Company address
Ul. Golfowa 19
Konopiska 42-274
Poland
PRESS GLASS Holding SA
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
PRESS GLASS, from the date of its creation, has been driven by a clear vision: “building a modern, dynamic and globally active company that contributes to the development, and strengthening the competitiveness, of its business partners by meeting their individual expectations.” As time shows it has driven PRESS GLASS to nowadays market position described as Europe’s largest independent flat glass processing operation.
Currently company’s production exceeds 7 million m2 of glass units p.a. To produce all its products PRESS GLASS uses more than 16 million m2 of basis glass. So far company has produced over 60.000.000 m2 of glass units for fabricators of windows & doors, facades, interior glass constructions, solar and photovoltaic panels, constructions with single tempered glass used in large volumes. Company operates in 11 factories in the Europe and in North America. Its factories are located in the UK, Poland, Croatia and in the United States. On global market company offers its products under the PRESS GLASS brand, equally on North America commercial market also under the GLASS DYNAMICS brand, as well as for the United Kingdom residential market under the GLASS SYSTEMS brand.
Currently, as a mother company located in Poland or by its subsidiaries in the UK, USA and Croatia it cooperates with some hundreds of regular customers across the Europe and other continents, still searching and spreading Business Partners network.
Products
Solar heat gains in wintertime or protection against heat in summertime
In winter
Thermal protection is the basic task of glazing units designed for windows. Thanks to our partnership with suppliers, resulting in development of new glass coats, PRESS GLASS is able to offer glass panes with even lower heat transfer coefficient Ug= 0,4 W/m2K. This value is close to the value of heat transfer coefficient of walls. Cold feet near the window are in the past.
All the people who want to save on heating in winter thanks to solar heat gains from the sunlight coming through window panes and are not concerned with overheating in summer, can now purchase heat insulating window panes with increased coefficient g=73%.
In summer
In summer the sun emits much large quantities of thermal energy, as compared with winter. Overheating is observed, mostly due to heat transfer through window panes. The grade of summer overheating protection is expressed in coefficient g. Its lower value defines better efficacy of the protection against overheating.
Our offer of heat-insulating glass panes includes also such structures that reduce the overheating effect with coefficient g=37%. Today the technology so far reserved for facades can be also be used in all houses. Now everybody can improve their thermal comfort while reducing the operating costs of mechanical air conditioning system installed. It is worth to remember that costs of cooling the premises are higher than costs of heating.
ADVANTAGES:
OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE IN ROOMS
The level and distribution of air temperatures has a significant impact on our comfort while indoors. Until recently it was possible to feel a dramatic drop in temperature near a window during the winter, which could produce a strong feeling of discomfort. Thanks to the application of thermally insulated glass which amounts to 70% of the window surface it is possible to eliminate this problem the range of temperatures are not subjected to any heat discomfort.
A different problem can arise in the summer, when the sunrays overheat the inside of a building. This problem can be rectified by reflexive solar control and selective solar control glass which, thanks to its special construction, limits overheating while maintaining a high level of light transmission. A similar function is also provided by thermal control glass, but to a lesser degree; this is compensated by the benefit of higher heat retention performance during winter that thermal control glass offers.
HIGH LEVEL OF LIGHT TRANSMISSION
One of the particularly important qualitative characteristics of glass is light transmission. This has a particular influence on the well-being of people who use the room in question.
As research shows, poor light transmission into a room can be the cause of a bad frame of mind. PRESS GLASS pays particular attention to this characteristic when preparing a market offer.
REDUCING THE COSTS OF HEATING
Everyone who receives the heating bill wonders about ways to reduce such expenses. At present economizing on heat energy is the main task which faces producers of double-glazed units.
PRESS GLASS perfectly understands these needs and offers a few solutions thanks to which it is possible to significantly reduce the costs incurred when heating a building.
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SOLAR CONTROL GLASS
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For many years architects and designers have been looking for new construction materials that would open up the commercial and residential buildings to the exterior world. They have been fascinated with the properties of glass which proved to be the perfect construction material for the modern era.
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It offers quality and beauty, helps save energy, and allows for easy assembly. Among its various qualities, there is one which is especially useful for offices and public facilities, namely solar protection. Solar control glass adds character to a building and reduces undesirable heating of the elevation regarding a type of coating.
Solar control glass can be divided into absorptive and reflective glass, based on their visual characteristics and the ability to reduce solar radiation.
ADVANTAGES
OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE IN ROOMS
The level and distribution of air temperatures has a significant impact on our comfort while indoors. Until recently it was possible to feel a dramatic drop in temperature near a window during the winter, which could produce a strong feeling of discomfort. Thanks to the application of thermally insulated glass unit which amounts to 70% of the window surface it is possible to eliminate this problem the range of temperatures are not subjected to any heat discomfort.
A different problem can arise in the summer, when the sunrays overheat the inside of a building. This problem can be rectified by reflexive solar control and selective solar control glass which, thanks to its special construction, limits overheating while maintaining a high level of light transmission. A similar function is also provided by thermal control glass, but to a lesser degree; this is compensated by the benefit of higher heat retention performance during winter that thermal control glass offers.
REDUCING THE COSTS OF VENTILATION
As in the winter period when there is a necessity to heat a building, likewise in the summer period there is heating of parts of the building on the southern, south-eastern and south-western parts. Sunshine which is evident during the day emits a lot of heat energy, which during winter is seen as additional heat which heats up a building, while in summer it causes excessive rises in temperature causing discomfort and worsening of work conditions. In order to reduce temperature in homes or office buildings air-conditioning systems are commonly used. This is associated with additional costs and it is worth noting that the costs of cooling buildings is higher than the costs of heating.
So as to reduce the costs of cooling it is necessary to apply the following types of glass in windows and facades of buildings:
– Solar control glass units which are dyed in mass
– Reflexive solar control glass units
REDUCING THE LIGHT TRANSMISSION
The application of such glass, especially that which is dyed in mass during the winter period can cause reduced light transmission to a building especially on the northern side.
In order to preserve the high level of light transmission, as well as significantly reducing the infiltration of solar energy it is necessary to use the following:
– Selective solar control glass (dual function)
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GLAZED UNITS WITH WARM EDGE
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The application of a spacer bar – called warm edge, executed from compound insulation material or fine steel solves the problem of thermal bridge in IGU's.
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The application of plastic or stainless steel warm spacer bars reduces Psi coefficient to 35% in relation to panes with aluminium spacer bar. The effect of this is an increase of window temperature from the side of the room on the contact of frame with glass unit. With the effect that permissible relative air moisture, which in given conditions forms water vapour may due to the application of “warm edges” be higher by approx. 10-15% and shall not cause occurrence of water vapour condensation.
The permissible external minimal temperature is also reduced, at which water vapour condenses on pane surfaces.
Method of calculating coefficient of heat penetration of window Uw, in which the influence of the connection of the frame with the pane is taken into account is indicated in Standard EN ISO 10077 in the form of the following formula:
ADVANTAGES
REDUCTION OF THE LINEAR HEAT LEAKAGE BRIDGE ON THE EDGES OF THE GLASS UNIT
The properties of thermally insulated glass are also influenced by the linear heat conductivity on the edges. Up to now aluminium spacerbars have been commonly used, which are essential elements of glass units, but they have proved to be poor elements in making double glazed glass units. Aluminium is a much better carrier of heat than the remaining parts of the window construction, so the aluminium spacerbar is the final exit point for heat to move from the interior to the external area. The solution to this problem is to apply a spacerbar known as “ a warm edge”, which is made from highly insulating material or precious steel.
LIMITATION OF CONDENSATION OF THE EDGES OF THE GLASS UNIT
The solution to this problem is to apply the spacerbar known as “the warm edge”, which is made of highly insulating material or precious steel. The application of the warm edge improves the thermal insulation along the edges, which in turn increases the temperature in this area and reduces the risk of temporary water vapour condensation.
ENSURING LONG-TERM CORRECT TIGHTNESS OF GLASS UNITS
MAXIMASING SAVINGS OF HEAT ENERGY LOSSES THROUGH REDUCTION OF THERMAL BRIDGE CONNECTING FRAME WITH PANE
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SAFETY AND SECURITY GLASS
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The security and safety is the most important thing while you are going to choose your perfect windows or doors.
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Safety glass minimizes the likelihood of accidents resulting from impact or fractures. Security glass is engineered to withstand deliberate attacks, including manual or ballistic.
SECURITY GLASS
Security glass is used in cases when we want to protect a given building, while also preserving the aesthetic of the elevation or partition walls by eliminating window bars, shutters or roller blinds.
SAFETY GLASS
Safety glass protects against injury at breakage, making it less possible to break the glass when lamming a door or window.
Types of safety glass:
- tempered,
- laminated.
ADVANTAGES
TEMPORARY PROTECTION AGAINST BREAK-IN ATTEMPTS
It would appear that glass in windows are the weakest element of a house with regard to prevention of burglaries. Modern solutions however, allow for the successful temporary prevention of burglary. This is realized by the application of laminated glass composed of 2 glass panes and several layers of PVB foil between the panes depending on the level of danger. All glass units on offer fulfil the requirements of EN 356 standard.
PROTECTION AGAINST INJURY FROM BREAKING GLASS
The threat of injury during glass breakage exists in any place where the users of a building are in direct contact with glass partitions, especially in areas of communication.
In order to prevent such danger Press Glass proposes 2 types of solutions:
- laminated safety glass, which thanks to its construction remains in its frame or bolted elements after the impact of a blow or smashing
- tempered glass ESG, which after being hit breaks into small particles of blunt edges.
All glass units on offer fulfil the norms of EN 12600 specifications.
REDUCTION OF RISK REGARDING CRACKS
If, due to the conditions of use, there is a threat of breakage in the glass units it is necessary to use laminated glass. Thanks to the properties of laminated glass, the glass panes stay safely in the window frame or bolted elements even after a blow or smashing.
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Protection against noise is one of the most important issues in our lives. The condition of assuring appropriate comfort and sometimes living in a given place is the assurance of a low level of noise.
Our subjective perception of noise is subject to the following principle: if the level of noise in a room is reduced by 10 decibels with relation to that outside, we get the impression that it is reduced by half. Noise protection must be applied everywhere where noise cannot be completely eliminated. In such applications we are faced with acoustic double glazed units.
Acoustic double glazed units are constructed basing on the asymmetry of the assembled panes of glass, flexible bonding of the panes, and the use of attenuation gases in the space between the panes. Acoustic double glazed units can achieve the acoustic insulation factor Rw = 30 – 53 dB, depending on the type of unit. Before choosing a suitable unit, the source of noise should always be specified and other influential factors should be identified.
Check our acoustic glass and choose the best one using filters: https://tools.pressglass.com/soundproof-glass-configurator/table-grid/#/en/global
You can also check our soundproof glass configurator available on this site: https://tools.pressglass.com/soundproof-glass-configurator/en
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