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COMPANY PRESENTATION

for Sparklike Handheld™ Finland time looking to guarantee devices and services.
devices – that are designed During the summer 2017, the production quality for An important milestone
for the non-destructive Sparklike took the decision standard double glazed is being reach this year,
analysis of standard double to hire Jarno Hartikainen insulating glass units also when Sparklike will pre-
glazed IGU’s – is based on as Development Manager. for its national market, sent its full Sparklike La-
Plasma Emission Spectros- Hartikainen’s main goals Sparklike named Prashant ser™ product line for the
copy. Sparklike Laser™ are to evaluate innova- Bagkar from Pulsar Tech- first time ever at the glass
product line, on the other tive industrial processes, nologies as its official dis- industry’s biggest event –
hand, is based on Laser develop business areas, to tributor for India. glasstec – taking place in
Technology (TDLAS) and review technical upgrading October 2018 in Düssel-
can analyze the insulating opportunities, acquire suit- Spain and Portugal dorf, Germany.
glass gas fill non-destruc- able new customers/coop- Last but not least, in or- During the event, Spark-
tive for triple and double eration partners, as well as der to further reinforce its like will be present at Hall
glazed units, even with to develop internal quality presence in Europe, during 14 Stand B38. Further-
coatings and laminated processes. the fall 2017, Sparklike in- more, Sparklike will also
glasses. Finally, Sparklike troduced Tecnocrisa, S.A. present their technology at
devices™ are strongly re- United States as its distributor for Spain the engineered transpar-
lated to energy saving and Furthermore, due to the and Portugal. ency conference organ-
energy consumption. This growing interest towards This company was an ex- ized by the Universities of
is important, since control- Sparklike devices™ within cellent choice due to its Darmstadt and Dresden
ling and determining the the North American re- over 30-year experience in in cooperation with Messe
gas concentration inside gion, Sparklike also de- the glass industry. Since Düsseldorf.
the insulating glass units cided to grow its person- 1982, Tecnocrisa has dis-
requires effective and reli- nel by hiring Mike Burk as tributed machineries for Gas measurement
able tools to meet the in- North America Technical the glass industry and without breaking
creasing and tightening in- Representative, since he represented international the IGU
dustry requirements as well has worked in the technical manufacturers of ma- All the devices within the
as end-user expectations. and training areas of the chinery, consumables and Sparklike Laser™ product
insulating glass industry equipment from different line allow the measurement
SPARKLIKE: for over 25 years. sectors within the glass in- of insulating glass gas fill
GLOBAL dustry. without breaking the IGU
OPERATIONS; India or without having any extra
CONSTANT In addition to the Spark- Product growth and components inside. Fur-
GROWTH like HQ in Helsinki and development thermore, this laser based

In order to strengthen its representative offices in In addition to growing its technology enables the
global presence and to bet- the US and China, Spark- global presence in terms insulating gas analysis of
ter answer to the growing like’s sales operations are of distributors and repre- triple- and double glazed
demand concerning its de- being carried out through sentatives, as an innovation IGUs, even with coatings
vices and services, Sparklike a global distributor net- driven Nordic company and laminated glasses.
has increased its personnel, work. Sparklike is con- that holds several patents The product line was devel-
expanded its distributor net- stantly looking to adjust its for its cutting-edge tech- oped by Sparklike’s R&D
work and is continuously sales and marketing reach nology, Sparklike is also Engineer, Kai Niiranen,
developing its offering. to fit the glass industry de- constantly developing its and is based on Tuneable
During the last 12 months mands.
Sparklike has started col- Therefore, as the grow-
laboration with two new dis- ing Indian insulating glass
tributors and has hired two market is rapidly aiming
people to its offices in Fin- to meet the quality re-
land and in the US. quirements of Western
countries, but at the same

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