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CASE HISTORY

Polishing a shaped
glass sheet
BBC Headquarter, London

he glass balustrades quality requirements.
of the Tour Odeon “Our company was estab-
TSkyscraper of the lished 15 years ago,” ex-
Principality of Monaco, the plains the owner Robert
interior of the Doha Air- Miklus. “From the very
port in Qatar, the new BBC beginning we started com-
Headquarters, the façades peting in the international
of the Manchester Univer- market, offering superior
sity in the UK, the glass for quality and precision. Our
the Winter Garden in the glass is now in some of the
‘Shard’ tower of London most innovative and luxu-
and for the cruise ships of rious architectures in the
Costa Crociere, Princess, world: buildings where the
Carnival Cruise Lines… tolerance limits for the glass
These are just a few projects are near zero.”
accomplished by Formator, For the edging, drilling
glass factory from Rijeka and milling of the glasses,
(Croatia). The company Formator uses a Forel verti-
employs approximately 70 cal processing line. The line
people, focused on special is composed of an Art. EM
glass installations (lami- edging machine (for seam-
nated, tempered, curved, ing, grinding and polish-
screen printing, etc.) to be ing), an Art. DM drilling
used in innovative build- and milling machine and an
ings, following very strict Art. VW washing machine.

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