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quality glass as the raw material on which operations such
CNC cutting, grinding and washing are performed in a sin-
gle flow line. This is followed by printing and bending of
glass. The glasses are laminated using a poly vinyl butyral
(PVB) film, which is imported from Solutia of the US.
Impact is capable of making glasses of different stand-
ards such as American, Japanese and Korean to meet spe-
cific customer requirements. Its quality control lab where
the glasses are tested for compliance to required quality
standards has an R&D team with technical know-how to
make finished glasses from the drawing stage. Recently,
the company installed a new machine for making side
glasses for buses that is capable of making 200 pieces per
hour or 100 sets of bus glasses per day, of sizes 1.7 to 2.4
metres.
The company is currently focusing on the domestic mar-
ket. It has also started exporting to Sri Lanka, while discus-
sions are in progress with Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Impact has a TS 1649 certification which is a benchmark
for any automotive glass supplier. The company also has
the privilege of printing ISI on the glass, to give additional
insurance benefits for customers. It holds the E Mark cer-
tification, a premium quality assurance mark and is also
accredited by the United States Government Department of
Transport DOT certification.
In 2011-12, Impact registered a turnover of Rs. 70 crores
which is expected to go up by 10 per cent this year. Almost
40 per cent of the total turnover comes from the automo-
tive OEM segment, 20 per cent from the automotive after-
market and the remaining 40 per cent from the industrial
sector.
With the entry of global players into the commercial ve-
hicle segment and consistent growth in demand for pas-
senger vehicles
in the Indian mar-
ket, Impact Glass
certainly is well
poised to make
an impact on the
fast growing do-
mestic market.
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