Appointment yields products: compact laminating line and cutting table from bystronic

Armatec Vierhaus GmbH, a subsidiary of Bystronic Glass, has appointed a new president. Bernd Bedner has succeeded Ulrich Vierhaus, who retired at the end of last year.

Bernd Bedner assumed responsibility for Armatec Vierhaus GmbH, located in Gunzenhausen in Franconia, Germany, in April 2004. The handover period with the previous owner and former company president Ulrich Vierhaus ended on December 31, 2004.

Founded in 1983, Bystronic-Armatec Technology is considered one of the leading worldwide brand within the laminated glass industry and is recognised for the efficient handling equipment and transport devices across all sectors of sheet and flat glass processing.

Mr. Bedner has held senior executive posts in machine and system construction for the last eleven years. Prior to his appointment at Armatec, he was the president of a well known mechanical engineering company in the electrical industry.

Since his appointment at Bystronic-Armatec, Mr Bedner has successfully introduced a number of product innovations to the market.

Entry level laminating

In the area of system solutions for laminated glass manufacturing, Bystronic-Armatec has introduced the smart’lamiline, which has been developed for customers who are just beginning laminated glass production or for those manufacturers who wish to concentrate on producing speciality items in small batches.

The new smart’lamiline gives the highest production standards which are identical in quality to the first’lamiline that has proven a very successful product since being introduced onto the market a number of years ago. The differences between the two systems are in the type of production and in the differentiated level of fittings.

Glasstec 2004 saw the presentation of a semi-automatic cutting table for laminated and float glass in the form of smart’lamicut with a ‘previously unattainable cost-to performance ratio’. For efficient processing of laminated and float glass, the smart’lamicut is an entry-level solution.