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Kyro's
Safety Glass business secures contracts worth in excess of 15m Euros at
Glasstec
Tamglass Ltd. Oy and Uniglass Engineering Oy of the Safety Glass Technology
business area within the Kyro Group have contracted machinery deliveries
worth approximately EUR 15 million in total.
The contracts were agreed during Glasstec 2002, which is the most significant
biannual trade fair for the glass industry. The contracts made during
the previous Glasstec in 2000 totalled EUR 12 million.
The contracts will be booked to the Safety Glass Technology business area's
order backlog once down payments have been received. The contracted machines
are for delivery in beginning of the next year, mainly to Europe, North
America and Asia.
The contracts are for both architectural and automotive glass production
lines. A significant amount of the contracts are for high capacity convection
tempering lines for coated glass. In addition, significant contracts for
bending and tempering machines were made.
Tamglass Lt. Oy is the technology and market leader in safety glass machinery,
and it has
delivered 1.500 safety glass machines and lines to more than 70 countries.
Uniglass
Engineering Oy has delivered approximately 60 flat tempering lines.
Kyro Group net sales in 2001 were EUR 147 million, and its largest business
area is Safety Glass Technology, consisting of the Tamglass Group and
Uniglass Engineering. The business area's share of Group net sales in
2001 was about 82%, and it employs a total of 496 people.
Lack
of Space but plenty of Spacer on Ashton stand!
'Ease back there!' was a phrase uttered time after time by the Edgetech
applicator man on Ashton Industrial's stand as he tried to muscle away
the crowd surrounding him. Record attendances were recorded on Ashton's
stand at Glasstec 2002 every time demonstrations of their revolutionary
'Leap – Frog' IG production line were held.
Using Edgetech's Superspacer product, the new 'Ashton' line produced two
units per minute due to the patented 'Leap – Frog' conveyor, which
by – passes the second piece of glass for each unit through to the
press, at the same time the first piece of glass is being applied with
Superspacer. No other production line has this enhancement, premiered
at Düsseldorf.
Metal spacer frames can also be used to produce more 'traditional' units,
simply by selecting the appropriate operating mode via the production
lines modern PLC touch system.
Large crowds were also a feature every time the latest 'Ashton' Automatic
Seaming Line was run. One of the latest breed of fast – track 'Reverse
– G' layouts, this line, already purchased by Glasswerks Inc. of
Los Angeles, California, is capable of fully arrissing random sized /
thickness pieces of glass every 8 seconds!
The tremendous output rates of both these lines demanded copious amounts
of glass for the demonstrations – our thanks to our friends at Hegla
for their assistance.
Another innovation by Ashton was the use of state–of-the–art
diamond polishing belts on their Triple - Belt Arrissing machine. Working
with their diamond belt suppliers KGS, this represents a low cost and
very flexible alternative to diamond wheel edging machinery. Samples of
the highly polished edge are available from Ashton Industrial.
E-mail sblundell@ashton-industrial.com
Web- www.ashton-industrial.com
Record Number of leads for Hot Melt on Bostik stand
Ralph the Robot, star of Bostik Findley's latest advertising campaign, has been hailed as a major success after helping create a record number of sales leads for Hot Melt perimeter sealants at this year's Glasstec.
Bostik
Findley's "personification" of robotic technology highlighted
how the recent introduction of HMB (Hot Melt Butyl) applicators has been
a major breakthrough for the Insulating Glass Unit industry.
The Bostik Findley stand featured a digital presentation of Europe's first fully automated HMB line, which uses Bostik P5125. Growth of Bostik Findley Hot Melt Butyl stands at 15% for 2002, and customer interest in the presentation and the resulting sales leads indicate similar levels of growth for 2003.
Hot Melt Butyl (HMB) edge sealants are single part, 100% solids compounds, specifically developed for the edge sealing of factory produced insulating glass units (IGU's).
Richard
Sellman, marketing manager for Bostik Findley comments: "As HMB robotic
technology is relatively new to the market, this is the first opportunity
that we have had to discuss its use with our market-leading Hot Melt sealants
at a major event.
'Ralph the Robot played a major part in conveying how the use of Hot Melt
sealants can offer larger manufacturers a range of benefits for IGU manufacturing.
'We have received a record number of sales leads and Glasstec has clearly demonstrated that the IGU market is stronger than ever before.'
Bostik
Findley's Hot Melt Sealants, Bostik P5125 and Evo-Stik Hiflo, are manufactured
and tested to UK and International standards. Its Insulating Glass Laboratory
has comprehensive research, development and unit testing facilities, including
the UK's first dedicated test facility for prEN 1279-2 and -3. Bostik
Findley offers specialist knowledge and advice and total technical support
to meet the industry's every need.
Richard Sellman
Tel: 01785 272727
Fax: 01785 258439
BYSTRONIC
brand relaunch at Glasstec 2002
Bystronic and Lenhardt unveiled their new joint corporate identity at
Glasstec 2002. According to marketing manager Peter Nischwitz, 'An eye-catching
logo and carefully matched visual environment give the Bystronic monobrand
a convincing and unmistakable profile: modern and self-confident, forward-looking
and innovative'.
Over the last few months, Bystronic and Lenhardt have taken some important
steps to refocus the organisation and strategy of Bystronic Glass. The
two companies have combined their product development, marketing and sales
in the area of architectural glass. By doing so, they intend to strengthen
their market position and open up new commercial opportunities. These
changes go hand in hand with a major overhaul of the product and services
portfolio.
Bystronic is a full-service supplier of integrated architectural and automotive
glass applications. The company provides economical and reliable system
solutions designed to meet customer needs.
In more detail, the market segments are:
Automotive glass:
b'champ
Tailor-made overall solutigns in pre-processing from the market leader,
individual engineering and worldwide Bervice
Architectural glass:
b'first
Customer-specific system solutions and services, high flexibility and
functionality and the best technologies on the market
b'fast
Highly productive manufacturing lines and fully automated processes, optimal
performance and worldwide available service
b'smart
Standard setting solutions of high quality, excellent price/performance
ratio and reliable service
'Our new corporate identity differentiates us from the competition', says
Rolf Honegger, President of Bystronic Glass. Commenting on the company's
new view of itself, Honegger adds: 'The new identity reflects our clear
and ambitious goals. We offer each customer the appropriate solution,
and underline our claim to market leadership with a range of well-targeted
products and services.'
www.bystronic.com
info.glass@bystronic.com
mail@lenhardt.de
CGI International meet glass users from over 40 different countries
Fire
glass manufacturer, CGI International, exhibiting at Glasstec for the
second time, reports huge successes in orders, new enquiries and contacts
with glass users from over 40 different countries.
Reports CGI Managing Director, Tom Ritchie, 'For a company who already
exports over 60% of its total output, Glasstec is an unique opportunity
to showcase our full range of fire glasses and meet prospective new contacts
from all over the world.
'We also meet up with most of our existing customer base, who like us,
feel that Glasstec is the world’s best glass show, a no-miss event.
'I feel sure that, as in the past, contacts we make for the first time
at Glasstec will be the basis for much of our business activity over the
following months and will become valued customers.'
Email: info@cgii.co.uk
Web: www.cgii.co.uk
Bohle
at Glasstec 2002 - Going Strong in Glass
'The display of interesting new products and the practical demonstrations
made the Bohle stand one of the most popular stands at the entire exhibition.'
says the company.
The
European manufacturer and supplier of tools, workshop machinery, accessories
and consumables for all aspects of glass processing, art glass and picture
framing presented the following highlights at Glasstec 2002:
Glass Processing
*The Silberschnitt System 2000 universal solution for all possible applications
in manual glass cutting: A single oil glass cutter is the basis for all
kinds of tools and processing techniques, making straight cuts in all
glass thicknesses and also cutting circles, ovals, segments, as well as
corner and lateral cut-outs.
*With the Silberschnitt 4000 Bohle presented a high quality oil glass
cutter at an especially attractive price.
*The subject of scratch removal is important at Bohle: the 'Scratch-A-Way'
system removes surface scratches quickly and effectively.
*The glass cutter 110.0 which had disappeared from Bohle's product range
a few years ago has been brought back to life - the combination of new
materials and the traditional shape is sure to meet the approval of many
customers all over the world.
Glass Processing Machinery
For
more than 10 years Bohle has been a recognised manufacturer of high quality
glass processing machines for the glazier's trade - whether for grinding,
drilling or sawing.
*New at Glasstec 2002 are vertical glass drilling machines in automatic
and manual executions, which feature high performance and quality while
requiring only a minimum of space.
*In addition there was an edge coat removal table and a manual tool to
remove edge coatings from insulating glass, a twin belt grinding machine
for dry grinding and a vacuum fixation system for processing glass parts
with manual power tools.
*Belt grinding machines and glass drilling machines were also on display.
in further improved executions.
*Also new was a complete range of grinding and polishing discs for all
common edge processing machines.
Material Handling
*With the production of the Veribor suction lifter Bohle became a noted
handling specialist. So it was only natural to expand this competence
to include vacuum lifting equipment. For the first time at Glasstec, Bohle
exhibited brand new vacuum lifting systems in several variations (electric,
battery/electric, rotating/swivelling, with 2, 4 or 6 suction plates and
load capacities up to 600 kg), which are distinguished by their solid
construction while at the same time being relatively small and lightweight.
*In addition to the vacuum systems for the glass sector, Bohle also produces
lifting systems for different applications, e.g. facades in building construction.
A new model of glass lifting pliers which are good value for money are
now part of the range.
*In the area of manual suction lifters Bohle presented the expanded series
of 'Blue Line' suction lifters, which are distinguished by ergonomic design
and all bear the 'GS' sign of tested safety.
Glass Bonding
Bohle is a world supplier of tools, consumables and accessories for glass
bonding.
*Aside from the detailed practical demonstrations, new glass bonding fittings
were at the centre of attention this year.
*An additional attraction were the new positioning films, which make bonding
of metal parts to glass surfaces substantially easier. The time involved
in bonding (and the associated costs) are reduced considerably.
Surface Treatment
The treatment of glass surfaces is becoming an increasingly important
subject. The removal of dirt as well as the application of protective
coatings to prevent new soiling is provided in a complete and convenient
product assortment which Bohle introduced at Glasstec for the first time.
*A set of six different cleaners remove all imaginable kinds of dirt,
whereas two different coating kits serve to protect sand-blasted as well
as 'normal' glass surfaces. When used as directed, the products are guaranteed
to protect the surfaces for 5 or 10 years, respectively!
Internet
The Bohle web site, which was introduced at the last Glasstec, has clearly
proven itself in the past two years. The web site allows you not only
to view Bohle's complete range of products, but also to order online.
Registered customers receive a password, with which they can call up their
personal prices and conditions and, with a user-friendly shopping basket
function, can put together and place their orders.
*Not all of the more than 15,000 Bohle products can be shown at the exhibition
- therefore eight internet terminals were available for visitors to view
the extensive range of products at their own pace.
On the stand of over 1,000 m2 Bohle not only be presented the above-mentioned
main product areas, but also offered expert advice on all subjects related
to glass processing. More than 90 people from Bohle's headquarters as
well as from the seven subsidiaries were on hand as sales consultants,
demonstrators and service personnel to help customers from all over the
world.
Tel: 0161 628 7878
Email: mailto:bohleuk@bohle.de
Web: http://www.bohle.de