Flat Panel, LCD and PDP screens are taking over the television screen and computer monitor market, making bulky cathode-ray tube screens a thing of the past. Sleek flat screens are fast gaining market share and display many strong advantages. They take up far less space, weigh much less, can be made in very large dimensions, improve image quality and continue to drop in price.

For glassmakers, the transition from CRT screens to flat panel screens has created major challenges entailing development of the glasses, new processes and entirely new equipment.

Although not too long ago CRT glass was considered to be the most demanding glass in terms of quality, the quality levels demanded of PDP and LCD glasses are infinitely more challenging.
And unlike the majority of glassmaking markets, the technology of flat screen PDP and LCD glass continues to change. There is no universally acknowledged best solution. Glasssmakers the world over secretly develop and jealously guard their own solutions as they pursue this burgeoning market.

Saint-Gobain SEFPRO remains the choice partner to glassmakers throughout the world, providing them with the technology and expertise they need to keep pace with the latest developments.

• Saint-Gobain SEFPRO benefits from the best R&D resources in the world, enabling it to develop the original refractory solutions crucial to this fast-moving market. Saint-Gobain SEFPRO refractories provide glassmakers with the solutions they need for both outstanding glass quality and long furnace life.

• Saint-Gobain SEFPRO offers a unique range of glass furnace refractories and the most innovative products. Choosing from both fused-cast and sintered refractories, flat screen makers find everything they need from Saint-Gobain SEFPRO to implement their own innovations and designs. High zirconia fused-cast products, isostatic zircon refractories, tin oxides and other pioneering Saint-Gobain SEFPRO products help glassmakers the world over come up with the best furnace solutions for their products.

• Glassmakers know that Saint-Gobain SEFPRO means absolute confidentiality, another critical component in the competitive market of flat glass production.