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Digitalisation in the window industry

Digitalisation changes the entire value-added chain of the windows, doors and facades in-dustry. This stretches from sales with online-based sales premises,…

16.03.2020

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Status Product standard Interior doors EN 14351-2

28.08.2019 - Doors

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Facades – bizarre shapes, state-of-the-art technology

Curtain walls should primarily be able to fulfil their function as building envelopes. The requirements for tightness, thermal insulation, sound insulation etc.…

12.10.2018 - Facades

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Current Trends in Burglar Resistance

The standardisation of burglar-resistant windows, doors and roller shutters has a long tradition in Germany and also in Europe.

12.10.2018 - Windows

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Barrier-free Windows and Doors

10.10.2018 - Doors

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Professional window installation international

08.08.2018 - Windows

Technical article

Master the future

In order to be able to master the future, the issue at hand is: What do we, as an industry, have to deal with in the future?

12.10.2017 - Windows

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The “Fire” from Rosenheim

No, we do not forge “magic rings” for elves in the “fire” of ift Rosenheim. Furthermore, 20 burner with a performance of each 600 kWh spark of a “standard fire”…

30.04.2017

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ift Rosenheim – 50 years of service to the industry Part 10 (time slot 2011 - 2015): Sustainability and environmental impacts of construction elements

In 2016, the Insitut für Fenstertechnik e.V. (ift Rosenheim) is celebrating its 50th anniversary. According to the motto ‘ift Rosenheim – 50 years of service to…

31.12.2016

Technical article

ift Rosenheim – 50 years of service to the industry Part 9 (time slot 2006 - 2010): Start of Smart Home with Intelligent Windows and doors

In 2016, the Insitut für Fenstertechnik e.V. (ift Rosenheim) is celebrating its 50th anniversary. According to the motto ‘ift Rosenheim – 50 years of service to…

30.11.2016 - Windows, Doors

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Coupled windows in the current guise

The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EBPD) 2010 of the EU for new construc-tions until end 2018 requires the lowest energy performance of buildings…

03.11.2016 - Windows

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Insulating glass units

The first draft version of EN 1279 was published in the year 1994. It contained the test standards prEN 1279 Part 2, 3 and 4, which then superseded the national…

14.10.2016 - Glass