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Windows Facade and roof glazing Safety and fire protection Mirroring and nonreflecting Auto & Aero Technical Glass Showers & baths Stairs & floors Balustrades & rails Doors & room-dividing Kitchen glass applications  Furniture Non reflective glass Displays Switches Househol

 Founded 1948  125 GT employees  Quality products for the aeronautical and automotive industries  One of two aero companies in GT group  4 co

 Cockpit and cabin glazing, light covers  Acrylic, polycarbonate and glass  Business jets, military jets, helicopters, trainers, gliders Design, development and analysis Turnkey systems Customer-specific production

Jaguar Sepecat

Diamond DART

Transparency and frame design Bird impact simulation and test Ejection compatibility modelling Stress and deformation modelling Latching, pressure seal and lifting mechanism design

Windshield in stretched acrylic Front canopy in cast acrylic

Development of the pressurized cabin for training aircraft System definition CAD design of selected parts Analyses of structural loads and bird impact fitness Bird strike test Certification of the system compliance with FAR-23 System

Example: AW-109  Development of windscreens for the A-109SP with stretched acrylic  Determine the structure  CAD design of the parts  Analyses of structural strain & bird strike  Bird impact test  System certification to JAR-27 

Example: Falcon 7X light covers  Transparency: 2 x cast acrylic glass + polycarbonate, 3 mm, colorless  Frame: Carbon fiber fabric Carbon fiber composite

General Aviation Landing Light Lense Frames Helicopter / Assemblies Frame Systems

Example: SKYe SH09  Full door/window system  All doors (pilot, sliding passenger/ cargo) manufactured as integrated composite and acrylic  Direct assembly on customer requ

Example: FA-18 vertical stabiliser

 Professional project management  Full glazing system design, development and manufacture  Company owned tooling  FEM analysis and certification testing  Weight-optimized glazing/composite combinations  Product customisation  Composite parts design and manufacturing  Organic and inorganic coating development capability  Certified by Aeronautic I