Innovation and Operational Excellence are not only the core values of the AGC group, they are also sources of competitive advantage.

Innovation at AGC Flat Glass Europe draws to a great extent on the dynamic interplay between its R&D Centre at Jumet (Belgium), industrial practices and market forces. Past innovations have produced significant developments in glass technology and production processes. This has resulted in the widest range of products on the market and acknowledged leadership in coated glass.

However, the spirit of innovation has to prevail at all levels within the company, not only in R&D but also in marketing, customer relations management, production, quality control, human resources, communication and all the central services.

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In this way, as articulated in its Vision, AGC Flat Glass Europe will “shape the future of glass.” In other words, it intends to reorientate the entire industry according to its way of imagining, reinventing, producing, promoting and distributing glass.

 

Major advances in glass

  • 2007: Antibacterial glass. LED (light emitting diode) glass.

  • 2004: Planibel G fasT, the first coated glass with low emissivity that can be toughened in any type of furnace.

  • 2003: Development of toughenable coatings with low emissivity, capable of being produced in large dimensions.

  • 2000: Sunergy, the first hard-coated solar control glass with low reflection.

  • 1999: Planibel Top N, setting the standard in low-emissivity coated glass. Iris coated solar control windshield.

  • 1998: Selective athermal glass to reduce heating inside cars.

  • 1996: Mirox New Generation Ecological (MNGE) mirror, offering superior quality without copper or lead.

  • 1995: Selective solar control coatings for ideal comfort both in winter and in summer.

  • 1990: Point-fixed structural glazing for all-glass facades.

  • 1988: Glass for opto-electronic applications (less than 1.2 mm thick).

  • 1975: Stopsol hard-coated solar control glass, among the most widely sold in the world.
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