Pilkington Spectrum now available for on-the-go use via new smartphone app

Pilkington Spectrum, one of the industry’s most popular glass specifying tool, is now available to use on-the-go following the launch of a new smartphone app.

The app is available for download on iPhones, iPads and Android devices and allows users to find Pilkington products that most closely match their project requirements.

The calculator was previously only available through the Pilkington website, but has now been optimised for use on mobile devices to make the process of specifying glass quicker and easier.

Users of the app can search parameters including U-value, g-value, light transmittance and sound insulation to help find products that meet their needs.

The app can be used to specify glass for a variety of configurations, including single glazing, insulating glass units (double, triple and quadruple glazing), secondary glazing and double window configurations. Customers and specifiers can build up their own library of favourite configurations and, for CE Marking, access the Declaration of Performance. For convenience, results can be emailed direct to the mailbox.

The database includes a comprehensive range of Pilkington products, provided by benefit-led categories such as solar control, thermal insulation and self-cleaning.

Phil Brown, European regulatory marketing manager at Pilkington, said: “We've received great feedback for Pilkington Spectrum over the past few months, but we wanted to make sure it is accessible to everyone, no matter where they are. We're pleased that the new Spectrum app now offers customers an advanced, online technical service that can be accessed via mobile device.

"The app will make it quicker and easier for users to find and select the products they need, regardless of their level of glass product knowledge.”

The new Spectrum app for iPhones and iPads is available to download from the Apple iTunes store here:

It can also be downloaded from the Google Play Store for Android devices here:

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The NSG Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of glass and glazing systems in three major business areas: Automotive, Architectural and Technical Glass.Automotive serves the original equipment, aftermarket replacement, and specialized transport glazing markets. Architectural supplies glass for architectural applications, solar energy and digitalsignage and displays. Technical Glass products include very thin glass for displays, lenses and light guides for printers, and glass fiber, used in battery separators and engine timing belts.We have major market shares in most building and automotive product markets of the world, with a broad geographic reach, enabling us to respond to customers whose operations, particularly in the case of Automotive OE, are increasingly global.Geographically, 37 percent of the Group's sales are in Europe, 26 percent in Japan and 20 percent in North America, with the remaining 15 percent being generated in the rest of the world.