Vitro Architectural Glass to display large units of Solarban® low-e glass at AIA 2018
Acuity™ glass, a new Solarban® glass substrate to debut later this year, also will be previewed
PITTSBURGH, May 24, 2018 — Vitro Architectural Glass will preview a new glass product and display seven large insulating glass units (IGUs), as well as a dramatic glass wall featuring an array of tinted, etched and painted glasses in a 600-square foot exhibit at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Conference on Architecture 2018 in New York, June 21-23.
Show attendees will be among the first to hear about Acuity™ glass, a new affordable, low-iron glass designed to enhance aesthetics and clarity for vision and spandrel glass applications. To be released September of 2018, Acuity™ glass is designed to be a highly transparent substrate for Vitro Glass’ full-range of Solarban® high-performance solar control low-e glass coatings.
Vitro Glass will also exhibit seven large IGUs showing Solarban® 90 solar control low-emissivity (low-e) glass coated on clear and Starphire Ultra-Clear® glass substrates. The industry’s first quad-silver-coated low-e glass, Solarban® 90 glass unites robust solar control with excellent visible light transmittance to meet architect demands for greater transparency and improved energy-saving performance. Other glass units will showcase Solarban® 70 (formerly Solarban® 70 XL) on clear glass, Solarban® 70 on Optigray® glass, and Solarban® 70 Optiblue® glass (formerly Solarban® z75 glass), Solarban® R67 glass (formerly Solarban® 67 glass) and Solarban® R100 solar control low-e glasses.
Another feature of the display will be a 90-square foot glass wall comprised by performance-tinted glasses by Vitro Glass; patterned low-e Walker Textures® AviProTek® E bird-safe glass, and decorative and spandrel glasses back-painted in a range of colors and metallic finishes with OPACI-COAT 300® by ICD High Performance Coatings.
The booth will be staffed by technical experts from Vitro Glass who can provide details about the company’s seventh and newest magnetron sputtered vacuum deposition (MSVD) coater, which will begin production at its Wichita Falls, Texas plant in July. The new coater will enable Vitro Glass to manufacture energy-efficient, high-performance low-e glasses in sizes up to 130 by 204 inches. When it begins operation, the Vitro Glass coater will be the largest of its kind in North America.
To learn more about Vitro Architectural Glass, visit AIA booth 1631, call 1-855-VTRO-GLS (887-6457) or go to www.vitroglazings.com.
Vitro Architectural Glass will preview Acuity™ glass, a new affordable, low-iron glass designed to enhance aesthetics and clarity for vision and spandrel glass applications, at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Conference on Architecture 2018 in New York, June 21-23. To be released September of 2018, Acuity™ glass is designed to be a highly transparent substrate for Vitro Glass’ full-range of Solarban® high-performance solar control low-e glass coatings.
Vitro Glass will also exhibit seven large IGUs showing Solarban® 90 solar control low-emissivity (low-e) glass, pictured on the UCCS Ent Center for the Arts in Colorado Springs, coated on clear and Starphire Ultra-Clear® glass substrates. The industry’s first quad-silver-coated low-e glass, Solarban® 90 glass unites robust solar control with excellent visible light transmittance to meet architect demands for greater transparency and improved energy-saving performance.
Acuity™ is a trademark and Optigray®, Solarban®, Starphire Ultra-Clear® and Sungate® are registered trademarks owned by Vitro.
OPACI-COAT 300 is a registered trademark of ICD Performance Coatings
Walker Textures® and AviProTek® are registered trademarks of Walker Glass Limited
About Vitro Architectural Glass
Vitro Architectural Glass, part of Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: VITROA), is the largest glass producer in the Western Hemisphere, manufacturing a range of industry-leading, energy-efficient, high-performance products such as Solarban®, Sungate® and Starphire Ultra-Clear® glasses. Committed to continually raising the industry standard for sustainability, Vitro was the first U.S. glass manufacturer to have its entire collection of architectural glass products earn Cradle to Cradle Certified® status and the first North American manufacturer to publish third-party verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for flat glass and processed glass products. Additionally, all Vitro architectural glass products meet the Top 20% Low Embodied Carbon (LEC) material category based on standards set by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). Vitro operates seven glass production facilities across North America, four residential glass fabrication plants in Canada and one of the world’s largest glass research and development facilities in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, please visit VitroGlazings.com.
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Vitro Architectural Glass
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