Today’s construction glass has almost unlimited possibilities, including safety of people and assets. It can be both barrier to fire and resistant to impact load, that is, protect against burglary. More and more frequently, we find it combine a number of functions. The POLFLAM fire-resistant glass sealed to a glass sheet of an increased safety class (P) is an example of such a multi-function product.
Even larger glazed partitions to provide maximum daylight inside the building – this is the dominating trend in modern architecture today. Large fire-resistant glass panels are, however, a technology challenge for manufacturers, nearly as big as the required fire-resistance rating.
POLFLAM has broken down another technology barrier by introducing POLFLAM® EI 60, the symmetrical fire-resistant glass in a record-breaking format: 2420 x 4620 mm!
Fire protection regulations are very strict all over the world. A building’s design must provide for limited spread of fire and smoke inside the building. What response can modern architecture expect where open space, glass facades and light-weight glass walls are predominant? (more…)Our firm has yet again been chosen to share the elite company of the most dynamically growing enterprises in Poland. Polfam has been given a very high ranking in a prestigious list of the best Mazovia-region companies with revenue ranging from PLN 5 m to 50 m, published by Forbes magazine.
(more…) In addition to aesthetic values, functional flexibility is expected from contemporary architecture. This is particularly important in commercial buildings for lease or for sale. Manufacturers of construction materials come to designers’ aid, delivering products and entire solutions to facilitate arrangement of such “flexible spaces.” (more…)
