Ritec International - a world leader in ‘non-stick’, easy-clean glass surface technology - has teamed up with the organisers of Glassex to showcase new glass-processing techniques within the Glass Pavilion at the 2002 event, with the help of its customers.

Ritec is best known in the UK marketplace for its ClearShield glass surface technology, for which it received a prestigious Millennium Products Award last year. The company has taken a larger than usual stand in the Glass Pavilion at Glassex to enable key customers to share in the benefits offered by the event by encouraging them to demonstrate the wide-ranging possibilities of glass protection and design.

The Ritec stand has been designed to accommodate several ‘mini-stands’ for these customers as well as special display areas, so that glass specifiers visiting the show can see a variety of exhibits from the glass arena all in one place.

Ritec will also host a charity auction during the event where many of the creative samples on display may be purchased in aid of a good cause.

Brian Eddleston, UK Sales Manager for Ritec International, is eager that all specifiers of glass and glass related products see exactly what can be achieved with today’s technologies:

‘Glass processing methods have developed dramatically during the last 5 years, but there hasn’t really been a suitable arena in the UK to showcase these developments on a regular basis. What we want to achieve is to put more glass back into Glassex where it should be, and to give our customers the opportunity to prove how versatile glass can be, whether applied to buildings, interiors or even objets díart. We have encouraged them to be as creative as possible in their efforts and are very much looking forward to displaying the results.’

Joanne Smith, Exhibition Director for Glassex, agrees:

‘Glassex visitors and exhibitors alike have expressed a strong interest in seeing more glass and glass technology at the event. We are delighted that we are able to work together with Ritec to showcase the most innovative solutions for the glass industry and we are working hard to attract a great deal of visitor interest in this sector for 2002.’

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