Bullet Resistant Glass Demand Exceeds Availability

Demand for Bullet Resistant Glass (BRG) is increasing rapidly. Currently the production capacity at existing manufacturers cannot full fill the market demand. At the same time many manufacturers with existing production line with required equipment: pre-processing, bending, and lamination equipment to manufacture BRG glass are struggling to survive with their existing product range of architectural or vehicle glazing that is still affected by the slow economy.

So why there aren’t more existing or new manufacturers taking up to this possibility of manufacturing this high margin product with lucrative global markets and growing demand? Although the BRG is potentially a multimillion business opportunity the equation is simple: most manufacturers of safety glass are not ready to take up on the challenge of starting the product development and mold tooling design required to apply and to acquire required international test standards to enter the market. The decision is understandable, since the process of start-up of BRG manufacturing simply with learning by doing and learning from mistakes approach will be expensive and time consuming. Today there is a solution that is cost effective: in terms of duration of manufacturing start-up, and cost of testing materials. We offer the willing candidates with required resources the possibility to enter BRG markets rapidly.

With over 70 years of combined glass industry experience Safety Glass Experts provides a wide variety of consulting services, for the development BRG and the required manufacturing processes, for both automotive and architectural products.  Our knowledge of ballistics coupled to the required lamination, bending and mold tooling technology enables us to provide assistance with the rapid design and development of products that will meet the exacting international test standards required for this type of glass production, including BS EN 1063, NIJ and STANAG.

We can therefore, offer our clients a full package of technical knowledge and practical experience in order to set up BRG manufacturing capabilities within an existing lamination factory or the design and assembly of a completely new and dedicated BRG factory. Our technical package includes the training of operators, tool manufacturing, lamination techniques, the manufacture of ballistic test samples and all other requirements.

Our knowledge of glass bending techniques and the associated tooling will enable our clients to manufacture excellent quality (curved) automotive BRG which, is probably the most lucrative of all safety glass products.

We also offer the expert services for production of Bomb Resistant Glass and Anti-Bandit Glass. Our services include:

BRG production Start-Up on turnkey basis

Process/Operator Training

Product Development and Certification

Diagnostic Consulting 

Quality Control Systems

Mold Tooling fabrication, development and training

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