Engineer Dieter Winkler is impressed by the variety at glasstec. He is especially pleased with the special show, glass technology live, on the solar topic. "In my opinion, solar is currently still a niche, but a very important one, and I welcome the focus on it here."

Markus Gehring of Schott Advanced Materials appreciates the exceedingly high quality of visitors at glasstec. "We have already had the pleasure of greeting numerous international visitors at our booth." In addition, the fact that various renowned companies are found among the exhibitors "substantially enriches the fair."

"We perceived glasstec 2008 as being a totally positive experience," says Dirk Schröder of Schollglas. "Our booth was constantly frequented, especially by experts." Which is a good thing since the sales manager sees public relations with clients as being of priority at an event like the glass trade fair.

The diversity of exhibiting companies is a pleasant surprise for Jürgen Wallbach of PPG Industries: "Here you find machine manufacturers and glass producers, as well as decorators and craftsmen." He doesn't have much time to explore them, however. "We are so busy that I have already handed out all of my business cards, and I haven't really found any time to see anything at the fair."

Bystronic is a co-exhibitor at the special show, glass technology live. Not only the solar topic is important to the company, but also glass and energy in general. "For the first time, we are showing an eco-lounge and are considering ways of saving energy with our machines," explains PR manager Iris Minten, "and visitors respond very positively to this."

“For us glasstec this year was more successful than ever. It has fully lived up to its reputation of being the glass sector’s foremost trade fair throughout the world and proved to be a meeting point for visitors from around the globe. Many first-time customers signed important contracts on site where we installed a fully networked, automatic manufacturing unit at the stand,” says Manfred Lesiak, Manager Marketing & Event at Lisec.

The conclusion after the first days of the trade fair: "We had a large number of international visitors," says Rainer W. Schmidt, Marketing Manager at Interpane from Lauenförde. The special shows are his personal favourite, because "here we can also show things that do not have to be ready to sell immediately."

"As a manufacturer of float glass and laminated glass, maintaining good relationships with existing customers is especially important to me," states Italian Marco Antonelli of Bottero. Good, then, that he is very pleased with the number of visits to his booth.

"It is very, very important for us to be at glasstec," explains Lilian Geurthens of Scheuten. She also finds it "great" that glass and solar are connecting in the exhibition halls: "This is good for our company."

"It is very, very important for us to be at glasstec," explains Lilian Geurthens of Scheuten. She also finds it "great" that glass and solar are connecting in the exhibition halls: "This is good for our company."

Hans Wudy, School Director at the glass trade college in Zwiesel, states, "We find glasstec very interesting. Here we learn more about the glass industry in just a few days than in two years at Zwiesel." For visitors, the trade college booth is primarily an information source on various trades and services.

The company Vitrododi has exhibited at glasstec several times now. "We are extremely happy again this year," Maurizio Dodi and Toshiki Hashimoto, who travelled here from Japan for the fair, agree. "It is our goal to make contact with customers and acquire new customers."