Factory visits
As well as demonstrating how a product is made, a factory visit can often provide unrivalled insight into how a company actually thinks and operates, as well as being remarkably inspirational. See, learn, be inspired, and ask lots of questions.
Glazing Vision’s unique factory was described at a recent architects’ event as, "An efficient, clean and tidy engineering factory, [of the kind] you'd expect to find in Germany, hidden away in Diss, Norfolk"!
See how staff take raw materials and fashion them into a fixed, hinged or sliding glass 'wow' feature. You’ll be shown various bonding techniques and glass specifications, and will gain an in-depth look at how pre-treatment and powder coating standards are tested and met.
Glazing Vision is the UK's leading manufacturer of flat roof rooflights. Founded in 1994, today it manufactures thousands of rooflights for installation throughout the world. Glazing Vision manufactures rooflights available from stock, as well as bespoke rooflights for award-winning projects. Whether the need is for fixed, hinged or sliding rooflights, Glazing Vision helps minimise framework and maximise performance every time.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: one hour
Full-day tour of a factory in Switzerland that produces high-end design-led sanitary ware. The tour gives participants an in-depth understanding of how high-quality ceramics are made, covering areas such as the ceramic craft production processes, the different product types and material components of porcelain sanitary ware.
Please note that this tour is “by invitation only” further to booking request.
The personality of this highly traditional Swiss brand reflects a symbiosis of design, quality and functionality. The company's core competence is its knowledge of sanitary ware manufacturing. Over the course of 120 years, the LAUFEN brand has used the oldest malleable material known to man to make innovative sanitary products in state-of-the-art plants with legendary Swiss precision.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: one day (Switzerland)
A tour of production lines, quality control processes and product testing areas. Also covers supply chain management, manufacturing processes and materials, and extensive showroom displays including new product developments.
Diversifying production has played a key role in the growth of a business group that started off manufacturing a single product: ceramic tiles. Today, the group’s eight companies offer a vast selection of products, ranging from kitchen and bathroom equipment to state-of-the-art building solutions for contemporary architecture.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: two days