The Bystronic Glass Group has received a multi-million Swiss franc order from the Wajhat Glass & Aluminium Factory in Saudi Arabia, the supplier has confirmed.
At the end of 2009, the deal was finalised by Richard Jakob, Chief Executive Officer of the Bystronic Glass Group, Fahad Al-Harbi, Chairman of the Wajhat Glass & Aluminium Factory, and the Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Al Harby Holding.
“Bystronic Glass will be supplying all the equipment for a new production hall to be built in the Arabian desert,” Mr Jakob explained. “The hall will be handed over to the customer for immediate occupancy,” he added.
The order also incorporates a cutting and sorting system, a fully automated insulating glass line, handling systems and lines for the production of laminated safety glass and toughened glass.
The installation is thought to be the first of its kind where the system is directly linked to the furnace and insulating glass line with an expansion option for the sorting system to include other processes.
Until this deal was secured, the Wajhat Glass & Aluminium Factory, which is a company of the Saudi Marble & Granite Factory Co, has specialised in the processing of marble and granite. The investment in Bystronic systems marks its entrance into the glass market.
