Glaston

Glaston is a Finnish glass-processing technology company. It supplies machinery, technology and expertise for industrial glass production, alongside equipment upgrades, lifecycle support, spare parts, maintenance and other services. Its stated mission is to help customers make glass outstanding, and its offering is presented as a way to improve glass-processing capabilities and production operations. The company’s product portfolio covers glass tempering, laminating, insulating glass manufacturing, automotive glass processing and solar glass processing. Glaston also offers upgrades intended to improve equipment performance and efficiency, extend machinery lifetimes and help customers keep equipment current. Its service offer includes service agreements, spare parts, service work, maintenance, training and consultation, relocation support and remote connectivity. The company describes its solutions as tailored and globally available, and its website provides country-based contact selection. Glaston’s corporate history reaches back to a Finnish predecessor established in 1870. That predecessor, initially a cotton mill business, went through several industrial and corporate transformations before the group acquired glass-related businesses and developed its focus on glass processing. The French-language Wikipedia entry identifies Glaston Oyj as a Finnish company and reports that it is listed on the Helsinki stock exchange. The supplied evidence does not identify a current parent company, individual controlling owner, executive team or ticker symbol. Glaston is active in industry development as well as equipment and services. It participates in international glass-industry organizations and in standards work related to safety glass, including tempered and laminated glass. It also organizes Glass Performance Days, a conference that brings together stakeholders across the glass-processing chain. The company serves an international customer base, with its website listing country-specific contacts and showcasing examples of customer use. Its current communications emphasize automation, upgrades, service continuity and solutions for different glass-processing applications.

Glaston’s corporate roots lie in a Finnish predecessor established in 1870 at Kyröskoski. According to the supplied company-history account, Lars Johan Hammarén and Gustaf Oscar Sumelius acquired a cotton mill there, and the company took the name Hammarén & Co. The business later broadened beyond its initial textile activity. A paper mill was established in 1878; in the 1910s, the company added a sawmill and a hydroelectric power plant. In the 1930s it introduced a new paper machine and began producing cardboard. In 1941 the company adopted the name Oy Kyro Ab. During the 1950s and 1960s, Kyro expanded into wallpaper and magazine paper. A significant transition toward glass and technology came in 1981, when Kyro acquired Tamglass Oy, a glass-manufacturing company. In 1985 it acquired Tecnomen, described in the supplied account as a provider of automation and control technologies. Around the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, Kyro decided to separate its sawmill and forest-industry activities into a distinct company. In 1996, Kyro acquired Swiss safety-glass specialist Cattin Machines. The following year, Kyro was listed on the Helsinki stock exchange. The supplied history reports that Glaston moved its headquarters from Tampere to Helsinki in June 2011. The present-day company describes itself as a supplier of machines and services for glass tempering, laminating, insulating glass manufacturing, automotive glass processing and solar glass processing. Its offering has also developed to include equipment upgrades, spare parts, maintenance, training, consultation and other lifecycle services. Glaston’s website presents automation as an important area for glass processing and highlights customer examples using its equipment. Alongside its commercial activities, Glaston participates in international glass-industry organizations and standards work, including work related to tempered and laminated safety glass. It organizes Glass Performance Days, a conference intended to bring together participants across the glass-processing chain and support discussion of industry and technology developments. The supplied evidence establishes the company’s public-company status and Helsinki listing but does not provide a current ticker, parent company or executive roster.

• 2011

  Headquarters moved to Helsinki

• 1997

  Listed on the Helsinki stock exchange

• 1996

  Kyro acquired Cattin Machines

• 1985

  Kyro acquired Tecnomen

• 1981

  Kyro acquired Tamglass Oy

• 1941

  Company renamed Oy Kyro Ab

• 1878

  First paper mill established

• 1870

  Predecessor company established at Kyröskoski

A global supplier of glass-processing machinery, technology and lifecycle services, with solutions spanning architectural, automotive and solar glass applications.

• Glass tempering machinery and solutions

  Equipment and services for glass tempering.

• Glass laminating machinery and solutions

  Equipment and services for glass laminating.

• Insulating glass manufacturing solutions

  Machines and services for insulating glass production.

• Automotive and solar glass processing

  Processing machinery and services for automotive and solar glass.

• Equipment upgrades and lifecycle services

  Upgrades and support intended to improve performance, efficiency and equipment lifetime.

• Separation of sawmill and forest-industry activitiesOther

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2. 2Products - Glastonglaston.net
3. 3Services - Glastonglaston.net
4. 4Corporate Citizenship - Glastonglaston.net
5. 5Glaston (entreprise)fr.wikipedia.org
6. 6Glastonwikidata.org