Overview: Stories
Your way to glasstec: Download templates for LinkedIn
25/01/2024
Are you taking part in glasstec 2024 as exhibitor or visitor? And would you like to present your participation to the international glass industry on LinkedIn and social media? Use our free design templates available for download!
Experience innovations live: Start-Ups at glasstec
18/01/2024
Discover the innovative potential of the glass industry in the Start-Up Zone at glasstec 2024 – the platform for young, dynamic companies with groundbreaking ideas. Apply now and secure your place!
2024 is the year of glasstec!
02/01/2024
As the year of glasstec, 2024 is dedicated to the material glass. Exhibitors and visitors can look forward to many highlights!
Glass industry disappointed: electricity price package in no way a help
09/11/2023
The Bundesverband Glasindustrie e.V. (BV Glas) is disappointed with the electricity price package published today by the German government.
Brand new course: Inkjet for glass applications
12/09/2023
ESMA Academy on 14-16 November 2023 explains and reviews inkjet’s strengths such as sustainable output, personalisation capabilities, precision and quality properties.
50th Rosenheim Window and Facade Conference October 11th + 12th, 2023
05/09/2023
CO2 reduction in existing buildings and dealing with climate extremes are the focus of this year's 50th Rosenheim Window Days on October 11th and 12th, 2023.
New glass with supreme toughness
04/09/2023
Researchers at the University of Bayreuth, together with partners in China and the USA, have produced an oxide glass with unprecedented toughness.
New glass cuts carbon footprint by nearly half and is 10x more damage resistant
24/08/2023
Worldwide, glass manufacturing produces at least 86 million tons of carbon dioxide every year. A new type of glass promises to cut this carbon footprint in half.
Flat glass - life cycle and recycling
11/07/2023
How can we succeed in improving the eco-balance of the flat glass industry? The 33rd meeting of the Industry Working Group Research & Technology in April 2023 dealt with sustainability in the construction industry, a soft start for flat glass reuse with IG2Pieces and the recycling of PV modules.
glasstec and A+A under new management: Lars Wismer to become new Director
15/11/2022
As of 1st of December 2022 Lars Wismer (49) will lead the team of glasstec, the world’s leading trade fair for the glass sector, as well as A+A, International Trade Fair for Safety, Security and Health at Work.