Guardian Industries

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• Glass
• Automotive products
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Guardian Industries Corporation is a 1932 based American company headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Guardian is one of the world's leading companies in the field of flat glass manufacture, manufacture of glass products and glass fiber insulation and products for the construction industry for the services sector and the residential and automotive sector. Guardian employs over 19,000 people worldwide, including 4,300 in Europe and has a presence in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. President and CEO until his death William Davidson.

History

In 1947 the company was acquired by William Davidson. 1970, probably represents the most important year in company history, from then Guardian flat glass could produce by the float glass process. For Guardian opened in the same year his first factory for the production of float glass in Carleton, Michigan and today the company has 28 float glass lines and 13 production facilities worldwide.

From 1980, the company began to diversify its activities and were more works opened in the production of fiberglass insulation. The European market launch came in 1981 with the opening of the plant in Bascharage, Luxembourg. Other works were created in Germany, Spain, England, Hungary and Poland.

In the 1990s, the Guardian had an upswing in both the construction materials sector as well as the automotive sector through the acquisition of the Automotive Moulding Company in Warren, Michigan; Lab. Radio in Valencia, Spain; Builder Marts of America ( BMA) and Cameron Ashley Building Products (which now represents the Guardian Building Products Distribution ) in 2000. Later, the company strengthened also his efforts in research and development with the opening of a research center (Science & Technology Center ) in Carleton, Michigan. Thus, the products are sold both the commercial and residential divisions, solar and electronic products and the automotive sector improved and expanded.

The acquisition of Siegel -Robert Automotive in 2008 led to the creation of the subsidiary SRG Global, the world's largest provider of high quality plastic coatings.

Divisions

Guardian distinguishes three major divisions:

Glass products

The registered trademarks in the flat glass sector include:

• ClimaGuard ®: insulating glass
• SunGuard ®: sunlenses
• EcoGuard ®: particularly clear glass ( low iron content ) for solar energy systems
• LamiGlass ®: Guardian's laminated safety glass (LSG )
• Ultra ® Mirror: Mirror
• Satin Deco ®: matt, acid-treated glass
• Deco Cristal ®: flat glass, which is coated on one side with a paint job
• ShowerGuard ®: a specially coated glass shower, which remains free of corrosion caused by hard water or soap
• Diamond Guard ®: a specially coated, scratch- resistant glass

The products Ultra ® Mirror, Satin Deco ®, Deco Cristal ®, ShowerGuard ® and Diamond Guard ® belong to Guardian's InGlass series, which includes glass for interior applications.

Automotive products

Guardian serves the automotive sector by Automotive Glass and SRG Global, a subsidiary of Guardian.

Building Materials

GBP, Guardian Building Products is the business of building products.

Activities

2011 Guardian is ranked # 62 on Forbes ' list of America's largest private companies.

Current (2012 ) leaders at Guardian are:

• David Jaffe, vice president of Guardian Industries
• Scott Thomsem, President Glass Group
• Stevenv Ziessler, President of Guardian Building Products
• Kevin Baird, president and CEO of SRG Global
• Mike Morrison, president of Guardian Automotive

Competition

The largest competitors in the market are:

• Saint- Gobain Securit ( automotive glass )
• Saint- Gobain
• Asahi Glass Company
• Pilkington
• Interpane
• Euro glass