Ferro and Dip-Tech present comprehensive offering for flat glass at GlassBuild

At this year’s edition of GlassBuild America, Ferro and Dip-Tech will be in a joint booth with a complete solution for flat glass and added value products that meet customers’ and end users’ stringent requirements.

Ferro, a leading global provider of functional coatings and colour solutions, and Dip-Tech, world-leading provider of digital ceramic glass printing solutions, will exhibit in a joint booth (#1949) at GlassBuild America 2017, 12-14 September, in Atlanta.

As the first major glass industry show since Ferro acquired Dip-Tech in early August 2017, GlassBuild America provides a premier opportunity for Ferro and Dip-Tech to showcase their broadened offering for flat glass. At the booth, Ferro and Dip-Tech will present Dip-Tech digital ceramic glass printing solutions, as well as Ferro’s extensive offering of enamels, coatings and pastes for architectural, appliances and automotive glass.

The Ferro portfolio, complemented by Dip-Tech digital glass print technology, offers a complete solution across the glass market. Dip-Tech delivers glass printers, durable and vibrant ceramic inks, image processing software, and access to its professional supporting teams – to fully support all glass design, printing and marketing needs.

The Ferro and Dip-Tech teams will be available at the booth to welcome customers and visitors with a complete solution for flat glass and added value products that meet customers’ and end users’ stringent requirements.

Throughout show hours, booth visitors will have the unique opportunity to watch the Dip-Tech GPi digital glass printer in action and examine the printed results, live. Based on advanced technology, the GPi printer provides a first-class platform for a wide range of exterior, interior and industrial applications, delivering exceptionally high throughput at the highest resolution. This ensures high image quality with smooth and consistent high-speed printing, for a new level of productivity.

Dip-Tech’s NEra-D printer will also be featured at the booth, presented onscreen with video clips and customer testimonials. In addition, various applications printed by Viracon on its brand new NEra printer will be displayed in the booth. Dip-Tech’s NEra series opens a new era in productivity, with a printing speed of up to 4800 sq.ft. per hour for single-color dots and lines applications, and 12 ink channels for extraordinary production flexibility.

Ferro will showcase a variety of its innovative products, such as the S1de ONE glass enamels in various colours including its unique S1de ONE enamel for anti-bird collision, and its organic spray coatings featuring numerous colours and unique metallic finishes. In addition, Ferro will present its CerMark™ laser marking solutions – a unique technology that uses lasers to fuse marking materials to glass, metals, ceramics, and other surfaces. In the reflective coatings field, it will present the Lustreflex Coating, a highly reflective, screen-printable, semi-mirror coating.

For practical inspiration, booth visitors can see printed samples of numerous applications for which digitally printed, as well as coated and enamelled glass can be used, such as building exteriors, home and business interiors, and industrial functions.

Visitors can also learn more about Dip-Tech’s Design Collection and new ready-to-print files, which provide a rich array of patterns and surfaces that help extend aesthetics, durability, and functionality well beyond the limitations of traditional glass technology.

The Ferro and Dip-Tech booth will also showcase a wide selection of the projects created by glass processors using Dip-Tech technology.