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CUGHER GLASS tech machines and systems for the
production and transport of glass,
CUTTING-EDGE SOLUTIONS FOR and with Mappi International, an Ital-
ian company that produces ovens for
FLAT GLASS SILK SCREEN PRINTING tempering of flat glass and, following
this cooperation, in January Cugher
Cugher Glass, founded in the early operating since the 1980s. The opened a new branch in Naples
1970s in Milan, was among the first production range for the automotive, - Florida, providing to the North
to automate the silkscreen printing home appliance and architectural American market a more efficient lo-
process, always developing cutting- sectors includes screen printing ma- cal sales service.
edge solutions. chines - fully and semi automatic - IR Cugher has also settled a representa-
The Italian company, that employs and UV dryers, stackers, handling tive agreement with Glass Source, a
60 people at two productions sites, and control vision systems and cus- premier engineering and consulting
serves globally the glass industry, tomized software. company that provides professional
from small local players to the lead- Cugher Glass recently consolidated services to the glass industry, con-
ing groups with more than 700 in- a partnership with Iocco Group, a solidating its presence on the Middle
stallations: some of them have been company specialized in ultra high- East market.

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ONYX SOLAR structural properties. The glass that the company
developed also has a very high transparency degree, filters
FOCUSSING ON INNOVATION out harmful solar radiation, and its g value is optimal for
hot climate zones, where a lot of energy is consumed in
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Onyx Solar has succeeded in manufacturing extra-large air c1onditioning. Onyx Solar keeps working towards
format units of over 13 x 6.5 feet with high mechanical innovation, searching for state-of-the-art solutions and
resistance. This glass generates clean and free energy from the developing a new generation of photovoltaic glass, leading
sun and is up to 0.13 feet thick, what gives it extraordinary this European Project of R+D Advanced BIPV.

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