The 'Heat Soak Testing' process adds longevity to tempered safety glass by eliminating foreign bodies in the raw materials of float glass "Nickel Sulphide (NiS)" used in the manufacture of glass.
According to Mr. Salah Al-Otaibi, General Manager of ZGI, Heat Soak Testing is a quality control process, which guards against spontaneous breakage "NiS inclusions are invisible to the naked eye and can form during the tempering process. Such particles freeze in an unstable form and can return to their original state, which can happen either in days, months or years due to the low temperature state at any time. If NiS particles occur within the tensile portion of the tempered glass, they increase in volume, causing fractures or breakages in the glass."
The purpose of Heat Soak Testing is to eliminate tempered glass lites containing critical NiS inclusions, by speeding the rate of the reverse transition to the low temperature state. This means that tempered glass lites containing NiS inclusions will fracture during the heat soak process thereby eliminating the possibility of finished glass that could break in the future.
As a responsible leading glass processor, Zamil Glass Industries advocates, advises and recommends the Heat Soak Test for all architectural glass products as well as guaranteeing all of its Heat Soak Tested glasses against spontaneous breakage.
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Zamil Glass Industries provides investment protection with introduction of new Glass processing technology in Middle East
- Saudi Arabia: Sunday, September 14 - 2003 at 12:56
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Zamil Glass Industries (ZGI), the prominent processor of architectural glass serving contractors and end users in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the GCC region, has introduced for the first time in the Middle East a new quality control process which provides enhanced investment protection for customers of tempered safety glass.
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About Zamil Glass IndustriesZamil Glass Industries (ZGI) was founded in 1983 in Dammam First Industrial City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is a prominent processor of architectural glass, including tempered, heat strengthened, laminated, insulating, heat mirror high performance and fire resistant glass. ZGI's products serve the requirements of the construction industry in GCC countries and in selected international markets.
ZGI is one of three sector businesses of Zamil Industrial Investment Company.
About Zamil Industrial Investment Company
Zamil Industrial Investment Company (ZIIC) was founded in 1998, is headquartered in Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and employs more than 4,800 people in 50 countries. As an international manufacturing and fabrication group, it provides leading air conditioning, pre-engineered steel buildings, structural steel products, transmission towers, open web joists and decks, and architectural glass processing solutions to meet the requirements of the global construction industry through its three sector businesses: Zamil Air Conditioners (www.zamilac.com), Zamil Steel Industries (www.zamilsteel.com) and Zamil Glass Industries (www.zamilglass.com).
ZIIC exports to more than 70 markets and derives 37% of revenues from outside Saudi Arabia. For the period January - June 2003, net profits after Zakat contributions grew by 25% to SAR 31.3m (US$ 8.3m), while post Zakat earnings per share also grew by 25% to SAR 5.22 ($1.39), up from SAR 4.17 ($1.11) during the same period in 2002.
For the year ended 31 December 2002, profits were SAR 50.8 million (US$ 13.5m) on turnover of SAR 1.4 billion ($ 376m). ZIIC's shares have been actively traded on the Saudi Equity Market since early 2002. More information can be found at www.ziic.com.
For further information on this press release, please contact Zamil Industrial Investment Co., Public & Investor Relations Dept., Tel: (966) 3 8471840, Fax: (966) 3 8472574
Issued on behalf of Zamil Industrial Investment Company by Hill & Knowlton. For more information contact Mohammed El Batta on Tel: +973 533532, Fax: +973 533370
Posted by Anne-Birte Stensgaard, Senior News EditorSunday, September 14 - 2003 at 12:56 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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This article was updated on Fri Oct 13 2006.
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