Clearview Midlands December 2013 - Issue 145 | Page 46

GLASS&SEALEDUNITS Celebrating 15th Anniversary SWISSPACER, the UK’s No. 1 warm edge spacer bar supplier celebrated its 15th anniversary in September. Former employees joined SWISSPACER staff for an evening of celebrations on a boat cruise on Lake Constance, near SWISSPACER’s Kreuzlingen head office. SWISSPACER’s Managing Director Andreas Geith said: “We had a fantastic evening celebrating 15 years of SWISSPACER. It was a great opportunity to thank both current and past employees for helping to build SWISSPACER into one of Europe’s leading warm edge suppliers. “SWISSPACER is the first choice of many sealed unit makers, fabricators and installers because it is tried and tested to give the best energy savings and long-lasting results. However, it’s important to evolve and become even better. This year we launched SWISSPACER ULTIMATE, our next generation spacer bar. Designed to meet the energy saving requirements of the future, ULTIMATE sets a new standard in energy efficiency. It was independently tested by ift Rosenheim for the European Warm Edge Working Group as the best foiled warm edge spacer bar in the world for thermal performance. “SWISSPACER has enjoyed rapid growth in the UK and throughout Europe, and we’re looking forward to the next 15 successful years.” Tel: [phone], Email: [email protected] KILN IS BIGGER, BETTER, FASTER – AND GREENER TOO Synseal’s Global Glass division can now toughen twice the glass at its K2 plant in Blackburn, all faster, to a better quality – and save energy – thanks to an advanced new furnace there. The Tamglass ProConvection unit is both 40% bigger and 40% faster, doubling the existing capacity at the Lancashire facility. It is now capable of processing a greater number of glass sheets given the furnace’s impressive size (4,800mm x 2,440mm), which is significantly bigger than the previous plant. The Global Glass plant at Blackburn specialises in creating insulated glass units for roof glazing applications, including the premium quality Celsius performance glass range. This specialisation means that 100% of the glass units produced have to be toughened; this investment was therefore key to improving performance. Synseal Head of Marketing Mark Schlotel says, “This furnace is one of the fastest and most advanced on the market. It represents a very significant investment for Synseal and K2 but it will be more than worth it in the benefits we know it will bring to our customers. As well as keeping all our products very cost-effective, it will also give improved visual quality with reductions in bow, ripple and edge lift.” Doubly pleased with Vitrum success RegaLead, the market leader in decorative products for the flat glass and composite door industries, has returned from Vitrum – Milan’s International trade show – delighted with the interest shown at not just one, but both of their stands. The company teamed up with Neostucco on their booth in hall 13 to showcase its core range of lead, film and glass bevels, which are applied to flat glass to create simulated leaded lights. Equally popular was the FC srl booth in hall 24, where visitors enjoyed live demonstrations of RegaLead’s CadRam resin stained glass system and ColorSpray, the uniquely formulated epoxy 46 DEC 2013 acrylic based paint system for back painting glass. Guy Hubble, Joint Managing Director at RegaLead comments: “Speaking to people at the show, there was a feeling that this year’s Vitrum was smaller than previous years, but we firmly believe it is still one of the most important events in the world’s glass industry. The effort put in by everybody involved, organisers to exhibitors alike, was evident for the duration of the exhibition. There was a large number of visitors from Southern Europe and we received many enquiries from as far afield as the Middle East and North Africa.” To read more, visit www.clearview-uk.com