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Wichita Falls plant manager, Vitro Architectural Glass. layers of metal to glass to help it deflect heat without reduc-
“The new equipment will enable us to cost-efficiently coat ing transparency, the USD 55 million price tag includes
jumbo-sized glass, which will further increase demand for construction of a new 200,000-square-foot building and
our products.” several ancillary projects.
Dick Beuke, president, Vitro Architectural Glass, said the The Wichita Falls Economic Development Corp. approved
coater will strengthen Vitro Glass’s position as an indus- a USD 3 million incentive package in mid-January to pro-
try leader, innovator and architect resource. “As building vide local support for the project. The coater will expand
codes become more stringent and building designs more the number of jobs for one of the city’s largest employers
complex, architects and building designers are driving and create new work for local contractors when the build-
glass manufacturers to provide higher-performing prod- ing is constructed.
ucts, greater cost efficiencies and increased technical sup- Vitro Glass considered all four of its US manufacturing
port. This new machinery, along with our expanded sales facilities as sites for the new coater before selecting Wichita
and service staff, positions us to meet those demands.” Falls. The company also has operations in Carlisle, Pennsyl-
In addition to the MSVD coater, which applies ultra-thin vania; Fresno, California and Salem, Oregon.

PRESS GLASS heat penetration of the The factories are located in Cumber-
whole window, the aes- nauld near Glasgow and in Barnsley.
NEW WARM thetic qualities of spacer The factory in Cumbernauld is to
EDGE SPACER BARS
bars are gaining more operate as Glass Systems Scotland
Press Glass announced that three significance, such as a matt finish to and the factory in Barnsley is to oper-
new products had been added to the the visible edge or a wide selection of ate as Glass Systems AG.
warm edge spacer bar range. “We colours. Glass Systems North also acquired
have researched the current needs “Our new spacer bars ensure the CervoglassTM offering conservatory
of the market and have completely greatest thermal insulation of the glass.
revamped our new warm edge range window, as well as the expected This acquisition increased to 20%
accordingly. New products have been aesthetic qualities,” Tomasz Polaczek (rough estimate) the share of the
added to our PREMIUM range: adds. GLASS SYSTEMS GROUP com-
the Multitech by ROLLTECH and Press Glass is boosting its range with panies in the residential market in
the Swisspacer Ultimate by Swiss- the following warm edge spacer bars: the United Kingdom. Thereby the
pacer. Our warm edge range has also Swisspacer Advance, Swisspacer Glass Systems Group strengthened
been enhanced with the Swisspacer Ultimate, and Multitech. A wide its position of the largest insulat-
Advance. Therefore, our customers selection of colour and width options ing glass units manufacturer in the
can now choose from a wide range of will be available. However, the actual United Kingdom, making it possible
spacer bars which offer an excellent colours and width of the spacer bars to supply a full spectrum of sealed
heat penetration coefficient,” says available may differ depending on the units nationwide.
Tomasz Polaczek, Sales Manager at particular market. All companies and factories of the
Press Glass S.A. ACQUISITION Glass Systems Group are part of
The addition of the three new warm OF PILKINGTON FACTORIES Press Glass SA when acquired in
edge units was in response to the September 2015 by its sister com-
needs of the market. Currently, Press Glass announces that its daugh- pany Press Glass UK Limited.
window frame producers opt for ter company Press Glass UK Limited Nowadays, the Glass Systems
the minimisation of frame profile has acquired in the UK two Pilking- Group operates in six factories,
height. This enables them to increase ton group factories and their order located in the United Kingdom
the area of glazing and decrease the book. Those factories have been in Swansea, Port Talbot, Cardiff,
glass pane edge seating depth in the producing insulating glass units for Peterborough, Cumbernauld, and
window frame. the residential market. The acquisi- Barnsley.
In addition, this increases the vis- tion was formally proceeded by Glass Press Glass SA company also offers
ibility of the spacer bar placed around Systems North Limited, a company in the United Kingdom wide port-
the glass. Apart from the increasing intentionally created for this purpose folio of products for the commercial
importance of high heat insulation of and directly dependent on Press Glass market under its original brand
the glass edge, which influences the UK Limited. Press Glass.

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