SmartGlass International is a proud sponsor of the Future Build feature at this year’s Grand Designs Live which runs from 25 April to 04 May in London’s Excel.

A large panel of grey tinted LC SmartGlass will be featured allowing visitors to interact by operating the SmartGlass window. Grey tinted LC SmartGlass offers many advantages including control over privacy, heat & light while protecting from damaging UV.

In the Future Build theatre visitors can get a first-hand look at cutting-edge products which have been chosen as essential to improving sustainability in the built environment . With the code for Sustainable buildings requiring all new homes to be zero carbon by 2016, it’s no surprise that the products are all environmentally friendly, offering the opportunity to reduce your carbon footprint.

Please see http://www.granddesignslive.com/detail.php?page=604&s=2002

01 April 2009 – SmartGlass International has developed a Hybrid combination of LC SmartGlass and SPD SmartGlass which it calls SCP SmartGlass (Solar Control Privacy).  This premium new product offers many benefits including control over light, glare and privacy while protecting from damaging UV.

Smart Glass International operations director Mr. Frank Bagnall said, “Our new SCP SmartGlass is a technologically advanced product created by utilising our advanced research, development and manufacturing techniques.  By including suspended particle device and polymer dispersed liquid crystal films we have created a product that has numerous environmental benefits for myriad uses.  Having successfully completed initial testing we anticipate launching SCP SmartGlass to the market in the very near future.”

Benefits will include immediate privacy on demand, control over light and glare levels (from approximately 3-65% light transfer) and protection from greater than 99.5% of damaging UV.  Any size up to 1,000mm * 3,200mm can be supplied including shaped and insulated glazed units for external use.

SmartGlass International has launched its new and improved website.  The stylish and easy to navigate website www.smartglassinternational.com offers clients the ability to view completed project portfolio’s, find local sales representatives, order samples boxes, request CPD seminars as well as providing all relevant technical information about SmartGlass International’s products.

Smart Glass International sales manager Mr. Alan Saxby said, “The investment in our new website will include various language versions in the near future with an Arabic language version coming on stream in late April.  In these tough economic times we continue to experience growth in our worldwide sales and plan to increase investment in marketing tools such as our website.”