5 6 Press-forming technology caters to the glass needs of any vehicle. Glass Demand Grows in China, India ® Their names are Yang Ping and The Chinese market has evolved into needs on a real-time basis. Ramesh Srinivasan, and they are the one of the largest world markets for Ping is Glasstech’s Chief Spring 2011 face of Glasstech in China and India. automotive glass such as produced Representative – China and heads on the company’s Deep Bend 4 the company’s Shanghai office. system (DB 4™). The demand for glass Previously, he was a Chinese Forty Years of Glasstech Celebrates 40-Year Legacy parts for solar energy production marketing consultant for a United Innovation AUTOMOTIVE also is robust, especially for the large With Transition Into the Future States company, and an assistant LS4-sized, bent and tempered glass Innovation established Glasstech, manager in the supervision and and innovation continues to It was a hot, dusty August day in 1971. Nitschke joined McMaster in 1951 and Press-Forming Technology Produces Compound parts produced on Glasstech’s new control department of China Chemical spur the company’s growth into Three friends, all veterans of the glass Larimer joined in 1952. Cylindrical Radius Bender (CRB-S™ systems that produce glass and Complex Lites Quickly. Building Materials Company. He holds business, met in the second-floor offices 1900). The demand for the ultra-flat parts for solar energy production. In 1969, Permaglass merged with Guardian Yang Ping Ramesh Srinivasan a Master of Business Administration Glasstech’s innovations are of a building in the small Northwest Ohio You see them everywhere. The EPB-L system is an innovative, This system achieves Audi/ glass plates for photovoltaic cells from Industries Worldof Detroit, Michigan. By 1971, the from the University of Texas Arlington, chronicled through an active village of Woodville to breathe life into an Glasstech’s flat tempering systems highly versatile glass windshield Volkswagen’s strict optical Ping heads Glasstech’s Representative worldwide patent portfolio. three had left Guardian, paving the way for They are vehicles, especially top- a Master of Arts in Financial idea they shared. bending system currently operating performance requirements and Office in Shanghai, China, and also is strong. Glasstech’s creation. of-the-line vehicles from the world’s Economics from the University of Following is a chronological on the European and Asian BMW’s demanding shape tolerances. Srinivasan runs the company’s India look at these innovations The resulting company became the high-end automakers, with even more India mirrors China’s need for Maine, U.S.A., and a Bachelor of Arts Glasstech’s reach during its 40-year continents and will begin production Liaison Office in Mumbai, India. through the years: world’s premier designer and marketer compound and complex glass lites The EPB-T press-forms using a full- processed glass parts as produced in Economics from Renmin University history goes from the very basic F-200, soon in North America. The system 1972 of glass processing systems, initially for than before. Windshields, backlites, surface mold and a full-periphery The Shanghai office was opened in on Glasstech systems. The country’s of China, Beijing. Glasstech’s first system, designed to satisfies the automotive OEM • Roller Hearth the automotive and architectural markets doorlites and sunroofs that curve and female ring. The system also features 2004, and the Mumbai office opened auto industry is emerging as a global Tempering System continuously temper glass for architectural demand for tighter surface tolerances Enquiries specifically targeting the and now in a market the company helped flow into stylish shapes that demand fast transfer from heater to quench two years later. supplier, and India’s need for solar applications, to bending and tempering with superior optical quality while China market should be sent to either 1974 create, solar energy production. precise and strict tolerances. and a FanRoll option, which pre- glass parts is increasing rapidly as a • Batch (Oscillating) systems for automotive glass applications, also meeting the glass processor’s Ping at [email protected] or bends relevant parts in the heater. The presence of both offices is result of the country’s national plan to Tempering System need for greater productivity, The company is Glasstech, Inc., which to state-of-the-art glass bending and “It used to be we’d get glass designs testimony to the importance Glasstech [email protected]. Pre-bending reduces subsequent foster solar development. 1978 celebrates its 40th anniversary later tempering systems for producing parabolic with three-to-ten probe points to repeatability, economical tooling bender cycle time and permits lower assigns to these markets. In “Asia- • Quick-Sag™ Bending and and energy conservation. Srinivasan is Country Manager this year. glass troughs for the concentrated solar check the surface conformity of the Pacific Markets Outlook 2011,” issued The offices in China and India enable Tempering System exit temperatures. for India and heads the Mumbai power market. glass produced,” said Jim Schnabel, in mid-March by Standard & Poor’s, Glasstech to increase its presence in Glasstech has been headquartered in Using only a single tool set ensures Liaison Office. Srinivasan joined 1985 Glasstech’s Vice President, Product The DB 4 QC/FC Advanced Bending India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) these countries and the surrounding • Deep Bend 4™ System Perrysburg, Ohio, since 1979 and is a During these 40 years, Glasstech the EPB-L uses significantly less Glasstech after serving as Chief Sales Development. “Now, we’re seeing and Tempering System uses a is predicted to grow at 8 to 8.5 percent areas and to provide a critical link (DB 4) global company with its glass processing technology has made possible the energy, when compared to gravity- Manager for the Bauer Division of windshield designs, for example, with single tool set to produce high optical in 2011, and China’s GDP is expected to customers and prospects. These 1991 systems installed in over 40 countries on advancement of designs in the architectural sag systems. International Combustion, Ltd. He 100 or more checking points. The best quality glass to precise and exacting to be 9.6 percent in 2011. offices provide more timely response • Advanced Cylindrical Bender six continents. and automotive markets, and Glasstech holds mechanical engineering and System (CRB) way to produce these complicated The EPB-L can achieve a cycle time tolerances in complex shapes. to customer and prospect needs, as is now doing the same thing in the solar advanced marketing management The three friends were Harold A. McMaster, designs is by using Glasstech’s press- of 8 seconds per glass part, which The system’s quick tool-change Both countries and the region well as quickly react to new sales 1992 energy market. A chart on this page degrees from Bombay University. • Forced Convection Heating Norman C. Nitschke and Frank A. Larimer. forming technology.” means the two parts required for feature permits changeover from surrounding them exhibit rapid growth opportunities. provides a quick overview of some of and an expanding need for the glass 2001 lamination can be produced every one production part to the next in Enquiries aimed at India should Glasstech’s major technology innovations. Glasstech has three systems utilizing Additionally, the Shanghai office’s Ping • DB 4™ Quick Change and 16 seconds. To achieve these 90 minutes, instead of 6 hours for the products processed on Glasstech be sent to either Srinivasan at Fast Cycle System its press-forming technology to meet systems. Specifically, glass parts for and the Mumbai office’s Srinivasan are McMaster and Nitschke saw solar energy speeds, the system is equipped with original design. The fast cycle allows [email protected] or all automotive glass needs: both native to the areas covered by 2002 a final heating section that pre-forms complex deep bend parts to be the automotive, architectural and solar production as a way to ensure a [email protected]. • External Press Bender System energy production markets. their offices and can react to customer market for glass processed on Glasstech’s • Windshields – External Press glass by means of a patented produced in as little as 17 seconds. (EPB-T™) for Tempered Parts FanRoll system. systems. That foresight has never been Bending System for Annealing 2007 The Glasstech DB 4 QC/FC is used clearer than today. Automotive Safety Glass (EPB-L™) • Solar Parabolic Bender The EPB-T system is available in by every major automotive glass System (CRB-S™) Harold A. McMaster and Norman C. Nitschke, two of two versions. The EPB-T-SS™ is processor and meets the very Glasstech, Inc. Glasstech, Inc. Glasstech’s co-founders. Glasstech’s past achievements have set • Sidelites, Sunroofs Perrysburg, Ohio USA ® Shanghai, China 2009 a narrow version that forms and exacting demands of the automotive the stage for its future accomplishments, and Backlites – External Press Tel: +1-419-661-9500 Tel: +86-21-5836-7560 • External Press Bender System McMaster and Nitschke worked together Fax: +1-419-661-9616 Fax: +86-21-5836-8968 and that future looks dazzling today based Bending and Tempering System tempers a single stream of sidelites. companies. It is the world standard (EPB-L™) for Windshield Parts for the former Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Glasstech, Inc. www.glasstech.com Glasstech, Inc. on the sun’s reflection off automotive, (EPB-T™) The EPB-T-DS™ is a wider version for the production of complex 2010 Company, Toledo, Ohio. In 1949, McMaster New York, New York USA Mumbai, India architectural and solar energy glass and forms and tempers a dual stream backlites and is the standard by Tel: +1-212-489-8040 Tel/Fax: +91-22-6710-1629 • Automotive Glass Inspection left to start his own glass company, Backlites – DB 4™ Quick Change/ Fax: +1-212-307-5781 ©2011 Glasstech, Inc.