AGC Automotive Europe has launched its darkest grey glass to date. With a light transmission factor(1) of only 8% and a solar factor(2) of 32%, this new tinted glass gives vehicle occupants more privacy, thermal comfort and solar protection than ever before – while also reducing the need for air conditioning.
 

After Volvo and Land Rover, now Subaru will include a pedestrian airbag as standard. When the new Impreza goes on sale in Japan in autumn 2016 it will be the first time a Japanese constructor offers such equipment.
 

AGC’s ability to produce the highest quality and widest range of automobile replacement glass is based on the company’s strong OE business.
 

The self-driving Mercedes Future Bus completed a 20-kilometre test run in Amsterdam last month, navigating its way safely from Schiphol airport to Haarlem.
 

A new sun-blocking glass development from AGC is set to improve the wellbeing and comfort of car drivers and passengers around the world.
 

Innovation can improve people’s lives in many ways, not least by creating products that reduce the environmental load while making daily life more comfortable.
 

M7 is the name of the future SNCB (Belgian rail company) double deck trains. These trains will be built by a consortium made of Alstom Valenciennes (head motor cars) and Bombardier Bruges (passenger cars), second worldwide train manufacturer. The first trains should be put into service in 2018. A first firm batch of 445 cars will be built up to 2021 and the SNCB has an option of 917 additional cars to be built between 2021 and 2028.
 

Three iconic models star in AGC’s original equipment start of production in June: Renault New Scenic, Mercedes GLC Coupé and Toyota Corolla (Facelift).
 

The AGC mission to help improve people’s lives with innovative solutions sometimes goes beyond products. A recent example is the AGC Automotive Replacement Glass (ARG) sponsorship of Huma’Venture – a non-profit organisation that gives volunteers an adventure while at the same time helping deprived children.
 

AGC Innovation of the Month for June is Leoflex™, a chemically-strengthened specialty glass with the promise of a big future. Because it is five times stronger than conventional thermally-tempered soda lime glass, it creates the opportunity to produce thinner glass – and therefore glass which is much lighter in weight.