德国杜塞尔多夫国际玻璃技术博览会（Glasstec）是世界上最专业的、最大的、领先的玻璃制造及技术贸易展览会，两年一届，在杜塞尔多夫国际展览中心举行。该展对于全球的玻璃制造业者和贸易商而言，不仅仅是一个贸易盛会，更象是一个国际性的玻璃行业年会—作为全球最大规模的玻璃展，它提供了一个最大的平台给制造商用于新产品的展示，新技术的交流；给贸易商提供了最好的平台用于寻找商机。也正因为如此，意味着Glasstec不仅仅是玻璃制造业，也是玻璃制造机械业的贸易盛会。
可以预见的是，每届展会上，除了世界最先进的玻璃处理技术外，还包括太阳能节能技术在内的产品及解决方案，先进的制造工艺和开发，设计方案，将会越来越多的出现在展台上。如上一届展会上展出的抗菌玻璃，就以其特有的可以杀死99％种类的细菌，就非常适用于工业用无菌实验室，医院用无菌手术室等特殊行业的需求，类似的这些新产品的不断创新，意味着Glasstec不仅在贸易领域，更在技术领域占据着全球同类展会中的领先地位。
与同期举办的太阳能生产设备贸易展览会（solarpeq展）也是最新技术热门展，两个展结合起来展现行业技术的先进性及领先水平，发展趋势。
glasstec是玻璃世界的聚会点，不仅是世界上最大的玻璃工业及其供应商贸易展会，也是最具国际性的活动，访问者目标群体来自以下行业。
机械工业：玻璃生产/生产技术机器制造商，玻璃加工和精细机械制造商 - 包括激光技术和显示技术，制造商的工具，备件和易损件，机械工程测量和控制技术制造商，机械工程咨询/工程；
工艺：玻璃精炼机（边缘和表面精炼，研磨和雕刻，玻璃绘画和艺术玻璃），玻璃设备制造，门窗生产，门和门建设，外墙工程，金属建筑，木材和塑料加工工艺品，替代能源生产（做工）；
制造、加工、精加工：基础玻璃（平板玻璃，中空玻璃：容器玻璃，餐具，管状玻璃，特殊玻璃：技术玻璃，显示玻璃，玻璃纤维：纺织玻璃纤维，玻璃棉），加工精制玻璃（中空玻璃，安全玻璃，夹层玻璃，建筑和家具玻璃，特种玻璃，技术玻璃，显示玻璃），玻璃供应商（化工，金属建筑，建材供应商，服务）；
建筑/施工：建筑办公室，工程和规划办公室，室内设计（也是家具工业），展览会建筑和商店装修，建筑业（建筑工程师和结构工程师）；
窗及外墙：外墙工程，金属建筑，玻璃门窗生产；
能源：太阳能工业，环境部门。
展品范围(Show Products):
玻璃制造、生产技术，玻璃加工和清洗，玻璃制品和应用，太阳能生产技术和太阳能制造的组件和预产品，太阳能终端产品及其应用，多功能立面技术，玻璃工艺、装饰和设计，玻璃工具、备件和耐磨部件，玻璃测量和控制技术。
展会报告(Show Reports):
World’s leading trade fair underlines its relevance in the “International Year of Glass”
glasstec has clearly underscored its relevance for the global glass industry with its restart as a face-to-face trade fair after the pandemic induced break. In the “International Year of Glass”, the 936 exhibitors from 47 countries impressively demonstrated to 30,000 visitors from 119 countries the operational excellence of the sector. In focus were the global trend topics Climate, Resource Efficiency, Urbanisation, Value and Well-Being but also current challenges such as high energy costs, supply chain bottlenecks or skilled labour shortage. Held concurrently over three days, the decarbXpo trade fair with its ranges revolving around the decarbonisation of industries was also perceived as a meaningful addition in this context.
“glasstec 2022 came at precisely the right point in time to provide the glass industry with orientation again after the pandemic-induced changes and in a difficult economic climate. The participants’ feedback has been unambiguous here: as a face-to-face trade fair glasstec allows in-depth exchange of experience and knowledge transfer on a global level in a uniquely concentrated form as well as offering an unparalleled, packed line-up of innovations and solutions,” sums up Erhard Wienkamp, Managing Director at Messe Düsseldorf GmbH.
First decarbXpo builds momentum for energy transition in industry and commerce
The first international trade fair for industrial and commercial decarbonisation, decarbXpo, came to a successful close. Around 100 exhibitors from 15 countries presented their technologies and solutions in Hall 9 of Düsseldorf’s exhibition centre. Together with three concurrent conferences, the trade fair demonstrated both investors’ and industrial users’ need for an intensive exchange of information on new technologies and cooperation for climate protection. Held concurrently with glasstec, provided additional attention: production companies from the glass industry visited decarbXpo to discuss reducing energy costs and CO2 emissions as well as energy storage.
The next glasstec will be held in line with its two-year cycle from 22 to 25 October 2024 in Düsseldorf.
