Employee recognition at Emirates Glass is an important part of company culture to create an outstanding workplace. When employees and their work are valued, their satisfaction and productivity rises, and they are motivated to maintain or improve their good work.

Emirates Glass organized a small event for all the contributors in the company’s growth performance in 2018 to show its appreciation towards employees to create an engaged and loyal workforce. Mr. Abdul Aziz Serkal, CEO – Building Material, Mr. Ahmed Al Shared, Operations Manager, and Mr. Krishnamurthy, COO from Dubai Investments PJSC were the Guest of Honors at the event. The awards were hosted by Mr. Rizwanulla Khan, Executive President, Emirates Glass. The ceremony included speeches from the guests, awards distribution and cake cutting at the end.

Following are the names of the winners:

Award Winners:
1. Mr. Samih Yehia (Salesman for the year 2018)
2. Mr. Hari Nandukkandy (Salesman for the year 2018)
3. Mr. Rakan Abdallah (Salesman for the year 2018)
4. Mrs. Marie Khourie (Customer Service Manager for the year 2018)
5. Mr. Suresh Babu (Excellent Production Management for the year 2018)
6. Mr. Sandeep Nair (Excellent Quality Management for the year 2018)
7. Mr. Nasser Safadi (Excellent Collection Management for the year 2018)
8. Mr. Masoud Morshedy (Excellent Services in Public Relations for the year 2018)
9. Mr. Amertharaj (Excellent Production Planning in CL-01 for the year 2018)
10. Mr. Jiju Bhaskar (Outstanding dedication & commitment for the year 2018)
11. Estimation Department (Efficient Team Work for the year 2018)

Certificate Winners for Outstanding Performance & Valuable Contribution:
1. Mr. Marghoub Ibrahim Tawfik Mouhran
2. Mr. Aju Pappachan
3. Mr. Mohamed Rasool Gani Pakir Maideen
4. Mr. Amit Gulati
5. Mr. Anoop Ramaiah Anand
6. Mr. Siby Paul
7. Mr. Sai Teja Vemula Murali
8. Mr. Raj Deo Chaudhary
9. Francis John Kundukulam

Certificate Winner for Excellent Sports Personality:
1. Manikandan Pazhaniswamy (1st position in the Chess competition)

Certificate Winners for Excellent Sports Team:
1. Emirates Glass Volley Ball Team (1st position)
2. Emirates Glass Basket Ball Team (2nd Position)
3. Emirates Glass Cricket Team (2nd Position)
4. Emirates Glass Football Team (3rd position)

Emirates Glass brings together industry experts for International Architectural Glass Conference

Emirates Glass, a subsidiary of Dubai Investments PJSC and one of the largest processors of flat architectural glass in the Middle East, hosted the annual International Architectural Glass Conference at Dubai Investments House, an open forum of dialogue and discussion that gave glass professionals insight into a number of important industry topics including lessons from the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, security glazing, and acoustic glazing.

The event, held in conjunction with the Glass and Glazing Federation MENA region (GGF), brought together industry experts and speakers from a range of international firms from the US, UK, Europe and the region to present on a broad range of subjects.

One session focussed on the causes and lessons learned from the Grenfell Tower fire, a 2017 tragedy that took the lives of over 70 lives in a London towerblock. Others ranged from the performance of laminated glass, sealant compatibility, adhesive backed polymeric film design and anisotropy.

Rizwanulla Khan, Executive President of Emirates Glass, said: “The International Architectural Glass Conference in Dubai is a unique event that provides an open forum of dialogue and discussion for the audience. The goal is to have all stakeholders, including architects, consultants, glass processors, aluminium fabricators, and suppliers disseminate information and knowledge gathered from years of research and hands-on experience. The platform not only deliberates on current issues that the industry is confronted with but also lays the groundwork for the future by exploring innovations that are imperative for the glass industry to thrive in the Middle East and beyond.”

Other topics covered during the event included safety and security glazing in the region, the increased use of laminated glass in the MENA region, the effects of acoustic pollution, new developments in silicone sealant glazing design and on anisotropy of heat-treated glass, and the benefit to energy sustainability presented by retrofit films.

Thomas Bell Wright International Consultants Visits Emirates Glass

A team of 10 façade engineers and façade consultant visited Emirates Glass for Glass And Glazing Technical Training Session. This session is amongst the series of the trainings that Emirates Glass is providing to become a center of learning and innovation within the Middle East region.

The glass technical training session provided a platform for the TBW team to gain firsthand experience and learn about glass manufacturing, processing and performance. The training started with the explanation of the glass manufacturing process at Emirates Float Glass. Then the Technical Marketing Team at Emirates Glass explained about the different properties related to glass and how each of these factors play an important role in the determination of glass selection in the Middle East. The QAQC team conducted the factory tour that allowed the TBW team to view the EGL’s state-of-the-art machinery for glass processing, coatings and testing for high performance architectural coated glass. The training ended with an in-depth discussion of how Emirates Glass products are best suited in Middle East owing to the various globally recognized standards which Emirates Glass follows and its hi-tech measuring and testing facilities for optical and thermal properties of glazed panels.

Thomas Bell-Wright International Consultants (TBWIC) was established in Dubai in 1995 by Tom Bell-Wright. The company has contributed to more than 600 projects Curtain Wall & Façade Consultancy around the region and has also conducted more than 100 tests in a year for Resistance & Reaction to fire testing.TBWIC is approved laboratory for testing and certification by: UAE Civil Defense, Qatar Civil Defense, Ashghal Qatar, Kuwait Civil Defense, Jordanian Civil Defense and Oman Civil Defense. The Company is a member of CWCT, BSI, FCIA and EGOLF (an association of European fire testing laboratories).

Thomas Bell Wright and Emirates Glass enjoy excellent relations. Both belonging to the top of their industries, the two companies are connected in more ways than just architectural glass & façade solutions.  Emirates Glass values its cooperation with TBW in a wide range of areas such as of architectural glass, facades as well as quality testing. Emirates Glass is active in all these fields and work with TBW to provide best glass products and services. In turn, this will lead to a strengthening of bilateral relations in the future.