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Bird Friendly Glass

Bridging Beauty and Safety with Bird-Friendly Glass

Building with glass elegantly blurs the lines between indoor and outdoor spaces, enhancing aesthetics and enriching human experiences. While humans can recognize glass as a barrier, birds often cannot, leading to a tragic consequence: researchers estimate that up to a billion birds die each year in the U.S. from glass and building collisions. Glass poses an invisible threat to birds, exacerbated by factors like location, lighting, and landscaping. Birds are an essential part of our natural and built environments, and their well-being is vital.At Hartung, we partner with the best world premier glass manufacturers to provide innovative glass designs that cater to human needs while prioritizing bird collision avoidance. As awareness and demand for bird-friendly glass grow, we are committed to offering solutions that blend aesthetics, safety, and performance seamlessly.Choose bird-friendly glass – because there’s a better way to build.

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Why Choose Hartung?

High Performance Solutions

Hartung offers high-performance glazing solutions for bird-friendly patterns. We combine these patterns with a variety of glass components to meet “whole product” mandates in all climate zones.

Glazing in Style

Patterns and Glass Treatments that follow LEED Compliance. Pattern elements can be created in any shape: lines, dots or organic shapes. We provide multiple glass treatment options such as acidetch, ceramic frit, UV and plastic films.

Design Assistance

Our trusted and experienced design team can help you identify the “right” bird-friendly design to meet all of your project design needs. They will work alongside you to achieve the desired function and aesthetics.

Fast Glass

We understand that your business moves fast, and meeting deadlines is essential. We have multiple shifts working around the clock to meet your schedule and your project needs.

Key Product Features

Prescriptive Method

Following the 2×4 rule, Hartung uses visual markers or patterns on the glass 2” x 4” . This means the patterning must be at two inches or less of horizontal space or four inches or less of vertical space. Hartung can also produce markings at 2”x2” when appropriate

Vision and Aesthetic

Architects can meet bird-safe building requirements without compromising on a building’s aesthetic. Some patterns cover as little as 1% of the surface of the glass, while conforming to the 2×4 rule

Performance

The first few stories of a building are a danger zone for bird strikes. Their reflections upon a building’s lowest stories confuse birds, increasing strike incidents in this zone. Hartung provides solutions according with ABC for a Threat Factor of 30 or less.

Whole Product Mandates

As part of a high-quality fenestration design incorporating warm-edge spacers, argon gas-fill and thermally broken frames, Hartung partners with premiere glass suppliers to meet “Whole Product” mandates for every climate zone.

Heat Soaked Glass

The Heat Soaked Glass process is a technique used to reduce the risk of spontaneous breakage in tempered glass. During this process, tempered glass is heated to a high temperature and held for a certain period of time, causing any defective glass to break. The remaining glass is then considered “heat soaked” and is more resistant to breakage than non-heat soaked glass.

Heat Soak Glass

Why Choose Hartung?

Highest Quality Tempering Furnaces

Hartung employs a fleet of world-class tempering furnaces across the enterprise. Our tempering furnaces give us the ability to produce high-quality heat-treated glass products on a consistent basis.

Oversize Capabilities

Our facilities and processes are carefully designed to handle the production of oversized heat-treated glass without compromising quality or durability.

Flatter Glass

Optical distortion is an inherent feature associated with heat-treated glass. Through Hartung’s commercial glass facilities, optical distortion is more effectively monitored and controlled. With cutting-edge optical distortion measurement equipment being used as a critical part of our quality control inspection process, Hartung is able to consistently put out optically flatter glass.

Fast Glass

We have multiple shifts working around the clock to meet your schedule and your project needs. Ask your local Hartung partner about our expedited lead times for monolithic heat-treated glass products.

Key Product Features

Increased Safety

Heat soaked glass is less likely to spontaneously break, which makes it a safer option for buildings and vehicles.

Improved Resistance Against Thermal Stress

The heat soaked glass process strengthens the glass and increases its resistance to thermal stress, which makes it more durable and longer-lasting.

Improved Resistance Against Shock

Where greater impact resistance is necessary, consider using heat-strengthened glass products. For any commercial glazing application, Hartung recommends the use of heat-treated glass. Using heat soaked glass can reduce the risk of liability for architects, builders, and property owners by reducing the risk of glass breakage.

Improved Resistance to Loads

Heat treating glass increases its resistance to wind and snow loads. This improved performance can be critical where glass is used in structurally-glazed applications.

Heat-Treated Glass

Heat-treated glass is a term used to describe the product that results from introducing Annealed architectural glass into a tempering oven at a temperature of approximately 1,150° F, and then subsequently exposing both sides of the glass to high-pressure cooling or “quenching” conditions that serve to induce permanent zones of glass surface compression. As glass undergoes this procedure, its physical properties are altered where there is a significant increase in residual surface compressive strength and overall resistance to shock and thermal stress.

There are two general categories of heat-treated glass – heat-strengthened glass and fully tempered glass, both of which Hartung produces in strict accordance with the requirements and tolerances outlined in ASTM C1048. Heat-strengthened glass is twice as strong as annealed glass. It is better suited to resisting thermal stresses and edge damage and features a breakage pattern that is more likely to be retained within a glazing frame in case that breakage occurs. Fully tempered glass is four times as strong as annealed glass. It too offers superior resistance against thermal stresses and edge damage, but its breakage pattern is more conducive to having glass fall out of a frame when breakage takes place. Because of that and how fully tempered glass breaks into small, relatively harmless pieces, it is classified by building codes as a suitable option where “Safety Glass” is required.

Why Choose Hartung?

Highest Quality Tempering Furnaces

Hartung employs a fleet of world-class tempering furnaces across the enterprise. Our tempering furnaces give us the ability to produce high-quality heat-treated glass products on a consistent basis.

Oversize Capabilities

Our facilities and processes are carefully designed to handle the production of oversized heat-treated glass without compromising quality or durability.

Flatter Glass

Fast Glass

Key Product Features

Meets Building Code Requirements

Using tempered glass can reduce the probability of serious injury in areas where human impact is probable. It can be used in applications where safety glazing is required by code, and it is widely used in shower doors, building entrances, glass railings and balustrades, vision and spandrel areas, and skylights.

Improved Resistance Against Thermal Stress

Using heat-strengthened and tempered glass on your project gives you a building product that is more resilient against exposure to temperature extremes and differential shading conditions.

Improved Resistance Against Shock

Where greater impact resistance is necessary, consider using heat-strengthened glass products. For any commercial glazing application, Hartung recommends the use of heat-treated glass.

Improved Resistance to Loads

Heat treating glass increases its resistance to wind and snow loads. This improved performance can be critical where glass is used in structurally-glazed applications.

Shower Enclosures

Hartung offers Glass Shower Doors for Commercial, Residential and Hospitality projects. Glass shower doors are an excellent option to upgrade any bathroom. Their functional purpose as a long-term alternative to shower curtains is to prevent water from leaking from the designated shower space. There are a number of different variations of glass enclosures to choose from, but they all consist of one or more panes of glass and hardware. Based on the layout and style of your bathroom, an important first decision is whether to go with a single glass panel (or shower screen), a swinging door or a sliding door. From there, you would narrow it down even further with your choice of options like style, the thickness of glass, glass type, height, and any accessories such as towel bars, handles and robe hooks.

Eventually, you will end up with a completely customized shower door that beautifully compliments your bathroom.

With over 70 years of bath and shower enclosure design and manufacturing experience, Hartung proudly offers one of the industry’s widest ranges of superior shower doors. Available in limitless configurations and fully customizable in terms of glass thickness, glass type, metal finish and a variety of hardware styles and accessories, if you or your customer can imagine it, we can manufacture it. Even If you are not looking for fully assembled enclosures, our extensive manufacturing resources mean we can supply you with just the hardware you need or the glass cut to your specified size and shape. Take a closer look at some of these product offerings on our Agalite website.

Why Choose Hartung?

Proven Experience

With over 70 years of bath and shower enclosure design and manufacturing experience under our belt, we’re confident that we can provide what you’re looking for at quality levels that exceed your expectations.

Customer Service

Hartung is here to partner with and to serve you. We can provide support at each step of the way, from measurements to installation and maintenance. That, combined with our design and manufacturing expertise, provides what other companies can’t.

Full Customization of Glass

Hartung has the experience to handle any number of glass specifications for your shower door project. Whether you need glass cut to specific angles and sizes or unique hinge cutouts, holes or slots, we have the capacity to successfully manufacture the glass to meet your requirements.

Quality

We hold the needs of our customers as the highest priority and back it up by offering an industry-leading Lifetime Limited Warranty.

Proprietary Hardware

Our engineers have taken special care in designing the Agalite hardware line to provide you with premier hardware solutions. For example, Agalite heavy-glass hinges come with a waffle pattern on the interior surface to deliver a much-improved grip on the glass. This same attention to detail was applied to the rest of the hardware offerings, including handles, towel bars, headers, wall channels, clamps, support bars, and much more.

Fast Glass

We understand that your business moves fast, and meeting deadlines is essential. We have multiple shifts working around the clock to meet your schedule and your project needs.

Key Product Features

Endless Configurations

Shower doors can be designed and manufactured to fit virtually any space. Using proper glass fabrication and hardware, shower doors can be built to accommodate tubs, benches, ledges, corners, and out-of-square walls.

Spatial Enhancement

Shower doors are meant to blend seamlessly into the bathroom space. Choosing the right style and colors is crucial to ensuring your shower door fits the environment. Hartung offers several sliding and swing doors with all styles and colors to enhance your bathroom environment.

Water Leakage Prevention

A very important function of shower doors is keeping water inside your shower. Based on the layout of your shower door and the direction of the showerhead(s), this will impact how the door will deflect water back into the enclosure. Our Hartung customer service team will work with you to find the best solution to ensure that we maximize leakage prevention while meeting your design needs.

Durability & Easy Maintenance

Glass shower doors provide a high-quality, long-term alternative to shower curtains. From our incredibly tough electroplate or powder-coated metal finishes to Diamon-Fusion® glass protection, Hartung’s quality keeps your door performing for a lifetime and helps keep it looking as fresh as the day you bought it.

Mirror

Mirrors are used for a variety of functional and aesthetic purposes. They can be found in bathrooms, stores, gyms, studios, art installations, and various interiors. A basic makeup of the modern mirror is a sheet of glass coated on one side with a metallic, reflective layer. Other protective layers follow on top, most commonly consisting of paint. This coat of paint protects the metallic layers from being exposed, which can lead to “mirror rot” or black-edge corrosion.

Regardless of the application, Hartung can supply you with the mirror to fit your space. We stock only the highest level quality of mirror, providing a beautiful reflective surface and minimizing the chance of black-edge corrosion. Mirrors can be purchased in cases or individual sheets, depending on your desired volume. Because the primary structure to mirror is glass, all of our fabrication knowledge and expertise is easily translated to mirrors. We can cut individual sheets to endless sizes and shapes tailored to your specific project needs.

Why Choose Hartung?

Manufacturing Expertise

We apply decades of glass fabrication knowledge and expertise directly to our mirror products. We can manufacture mirrors in limitless shapes and designs to meet your project requirements.

Case & Sheet Distribution

Hartung has the capacity to provide you with full cases of mirrors, or we will open up a case and send you any number of sheets. Regardless of your volume, Hartung will work with you to make sure your needs are met.

Design Assistance

Our trusted and experienced design team can help you identify the “right” mirror product to meet all of your project design needs.

Fast Glass

We understand that your business moves fast, and meeting deadlines is essential. We have multiple shifts working around the clock to meet your schedule and your project needs.

Key Product Features

Reflection

The excellent reflective properties of mirrors make them both functional and aesthetically unique for any application.

Brighten and Enlarge Rooms

Mirrors are often used by interior designers for the effect that they can have on a room, making rooms appear larger and brighter.

Versatility

There are numerous creative uses for mirrors, including interior decorating, art, research equipment, and safety equipment. Its uses only continue to grow as technology advances.

Minimal Black-edge Corrosion

Quality glass and protective layering reduce the chance of black-edge corrosion in mirrors. Hartung purchases their mirror from top-tier sources to ensure you receive products that are built to last.

Glass Types

Float glass comes in several varieties for functional and aesthetic purposes. That can be with patterns or textures, differences in color, tempering levels for safety, and coatings for easier maintenance, reflection, or emissivity.

Hartung’s wide-ranging stock of glass types means that we can provide you options to cater to your every project, whether that’s the shower in your bathroom or the doors to your office. Choose from a range of sizes and thicknesses. Hartung has what you need when you need it. These options come in both cases and sheets. Regardless of the volume you are working with, we can help supply you with the glass to get your projects completed. Please contact your local Hartung partner to find out what we can do for you today.

Download a list of our glass offerings here

Why Choose Hartung?

Large Stock Collection

With numerous locations around the US and Canada, Hartung has the ability to carry a wide-ranging portfolio of stock glass types. Having these on hand allows us to quickly supply you with the glass you need and when you need it.

Case & Sheet Distribution

Hartung has the capacity to provide you with full cases of glass, or we will open up a case and send you any number of sheets. Regardless of your volume, Hartung will work with you to make sure your needs are met.

Endless Customizations

Hartung carries an expansive portfolio of glass types and thicknesses from the world’s premier glass manufacturers (Vitro, Guardian Glass, Pilkington, AGC, and Saint Gobain).

Design Assistance

Our trusted and experienced design team can help you identify the “right” glass type to meet all of your project design needs.

Fast Glass

We understand that your business moves fast, and meeting deadlines is essential. We have multiple shifts working around the clock to meet your schedule and your project needs.

Key Product Features

Clear & Textured Options

Glass options come in a variety of unique patterns and traditional non-patterned types. Based on your design needs, there are options to make sure the glass fits perfectly within the space. See below for a sample selection of our glass types.

Environmental Benefits

Coating options are available with Low-E and reflective properties. These options provide increased resistance to thermal heat transfer, which will contribute to improved energy efficiency for your building.

Strength

Our glass options can be annealed, heat-strengthened, and fully-tempered to meet your specifications. Each of these options provides varying degrees of safety because of their strength properties and the breakage pattern when under stress.

Specialty Options

Outside of the traditional flat glass options of clear, colored and textured glass, there are a number of other options available, including cases and sheets for both mirror and fire-rated products.

Clear

Starphire

Bubbles

Rain

Narrow Reed

Glue Chip

Bamboo

Velvex

Barock

Esto

Etre

Aqui

Satin Etch

Grey

Bronze

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Interior Solutions

Why Choose Hartung?

Equipment to do the Job Right

Hartung is proud to carry state-of-the-art CNC and glass fabrication equipment. With it, no job is too complex and no job is too large.

Proven Experience

Hartung has completed thousands of interior glass projects within the multifamily, hospitality, commercial and residentail space in both the United States and Canada. We have a proven track record of on-time delivery and products fabricated with exceptional quality.

Application Experts

Hartung’s experienced design team can provide you with critical product-selection guidance and expert design advice.

Fast Glass

We understand that your business moves fast and meeting deadlines is essential. We have multiple shifts working around the clock to meet your schedule and your project needs.

Laminated Glass

Laminated glass is made by permanently bonding two or more lites of glass together with a polymeric interlayer sheet using a process that involves exposure to cycles of heat and pressure within a specialized autoclave chamber.

More than ever, laminated glass products are being used in various types of building construction applications serving as durable, translucent fenestration and building interior material options that offer the benefits of daylighting and unobstructed views while also meeting building code standard requirements for safety glazing applications.

Laminated glass is effective at reducing the probability of injury. Similar to what you see in a windshield when laminated glass sustains an impact, the adhesion of ruptured glass to the interlayer material prevents the glass from shattering and becoming potentially-lethal projectiles, and it often results in the glass being safely retained within a framing or channel system. The protective properties of laminated glass can be further enhanced using combinations of thicker glass and thicker interlayer components and through the use of more durable, stiffer or structural interlayer materials.

Why Choose Hartung?

Certified Performance

Hartung is proud to be a SentryGlas® Certified Fabricator and a member of Vitro’s Certified Laminator Program. As such, Hartung has been able to consistently demonstrate that its products are produced to the highest level of laminated product performance and quality.

Endless Customizations

Hartung carries an expansive portfolio of laminated glass components including a myriad of glass types and thicknesses from the world’s premier glass manufacturers (Vitro, Guardian Glass, Pilkington, AGC, and Saint Gobain) along with countless PVB, Aliphatic Polyurethane (Glass Clad Polycarbonates and Acrylics) and Ionoplast (SentryGlas) interlayer options.