US Glass - April 2008 - USGlass Magazine

Distribution&Production
Arch Aluminum & Glass Adds Heat
Soak Capability for Heat-Treated Glass
Arch Aluminum & Glass in
Tamarac, Fla., has announced
the addition of nationwide heat
soaking capability for its heat-treated
glass products.
“More and more everyday our customers
are asking us about heat soaking,
and in order to stay a True Single
Source, we felt like we needed to do
this,” says Steve Perilstein, vice president
of sales for Arch.
According to information from the
company, while heat soaking glass does
not give a 100 percent guarantee of the
elimination of spontaneous breakage, it
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Custom Glass Products Expands in Midwest
Custom Glass Products Inc. in Schofield, Wis., has finished construction of a
new glass fabrication plant in Weston, Wis.
The company says that the new facility has improved work process flow. It features
a new convection tempering plant, edge fabrication equipment and automated
insulating glass (IG) fabrication. This new location is intended to help the
company meet the growing need for high-performance fabricated IG and tempered
glass throughout the Midwest.
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does statistically reduce the instances.
Arch reports that it will be the only fabricator
with multiple locations in the
United States and Canada to offer this
service.
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