Manufacturer of machines and production lines for glass processing: heat treatment, insulating glass and automotive/display glass.
Glaston Corporation
Helsinki (FI, headquarters) · Tampere (FI) · Neuhausen (DE) · Bützberg (CH) · Tianjin (CN)New on Amplifa
About Glaston
Glaston Corporation is a Finnish company headquartered in Helsinki that manufactures machines and complete production lines for glass processing. The portfolio comprises heat treatment equipment for tempering, bending and laminating glass (Heat Treatment Technologies), production lines for double, triple and quadruple insulating glass with conventional, flexible and TPS spacers (Insulating Glass Technologies), as well as glass cutting equipment and pre-processing lines for automotive and display glass (Automotive & Display Technologies). Materials processed include float glass, tempered glass, laminated glass, thermoplastic spacers (TPS), polyisobutylene and two-component sealants. In addition to machine building, Glaston offers maintenance, spare parts, service agreements, training, machine upgrades, relocation/reinstallation and modernization of older plants; maintenance accounted for roughly one third of total revenue in 2021. Customers come from the architectural glass, automotive, solar energy, furniture, household appliances and aerospace industries and are located in over 100 countries. In addition to Finland, Glaston operates factories in Germany (Neuhausen), Switzerland (Bützberg) and China (Tianjin); the company is listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
- Site
- Helsinki, Finland
- Processes
- Glass heat treatment (tempering), Insulating glass manufacturing (double, triple, quadruple insulating glass), Glass bonding/sealing of insulating glass units, Edge deletion of coated glass panels, Glass edge grinding (arrissing), Glass bending and curving, Glass laminating, Glass cutting and pre-processing lines for automotive/display glass
- Materials
- Float glass, Tempered Glass, Laminated Glass, TPS Thermo Plastic Spacer, Polyisobutylene, Two-component sealants
- Founded
- 1870
- Industries
- Architectural glass, Automotive glass, Solar energy, Household appliances, Furniture glass, Aerospace
- 01
Engineering and design of machines and lines
- 02
Manufacturing of system components (Tampere, Neuhausen, Bützberg, Tianjin)
- 03
Assembly and commissioning of production lines
- 04
Sales and delivery to customers in over 100 countries
- 05
Maintenance, spare parts, modernization and machine upgrades
Materials and Processes
Float glass
Base material for edge grinding (arrissing) and insulating glass lines, processable in thicknesses from 3 to 25 mm.
Tempered Glass
Produced in the heat treatment systems (RC, FC, Jumbo Series) and further processed in edge processing lines.
Laminated Glass
Manufactured on laminating lines; also processed in the edge grinding machine MULTI'ARRISSER.
TPS Thermo Plastic Spacer
Thermoplastic spacer that is applied directly onto the glass pane in SPEED and VARIO lines.
Polyisobutylene
Double-sided butyl application on conventional and flexible spacers to ensure gas tightness of insulating glass.
Two-component sealants
Sealing material for insulating glass units, dosed via the sealing robots ACTIVE'SEALER and SPEED'SEALER.
Locations
Helsinki
FIHeadquarters
Tampere
FIFactory Heat Treatment Technologies (heat treatment machines)
- Materials
- Glass
- Heat treatment systems RC Series
- FC Series
- Jumbo Series
- Laminating lines
Neuhausen
DEFactory Insulating Glass Technologies (insulating glass systems)
- Materials
- Glass, TPS, polyisobutylene, 2K sealants
- SPEED production lines
- VARIO production lines
- COMPACT/COMFORT lines
- MULTI'ARRISSER
- ACTIVE'SEALER
- SPEED'SEALER
- XXL'SEALER
- GLASS'EDGEDELETER
Bützberg
CHFactory Automotive & Display Technologies
- Materials
- Automotive glass, display glass
- Glass cutting equipment
- Pre-processing lines
Tianjin
CNFactory for glass pre-processing equipment for the automotive industry
- Materials
- Automotive glass
Machines and Equipment
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glass heat treatment (tempering)Heat treatment | – | – | – | – | Glass |
| Insulating glass manufacturing (double, triple, quadruple insulating glass)Joining | – | – | – | – | Glass, TPS Thermo Plastic Spacer, flexible spacers, conventional spacers |
| Glass bonding/sealing of insulating glass unitsJoining | – | – | – | – | Glass, two-component sealants |
| Edge deletion of coated glass panelsSurface | – | – | – | – | Glass (coated) |
| Glass edge grinding (arrissing)Surface | – | – | – | – | Float glass, Tempered Glass, Laminated Glass, Glass panels 3-25 mm |
| Glass bending and curvingHeat treatment | – | – | – | – | Glass |
| Glass laminatingJoining | – | – | – | – | Glass |
| Glass cutting and pre-processing lines for automotive/display glassEngineering | – | – | – | – | Automotive glass, Display glass |
16 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insulating glass production line (triple/quadruple) | Glaston SPEED (BOX/FLEX/TPS) | – | – | – | – |
| Insulating glass production line (configurable) | Glaston VARIO (BOX/FLEX/TPS) | – | – | – | – |
| Insulating glass production line (entry-level solution) | Glaston COMPACT | – | – | – | – |
| Insulating glass production line with automatic gas filling | Glaston COMFORT | – | – | – | – |
| Automatic vertical edge grinding machine (arrissing, cup wheel) | Glaston MULTI'ARRISSER | – | Glass pane thickness 3-25 mm, max. 60 m/min | – | – |
| Automatic sealing robot | Glaston ACTIVE'SEALER | – | – | – | – |
| High-speed sealing robot | Glaston SPEED'SEALER | – | – | – | – |
| Sealing machine for large elements (XXL) | Glaston XXL'SEALER | – | up to 18 m length (XXL version) | – | – |
| Edge grinding machine (edge deletion) | Glaston GLASS'EDGEDELETER | – | – | – | – |
| Glass washing system (continuous) | Glaston GLASS'WASHER | – | – | – | – |
| Butyl application machine | Glaston SPACER'BUTYLAPPLICATOR | – | – | – | – |
| Gas filling and pressing machine | Glaston UNIT'ASSEMBLER | – | – | – | – |
| Heat treatment systems for glass (tempering/bending) | Glaston (among others RC Series, FC Series, Jumbo Series) | – | – | – | – |
| Glass cutting equipment | Glaston | – | – | – | – |
| Laminating line | Glaston | – | – | – | – |
| Turning machine for coated glass panels | Glaston GLASS'TURNER | – | – | – | – |
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 1870
Founded as Hammarén & Co in Kyröskoski with the purchase of a hydroelectric cotton spinning mill by Lars Johan Hammarén and Gustaf Oscar Sumelius.
- 1872
Establishment of a sawmill.
- 1878
Establishment of a paper mill.
- 1912
Establishment of a sawmill.
- 1941
Renaming to Oy Kyro Ab.
- 1981
Acquisition of Tamglass Oy; start of specialization in glass technology.
- 1983
Tamglass receives the President of the Republic's Export Award.
- 1985
Acquisition of Tecnomen Oy (automation and control technology).
- 1991
Tamglass acquires HBI Tempering Systems (Philadelphia, USA).
- 1996
Acquisition of the Swiss safety glass specialist Cattin Machines.
- 1997
Stock market listing on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
- 2002
Acquisition of Z. Bavelloni and Glaston (NL) for EUR 66 million; merger of Tamglass and Bavelloni to form Glaston Technologies.
- 2007
Renaming of Kyro to Glaston; exit from the energy business.
- 2012
Sale of the Software Solutions business unit (Albat + Wirsam).
- 2014
Acquisition of the intellectual property rights to Glassrobots products.
- 2017
Ahlström Capital becomes the largest shareholder.
- 2019
Acquisition of Bystronic Maschinen AG and Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH for EUR 68 million.
- 2020
Restructuring into three business units.
- 2021
Sale of the glass processing business in Germany to Cimec; focus on automotive glass machines, heat treatment machines and insulating glass systems.