Viridian Glass, Australia

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Viridian Glass selects Glaston’s COMFORT BOX IG line


As building regulations require more energy-efficient glass, Viridian Glass has stepped up its game. Purchasing Glaston’s COMFORT BOX IG manufacturing line enables its Woodville plant in Adelaide to meet burgeoning demands with visibly better quality and shorter lead times. “High quality insulated glass is the future in Australia,” says, National Operational Excellence Manager, Tarun Bhatia at Viridian Glass.

Viridian Glass, the largest glass processor in Australia, has 7 processing plants across the eastern seaboard with an equivalent number of regionally located sales center branches. All of Viridian’s processing sites have the capability to produce high-performance (low-E) insulated glass units (IGUs).

Long history with Glaston

Viridian and Glaston have been working together for many years, although mostly with tempering lines. Today, Viridian Australia has 8 Glaston tempering lines at its different sites.

The company also has one original Bystronic, currently part of Glaston, TPS® line, the first IG line in the world. “We still have it, and it’s running well at our Clayton facility,” adds Tarun.

Viridian’s newest IGU line is from Glaston and located at its Woodville plant in Adelaide, South Australia. Until recently, the Woodville site was purely producing single-glass panes.

Moving past limitations

With time and changes in requirements, however, the Woodville IG line was not capable of processing Low-E glass or performing the argon gas filling.

“These were the two big limitations moving forward,” Tarun says. “So, we decided to purchase something that would be capable of running Low-E and filling the gas to meet the flourishing demand.”

The decision to purchase the new line was made at the end of December 2023, and the line was delivered in July 2024. Tarun says the Glaston technicians were very knowledgeable during the installation.

And for the Viridian team on the factory floor, running the new line is much easier.

“Quality-wise, everyone is very happy with the IG units being produced on the new line. There’s excellent feedback coming from our customers. The quality of the seal is great. Sometimes, the primary and secondary seals can leak onto the glass. It’s messy. But the quality from this line is outstanding.”

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