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FA – Major Glass Processing Investment in Ras Al Khaimah

Steve Ashton

Wednesday, 30 December 2009 09:55

The glazing of the 21st century will provide energy economy, solar control, intelligence and many other new features. FG Glass aims to power this growth. New innovations in glass coatings are aimed at achieving high performance solar functions. FG Glass with its state of the art processes and machinery is equipped to process any and all new glasses that come into the market.

F A Glass is a joint venture between Singaporean conglomerate Lim Fa, and Indian glass processing group Fishfa, incorporating F G Glass. Fishfa group has over 4 decades' experience dealing with all kinds of architectural glass solutions, exterior and interior. In F G Glass, it has the most technologically advanced machinery in India. F A Glass plans to mirror that success in the UAE, it's vision characterised by continuous innovation and advancement through careful, committed decision making.

"The new century has seen a phenomenal growth in the demand and application of safety glass. New market trends in architectural glazing point very clearly in the direction of increasing sophistication of products with entirely new products with entirely new functions." said Suhel Kachwala, Managing Director of F A GLASS.
F A Glass will have the very best equipment available, geared specially to provide top service to the Gulf markets and neighbouring countries.

This rich source of technical expertise and strong backing, means the management of F A Glass comes with a bundle of experience across all core competencies, ready to serve its clientele with the very best products and backup. We are optimistic of a strong, growing construction business in the Gulf and we knowRas Al Khaimah is the right place and time to invest."

Steve Ashton, Managing Director of Ashton Industrial.....
"I am so pleased to announce that F A GLASS have awarded a contract to Ashton Industrial to install a fully automatic SeamMaX-XTM arrissing line in their new facility in Ras Al Khaimah in the first quarter of 2010. While Ashton has commissioned many of its world-renowned heavy arrissers in Gulf states over the past 10 years, this prestigious order will mark the event of the first fully automated system for the area".

These lines are capable of grinding a smooth arriss (seam) on all 4 edges of totally random glass sizes, up to 4m x 2.5m in size, in as little as 8 to 12 seconds per glass. The company logo is laser marked onto every sheet. These lites are then tempered into safety glass panels, destined for architectural projects throughout the region.

Ashton's FastTrakTM and SeamMaX-XTM automatic lines have blazed a trail of technical advancement throughout the world of glass tempering over the past 15 years, with installations in Australia, Japan, Korea, South Africa, Russia, USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Austria, Holland, Egypt, China and India. The UAE with its awe-inspiring architectural achievements and modern visions, is now added to that impressive list.

"We are proud to have been chosen by F A Glass following their extremely comprehensive technical and commercial investigations. They are the first in the region to take advantage of Ashton Industrial's unique experience in high speed processing technology, minimising costs and maximising profits while playing their part in the future of the UAE's ever-expanding economic world standing."