» THIN TRIPLE TECHNOLOGY WAS in the spotlight at Vitrum 2025 courtesy of Edgetech, a Quanex company, after a successful visit to the international glass processing trade fair for the Super Spacer ® pioneers.

The four-day fair, held in Milan, once again proved an ideal platform for Edgetech to showcase its latest product developments and highlight its role in driving efficiency and innovation in IGU production.

This year’ s stand theme,‘ Efficiency has many dimensions,’ centred around the versatility and forward-looking capabilities of Edgetech’ s Super Spacer ® range, with its thin triple glazing technologies attracting widespread interest from fabricators, specifiers and industry professionals from across Europe and beyond.

“ Vitrum 2025 has been a real highlight in our calendar,” said Mike Moran, Vice President of Sales at Edgetech / Quanex.

“ There was a genuine appetite from visitors to explore smarter, more efficient ways of producing insulating glass, and we were proud to demonstrate how Super Spacer ® can support that transformation.”

Thin triple units, or‘ Skinny Triples’, were of particular interest. Visitors were keen to learn how, when combined with Super Spacer ® and produced on Forel’ s modified high speed line, thin triple units, or‘ Skinny Triples’, can now

be manufactured without significant additional investment.

“ The fact that Super Spacer ® can be applied with such precision to the thin centre pane is a key feature of these ultra-efficient IGUs,” Mike said.“ Tolerances of well under a millimetre ensure consistent quality, and with over 65 % weight reduction and compatibility with standard 70mm frames, thin triples are a growth market.”

Also showcased was Super Spacer ® T-Spacer™ SG, designed for demanding structural glazing and gaining traction among architects in Europe seeking maximum transparency in modern façades.“ We’ d like to thank everyone who visited the stand,” Mike added.“ The level of engagement, especially around automation, sustainability, and energy efficiency, confirms that our products are aligned with where the market is headed next.”

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» SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS secured the Design of the Year award for the transformation of 30 Duke Street, the UK’ s first commercial refurbishment project to use Glass Forever, the company’ s circular economy approach to flat glass recycling. Glass recovered from the building’ s original façade will be remanufactured into high-performance, lower-carbon flat glass and reinstalled as part of the £ 75m renovation. The result will be a highly energy-efficient building with substantially reduced embodied and operational carbon, setting a new benchmark for sustainable commercial retrofit.

The company also claimed the Sustainable Practice award for the long-term impact of its pioneering Glass Forever

programme. Since 2001, close to one million tonnes of flat glass have been recovered, helping avoid the extraction of approximately 1.2 million tonnes of virgin raw materials and preventing around 700,000 tonnes of CO₂ from entering the atmosphere. Working collaboratively with partners across glazing, construction and deconstruction, Saint- Gobain Glass continues to play a central role in closing the

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loop on flat glass waste in the UK.

Mike Butterick, Marketing Director at Saint-Gobain Glass, said:“ We are absolutely delighted to win two awards that reflect the heart of what we do as a business. Glass Forever is a long-standing commitment to circularity and carbon reduction, and seeing it recognised in both categories is incredibly rewarding. Our work at 30 Duke Street shows what

is possible when we rethink how buildings are designed and refurbished, and these awards are a testament to the talent and dedication of our teams and partners.”

The wins follow Saint- Gobain Glass UK’ s shortlisting in four categories overall, highlighting the company’ s broad contributions to sustainability, innovation, health and safety, and responsible manufacturing across the glass industry.

The Glass Focus Awards ceremony took place on Thursday 20 November 2025 at the Manchester Marriott Hotel Piccadilly, bringing together organisations from across the UK to celebrate excellence and progress in glass manufacturing.

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