In this article, available online, Guillerme Huguen, Managing Director of Saint Gobain Glass UK, talks to Dominic Bentham about the continuing growth of Planitherm soft coats, new products for the conservatory market, and other exciting developments due from the Eggborough plant this year. Saint Gobain's UK float furnace opened on 1st April 2000. Five years and more than 940,000 tonnes later, Saint Gobain Glass UK continues to innovate, and not only in products; the Eggborough plant runs an innovative cullet collection scheme whereby customers are offered above market rates. The operational magnetron coating facility and soon to be completed laminating line will result in new products for the conservatory and architectural markets, while sales of the Planitherm family of low emmissivity glasses continue to rise.
