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Bohle has said that it received significant interest in its balustrading and internal door ranges as installers tapped into new opportunities.
Suction plates with groove rubber support can be stretched to their limits during vertical glass handling.
Two innovative features on Winlet glazing robots are proving so popular with operators that they are contributing greatly to the Winlet Wow Factor.
27 tonnes – that’s how much an inloader frame weighs when it’s loaded with six glass packages of five tonnes each.
Bucher Emhart Glass, the leading global supplier of machinery and equipment to the glass manufacturing industry, has announced the retirement of Ed Munz, Vice President Logistics & Manufacturing (VP L&M), and the appointment of his successor…
A new material lift hired from Hird took on a starring role during the installation of a large glass panel at the Empire Cinema in Leicester Square – home to many world film premiers.
The trend towards the automation of work processes is advancing in large steps. But who understands the underlying functional relationships? Who analyses and designs the processes on such highly complex, computer-controlled plants?
Single-pane safety glass (ESG) is suitable for use wherever large thermal or mechanical loads can be expected. Thanks to the tempering of the panes during the manufacturing process, it has a very high bending strength as well as being resistant to…
Following the successful launch of their industrialisation program, g2e has decided to strengthen its sales and project management forces to position its transparent modules in the lucrative glass façade market (BIPV – Building Integrated…
At QComp, we strive to be innovative and customer focused to provide solutions that improve our customer's business.
SWISSPACER Air balances out pressure differences and increases safety in insulating glass  
SWISSPACER UK Sales Manager Vic De Costa is retiring in May. Vic is a well-liked, familiar face in the glass and glazing industry.  He’s worked with Saint-Gobain for 29 years! His last five have been spent helping to grow SWISSPACER, the market…
Developed by the same company as the Burj Khalifa, the Fountain Views Towers are scheduled to be completed in 2017.
At this year's FENSTERBAU FRONTALE trade fair for windows, doors and frontages in Nuremberg from 16 to 19 March, euroTECH is presenting handling systems and vacuum components.
The motto of Bystronic glass at Fensterbau / Frontale 2016 in Nuremberg is “Take it easy in the field of window manufacture”.
The Winlet 350 TH telehandler attachment – the glazing robot that leaves the competition far behind on the ground – has wowed visitors to the Executive Hire Show.
The demand for CNC work has increased over the last few years. Customers are now asking for glass in more bespoke shapes and larger sizes that both need to be processed using our CNC machines. Over the xmas break we have added a new Intermac to our…
SWISSPACER, a Saint Gobain company, has two new videos that explain the origin and global reach of its business.
In a Facade XS solution, self-hoisting gondolas use the XSClimber – an electrical self-reeving traction hoist, designed and manufactured by XSPlatforms to take any gondola to the desired height safely and without any noise.
A ground-breaking counterbalance floor crane developed according to specifications drawn up by Hird is on its way to the UK.
Bohle will be inviting the industry to get hands on with its cutting-edge sliding door, balustrade, glass handling and new scratch removal systems, at this year’s FIT Show 12-14 April.
Following the success of the first two FiT shows, SWISSPACER will be exhibiting for the third year in April.   A main focus of SWISSPACER’s stand this year will be its new free Marketing Toolkit.
Wall claddings made of glass were used in the new operating theatre at St. Josef's Hospital in Dortmund.  The choice fell on the highly transparent, extra-white EUROWHITE®NG from Euroglas, which was mounted directly on the walls as 10 mm-thick…
Glass installers at the landmark Battersea Power station development site are winning health and safety plaudits for their use of a Winlet glazing robot on hire from Hird.