Visual Comfort

Heatable Glazing

Pilkington supplies heated glazings that de-ice and de-mist either part or the whole of the windshield for improved driver comfort and passenger safety.

Pilkington's Hotscreen™  incorporates fine wires that are capable of de-icing a frozen screen at –5°C inside two minutes. A recent innovation allows the full area of the screen to be de-icedwithin this timescale. Pilkington is developing a full area coated heated windshield that provides both de-ice and anti-mist properties.

This heating functionality is in addition to the benefits of optimised solar control and high shape complexity that are already achieved with Pilkington Automotive coating technology.

Hydrophobic Glazing

Hydrophobic coating rapidly clears rainwater from the car side windows, and therefore increases visibility.