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SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS

With a professional collaboration that

goes back almost 40 years, the two

companies in this article – A+W A+W

and Osby Glas – work together to

put to good use A+W’s software

developments in the varied production ORDERING

of Osby Glas, which includes insulated VIA INTERNET

glass, interior glass, silicone-sealed

facade elements, and safety glass. WITH IQUOTE

sby Glas has been would like to be among the
working with first to use them, because
OA+W’s software they always provide us with
for nearly 40 years. The a significant competitive
A+W branch office for advantage.”
Northern and North-east- OSBY GLAS CHOOSES
ern Europe is in Halmstad, A+W OPTIMIZATION
almost right around the SOFTWARE
corner. Not only do people
speak the same language In fact, in the 1980s, Osby 150,000 sq.m./year, today AB-Unternehmensgruppe
there, they also share a Glas was one of the first it is one of the leading in- since 2015. Thanks to
positive ‘spirit’ when it Swedish flat glass compa- sulated glass producers in its participation in UAB
comes to modern tech- nies to use the brand-new Sweden. Other products Stronglasas in Lithuania,
nologies. Osby Glas CEO A+W optimization soft- are interior glass, silicone- Osby Glas has expanded its
Joel Rosenqvist: “Our em- ware XOPT. Since then, sealed facade elements, resources to include critical
ployees and A+W work Osby Glas has saved many and especially ever more production capacities such
together as a team, and thousands of tons of glass safety glass. The com- as roller coater coating,
in particular, we work in waste. Today, the company pany’s products are deliv- screen printing, TG, and
solution-oriented fashion.” works with A+W software, ered all over Sweden by the LSG.
This works well since Osby from quotation creation to company’s own fleet.
High-performance, industry-
Glas also has outstanding order entry to overall pro- Approximately 80 employ-
specific ERP system
in-house IT experts. Joel duction control. ees produced sales of SEK
knows that A+W currently Osby Glas has been pro- 146 million in 2017; with The more varied and high-
has some very interesting ducing insulated glass an increase to SEK 165 quality a glass processor’s
new products in its portfo- since the beginning of million expected. Osby product line and product
lio. “If there are new A+W the 1970s, and with pro- Glas AB has been part of depth, the more critical it is
software solutions, we duction of approximately Beijer Industriutveckling to use a high-performance,

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