glasstec Düsseldorf, Germany

Visit us at glasstec in Düsseldorf from 22 to 25 October 2024.

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Fotocollage of Glasstec HEGLA Group Düsseldorf products
Glasstec: HEGLA puts the spotlight on added value and use of resources

Improving efficiency, saving resources and creating added value – at Glasstec 2024, the HEGLA Group is focusing on solutions that are designed to…

Sorting System for IG Units
Insulating glass sorted continuously and in sequence

The consolidation and continuous provision of insulating glass units in shipping order is at the centre of a sorting system that HEGLA is presenting…

HEGLA IG2Pieces Isolierglastrennen
Financial added value and CO2 savings through automatic separation of insulated glass

The legal objectives have been defined: the EU aims to be climate-neutral by 2050, Germany by 2045. With IG2Pieces, HEGLA is presenting a system…

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Fensterbau Frontale: People in focus

At the Fensterbau Frontale trade fair in Nuremberg, people are the focus for HEGLA and HEGLA boraident. The companies are presenting solutions at…

HEGLA strengthens sustainable growth with future strategy and management team expansion
HEGLA strengthens sustainable growth with future strategy and management team expansion

At the machine manufacturer HEGLA, based in Beverungen, Germany, the situation is showing signs of returning to normal following the coronavirus…

Glaston and HEGLA forming partnership in the Asia-Pacific region
Glaston and HEGLA forming partnership in the Asia-Pacific region

Glaston and HEGLA, both leaders in their respective areas of business in the glass machinery industry for architectural and automotive glass…

Employees anniversary 45 and 40 years at HEGLA
HEGLA employee anniversaries

In 2023, HEGLA, the machine manufacturer from Beverungen, Germany, was again able to honour 13 colleagues for their many years of employment. When…

IG2Pieces separates glass from IGU units cleanly and without damage
Separating insulated glass: Utilising imperfect panes and end-of-life IGUs

The amount of glass on buildings continues to increase: be it transparent facades and multiple IGUs on new buildings, or windows and panes that are…

New HEGLA logistics centre
HEGLA makes room for growth with new logistics centre

A groundbreaking ceremony marks the start of a major investment at HEGLA. At its location in Beverungen, Germany, the company is building a new…

18 school students of Beverungen Secondary School have received the TELC language certificate
Language certificate rewards additional commitment

The pride of the 18 pupils of Beverungen Secondary School was evident when they received their TELC certificate as proof of their English language…

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Vitrum: Create added value, improving productivity

“Create added value” is the focus of the trade fair stand where HEGLA, HEGLA-HANIC and HEGLA boraident are returning to Vitrum after the break caused…

Interview Dr. Thomas Rainer HEGLA boraident
New awareness of bird protection

Danger recognised – countermeasures possible: Collisions with glass are among the most frequent unnatural causes of bird death. Yet although the…

HEGLA boraident Cockpit Ansicht
Software and automation: Small, fast-working steps

Industry 4.0, smart factories or the digital twins of production – the future of the glass processing industry is fully digitalised, networked and…

Lifting device with ease of use and freedom of movement
Three questions for Holger Brechtelsbauer, Senior Product Manager for Vacuum Lifting Equipment at HEGLA

Senior Product Manager Vacuum Lifting Equipment Holger Brechtelsbauer shares his know-how and answers three questions about handling systems.

Bird protection glass
Three criteria for bird protection glass

Glass is one of the major sources of danger for birds, as they frequently fail to detect the transparent surfaces and make a fatal error.

Group picture of the secondary school's visit to HEGLA in Beverungen
Secondary school pupils explore HEGLA

19 pupils in the TELC course at Beverungen Secondary School visited the machine manufacturer HEGLA on 3 March.

Closing of the tempering furnace business unit
Business field "Glass Tempering Furnaces for the Production of Single-Pane Safety Glass and Glass Bending Furnaces" to be shut down

For strategic reasons, the management of HEGLA GmbH & Co. KG, Beverungen, and the executive board and supervisory board of LEWAG Holding AG have…

hegla prolam lsr
Four advantages of laser diode heating in LSG cutting

The ongoing rise in the proportions of laminated safety glass used in glazed products is placing glass processors under increasingly tight…

Group photo HEGLA employee anniversary
25th and 40th employee anniversaries at HEGLA

At HEGLA, the special-purpose machine manufacturer based in Beverungen, Germany, it is traditional to personally recognise all employees celebrating…

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How to gain added value from faulty and ‘end-of-life’ insulated glass

The volume of double and triple insulated glass is increasing and, as more units are produced at ever increasing speed and cost pressure, with the…

Management team HEGLA Maintenance and Service
New management structure at HEGLA Maintenance and Service

Peter Heyer will be leaving the company on 31 August 2022 after 36 years at HEGLA, including 30 as head of after-sales services at HEGLA Maintenance…

Transport, storage, digital added value and shop-floor logistics at Fensterbau Frontale

Fensterbau Frontale marks the return of trade fair activities for the window and glass industry from 12 July 2022.

Bird protection glass
Bird protection glass with intelligent laser printing

Up to 100 million birds die in Europe each year because they cannot detect glass facades, bus stops, balcony glazing, greenhouses and windows as…

Innovative, intelligent and international: HEGLA boraident offers a cross-location mechatronics engineer apprenticeship (m/f/x) with a laser upgrade

With the new training option from HEGLA boraident in Halle/Saale, the mechatronics engineer apprenticeship (m/f/x) is getting an upgrade.

Digital support for staff

More often than not, it’s the minor activities and extra jobs on the side that take up staff time and inhibit productivity. While optimisation almost…

Twenty percent more productivity for LSG cutting

Score, heat, break out, slit, and separate the film – this is the classical process used for LSG cutting. Despite all the advancements and…

[Translate to English:] HEGLA Repräsentation Asia/MENA
HEGLA expands its customer and service activities in the Asia/Pacific and MENA regions

The German HEGLA Group has announced in January 2021 that it will expand its customer and service activities in the Asia/Pacific and MENA regions.

Glass finishing Laserbird HEGLA boraident
Custom laser glass finishing

Laser finishing can be used to produce custom, functional and decorative glass products. The trend towards new applications in this segment has not…

Max Bottinger
2023 Blechexpo in Stuttgart, Germany

Visit us between 7th and 10th November 2023 at Blechexpo in Stuttgart.

[Translate to English:] Telc Zertifikat HEGLA Beverungen
Seconday school students are putting their english skills to the test once again

After a hiatus caused by the pandemic through 2020 and 2021, nine girls and five boys from secondary school in the region where three German states…

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Creating added value together

We’ve ordered over 32 lorries and the hotel rooms are booked: the HEGLA Group have always anticipated the best when the glasstec trade fair begins.

New generation at HEGLA Satteldorf and Kretzschau

After more than 41 years at HEGLA Fahrzeugbau, the Managing Director of many years, Hans-Peter Löhner, has retired.

HEGLA co-founder Siegfried Glaser
OBITUARY Siegfried Glaser 1949 – 2022

In silent mourning, we say farewell to our company founder, longstanding Managing Director and Executive Board Member Siegfried Glaser.

All maintenance under control via app
Keep a handle on all your maintenance with our app

In manufacturing plants, maintenance and service are essential. Preventive maintenance is useful on the one hand in helping to prevent the occasional…

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HEGLA-HANIC launches new software for cutting tables

Normally, one update follows the other to bring software up-to-date. But HEGLA-HANIC from Bochum, Germany, does things differently. The company is now…

HEGLA donations to non-profit associations
Giving something back to the region

With several donations to non-profit associations and organisations as appropriate for the Christmas season, the HEGLA Group from Beverungen has shown…

HEGLA appoints additional managing director and authorised signatories

The HEGLA Group, based in Beverungen, Germany, has expanded and restructured its leadership team in order to advance the company according to its…

GKT in Germany invests in new software
GKT Group Invests in Digital Future with New Software

The future of the glass sector is networked and digital. For many years, investment in machine pools and automation promised both competitive and…

HEGLA opens subsidiary in Poland
HEGLA strengthens service and sales network for Eastern Europe

For maximum proximity to customers and to continue to meet the requirements of the rapidly growing eastern European market in future, the HEGLA Group…

HEGLA ProLam LSR
Vitrum: Faster cutting, more information and perfect tempering

The HEGLA Group’s range of topics at Vitrum could scarcely be wider, but it is an example of just how diversely the glass industry has developed in…

Laser upgrades: Adding value to standard products

Thanks to laser technology, the glass industry can do something that would be almost inconceivable in any other sector. Laser finishing treatment…

[Translate to English:] Automatisches Kompaktlager Overview
Space-saving storage technology for higher capacity and greater variety of products

With direct access to additional types of products and lower handling costs, a compact storage system for glass contributes to improved workflows and…

[Translate to English:] Forschungsprojekt Industrie 4.0
BaSys überProd

HEGLA is participating in the research project BaSys überProd (Basic system for cross-company production support).

Marking anniversaries and bidding farewell to retirees

Some of the best dates on the HEGLA calendar mark tributes to long-term employees and farewells to loyal colleagues entering retirement. Due to the…

New HEGLA Corp. location opens: expanded resources with first local production facility

After a construction phase of about one year, HEGLA Corp. has officially opened its new headquarters in Stockbridge, Henry County in the State of…

Logistic HEGLA Shop-Floor APP
Industry 4.0 as an approach to developing the value chain of the future

Industry 4.0 is one of the most-watched issues in the glass sector. While this term still describes a coherent, albeit somewhat broad, vision of the…

 HEGLA Shopfloor Assistant App
HEGLA app: Close digitalisation gaps, improve processes

The glass production of the future will be fully networked and digitalized. Alongside digital support for employees, it will provide quick insight…

HEGLA-HANIC Digitization and Industry 4.0
Digitalisation and the smart factory as an integrated concept for glass-processing companies

Many companies in the glass-processing industry have enough machine and system capacity to process their customer orders.

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HEGLA V-H 150 seculift with safety check function for smart, secure glass handling

With the new V-H 150 seculift, HEGLA and the HEGLA New Technology present a new generation of the V-H suction device.

glasstec postponed

Distance rules, travel restrictions, and the still unpredictable dynamics of the coronavirus pandemic make Messe Düsseldorf's decision to postpone…

[Translate to English:] fensterbau frontale 2020
Storage, handling, logistics, and digitalisation: the focus at Fensterbau

It’s usually the habitual, mundane or unremarkable procedures that take too much time or make life at work more difficult. For HEGLA and HEGLA…

hegla boraident mobile compatible glass
Laser-treated glass suitable for wireless communications

The laws of physics cannot really resolve it: glass that features a low-E or another type of wear layer to improve its insulating properties, has a…

hegla jubilare
HEGLA bids farewell to retirees and honours longstanding employees

The yearly event held to honour longstanding employees and say farewell to staff entering their well-earned retirement is always a highlight of the…

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Partnership between HEGLA and Bystronic glass terminated in mutual agreement

HEGLA and Glaston Corporation have decided to terminate their cooperation agreement due to changes in the companies’ competitive positions. The…

Rapidlam Shape Vitrum
New heating technology: HEGLA shortens cycle time in LSG cutting

Scoring, breaking, heating and separating is the tried-and-tested rule of thumb used to describe the mechanical separation of laminated glass. The…

Bild 1 - GF Joint-Venture HEGLA-Taifin
HEGLA now has a majority stake in TAIFIN Glass Machinery Oy, the manufacturer of tempering furnaces for safety glass

The German HEGLA Group announced that on 5 September 2019 in Nokia, Finland, it signed a sales agreement with the current stockholders of TAIFIN Glass…

HEGLA Corp USA
HEGLA Corp. New building: Ground-breaking ceremony for the first HEGLA production site outside Germany

On 1 August 2019, the ground-breaking ceremony was held for the new HEGLA production site in Stockbridge, Henry County, Georgia (USA). In a jovial,…

RapidLam Shape
Three times the expertise: The HEGLA Group focuses on performance in its exhibition at Vitrum

Under the trade fair slogan “Three times the expertise”, the HEGLA Group presentation at Vitrum 2019 in Milan will focus on solutions for the…

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HEGLA invests in innovation centre for new technology

The requirements of future markets, the opportunities of digitalisation, and new processes for the surface functionalisation and structuring of glass…

Galactic with laser
Laser Marking: the Smooth Permanent Tracking Method

There are as many good reasons to pin information or product data to a processed glass panel as there are for chalk marking or sticking down labels.…

HEGLA celebration
HEGLA celebrates long-standing current and retired former employees

“In today’s fast-paced times, people rarely work for the same company for decades. It is therefore extremely important to us that this year, we are…

HEGLA: Puts spotlight on automation, process optimisation and cutting laminated safety glass at glasstec

This year, Glasstec (2018) once again surpassed its reputation as the leading trade fair for glass - this is the verdict of Bernhard Hötger, Managing…

HEGLA presents solutions for the present and future of glass processing

The HEGLA Group, HEGLA-HANIC and HEGLA boraident will be exhibiting jointly at the glasstec trade fair in Düsseldorf under the motto “Shaping the…

HEGLA Management
HEGLA appoints additional Managing Director and authorised signatories

The HEGLA Group, based in Beverungen, has made changes to its management team to further the consistent and long-term development of the company in…

HEGLA-HANIC
HEGLA-HANIC GmbH places focus on digital future and Industry 4.0

The opportunities, possibilities and potential of the digital future are at the centre of the HEGLA-HANIC GmbH vision, the founding of which was…

HEGLA boraident - New foundation
Expertise in glass and laser applications: Newly founded HEGLA boraident secures jobs and know-how in Halle (Saale)

Following a very brief period of insolvency after the company fell into financial difficulties, the 17 employees of boraident in Halle an der Saale…

HEGLA Manfred Vollbracht
HEGLA Beverungen: Manfred Vollbracht steps into retirement

After more than 41 years of active involvement, HEGLA Managing Director Manfred Vollbracht has retired shortly before his 66th birthday. “At some…

Cutting table ProLam Shape LSG HEGLA
HEGLA places Vitrum focus on LSG model-cutting and linear drive technology

With solutions and concepts for the scoring of shapes in laminated glass, HEGLA will play a part in the international rendezvous of the glass industry…

Anniversaries and retirement
Hegla jubilarians and pensioners

“The success of a company is always dependent upon its employees working together for a common objective”, says HEGLA’s Managing Director, Manfred…

Public attraction RapidLam
Laminated safety glass cutting by HEGLA – new-generation ProLam meets our vision of the future

In the spirit of Glasstec 2016, HEGLA introduced a new generation of the ProLam laminated glass cutting system while at the same time providing a…

HEGLA anniversary
40 years of HEGLA from toolmaking workshop to globally recognised specialist supplier

750 guests accepted the invitation of the Beverungen-based HEGLA Group to attend their 40th birthday celebrations in the Stadthalle in Beverungen. A…

TELC Exam
Language certificate rewards leisure time commitment

Twelve pupils at the secondary school in Beverungen in North Rhine-Westphalia

step up to participate in the telc European language certificate. For…

HEGLA Retirement
HEGLA honours long-standing employees

The good mood was clearly visible to the HEGLA managing directors Manfred Vollbracht and Bernhard Hötger when they were able to congratulate six…

Process automation
Process automation in glass cutting — the potential of robotic technology

Robots appear in any science fiction story. For many, they are synonymous with technical progress. In glass cutting, however, they are seldom used —…

SortJet for online production
Glass transfer automation raises competitiveness

Automation is increasingly the trend in the insulating glass sector. Technology is being used to improve the quality of the products and processes,…

HEGLA Factory 3
HEGLA celebrates official opening of Plant 3 - an extra 10,000 m² of production space

The addition of almost 10,000 m² of production space marks yet another investment by HEGLA in the Beverungen site. On Friday, 28th August 2015, the…

Rapidcut KT
RAPIDCUT KT – Standalone Cutting Table with Linear Drive

HEGLA presented RAPIDCUT KT, a new standalone cutting line, to coincide with glasstec 2014. At the same time, this replaces the Formline KT that is…

Trade Fair & Events

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