Since 1978, Adelio Lattuada manufactures glass working machines, providing the widest range of edging and beveling machines on the market and exporting around 85% of its products throughout the world. The edging machines represent the core-business of the company, with over 30 models divided into different series, to satisfy any possible production need. The major line is the TLS, whose models are able to carry glass sheets with weights up to 1,500 Kg (2,425 lbs), thicknesses up to 100 mm (3.9”) and sizes up to 12x3.21 m (39.4x10.5 ft): the only one able to vertically grind these thicknesses

CUGHER GLASS, one of the top players in the glass technology industry, has achieved major commercial success by supplying new screen printing machines to SCHOTT, the German based leader in the flat and hollow glass market for residential, technological, optical and pharmaceutical applications. By working with SCHOTT, CUGHER proved its ability to meet the most demanding technological needs and to communicate successfully and effectively with the different divisions and production departments of the multinational group. SCHOTT Turkey, for example, required machinery for inline printing of very

Italcarrelli is a world-leading manufacturer of machines and solutions for the handling of flat glass. The company has developed and patented a revolutionary loading technology: EN BOX 25. Given the continuous increase in the demand of crates of flat glass for import/export, Italcarrelli has developed a machine - EN BOX 25 -to simplify the loading and unloading of glass in crates directly from the shipping containers. The loading/unloading of the glass in crates is an extremely risky operation, for both the glass and the operators, when done with traditional methods. The frequency of injuries

The Italian company Fratelli Pezza Srl, founded 1970, is worldwide leader in the manufacture of sandblasting and marking equipment for flat glass. Located in northern Italy, the company produces a wide range of manual and automatic sandblasters including the top of the range MISTRAL EV series, whose software allows you to program up to 50 blasting areas on the glass plate as well as to create and store up to 50 customized working programs. The machine is also equipped with the shading blasting feature, a technique which is increasingly being used in modern architecture as it allows to produce

Two entities coexisting under the same management, based on completely different technologies and applications, OCMI and OTG are the two main components of OCMI Group, Italian business headquartered in Milan, founded in 1921 and run by the third generation of the Gusti family. OTG specializes in manufacturing customized gearboxes, special speed increasers and reducers specifically for applications in the oil and gas industry; OCMI is a leading manufacturer of machinery and finishing lines for the production of pharmaceutical and cosmetic glass containers from glass tubes. With just under 60

Leading the industry for over 20 years, Macotec designs and builds the most productive and technologically advanced systems for glass cutting, handling and storage. Among Macotec’s technological wonders are its advanced cutting systems, which are extremely versatile machines. They are designed for cutting both monolithic and laminated glass and they range from completely automated handling and cutting lines to simple stand-alone cutting tables. The new, patented System to remove the Protective Film (TPF ) on coated surfaces is another ground breaking innovation by Macotec. TPF is normally used

After supplying its material for the seats of eight of the major Brazilian stadiums that hosted the 2014 Fifa World Cup, this year RadiciGroup is back in Brazil with its Radiflam S flame retardant PA 6 engineering plastics. Five of the venues of the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games (August 5-21) - Centro Olimpico de Tiro Esportivo, Arena da Juventude, Centro Olimpico de Hóquei, Arena do Futuro, and Centro Aquático Maria Lenk - are, once again, going to bear the RadiciGroup brand name. The Brazilian market - where RadiciGroup has been present since 1997 with its Radici Plastics Ltda

According to Laura Biason, Deputy Director of GIMAV, the Association of Italian manufacturers and suppliers of machinery, equipment and special products for glass processing, Italy is one of the main overseas suppliers of machinery to the United States. The figures were up this year according to the recently-published report by MAPI (Manufacturers’ Alliance for Productivity and Innovation): in the first semester, glass processing machinery, at +63.2% over the same period last year, was the fastest-growing machinery sector. This preference for Italian-made machinery could be felt and was fully