HG-glas' recent order from LiSEC is a completely integrated and highly automated project
HG-glas is a pioneer in glass processing for system wall construction, shower doors and glass trade (including glass for furniture elements) and relies on LiSEC technology.
With 30 employees, Heylen-Geerts Glasindustrie nv processes around 120 different glass types into high-quality products for indoor use. Managing Director Marc Vermeulen and his wife are still active in the company, but the next generation, namely the fourth, is already ready to take over. Their daughter Diny Vermeulen is in charge of sales and administration and her brother, who is five years younger, is responsible for technology and leads the production.
HG-glas was founded in 1900 by Mr. Heylen and his wife, and initially specialized in glass products and painting tools. Since 1981, the company has been located on the current premises of approximately 17,500m² (1,500m² of which are offices) in Herentals, a town on the banks of the Albert Canal, some 50 kilometres southwest of Brussels. The main sales market is Belgium, about 20% of the products are exported to the Netherlands.
The first sensory perception when entering the production hall of the successful glass processor in Belgium: amazingly high degree of cleanliness, bright yellow machinery (combined with subtle grey) and the hiss of LiSEC shuttles that accelerate. HG-Glas where quality is writ great, attaches great importance to cleanliness, the production halls are extremely tidy. Diny Vermeulen: "Our distinguishing feature in the market are very h...