Manufacture and finishing of functional insulating glass, safety glass, climate glass, curved glass and glass design for windows, facades and interiors
Semcoglas Holding GmbH
Westerstede · Neubrandenburg · Bad Sülze · Eberswalde · Zerbst · Kropp · Nordhorn · Bramsche · Wassenberg · Surwold · Vechta · Gießen · Fulda · Bad Camberg · Aschaffenburg · Schweinfurt/Sennfeld ·New on Amplifa
About SEMCO
Semcoglas Holding GmbH is a European group for flat glass production and finishing with around 1.800 employees and 23 locations in Germany and Denmark. The group manufactures functional insulating glass (climate glass, thermal insulation glass, solar control glass, acoustic insulation glass), safety glass (ESG, TVG, ESG-H, VSG), curved glass, enamelled and printed facade panels, as well as glass design products such as glass doors, partitions, kitchen splashbacks and full-glass showers – partly in lot size 1. The value chain includes its own glass coating plant in Neubrandenburg, a float glass plant as a joint venture (EUROGLAS Osterweddingen) and specialised plants for safety glass, insulating glass and glass bending. Customers come from window and facade construction, architectural glass, interiors and the glass wholesale trade. The group was founded in 1977 as a glass centre in Westerstede and continues to operate its headquarters there.
- Site
- Westerstede
- Processes
- Insulating glass production (functional insulating glass, thermal insulation glass), Climate glass coating (thermal insulation and solar control coating), Glass coating plant (own coating production), ESG production (thermally toughened single-pane safety glass), TVG production (heat-strengthened glass), ESG-H (heat-soak test after toughening), VSG production (laminated safety glass with PVB film, pressure and temperature), Screen printing with ceramic inks / firing during the toughening process (SEMCO DESIGN, SEMCO COLOR
- Materials
- Float glass, Clear white glass, Toughened safety glass ESG, ESG-H (heat soak tested), Heat-strengthened glass TVG, Laminated safety glass VSG, PVB film, SentryGlas interlayer
- Certificates
- ISO 9001:2015, RAL quality mark flat glass
- Industries
- Window and facade construction, Architectural glass, Interiors, Glass wholesale
- 01
Float glass production (joint venture EUROGLAS)
- 02
Glass coating
- 03
Toughening ESG/TVG
- 04
Glass bending (curved glass)
- 05
VSG laminating
- 06
Screen printing/enamelling
- 07
Insulating glass manufacturing
- 08
Glass design/assembly
- 09
Distribution via sites and glass wholesale
Materials & Processes
Float glass
Base glass for all insulating, safety and functional glass builds; own supply via the joint-venture float glass plant in Osterweddingen.
Toughened safety glass ESG
Thermally toughened glass with increased impact and bending strength and injury protection on breakage.
ESG-H (heat soak, DIN EN 14179)
Heat-soak-tested toughened safety glass to reduce spontaneous breakage (nickel sulfide inclusions).
Heat-strengthened glass TVG
Heat-strengthened glass for builds with a defined breakage pattern, e.g. combined in insulating glass.
Laminated safety glass VSG
Laminate of glass and PVB film under pressure and temperature; up to 4.500 × 2.440 mm, also as burglary resistance P6B/P7B.
SentryGlas® interlayer
Stiff interlayer film for large-format, load-bearing safety glazing; SEMCO is a certified SentryGlas processor.
PVB film
Interlayer film in VSG builds, also as Vanceva colour films for coloured glass.
Argon/krypton noble gas filling
Gas filling of the cavity between the panes for low Ug values in thermal insulation and climate glass.
Warm-edge spacer (TGI, Spacer BL, Chromatech Ultra)
Thermoplastic spacers to reduce the thermal bridge at the glass edge.
Ceramic screen printing inks / enamel
Fired in during the toughening process for facade panels (SEMCO COLOR/DESIGN) and alarm glass; colours according to RAL, NCS, Pantone and others.
Components & Products
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insulating glass production (functional insulating glass, thermal insulation glass)Joining | – | – | – | – | Float glass, Clear white glass, Argon, Krypton, Warm-edge spacer (TGI, Spacer BL, Chromatech Ultra) |
| Climate glass coating (thermal insulation and solar control coating)Surface | – | – | – | – | Float glass |
| Glass coating plant (own coating production)Surface | – | – | – | – | Float glass |
| ESG production (thermally toughened single-pane safety glass)Heat treatment | – | – | – | – | Float glass, Clear white glass |
| TVG production (heat-strengthened glass)Heat treatment | – | – | – | – | Float glass |
| ESG-H (heat-soak test after toughening)Heat treatment | – | – | – | – | ESG |
| VSG production (laminated safety glass with PVB film, pressure and temperature)Joining | – | 2.440 mm × 4.500 mm | – | – | Float glass, ESG, PVB film, SentryGlas interlayer, Vanceva colour films |
| Screen printing with ceramic inks / firing during the toughening process (SEMCO DESIGN, SEMCO COLORSurface | – | – | – | – | Float glass, Clear white glass, ceramic inks (RAL, RAL Design, NCS, Pantone, Sikkens) |
| Glass bending / curved facade glass (curved glass, FINIGLAS)Forming | – | – | – | – | Float glass |
| Float glass production (EUROGLAS float glass plant Osterweddingen, joint venture)Casting | – | – | – | – | Float glass, Base glass |
| Alarm glass production (fired-in alarm loop, SEMCO Dur Alarm)Surface | – | – | – | – | ESG |
| Glass finishing/design (partitions, glass doors, kitchen splashbacks, full-glass showers, interiors)Assembly | – | – | – | Lot size 1 | Glass |
| Fire protection glass, acoustic insulation glass, solar control glass, bird protection glass,Joining | – | – | – | – | Float glass, ESG, ESG-H, VSG, SC film |
Quality & Certification
The plants are subject to in-house production control (WPK) in accordance with DIN EN 1279, including regular product testing; the group is certified to DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 and carries the RAL quality mark of the Gütegemeinschaft Flachglas (Flat Glass Quality Association).
| Evidence | Westerstede | Neubrandenburg | Kropp | Nordhorn | Bad Sülze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISO 9001:2015 | |||||
| RAL quality mark flat glass |
History
- 1977
Hermann Schüller founds the Glaszentrum Westerstede with two employees
- 1991
Development into a group with locations including Bramsche, Georgsheil, Westerstede and Wilhelmshaven
- 1995
Establishment of production sites in Bad Sülze, Burg Stargard and Eberswalde (Schüller Qualitätsglas)
- 1996
Commissioning of the company's own glass coating plant in Neubrandenburg
- 1997
Merger of Schüller Qualitätsglas and Isoglas Nordhorn to form the SEMCO group
- 1999–2003
Expansion of insulating glass production: Kiel (1999, from 2009 Kropp), Sennfeld (2000), Gießen (2001), Aschaffenburg (2003)
- 2006
Joint realisation of the EUROGLAS float glass plant in Osterweddingen
- 2007
Acquisition of the glass bending experts FINIGLAS in Dülmen
- 2008
Completion of the safety glass plant in Nordhorn
- 2010
Introduction of the climate glass family based on own coatings
- 2018
Opening of the first pure glass design site in Bad Zwischenahn
- 2022
Acquisition of Scanglas in Denmark (Kjellerup, Esbjerg)