Leading glass

sedak GmbH & Co. KG

Leading glass

Founded in 2007, sedak, the glass fabricator in Gersthofen, Germany, is the world’s leading manufacturer of oversize insulating and safety glass. sedak supplies glass units in dimensions up to 3.2m x 16m: processed, tempered, laminated, printed, coated and cold bent. The company was founded by Gerhard Seele and Siegfried Gossner. sedak has developed to a medium-sized and now independent corporation with 150 employees and a subsidiary in New York. The company is providing glass for spectacular construction projects all around the globe. The core capabilities are the lamination of glass, edging, and the company’s know-how of producing glass components with additional functional, and decorative elements. That knowhow has been deriving from sedak’s intense research and development.

With its large size glass units, sedak opens up extraordinary architectural design possibilities combined with economical advantages for façade constructors, architects, and contractors. sedak’s production has been optimized for glass up to 16m long; all finishing steps are handled in-house e.g. with the new, fully automated insulating glass line that produces insulating glass units up to 102mm thick. The enormous formats are available as safety or insulating glass. All products are obtainable colored, printed, specially treated for a thermal or sound insulation, as well as for sun protection. The glass units are delivered worldwide. sedak products are used for façades, glass roofs, balustrades, and stairs as well as for custom-made products, and ships. In the ship industry they can be installed in pool floors, walkable skylights, the hull glazing, rails or the ship’s floor. sedak, the world’s only full supplier for a glazing in this large size, sees itself as a partner for architects, contractors designers, and façade constructors.

Several architectural mile stones live on the creative power offered by glass manufactured by sedak. Outstanding references are e.g. the Städel Museum in Frankfurt, the Tottenham Court Road Station in London, the Lincoln Center and the Apple Cube, a sensational all-glass construction, in New York as well as numerous premium flagship stores around the world.


 

About the company

Founded in: 2007
Employees: 150
Located in: Gersthofen, Germany
Jersey City, USA (subsidiary)
Core capabilities: processing, tempering, printing, coating, laminating and cold bending of safety and insulating glass in dimensions up to 3.2m x 16m

USPs

• safety and insulating glass in oversize formats
• lamination and edging in an incomparable quality
• special knowhow of producing glass components with additional functional, and decorative elements for e.g. glass stairs or bridges

Applications

• glass façades
• glass roofs
• glass stairs
• glass balustrades
• ship building
• safety glazing
• all-glass constructions
• interior design
• custum-made glass units

References

• Tottenham Court Road Station, London
• Central Train Station, Strasbourg
• Comcast Executive Suites, Philadelphia: atrium stairs
• Glass units for 69 Apple flagship stores worldwide: glass façades, balustrade, and stairs
• Kritikos Residence, Miami Beach: glass stairs and 4 glass bridges
• Doug Aitken, Arles: projection screen
• Städel Museum, Frankfurt: skylights
• RUN-Artwork Olympic Games, London
• Apple-headquarter, Cupertino: approx. 1,616 canopies (57,724sqm), 872 glass units for the façade (30,348sqm laminates)
• Kaplan apartment, Tel Aviv: glass bridge
• Miami Museum of Art, Florida: hurricane resistant glass façade
• Aria hotel, Budapest: glass roof
• Barco, Toledo: projection walls, floors, and ceilings
• Tower of Evolution, Moscow
• Dior flagship store, Rodeo Drive, Los Angeles
• Valentino flagship store, New York
• Repulse Bay Residential, Hongkong: glass stairs
• Eastman House, Brussels
• SkyVenture flight tunnel, Arizona
• Viscon, Czech Republic: projection screen
• Zoo in Dählhölzli, Bern: glass laminates for the vivarium
• Zoo in Hannover: gorilla enclosure


 

For more information please contact:

sedak GmbH & Co. KG
Tatjana Vinkovic
Tel.: +49(0)821/2494-823
Fax: +49(0)821/2494-777
E-Mail: tatjana.vinkovic@sedak.com

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