ABOUT US

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From the date of our creation, we have been driven by a clear vision.We build a modern, dynamic and globally active organisation that contributes to the development of our Business Partners and creates valuable job positions. Our mission is to strengthen the competitiveness of our Customers by meeting their expectations.

We add value to our Partners’ Busi-ness by supplying enhanced pro-ducts, services and solutions with continuously improving features.

OURVISION

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Our company commenced opera-tions in 1991, with glass units ma-nufactured on a single line in Central Europe in Poland. Back then our core market was window frame manu-facturers. Within the next ten years, we established our position as the leading Polish producer of insulating glass units.

In 2001 we embarked on sales to other countries and started to build additional plants in Poland. We also expanded our offer to new market segments.

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CONTINOUS DEVELOPMENT

Companyfoundation

Factory in Nowa Wies (PL)

Factory in Tychy (PL)

Factory in Tczew (PL)

Factory in Radomsko (PL)

Factory build up in Radomsko (PL)

The second expansion of the plant in Radomsko (PL)Plant in Varaždin (HR)

Minority interest in Euroglas Polska- glassworks in Ujazd (PL)

The acquisition of two production plants of Pilkington group and the rights

to the Cervoglass brand (UK)

Acquisition of companies of the Glass Systems Group (UK)

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HR - CroatiaPL - PolandUK - United KingdomUS - United States of America

Establishment of the subsidiary in USMinority interest in Heliotrope Tech Inc. (US)

Facade & Interior Glass Department

Window Glass Department

The leading producer of glass units in Poland

Window Glass Export Department

Sales development in Scandinavia

Sales development across Western Europe

Facade & Interior Glass Export Department

The leading independent manufacturerof processed flat glass in Europe

Solar Glass Department

Establishment of subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and Croatia

Thanks to our Customers’ trust in us and in our values, we have become the leading European producer of processed flat glass for the construc-tion industry.

Our first foreign subsidiaries were established in 2014 and subsequ-ently in the next year first foreign manufacturing plants. At the same

time, we also commenced our de-velopment through acquisitions of glass manufacturing and processing companies.

Currently our production exceeds 6.5 million m2 of glass units p.a. We work with hundreds of regular Customers in Europe and on other continents. To produce all our products

we use more than 15 million m2 of basis glass p.a.

On global market we offer our products under the PRESS GLASS brand, and for the United Kingdom residential market also under the GLASS SYSTEMS brand.

CONTINOUS DEVELOPMENT

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We have ten production plants lo-cated in Europe, with a total manu-facturing area of 136.000 m2. They are located in Poland, Croatia and in the United Kingdom. Their location, addressable markets, production capacity, certification and product range make our company unique in terms of effective response to market demands.

Each plant specializes in producing a different range of products and

meeting different expectations, yet together they create an effective network of connections.

Our plants are equipped with 34 IGU production lines, 17 tem-pering furnaces including one fur-nace for the production of curved glass. We produce up to 25.000 m2 of IGU’s daily.

PRODUCTION POTENTIAL

Nowa Wieś - the Company Head Office (Poland)

Location of the Company Head Offi-ce. Previously also the site of the ori-ginal manufacturing plant, closed to manufacturing in 2015.

Varaždin (Croatia) – production area: 17 th. m2

The plant produces IGU’s for window frame manufacturers across southern Europe.

Radomsko (Poland) – production area: 63 th. m2

The plant services the largest Custo-mers from across Europe, in North America and on other continents, who expect the widest assortment of pro-ducts and services from our entire offer.

Tczew (Poland) – production area: 14 th. m2

The plant serves the Scandinavian market and window frame manufac-turers in northern Poland.

Tychy (Poland) – production area: 12 th. m2

The plant produces the most complex products in the company’s range, mainly for the interior and commercial facade markets. It also supports other plants.

Swansea (Head Office), Port Talbot, Cardiff, Peterborough, Barnsley, Cumbernauld (United Kingdom) - total production area of 30 th. m2

The plants produce glass units for the United Kingdom's window frame manufacturers.

PRODUCTION POTENTIAL

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In order to guarantee the highest quality, all glass is processed with machinery from the most reputable manufacturers. Machinery includes LISEC and HEGLA glass cutting lines, LISEC processing and IGU assembly lines, GLASTON / TAMGLASS temper-ing and bending furnaces, BENTELER & HEGLA CNC machining centers as well as TMB HST ovens. 

Particularly advanced technologi-cal processes are carried out on our BENTELER production lines for laminated glass, SCHOLZ autoclave and BÜRKLE, TESOMA and DIPTECH devices for the production of print-ed enamelled glass.

We help our machine suppliers de-fine the directions of development.

We participate in testing and imple-menting new equipment and tech-nologies. Through such equipment innovations, we constantly expand and modernize our machinery. This is how we gain and maintain the technological advantage.

TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANTAGE

Our equipment includes machines from the leading manufacturers.

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Together with our Customers we de-velop a personallised, mutually satis-fying, and long term model of coope-ration. We are active in our search for effective solutions which guarantee our Clients optimized production.

We are open to implementing new products and solutions because our Customers inspire us. Our dedica-ted customer service team provides efficient and prompt information flow at each stage.

INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTOF OUR CUSTOMERS

INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTOF OUR CUSTOMERS

We offer our Customers systems for automated (electronic) order transfer. Using our 'Delivery Check System' Customer can view in real time the status of their order, do-wnload delivery specifications and invoices. We guarantee prompt and accurate servicing of even the most complex of order require-ments. Our Business Partners can depend on us for quick responses at critical moments and for us to adhere to agreements regarding special specifications.

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Our products are regularly export-ed to the Customers all over Europe and in North America, more than half of them have been cooperat-ing with us for more than 10 years. Our glass is transported to Custom-ers at a total distance exceeding

1.000.000 km per month. Thanks to our fleet or working with a network of specialist internatio-nal hauliers, daily we dispatch up to 150 deliveries across Europe, co-vering a radius of 3.500 km.

We also organize transatlantic marine container shipping and air transport.

MODERNLOGISTICS

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We are a partner to branded window producers who have sophisticated supply requirements. Highest quality and service are the basis for coope-ration. This means we often apply additional certification procedures for components and enhanced produc-tion processes to provide extended product warranties.

Our products meet the require-ments of European and North American Standards and the local building regulations of the markets we serve. We also follow individual agreements with our Customers. Our entire European product range meets the requirements of CE Mar-king, and our American product

range meets the ASTM require-ments. All plants operate based on the production management sys-tem ISO 9001. Additionally plants working under the PRESS GLASS brand operate based on environ-mental management system ISO 14001.

Audits per year

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BEST QUALITY

Annually such institutes carry out several dozen audits of our facilities. Additionally, our Customers conduct their own, individual audits of our facilities.

Our plants and products are audited or certified by acknowledged certification bodies, including:

BCCA

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We are an independent company and therefore, we offer products from all of the greatest suppliers:AGC Glass, Euroglas, Fenzi, Guardian, IGK Isolierglasklebstoffe, Kömmerling, Pilkington, Rolltech,

Saint-Gobain Glass, Technoform.

We provide independent technical advice regarding the choice of com-ponents in our finished products. The solution we advocate will de-

pend on the product performance requirements, its place of use, the assumed processing methods and the required delivery period.

WIDEASSORTMENT

The markets we serve are: We process glass for fabricators of:

SELECTED PRODUCTION CAPACITY maximum size

assembling 7000 x 3200 mm

tempering 7000 x 3200 mm

Digital Print - full colour printing 7000 x 3200 mm

laminating 7000 x 3200 mm

edgework, holes and notched processing 7000 x 3200 mm

windows & doors facades interior glass constructions

construction with single tempered glass used in large volumes

solar and photovoltaic panels

Residential

Commercial

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We are well prepared for even more intensive development. We have a solid production portfolio, machi-nery base and highly experienced personnel.We constantly increase our produc-tion capacity and optimize the pro-duction efficiency. So far we have produced over 60.000.000 m2 of glass units.

We focus on gaining and mainta-ining a technological advantage over our competitors. We continue to upgrade the quality of our pro-ducts by implementing innovative components, production processes and service systems.

The long-term market expertise of our Customers proves that our

business is based on developing long-standing relations. We know that being reliable is crucial, especially in terms of quality and promptness of deliveries.

COOPERATIVEPOTENTIAL

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