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“This best-in-class product assembly checks all the boxes for privacy, shading and protection from fire" Jean-François Couturier, CEO of Unicel.
Vetrotech has provided the glass solutions for the Forensisch Psychiatrisch Centrum (FPC – Forensic Psychiatric Centre) in Ghent, Belgium.  Costing 80 million euros to build, the FPC provides care and rehabilitation in high-specification treatment…
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An important element of any workplace safety strategy in the U.K. is a solid fire protection strategy. It’s not only necessary to ensure that your fire protection strategy is in line with U.K. building regulations but that it maximises the…
Carrie Davis from Protection Engineering Consultants, presented a primer on blast-resistant design, focusing on how blast loads differ from and interact with “traditional” loads.
Partition walls for office produced entirely within the Vetroin laboratory, the only company in Italy to offer this.   Vetroin is a leader in Italy in the design and construction of partition walls for office made of glass.
This CPD presentation will help to understand fire resistant glass.  
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