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Automotive Technical Center (ATC)

From initial concept to finished product, our design, tooling and sales professionals provide quick response and full technical support to the global automotive market.

Computer Modeling and Analysis

As data, often received via satellite, flows into the Automatic Technical Center (ATC), we generate a computer model of a customer's design. Using state-of-the-art computer-controlled tooling machines and a predictive optics program, we can use this model to "show" the glass shapes that design suggests. From this we specify the glazing systems that provide the necessary optical properties while maintaining the design parameters.


Long before any prototype is created, the professionals at the ATC can determine the stress a piece of glass will endure during assembly and operation, the amount of heat generated within a given design - even the rate that interior materials will fade due to sun exposure.

 

Creating Design Efficiencies

These design analysis tools help us deliver customer solutions quickly and cost-effectively. Once a final design has been developed, we can help assure a seamless design-to-production process.

Meeting Customer Needs

At the ATC, we are constantly looking for new and better ways to solve problems and improve efficiencies. This dedication is best shown in our unending pursuit of emerging technologies that improve our ability to deliver quality automotive solutions including:

  • Satellite data transmission

  • Video conferencing

  • Technology transfer


 

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