 

We are bringing life to the cladding 

dream while making it more vibrant 

and safe than ever! 

– The emergence of ACP industry in 

the last 3-5 years 

In the past five years, ACP sheets have 

made enormous progress in India, 

which is now one of the fastest-growing 

markets in the Asia Pacific area after 

China. The aluminium composite 

panels (ACP) market is expanding 

rapidly due to its increased demand 

and popularity in the industrial and 

commercial segment. Even with the 

increased urbanization and building 

sector expansion have led to a surge 

in demand for ACP panels in various 

growing countries. 

Within 2026, the ACP market 

is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 

around 6%. With the increase in fire 

incidents, the FR ACP Sheet is the 

most sought after product with the 

fastest growing CAGR. Precisely, the 

market has grown nearly to Rs 4,000 

crore and construction projects and 

retail products have contributed the 

most. The demand has also grown 

unexpectedly due to an expansion in 

the areas of application, particularly 

in the commercial sector, where 

ACP sheets are used for signages in 

TATVA, The Musical Solutions, Kerala 

automobiles sector and petrol stations. 

– Impact of COVID-19 on the ACP 

industry 

The COVID-19 pandemic will be 

remembered as one of the significant 

black swan events. There was a 

huge economic impact on the ACP 

industry as well. We have seen cash 

flow disruption, breaks in supply 

chains, rise of telecommuting, shifts 

of resources, need for social distancing 

and what not, which had spelled 

change at each and every level. Several 

companies are proposing to build their 

own coil coating lines in India in order 

to lessen their dependence on Chinese 

imports. 

However, VIVA had its own coil 

coating line long back which helps 

us to get rid of this dependency. We 

believe COVID-19 was the wake-up 

call to reform and enhance different 

aspects of our operations. After the 

pandemic, several international 

businesses have built networks in 

India, indicating that the construction 

industry has further potential. But 

the biggest restriction currently is the 

product’s quality. 

Previously, high-quality products 

dominated the industry, accounting 

for up to 70% of total market share. 

However, in the previous two years, 

the tendency has shifted towards 


Interview 

more affordable grades. At present, 

the market for economical grade 

aluminium composite panels is over 

70%, and until things return to normal, 

we are giving more preference to 

economy grade aluminium composite 

panels without compromising quality. 

– What are the new emerging 

products in the market? 

Aluminium composite panel with 

nano-coating is one of the emerging 

product trends in the industry which 

can prevent the COVID-19 virus 

as well. However, new textures and 

finishes are also in the ball. Now we 

are focusing more on architectural 

products such as natural stone 

finishes. We have launched five 

new shades in natural stone and are 

planning to launch a complete new 

series, i.e. Tarnish Metallum. Keep an 

eye on our website to know more about 

this new launch. 

– Do you think there is a lack of 

awareness related to FR grade 

aluminium composite panel? Why? 

Agreed. Most people do not know about 

the fire-retardant ACP sheets and 

its different grades. Only 12-15% FR 

ACP sheets are consumed compared 

to non-fire rated products. FR ACP 

sheet comes with various grades such 

as Class, B1, A2 and A2+. Even those 

who are aware about the FR ACP 

sheets tend to choose Class B1 as it is 

the cheapest. Here come the part of 

awareness, little did they know that 

Class A2 and A2+ offer much better 

protection and are most resistant to 

fire. 

Not just consumers, architect, 

dealers, fabricators and other 

architecture professionals need to 

realize this fact. Every life matters, and 

it’s our responsibility to protect every 

one of them. However, we believe 

with change in cladding system and 

evolution in the Indian architecture, 

FR Class A2+ is a next generation 

cladding product which is light in 

weight, way safer than any other FR 

grade products and is 100% recyclable. 

We all are looking forward to a 

sustainable and green future. 

– Tell us something about the 

emerging trend of the honeycomb 

panel 

Honeycomb panel is one of those 

products which is making its way into 

the façade industry. The core thickness 

of the aluminium honeycomb panel 

are 12mm and 25mm. It is primarily 

used for interior ceiling applications 

and has a fire rating of A2. There are 

many other variants of this type of 

external facades as well. This is going 

to be another sought-after product 

in the recent times, because of its 

unique features such as extremely 

light weight, superior flatness and 

exceptional stiffness, high efficacy, 

better sound and heat insulation 

compared to other ACP sheets, easy 

to install and maintain and are fully 

recyclable. It comes with FR class 

A2. We, at VIVA, introduced a noncombustible 

Aluminium Honeycomb 

Core by replacing the combustible 

LDPE core. The aluminium 

honeycomb panel resists fire from 

spreading while facilitating safer 

evacuation, prevention of loss of life 

and property. No molten droplets are 

formed and it does not release any 

toxic smoke. 

– What are the future expansion 

plans of VIVA? 

As a pioneer in the ACP industry, we 

continue to develop new products, 

series, and technologies every six 

months. With the forthcoming and 

existing trends, we continue to provide 

new shades. We intend to put greater 

emphasis on FEVE coating technology, 

which will enable us to provide more 

textures and finishes which are not 

attainable with PVDF coating. We aim 

to expand our production capacity 

and coating lines even further in 

order to become the most significant 

player in the ACP sector, and we just 

had a stone-laying ceremony for our 

new manufacturing unit. In order 

to achieve something great, taking 

the first step is very important. We 

are, nevertheless, seeking for export 

opportunities in various Western and 

South-East Asian countries. We’re 

also expanding our business and have 

started producing and exporting a 

variety of colour-coated aluminium 

coils that are customizable. 

– What are goals of VIVA in the 

coming years? 

We are aiming to reach a turnover of 

Rs 500 crore. We have an innovative 

infrastructure that includes six 

manufacturing lines, two coating 

lines, QUV technology, and other 

cutting-edge technologies. We have 

the largest product offering in the 

market, and we intend to expand 

even further. Capital Land, Phoenix, 

Vision Mall, Synergy Infotech, etc. 

are just a handful of our prestigious 

projects. Our vision is to emerge as the 

India’s most admired, known and best 

ACP panel manufacturer. We aspire 

to metamorphize the company into 

an aspirational ACP manufacturing 

company by offering qualitative 

products to our customers which leave 

them amazed. 

– What are the companies doing to 

capture more market share? 

Companies are now offering valueadded 

services such as parametric 

façade design, which is a relatively 

recent façade design solution. These 

designs are made on the sheets and 

the contractor can easily fabricate the 

3D modules on predesigned sheets and 

fix them to the façade grid. Companies 

are also offering diverse products for 

facades like stone finish, corten steel, 

copper, stainless steel, etc. 

Furthermore, many enterprises are 

going towards backward integration, 

since this business is predicted to 

increase considering the central 

government’s announcement of 500 

new airports. In reality, every company 

in India is working to produce 

additional product variants so that 

they can be sold at a lower cost than 

imports and can reach construction 

sites in half the transit time. 

Email: branding@vivaacp.com 

Website: www.vivaacp.com 



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Company News 

Surbhi Glass sets up 

uPVC door, window plant 

Offers Premium Product Range With Advanced 

Technology & High-Tech Innovation 

Surbhi Glass Pvt Ltd has established a state-of-the-art 

uPVC door and window manufacturing plant under the 

name of Surbhi Upvcwindoors Tech in collaboration with 

PROMAINCE uPVC window system to provide better, 

quicker, cost-effective, and high-quality solutions. 

Surbhi’s uPVC Window 

Division specializes in design, 

manufacture, installation and 

service of precision engineered, 100% 

customised uPVC windows and doors. 

With its diverge capabilities, deep 

knowledge of the Indian market and 

global technologies, the company 

has produced and installed windows 

that can withstand India’s extreme 


Surbhi uPVC Windoors• 2 

climatic conditions. 

UPVC window/door 

Surbhi uPVC Windoors, one of the 

leading brands specialized in providing 

quality uPVC doors and windows with 

high design standards and quality, 

offers a premium product range with 

advanced technology and high tech 

innovation. 

uPVC windows and doors are 

specially designed and manufactured 

to withstand harsh and extreme 

climatic conditions. Their original 

shape remains intact despite awful 

weather conditions. The company 

provides end-to-end solutions with a 

complete range of service that incudes 

design, site survey, fabrication, 

delivery, installation followed by after 

sales service. 

Customized door and window 

design solutions are also being 

designed based on customers’ 

requirements. 

uPVC windows and doors are 

highly durable, low maintenance, long 

lasting, strong and energy efficient 

as compared to existing wooden or 

aluminium windows and doors. It 

offers excellent thermal and acoustic 

insulation properties while reducing 

the cold air from entering your house 

and keeps you warm. 

Product features 

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Company News 

Casement series Window/Door 

Casement windows and doors are 

elegant and extremely popular options 

among home owners. The sashes are 

hinged on the side and open inwards 

or outwards. You can customise 

them as per your requirements 

which makes it highly accessible and 

therefore functional. 

They can be customised and 

installed in offices to create more 

appealing interiors for increasing 

employee morale, productivity and 

efficiency. The company offers offer 

single sash casement outward window, 

single sash casement inward window, 

double sash casement outward 

window and double sash casement 

inward window. 

Sliding Window/Door 

Sliding windows and doors consist of 

two or more sashes that are placed on 

a track and opens horizontally. The 

sashes slide on rollers, which is why 

sliding windows and doors are very 

easy to operate and therefore, is a 

common choice for both houses and 

offices. 

This window and door design works 

well for hard-to-reach places because 

you can open it even with the push of 

a finger. Since they have large sashes 

with no sash bars, your room will be 

bestowed with an unobstructed view 

of the outdoors. It allows ample light 

to enter even when closed. They are 

the perfect blend of style, function 

and durability. 

Sliding Folding Door 

These are perfectly designed for space 

planning, PVC folding doors are the 

perfect fit for areas that open to a 

large expanse; whether it is towards 

a balcony, veranda or a garden. The 

company brings two or three panel 

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doors that are made using best quality 

profiles and hardware fitments. 

The special catchments keep 

winds, water, heat and extreme 

cold away and provide good sound 

insulation. 

Surbhi Glass is also known for its 

top quality Laminated Glass, Insulated 

Glass & Toughened Glass 


Surbhi Glass Pvt Ltd has come a 

long way under the leadership and 

guidance of Mr Sunil Shah. It has 

become a renowned name in almost 

all verticals related to glass. In 2011, 

the company forayed into glass 

tempering. With over 26 years of 

experience, the company leads the 

way with expertise and future-proof 

innovation. It has been bestowed with 

a number of awards for its exception 

product portfolio. 

Email: upvc@surbhituff.com 

Website: www.surbhituff.com 


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