Clearview National April 2016 - Issue 173 | Page 124

MACHINERY

SUPPLIER AWARDS 2015

Investment increases
weekly toughened
glass production
capacity to 25,000m2
»»SPECIALIST
toughened glass manufacturer,
TuffX, has just had a third
glass toughening furnace
installed. Part of a planned
investment of £1.2 million
in 2015-16, the Tamglass
(Glaston) Furnace FT 500
means the Company now
has a weekly glass production
capacity of 25,000m2 of 4mm
toughened conservatory roof
glass and is one of a select
few manufacturers with three
furnaces.
TuffX’s Graham Price said:
“We have three Tamglass
furnaces because they are
the best on the market for
toughening glass. The quality
they give is excellent, which is
exactly what we want for our
customers.”
The new furnace gives TuffX
a great deal of flexibility. It can
toughen glass with thicknesses
of 4mm – 19mm, but perhaps
most eye-catching is the size of
the sheets it can handle, up to
4.2m x 2.4m.
Graham commented:
“Investment in a new furnace
gives us the infrastructure to
produce processed glass for an
even wider variety of complex
commercial applications,

giving us greater scope to
supply developing markets.
TuffX has a policy of
continuous investment in
its business to allow it to
constantly meet and exceed its
customers’ expectations and
the furnace is part of a wider
programme of investment
scheduled to take place this
year. Elsewhere in the business,
a new factory extension, which
will take manufacturing space
from 55,000 square feet to
80,000 square feet, is due to be
completed in August, helping
to meet growing demand for
TuffX’s glass products.
TuffX’s meticulous approach
and comprehensive range of
specialist toughened glass makes
it popular for both high profile
large scale complex commercial
contracts and smaller fabricators
and installers looking to
add value to their portfolio.
Further value is added with the
company’s approach to product
innovation, the perfect example
of which is a brand new product
called Ambi-Solid glass that
bridges the gap between tile
effect conservatory roofs and
solar reflective glass roofs.
www.tuffxglass.co.uk

124 » APR 2016 » CL EARVI E W- UK . C O M

»»WITH THE ANNUAL
awarding of the “Internorm
Supplier Awards”, Europe’s
leading window brand,
Internorm, has been honouring
supply partners for outstanding
performances for more than 25
years. The “Internorm Supplier
Awards 2015” were awarded
in three categories, “Product
components”, “Investment
goods” and “Service”, as part of
the festivities on the occasion
of the 85-year anniversary
of Internorm in Vienna on
February 4th 2016. The award in
the category “Investment goods”
was awarded to LiSEC Austria
GmbH from Hausmening.
“LiSEC has delivered a top
performance in our major
investment project tempering
furnace. Apart from the best
possible support and the absolute
adherence to delivery dates,
we would like to emphasise
that LiSEC has not only
complied with the agreed upon
performance data but has
significantly exceeded them,” said
Internorm Purchasing Manager,
Helmut Freynhofer, about the
decision of the jury. “Internorm
and LiSEC have been enjoying
an intensive cooperative
partnership already for more
than 30 years. In the realisation

and commissioning phase of
our tempering furnace, LiSEC
has once again proven that the
seemingly impossible has yet
become possible,” added the CoOwner of Internorm, Christian
Klinger.
With the commissioning
of a plant for the production
of tempered safety glass at the
Traun site, Internorm has further
enhanced its manufacturing
expertise and at the same time
the independence from suppliers
in 2015. “Apart from the profile
extrusion and the production of
insulating glass, the production
of tempered safety glass is now
almost completely in our hands.
With our own tempering plant,
we are in the perfect position to
make tempered safety glass the
standard for our products and
to provide for a greater safety
in the basic configuration”, says
Klinger.
Klaus Preyler, sales director
Internorm, commented
“Internorm has set the bar very
high for suppliers. LiSEC has
gladly accepted the challenge
and is therefore able to improve
further together with Internorm.
This award proves that we are
doing this successfully.”
www.lisec.com