Tecnoglass chooses Glaston FC500 furnaces

Published 11th March, 2013 by Greg Morris

Columbia’s Tecnoglass has changed all its furnaces over to the Glaston FC500 toughening furnace.

Christian T. Daes, Owner and Managing Director of Tecnoglass, said: "When we saw the new furnace about two years ago at a show, we decided to test one. The furnace features major technology changes. For example, quench marks on the glass have been completely eliminated."

"The results from our tests were so good that we decided to change all of our furnaces over to the FC500 to have the most modern fleet of furnaces in the world," he added.

The first Glaston FC500 furnace was installed in November 2011, and the second one installed at the end of 2012. Four additional furnaces are scheduled for installation and commissioning in March, April, June and September 2013.

Greg Morris

Glass International Editor

Greg Morris has been editor of Glass International and organiser of the Glassman conferences since 2012, specialising in glass packaging. Prior to this he spent five years working in newspaper journalism.