Overview: Stories
Digitalisation and AI in the glass industry and glazier trade
12.05.2025
Digitalisation and the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) have revolutionised many sectors of industry. In both fields utilisation and integration differ due to the corporate structures and the specific requirements and applications.
Glass finishing: a brief overview
12.05.2025
Glass finishing is a key element of modern glass processing. Over the past decades it has developed into a precise science allowing the properties of glass surfaces to be treated selectively.
Glass recycling: a cycle with a future
23.04.2025
Glass is a fascinating material: durable, versatile and 100% recyclable without loss of quality. But how exactly does glass recycling work and how does it benefit our environment and society?
AI as production assistants – faster, safer and more precise
22.04.2025
By identifying production process deviations early on, workflows can be designed to be safer and more efficient. In an interview with Nikolay Kobyshev we learn how Cerrion AG successfully implements AI assistants in glass-producing companies.
The future is solar – sustainable and high-design solutions for PV facades
31.03.2025
Solar façades are considered essential components of climate-friendly architecture. We spoke to Melicia Planchart of AVANCIS GmbH about current developments and digital planning processes.
glass technology live: Special show with many highlights
27.03.2025
Innovations that shape the glass industry: glass technology live was a highlight at glasstec 2024. We look back on the impressive exhibits and pioneering developments with Prof Dr Ulrich Knaack.
arcon ensures better connectivity through its innovation
14.03.2025
Glass processor arcon joined forces with the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) to develop an innovative coating for glass surfaces to tackle a problem of the digital age – poor connectivity at your own home.
FEVE report features European decarbonisation projects
06.03.2025
FEVE’s report “One Destination, Multiple Pathways: How the European Container Glass Industry is Decarbonising Glassmaking” impressively illustrates how container glass manufacturers are developing and trialling new technologies to improve their CO2-balance.
In conversation with Kunstpalast Düsseldorf: glass as a contemporary witness of art
17.02.2025
Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk is the Director of the glass collection at Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Germany. In this interview we talk about his experiences with glasstec, exciting pieces from the glass collection and also look ahead into the future of glass art and discover which piece in the collection is his personal favourite.
Glass – from antiquity to the digital revolution
11.02.2025
Glass, a material we are all so familiar with, looks back on a history as old as civilization itself – spanning from the first glass beads to the ultra-modern displays of our smartphones – glass has proven to be a versatile and indispensable material over the course of millennia.