Vitro Flat Glass

Vitro Architectural Glass manufactures high-performance architectural glass for commercial and residential buildings and serves architects, glass fabricators, glaziers, designers and building owners. Its portfolio includes solar-control and passive low-e glass, low-iron glass, tinted and reflective glass, bird-friendly glazing and other specialty solutions. The products are designed to combine energy efficiency, daylighting, appearance and lower embodied carbon. Vitro stands out for its long glassmaking heritage, extensive R&D capabilities, broad North American manufacturing network and well-established Solarban and Starphire product families.

Major Vitro-owned architectural-glass brands include Solarban®, Starphire® / Starphire Ultra-Clear®, Sungate® / Sungate ThermL™, Acuity®, BirdSmart®, Atlantica®, Azuria®, Graylite®, Optiblue®, Optigray®, Pacifica®, Solarblue®, Solarbronze®, Solarcool®, Solargray®, Solexia®, Vistacool®, Spandrelite™, VacuMax™, Titan™, GlassFinder™ and Vitro Certified®.

2016 for Vitro Architectural Glass in its present form. The business traces its U.S. glassmaking heritage to Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, founded in 1883.