The new Vetrotech Shooting Lab on the company premises in Würselen, Germany, was ceremoniously put into operation by CEO Reto Cometta. The glass maker can now test complete glass and frame system solutions to best advise and support customers at the earliest stages of product development.

"The new firing chamber allows us to test not only the respective glass compositions, but complete glass frame assembly," says Vetrotech CEO Reto Cometta. "As a result, we are able to more effectively help our customers incorporate our products into a suitable system solution able to meet performance requirements and achieve the prescribed approvals, and thus win projects.”

Vetrotech has decades of expertise in testing bullet-resistant glazing. The new Shooting Lab expands its capabilities and brings state-of-the-art testing facility at the location of the recently opened Würselen production site. This move not only eliminates travel and logistics costs for the tests – it also offers a time advantage.

"We can now carry out bullet tests much faster. The proximity to safety glass production, as well as to research and development, shortens the development time and simplifies communication, especially for bringing innovations and customer-specific product solutions to market. In fact, the new laboratory streamlines the entire process from idea to certified product," said Ulrich Hermens, Manager Shooting Lab, Product and Application Developer at Vetrotech.

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