Reflex Glass develops new glass spec for Sunfold

Reflex Glass, the market leading UK manufacturer of specialist solar control and Smart glass, is developing a deepening partnership with door manufacturer Sunfold as a result of meeting their new and improved quality requirements.

Of several competitors, only Reflex was able to match Sunfold's challenging product improvement specification.

Sunfold is the UK's foremost producer of bespoke quality folding / sliding doors, and as part of its ongoing research and development, was looking for a number of additional and differentiating benefits it could offer customers for the glass used in its door construction.

To begin with, Sunfold wanted an improved easy-clean coating on the glass. This was primarily because a special chemical used in the company's own manufacturing process was not compatible with the standard self-cleaning glass types currently available.

Reflex is a solar control glass, which features a silicone-resistant easy-clean coating that is especially resilient. This overcame the incompatibility problem suffered by the coating on the standard easy-clean glass products.

Other benefits were being sought too, including better U value and solar control.

According to Sunfold's Sales Manager Emma Key, "We wanted an improvement in the U-value to aid with home and office heat conservation, and we were also looking for a material that would prevent solar UV light from fading our clients' furniture and fabrics. The special glass from Reflex met our exacting requirements and we now also have the option to offer doors with a clear or blue tinted glass."

Reflex solar control glass also reflects up to 92% of the infra-red solar heat. This results in a cooler, more comfortable room temperature during summer but an invisible reflective coating helps retain heat during the winter.

In addition, warm edge spacer-bar technology combined with argon gas filling not only provides for a warmer window but also eliminates all condensation from the glass surfaces and blocks out external noise significantly more than conventional metal bar double glazed windows.

Sunfold's Managing Director, Mike Rawlings, is credited with introducing the first folding / sliding door system to the UK over twenty years ago, and he has offered the highest quality products to the market ever since. The company has enjoyed phenomenal sales growth, particularly over the last five years, and it believes the new improved glass from Reflex will help it continue to maintain its market leadership position, as well as meet its significant growth plans for the future.

Reflex products are only available through their network of authorised distributors and installers.

For more information, contact reflex glass on 0116 269 6297 or visit their website at www.reflexglass.co.uk

Reflex Glass
No 1 Pinfold Road
Thurmaston
Leicester
LE4 8AS
 
Tel:  0116 269 6297
Fax: 0116 269 6291
Email: sales@reflexglass.co.uk
Web: www.reflexglass.co.uk