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From October 28 to November 1, 2002, the Düsseldorf exhibition center will play host to Glasstec 2002, the biggest European trade show in the glass sector.

Tornati Forni has launched itself rapidly into the Italian and foreign markets by focusing on the quality of its products.

Moretti Forni S.P.A. di Marotta (Pesaro), Leader company in the production of kilns to melt, curve and decorate glass, will exhibit ATL, equipment for transparent glass basins moulding.

G.F.P.M. has been engaged in the construction of machines and plants for cutting flat glass for over 20 years. It manufactures automatic tables for straight and shaped cutting and automatic tables for laminated glass.

Talamoni, present for the third time at glasstec, has been present on both national and international markets since 1998.

CMT Srl, established in 1986, is one of the leader companies in Italy for the manufacture of machineries for the textile field.

Tough action and tough talking have followed the announcement by US commerce chiefs of plans to slap anti-dumping duty on specific glass products.

With its 1999 goal of sales expansion outside Europe, Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics set up a fabric cutting unit in Mexico for grinding wheels, in November 2001.

Tamglass new technology concept ProConvection, which was launched at Vitrum, has attracted wide interest. The company has already received several orders for the new flat tempering furnace, designed especially for tempering coated glass.

Demand for flat glass in the United States is forecast to rise three percent per year to almost seven billion square feet in 2005, valued at $9.1 billion.

Blowing, pressing, staining, cutting - over thousands of years Man has developed a wealth of techniques to increase the attractiveness and functionality of glass.

The Brazilian safety glass machine market is experiencing a very favorable development. The order book of the last year established new Tamglass plant in Brazil has grown rapidly during the ongoing year.

The glazing industry of the 21st century uses these days increasingly float glass integrated with special coating materials.