Competence portfolio extended

Gersthofen, 11.10.2018. On the 10th of October, Sedak (Gerst-hofen, Bayern) bought a stake in the glass specialist Sunglass Industry s.r.l. (Villafranca, Northern Italy). The technological market leader for large-format glass thereby further extends its competence advantage.

With its expertise in hot bending, the Italian company Sunglass Industry s.r.l., founded in 1984, is regarded as one of the market leaders for curved architectural glass. Its glass has been used in the construction of outstanding, unique, modern architecture such as the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and the building of the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris. The premium manufacturer sedak is the world market leader for large-format glass up to 3.51 x 20 metres and a specialist for so-called “cold bending”. “These fields of expertise complement each other excellently. We have thereby rounded off our product portfolio perfectly, enabling us to extend our top position as a full-service supplier”, the sedak Managing Director Bernhard Veh was pleased to announce at the signing of the contract on the 8th of October at the sedak headquarters. Sunglass will also profit from the deal because the company now has access to the preliminary production stages for oversize glass panes in sedak quality.

They want to develop the worldwide market for unusual
glass architecture together: Giuseppe Bergamin, Managing Director of
Sunglass Industry s.r.l. (Villafranca/Region Padua) and Bernhard Veh,
Managing Director of sedak GmbH & Co. KG (Gersthofen/Bayern).
Photo: sedak GmbH & Co. KG

“The merger allows us to extend our hot
bending competence gradually to the large
sedak sizes”, says Bernhard Veh.
Photo: sedak GmbH & Co. KG

“Sunglass has developed innovative technologies for
bent architectural glass. Together with sedak we are
looking forward to bring this competence to the new
maximum formats”, says Giuseppe Bergamin.
Photo: sedak GmbH & Co. KG

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Leading glass

sedak, the glass manufacturer in Gersthofen, Germany, was founded in 2007. The company and its 170 employees have developed into the world’s technology and innovation leader for large insulating and safety glass. With a ten-year experience of manufacturing oversize glass and after having increased the level of automation continuously, sedak is regarded as a specialist in this know-how intensive segment. The glass units reach dimensions up to 3.51 m x 20 m – processed, tempered, laminated, printed, coated, and cold bent. The core capabilities are the lamination of glass, edging, and the company’s special knowledge of producing glass components with additional functional and decorative elements. sedak’s production has been optimized for extraordinary glass sizes and weights; all finishing steps are highly automated and handled in-house. As a full supplier for glass up to 20 m, sedak sees itself as a partner for architects, designers, and façade constructors. Outstanding references are for example the House of European History in Brussels, the Faculty of Medicine in Montpellier, the Torre Europa in Madrid, Brookfield Place in New York City, the United Nations Office at Geneva, the Apple Cube in New York City, the science center experimenta in Heilbronn, as well as numerous premium flagship stores worldwide.

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