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For more than 130 years, sophisticated customers all over the world – operators of complex solar systems, renowned car manufacturers and decision-makers in the high-tech industry – have trusted in the high-quality of FLABEG solutions in the field of glass finishing.

To maintain this good reputation, we constantly work on developing and implement-ing innovative technologies and applications. With a high degree of flexibility, compe-tence and precision. With commitment and passion.

LEADING GLASS TECHNOLOGY

FLABEG – the innovative leader in the glass industry.

Quality management:

• Optimal use of the latest technologies.

• Certification and optimization of production processes.

• Enhancing production safety.

• Securing a reliable production and material flow.

Automotive

Interior and exterior mirrors as well as invisible cover glass for vehicle displays.

Solar

High-quality solar mirrors for the efficient generation of energy with solar power technology.

Technical Glass

Examples of areas of applica-tion are consumer electronics, displays and anti-glare glass with UV protection for art in museums.

Business Lines:

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FLABEG worldwide

Quality and innovation – since 1882.

“13 locations. Represented worldwide. A smart network strategy. This is what global proximity means for us. Our customers appreciate that we offer them an integrated solution from a wide range of core competences.”Carmen Worbs, Assistant to the Management

1991 Introduction of sag bending.

2003Acquisition of the automotive mirror business of Schott Spezialglas GmbH. 2007Acquisition of the HIRTZ branches in France, Italy and the Czech Republic. 2009 / 2010Expansion of FLABEG locations to the USA and India.

1956Erection of the first bending furnace. 1972First vapour deposition plant for mirror coating. 1976Development of solar reflectors began. 1983First major order for solar panels.

1882Establishment of the Furth glass plant with three mirror glass furnaces.

1919 – 1933Construction of the first mirror trough and several grinding and polishing plants. 1953Simultaneous production of flat and hollow glass due to the full automa-tion of the mirror glass trough.

First continuously running mirror coating conveyor in Europe.

FLABEG‘s roots are closely linked to the development of the glass industry in general. A pioneering spirit, ambition and the will to continuously improve our innovations have always been what drives us – as well as the basis of FLABEG‘s success. Today we are a global leader in technology.

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Know-how edge through close cooperation.

Peak performances are contin-gent on employees‘ qualifica-tions and commitment. This is why FLABEG consistently in-vests in the professional training and advanced professional train-ing of its excellent specialists.

More than 1,800 employees are currently working ambitiouslyon developing and improving our products and services world-wide. Our customers appreciate this commitment.

FLABEG developers cooperate closely with scientists and researchers in order to secure sustained clear competitive advantages for our customers. Innovative glass products with clearly innovative properties and more economic production processes are developed in interdisciplinary dialogues.

External Sales actual TEUR

FY 08 / 09 FY 09 / 10 FY 10 / 11

Automotive 80,907 78,219 69,505

Technical Glass 14,298 14,051 17,426

Solar 72,330 58,805 96,740

Total 167,535 151,075 183,671

Success means satisfied customers.

We are supported worldwide by renowned insti-tutes such as Bayreuth University, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Technical Univer-sity of Munich (TUM). We work together to im-prove the quality and the efficiency of our products in the long term.

External Sales by Region

actual TEUR

FY 08 / 09 FY 09 / 10 FY 10 / 11

Automotive & Technical Glass

Europe 64,398 61,501 55,473

NAFTA 19,054 18,057 19,337

South America 3,909 3,911 3,912

Asia-Pacific 7,434 8,447 7,651

ROW 409 354 557

Total 95.205 92.270 86.931

Solar worldwide 72,330 58,805 96,740

Total 167,535 151,075 183,671

Modern research, analysis methods and precise measuring instruments are used for the micrometer and nanometer fields.

This invaluable close cooperation enables us to develop future solutions to meet the explicit needs of our customers.

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Automotive

Our contribution to improve safety.

As the leading manufacturer of mirrors and invisible cover glass for vehicle displays, FLABEG guarantees better safety and less stress while driving. Brands such as Audi, BMW, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, GM, Renault, Nissan, Toyota, VW and Volvo trust in our know-how and in our high standards of production quality.

Mirror coatings with a reflection in a wide range of 40 % to 90 % designed as a standard mirror or even as a beam splitter – we develop solutions according to the needs of any application.

Interior mirrors

Classical prisms in various shapes, special mirrors with an anti-reflex coating and beam splitters for the integra-tion of information.

Exterior mirrors

Vehicle mirrors in vari-ous shapes (flat, spheri-cal, aspherical, plan-aspherical, bi-convex) or coatings (silver, chrome, blue, low-glare, beam splitter).

Beam splitters

When required, beam splitters permit the inconspicuous integra-tion of information elements such as warn-ing lights or displays in mirror systems.

Sunvisor mirrors

Design and comfort are very important in modern vehicles. So our offer is accordingly diverse.

Cover glass

Optically coated and anti-reflective, this glass enables vital information to be reliably captured on any kind of displays.

Glass assembly

Mirrors, heater ele-ments and backing plates as full assem-blies.

Willibald Vogl, Team Leader Automotive

“Lowest tolerances enable FLABEG to design the smallest possible mirror to fulfill the required field of vision.”

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Solar

Innovation from the pioneer of solar technology.

Solar thermal technology is currently the only regenerative technology that is able to replace fossil and nuclear power stations in the medium load area.

The possibility to efficiently store energy and also generate more than eight hours of clean energy, even after sunset, is unique to solar technologies.

FLABEG mirrors are extremely robust. They have been installed in virtually all the commercially operated power stations since the 1980s and are in daily operation even today without any losses of power.

Parabolic Trough mirrors

The efficiency of a solar panel depends on the solar reflection of the mirror layer and the precision of bending. An absorber pipe with a diameter of 70 mm must be targeted from a distance of almost two meters.

FLABEG achieves a hit rate of virtually 100 %.

Mirrors for Dishes

Dish stirling systems are made up of concave mirror systems with dia-meters of three to 25 meters. FLABEG cuts the mirrors into any shape.

Per request, FLABEG will also produce dishes measuring more than 1.30 m in diameter from a single piece of glass.

Mirrors for Towers

Solar power technology is frequently found in desert-like areas with high climatic requirements. FLABEG flat mirrors are distinguished by their tried-and-tested durability. They are also corrosion-resistant and resistant to desert sand.

Mirrors for Linear Fresnel

Fresnel mirror collectors bundle the sunlight onto an absorber pipe via several parallel and level flat mirror facets. FLABEG produces precise flat mirrors in different dimensions and thicknesses.

“The highest level of reflection and precision, the key to the greatest degree of efficiency, is achieved with great care and through processes that have been mastered to perfection.”Dr. Olaf Knebel, Sales Engineering

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Technical Glass

Invisible intelligence with a diverse range of applications.

We make glass invisible with sophisticated thin-film technologies – for example in the case of minimal reflection filter panels for consumer electronics and displays or optical-interference anti-reflective glass with UV protection for art in museums.

Thanks to the highest degree of flexibility and specific knowledge, we are in a position to meet the requirements of a wide variety of markets – and we develop high-quality solutions for our customers’ individual requests.

“There is virtually nothing that cannot be made more functional, more convenient and safer with the right type of glass.”

For use in transport: automobile, marine, aviation

Displays for industrial andmedical technology appliances

Display panels for indoor and outdoor use

Lighting Display cabinets in museums White goods (e.g. refrigeration and food counters)

Food, goods and game machines

Home electronics (e.g. computers, TV, video)

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Finishing processes

Individual solutions for exceptional requirements.

Glass finishing is the supreme discipline in glass processing. FLABEG is a world leader in this area. Thanks to its experience, know-how and innovation FLABEG develops individual effective solutions for a wide range of the most unique customer requests.

Precise bending and coating determines the quality and performance of solar mirrors. FLABEG products are highly regarded worldwide. Our technicians and engineers also master all the processes relating to glass processing, seeking new solutions every day. Seeking to optimize. Seeking after unknown applications.

“The constant standardization of all production and finishing processes is the basis for essential reproducibility. For consistent quality. For the highest degree of customer satisfaction.”

Bending

Coating

Cutting

Drilling

Edge finishing (grinding and seaming)

Screen printing Lasering

TVG (thermal)

ESG (thermal)

VSG

Applications:

Modular assembly

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Business Units: Automotive Solar Technical Glass

FLABEG Brasil Ltda.

Automotive

Al Comendador Dr Santoro Mirone 1000 Indaiatuba SP 13347-300 Brazil

Tel.: +55 19 39 36 80 20 Fax: +55 19 39 35 50 23

FLABEG Solar India Pvt. Ltd.

Solar

D-26, 2nd floor, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi 11049, India

Tel.: +91 11 427 057 71 Fax: +91 11 241 108 84

FLABEG Automotive India Pvt. Ltd.

Automotive

D-26, 2nd floor, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi 11049, India

Tel.: +91 11 427 057 71 Fax: +91 11 241 108 84

FLABEG Automotive Mirrors (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.

Automotive Solar

Heping Industry Zone, Lvxiang Town Jinshan District Shanghai 201518 People‘s Republic of China

Tel.: +86 21 57 20 79 33 Fax: +86 21 57 20 79 55

FLABEG Solar US Corp.

Solar

2201 Sweeney Drive Clinton, PA 15026, USA

Tel.: +1 724 899 4622 Fax: +1 724 899 4646

FLABEG Technical Glass US Corp.

Technical Glass

Church & Bridge Street Po Box 71 Naugatuck, CT 06770, USA

Tel.: +1 203 729 5227 Fax: +1 203 729 8400

FLABEG Czech s.r.o.

Automotive

Sklárska 182 357 07 OlovÍ Czech Republic

Tel.: +420 352 36 86 11 Fax: +420 352 36 86 80

FLABEG Kft.

Automotive Technical Glass

Ernst Abbe u. 1-2 4700 Mátészalka Hungary

Tel.: +36 44 50 23 10 Fax: +36 44 50 23 30

FLABEG France S.A.S.

Automotive Technical Glass

Z.I. Sarrewerden BP 109 67262 Sarre-Union France

Tel.: +33 3 88 01 66 66 Fax: +33 3 88 00 33 32

Headquarters Nürnberg FLABEG Holding GmbH

Waldaustraße 13 90441 Nürnberg, Germany

Tel.: +49 911 964 56 0 Fax: +49 911 964 56 451

FLABEG Deutschland GmbH

Automotive Technical Glass

Glaserstraße 1 93437 Furth im Wald, Germany

Tel.: +49 9973 858 0 Fax: +49 9973 858 180

FLABEG GmbH

Solar

Glaserstraße 1 93437 Furth im Wald, Germany

Tel.: +49 9973 8052 0 Fax: +49 9973 8052 119

FLABEG GmbH

Solar

Im Zollhafen 18 50678 Köln, Germany

Tel.: +49 911 964 56 121 Fax: +49 911 964 56 470

FLABEG international

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