Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro
Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro (SSV) is an international research center and a specialized testing laboratory accredited UNI CEI EN ISO/IEC 17025, and provides technical and scientific support to the entire supply chain of glass: producers, manufacturers, users of glass, producers of raw materials, of refractories and of machinery for the glass industry.
More than fifty people, including graduates, engineers and specialised technicians, work in laboratories equipped with the latest generation of scientific instruments, developing applied research projects, providing technical assistance services and carrying out quality control, certification and compliance tests in the various fields of the glass industry: hollow glass, flat glass for the building industry and for transport, household articles, technical glass, glass fibres and artistic glass.
SSV is specialized in the study of materials and processes in the fields of glass and refractories
SSV offers a wide range of analysis, certification, technical assistance and R&D services
SSV provides its support to the glass industry with its expertise and analytical equipment
SSV promotes and supports the conscious use of glass in its main areas of application
News
SSV presents: Project Horizon H2GLASS – One of the largest European projects for the study of Hydrogen combustion in the glass industry
Given the committment of the European Union to a climate-neutral future, the glass industry, like all other industrial sectors, will have to be completely decarbonised by 2050. Therefore, a great effort is being put [...]
Glasstec 2022 – Get in touch with SSV’s experts!
After the hiatus due to the COVID pandemic, Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro's experts will finally take part in person to the 2022 edition of the Glasstec trade fair, which is going to take place [...]
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