euroglas glasstec 2012 company
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MEDIA RELEASE
Touching base
EUROGLAS at glasstec 2012
Haldensleben / Düsseldorf, October 2012. EUROGLAS has been way more than a
byword for flat glass: at four locations between France and Poland, it produces and
finishes high-tech glass for architecture and industry. In addition to a presentation of
the material’s diverse functions and uses, EUROGLAS’ key exhibit at glasstec is the
latest EUROWHITE – as the quality of the base glass is crucial to every application.
128 slats of highly transparent EUROWHITE laminated safety glass in various
dimensions surround the EUROGLAS trade fair stand at this year’s glasstec –
demonstrating the solidity of the material and the diversity of its functions. Inside, a 9
metre wide screen shows the processes of glass manufacture and processing as well
as remarkable uses for the high-tech glass.
Float glass and extra-white glass are a key competence of EUROGLAS: the production
of flat glass demands great technical expertise and precision, and the further
increased transparency of the new EUROWHITE shows that this product’s development
is still ongoing. On the basis of float and clear glass, EUROGLAS also manufactures
laminated safety glass, coated glass for thermal and sun protection, semi-finished
products for the solar industry and interior glass: in-house processing ensures that
manufacturers of insulating glass, conservatory builders and the furniture industry are
always promptly supplied with premium products.
EUROGLAS was created out of the cooperation of five independent medium-sized glass
processing companies – the first proprietary float glass plant started operation in 1995
in the town of Hombourg in the Alsace region. With plants in Haldensleben and
Osterweddingen, the subsidiary of the Swiss Glas Trösch group settled on Saxony-
Anhalt as its key production and administration site: “The ideal supply of raw materials
from the local supplier industries, the proximity to processors and the central location
for distribution across Europe were decisive factors influencing our choice of location,”
says managing director Christian Winter. Every day, 700 to 800 tonnes of float glass
and laminated safety glass, the result of 32 truck-loads of processed raw material,
“flow” off the production line in Osterweddingen. A good 70 percent of the melting
mixture is comprised of silica sand, 15 percent is soda and the remainder dolomite and
lime. In addition, between four and seven trucks of glass fragments are added to the
mixture every day. Since 2009, the eastern European markets have been served by
EUROGLAS from its fourth production site in Ujazd, Poland, currently one of the most
modern float plants in Europe.
Pictures (copyright: EUROGLAS)
EUROGLAS Osterweddingen.jpg
Caption: Up to eight hundred tonnes of float glass come off the production line at the
EUROGLAS plant in Osterweddingen every day.
EUROGLAS Ujazd.jpg
Caption: In 2009, EUROGLAS opened one of Europe’s most modern float plants in
Ujazd, Poland.
EUROGLAS batch f ir ing_Hombourg.jpg
Caption: View of the melting furnace: firing above the mixture.
More information:
Christian Winter | Managing Director EUROGLAS GmbH
Dammühlenweg 60 | D-39340 Haldensleben
Tel: +49 (0)3904 638 1210 | E-mail: [email protected]
www.euroglas.com | www.glastroesch.ch
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