Page 51 - Glass Machinery Plants & Accessories no. 6/2017
P. 51
TEMPERING TECHNOLOGY
VIDROMECANICA
During the recent continuous Tempering technology
edition of Glassman in
improvement in
Lyon, we spoke to Joao
Curado, Technical quality; man-machine
Sales Director at
interfacing
Vidromecanica, who
gave us an update
on the company and
its markets, as well as
et’s start with markets; the companies involved in this
which are your main type of decoration and annealing
the way the company L markets and how does are now working in more special-
France fit in? ized sectors.
is developing and
France is and has always been But France, as I said, remains
a very important market for us. an important market for us.
specializing its We have several types of sector
in the glass industry where we Which other (European) markets
products – on a work. Tempering for example are important for you?
has now become very important Of course, the Iberian
daily basis. compared to a few years ago. Peninsula is where we come from
Annealing and decoration were so it’s a very important market
very important for us here in for us, as we started there – in
France, especially with regards Portugal – in 1984. We work
to the cosmetics sector. Now, for mainly with southern Europe,
example, there is not so much and then we work with South
demand as there was before. The America, a big market for us, and
reason behind this could be that parts of Asia.
glass machinery plants & accessories 6/2017
49
