Building Products
NSG/Pilkington Building Products help control energy usage, protect against fire, insulate against noise, provide safety and security, afford decoration and privacy, are used in all-glass façades and now include self-cleaning properties. The Group is a market leader in the use of large-scale coating, insulating, toughening, laminating, vacuuming and silvering processes. The product range covers
- Solar Control - In warm weather, solar control products dramatically reduce the effect of the sun's heat, minimising the need for air-conditioning.
- Thermal Insulation - During cold weather, low-emissivity (low-e) products reflect heat back into buildings.
- Fire Protection - Specially developed glasses to protect lives and valuables from fire.
- Noise Control - A range of specialist glasses that possess enhanced acoustic insulating properties to meet the increasing demands for noise control.
- Safety - Glass that is used to reduce a risk of accident by impact, fracture or shattering.
- Security - Glass that is able to withstand deliberate attacks of various kinds.
- Self-Cleaning - Dual-action self-cleaning glass
- Decoration - Glass that is used when privacy and decoration are the main requirements.
- Glass Systems - Glass for façades without frames or mullions.
- Special Applications - A range of specialist glasses such as low-iron float, very thin float or curved glass and excellent performance glass for photovoltaic solar cells.