The Pilkington Botanical™ range offers products that preserve or even boost the light transmission. Coatings and surfaces can be fine-tuned based on specific requirements. The diverse nature of plants and crops and varying climates means that no single solution will fit all.

Glass can be used to create building interiors which connect occupants with the external environment, combining unbroken views of the surrounding nature and high level of natural light with the comfort and safety of the internal environment.

As its light transmission is higher than clear float glass, it is perfect for applications where transparency and purity of colour are desired. Low-iron glass is made using carefully selected raw materials with a naturally low iron content.

Reduces solar heat gain and offers high levels of natural light to provide comfortable and pleasant environments in which to live and work. Improves the energy efficiency of domestic or commercial buildings whilst enabling the extensive use of glass and the benefit of passive solar gain.

For years, glass manufacturers and fabricators have been changing the appearance and performance properties of float glass by applying coatings to it.

Products are shipped from its distribution centers in Columbus, Ohio and Phoenix, Arizona to external retailers and wholesale customers and its network of company-owned wholesale service centers throughout the US. The business also has aftermarket operations located throughout Mexico.

Specially designed for the optimum roof unit, Pilkington Activ™ Blue is perfect for use in greenhouses and winter gardens. Its self-cleaning properties make it ideal for use in hard to reach places that are difficult to clean.

Applications Pilkington OptiView™ is ideal for a wide range of traditional and new low reflective applications in which clarity of view is of paramount importance.

They are ideal for any applications whether commercial or domestic, where an uncoated solar control glass in a refreshing soft green color is required. To achieve additional thermal insulation, the products have to be combined in an insulating glass unit with a low-emissivity glass.

Glass can be used for its mechanical strength in a number of situations. In architecture it can be designed to withstand the varied loads that the world's weather systems can throw at it. You cannot say that the glass will never break but the probability of it breaking can be minimized.