glasstec 2026 · Meetings
Hall 12, Booth G71 · Messe Düsseldorf · 20–23 October 2026. Half-hour slots with our sales team every day, and with Ing. Martin Molnár, Owner and Managing Director, on Wednesday 21 October.
We will be at the booth throughout the fair – English, German and Chinese speakers from Tuesday to Thursday, English on Friday. Walk-ins are welcome; book a slot to be sure someone has time for you.
A tenth of the tin. A sixth of the platinum-group metals.
* on lines using water-borne paint
The week at a glance
The fair is open daily 09:00–18:00 · Düsseldorf time
Tuesday
20 Oct
Wednesday
21 Oct
Thursday
22 Oct
Friday
23 Oct
No appointment is needed to talk to the team – just come by. A booked slot makes sure someone is free for you.
Choose a time first; the form appears here.
Tin · sensitising and passivation
10×
Tin is applied to the glass in two steps: sensitising and passivation. A comparable amount of tin remains on the mirror, while about 21 times less goes into the rinse water.
Platinum-group metals · activation
≈ 6×*
Besides the platinum-group metals, Superactivator also contains a reducing agent. Most of the metal is therefore deposited on the glass, and about 26 times less goes into the rinse water. The figure applies to lines using water-borne paint (the “for green” range).
* on lines using water-borne paint. On lines using two-coat solvent-borne paint, Superactivator reduces the dose by about 2.4×.
Silvering line
A mirror is made on a silvering line in seven steps. EGO 93 supplies the chemistry for four of them: sensitising, activation, silvering and passivation. The line stays as it is; only the concentrates in the tanks change.
Changeover
The changeover requires no investment in equipment and no rebuilding of the line. What changes are the concentrates, their dilution as specified in the technical data sheet, and the nozzle maintenance routine; the pumps, nozzles, line speed and sequence of steps stay the same.
What the for green range is
Sensitising, activation, silvering and passivation from a single manufacturer. The range consists of the same concentrates as our Supersensitizer and Superactivator, together with MS silvering solutions.
On lines using water-borne paint, the platinum-group metal saving is greatest.
≈ 6× less
Model mirror plant · 5,000,000 m² of mirrors a year
The amount of metal remaining on the mirror is comparable with today’s. What changes is how much metal the mirror plant buys, how much of it is washed away with the rinse water and how much sludge results from it.
−83%
Almost all of the carbon footprint of the metals purchased for sensitising, activation and passivation is due to the platinum-group metals. A sixth of the platinum-group metal dose therefore reduces this footprint by 83%. For tin, −90%.
≈ 21×
The volume of rinse water does not change; what changes is the amount of metal the water carries away: ≈ 21× less tin and ≈ 26× less platinum-group metal.
≈ 27 t → ≈ 1.3 t
Tin dissolved in the rinse water is precipitated, and the sludge is dewatered, transported and landfilled. The less tin goes into the water, the less sludge is produced: wet sludge per year.
Illustrative calculation: 28 t CO₂e per kg of primary palladium (IPA 2022); for illustration we have applied the same value to the whole mixture of palladium and ruthenium. Emission factors of metals vary by up to an order of magnitude depending on their origin, so we give ratios: whatever value is assigned to a gram of metal, the carbon footprint of the purchased metal falls by 90% for tin and by 83% for platinum-group metals.
At the booth
On Wednesday 21 October our owner, Martin Molnár, will be at the booth all day.
Come by any time – we will be at the booth throughout the fair (Friday: English only). We will gladly go through the comparison with you, prepare an indicative calculation for your line and hand you the technical data sheets. Or write to us beforehand.