Guardian

GuardianAbout Guardian Glass
Guardian Glass, headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of float, coated, and fabricated glass products. Guardian’s vision is to be a preferred partner to our customers, suppliers, employees, and communities based on a foundation of mutual benefit. At its float lines around the globe, Guardian Glass produces high performance glass for use in exterior (both commercial and residential) and interior architectural applications, as well as transportation and technical products. This glass can be found in homes, offices, cars, and some of the world’s most iconic architectural landmarks.

Guardian Glass helps people improve their lives through innovative products that provide daylight, security, energy efficiency, and comfort. The Guardian Glass Development & Technology team continuously works to create new glass products and solutions using the most advanced technology to help customers SEE WHAT’S POSSIBLE™. Guardian Glass is a major business unit of Guardian Industries.

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About Guardian Industries
Guardian Industries, a global company headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, operates facilities throughout North and South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Guardian companies employ 7,600 people and manufacture high-performance float glass; coated and fabricated glass products for architectural, residential, interior, transportation, and technical glass applications. Guardian’s vision is to be a preferred partner to our customers, suppliers, employees, and communities based on a foundation of mutual benefit. This drives our relentless focus on improving people’s lives by providing products and services they value more highly than their alternatives and doing so responsibly while consuming fewer resources. Guardian is a Koch company. Visit guardian.com.

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Guardian Glass launches CLARIA: an AI-powered assistant to support customers with glass expertise

Guardian Glass launches CLARIA™: an AI-powered assistant to support customers with glass expertise.
(Photo Guardian Glass, LLC, GRDPR208)Guardian Glass announces the launch of CLARIA™, a generative AI-powered assistant that helps customers easily navigate the technical aspects of glass and product selection. Available now on the Guardian Glass website, the CLARIA assistant combines decades of manufacturing expertise and product knowledge in a single AI-powered assistant. Customers can quickly access extensive information, receive tailored recommendations, and find answers on everything from glass performance and production to selecting the right products to help comply with regional norms and building codes.

Guardian Glass publishes new Environmental Product Declarations for glass products manufactured in Europe

Guardian Glass publishes new Environmental Product Declarations for glass products manufactured in Europe. 
(Photo Guardian Glass, LLC, GRDPR207)Guardian Glass has published six new Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) for its flat unprocessed glass, sputter (vacuum) coated glass, and laminated glass products produced in Europe. One of the new EPDs covers Guardian ExtraClear™ float glass, which is the standard (mid-iron) float glass with the lowest embodied carbon value produced in Europe.

Guardian Glass to focus on innovations and the importance of building long term partnerships at glasstec 2024

Guardian Glass to focus on innovations and the importance of building long term partnerships at glasstec 2024.
(Photo Guardian Glass, LLC, GRDPR206)Guardian Glass will showcase a variety of customer service innovations at glasstec 2024 (Hall 10, stand A22). glasstec, the world’s leading event for the glass industry, opens its doors in Düsseldorf, Germany, 22-25 October 2024.

Guardian Glass supplies new coated glass solution for the first high performance Panoramic Sunroofs of Webasto

Webasto Roof Switchable Glazing.
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Guardian Glass and Webasto Luxembourg announce they have entered an agreement for Guardian to supply a new coated glass solution from the Guardian SilverGuard™ product family for Webasto panoramic sunroofs.

Guardian Glass introduces Guardian Nexa, a lower-carbon float glass, to Europe

Guardian Glass introduces Guardian Nexa™, a lower-carbon float glass, to Europe. 
(Photo Guardian Glass, LLC, GRDPR204)Following successful pilot production runs, Guardian Glass is introducing a lower-carbon float glass to the European market. The new lower-carbon float glass, Guardian Nexa, can also be used as a base glass or laminated glass for Guardian high performance products, including the Guardian SunGuard and the Guardian ClimaGuard ranges of coated glass products.

Guardian SunGuard High Durable coated glass in contact with SentryGlas® Xtra interlayers obtains a DTA for the French market

Guardian SunGuard™ High Durable coated glass in contact with SentryGlas® Xtra™ interlayers obtains a DTA for the French market. 
(Photo Guardian Glass, LLC, GRDPR203)Guardian Glass and Kuraray have partnered to obtain a Document Technique d’Application (DTA) for the compatibility of Guardian SunGuard High Durable (HD) coatings (coating against interlayer) and SentryGlas® Xtra interlayer material. This combination offers architects and façade consultants a new opportunity to design a building envelope with high strength and energy performance.

New innovative, energy efficient furnace at Guardian Glass Bascharage plant on schedule to restart in Q4 2023

New innovative, energy efficient furnace at Guardian Glass Bascharage plant on schedule to restart in Q4 2023.
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Following a successful cold tank repair, the new furnace at the Guardian Glass Bascharage, Luxembourg plant is on schedule to be operational in Q4 2023. The innovative furnace marks an exciting new era, as it will be the most energy efficient Guardian Glass furnace.

New feature in the Performance Calculator provides users with embodied carbon values of glazing configurations

New feature in the Performance Calculator provides users with embodied carbon values of glazing configurations.
(Photo Guardian Glass, LLC, GRDPR201)Guardian Glass has introduced a new feature to its Performance Calculator tool. The feature allows users to calculate the embodied carbon for the glazing configurations they select. This means architects, specifiers and glass processors can better understand the environmental impact profile of the facades they design through the glass products they specify, allowing them to make more informed choices at a very early design stage.

Guardian Glass float, coated and laminated glass products attain Bronze level Cradle to Cradle re-certification in Europe

Guardian Glass float, coated and laminated glass products attain Bronze level Cradle to Cradle re-certification in Europe. 
(Photo Guardian Glass, LLC, GRDPR200)Guardian Glass is pleased to announce that it has attained Bronze level Cradle to Cradle re-certification for its float, coated and laminated glass product ranges – manufactured at its European plants.

The new Guardian Glass Resource Hub offers 24/7 online access to technical information, analytical tools and training

The new Guardian Glass Resource Hub offers 24/7 online access to technical information, analytical tools and training. 
(Photo Guardian Glass, LLC, GRDPR199)Customers and the wider glass community of fabricators, processors, wholesalers, architects and specifiers can now benefit from 24/7 online access to the Guardian Glass Resource Hub, a new digital platform that offers a wealth of technical information on glass, as well as engineering, analytical and specification tools, marketing resources and interactive training – all in one place.

Guardian Sun®: a new range of premium glass solutions for homes that deserve the extra comfort factor all year round

Guardian Sun®: a new range of premium glass solutions for homes that deserve the extra comfort factor all year round.
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Guardian Glass has introduced Guardian Sun®, a new range of premium glass solutions for homes that desire and deserve even higher levels of comfort all year round. The Guardian Sun range includes various glass products that can be tailored to suit different regions and climates across Europe. These products offer varying levels of solar control to meet the specific needs of homeowners.

Guardian Glass introduces Clarity Neutral: anti-reflective, neutral-looking glass that’s clearer than ever before

Guardian Glass introduces Clarity™ Neutral: anti-reflective, neutral-looking glass that’s clearer than ever before.
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Developed to meet the growing desire for higher transparency, neutral-looking glass for architectural projects, as well as special purpose applications such as digital signage, retail storefronts and museum displays, Guardian Clarity™ Neutral is an advanced anti-reflective coated glass that provides the highest transparency of any Guardian Glass product to date, providing truer, more natural views through the glass.