Solar Seal, a custom manufacturer of architectural glass products located in southeastern Massachusetts, is preparing to expand further in New England. The company has signed a 10-year lease to build an approximately 200,000-square-foot factory in the Norwich Business Park, Connecticut, with options for renewal and expansion.

"We hope to develop an independent building or a business based on major projects that can promote top/global quality glass within our North American footprint," said Jeff Heinz, senior vice president of Solar Sealed Buildings LLC. "And because we already have an existing independent business with a wealth of knowledge and personnel in this field...between New York, Boston and Canada, we think that Connecticut is our ability to be in North America. These two major cities The district and the Canadian market are so close, everything suits us."

The company's current plant in Massachusetts will continue to operate.

"This is a 200-mile radius, heavy-duty manufacturing, project-based small business, while the Connecticut facility is more suitable for commercial and major projects as a completely independent enterprise; equipped with the latest and greatest automation, quality control systems and product output capabilities, "Heinz said.

The new facility is expected to open in three phases between May and August 2022. It will handle the need for cutting, tempering, hot dip testing, ceramic frit, digital frit, opacity, lamination, box spacer, TPS The items of spacers and insulating glass units-double and triple, he said.

"If you plan to buy glass from this facility, the point is that you can obtain a birth certificate and information about each piece of glass, not just batch operation and quality control management. This is the main focus-we are really working hard to promote the curtain wall or The main project contractor is concerned about the glass manufacturing process," Heinz said.

Earlier this year, O3 Industries acquired all the assets of Solar Seal Co. from Consolidated Glass Holdings (CGH).

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