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TEMPERING TECHNOLOGY
Tempering technology
What do you think about the Asian been moving more and more Your home country – Portugal –
market? Are you expecting to see towards tempering, mostly ther- has quite an important tradition in
growth there? mal tempering, even if we also glass …
Asia is a very complex area do some chemical tempering. There are two things to be
with many different countries, In fact, we have been the most said here: one is that having
all with their own production important name in stemware these glass plants so near is a
types and aspects. But we are and tableware thermal tem- true benefit for us. In fact, in
selling there, we go to exhibi- pering for the past 15 years. our (small) city, there are four
tions with our products and Annealing is our business card big glass plants, all in a radius
our quality. And being an area – that’s what we are specialized of about five kilometres from
with a lot of different countries in, but we know now that we are Vidromecanica. I have never seen
means that we sell a lot of differ- also very strong in the temper- this type of situation elsewhere
ent products there! ing sector too. around the world. And in this city
We are aware that most of the glassworks produce almost
What about new products? Do you the tempering lines in the world 3000 tons of glass per day!
have anything in the pipeline? come from Vidromecanica. So And this means that we can
In the last few years we have it’s something to be proud of! apply our equipment at our cli-
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