World's first glass roofs for player benches

AGC,  a world-leading manufacturer of glass, chemicals, ceramics and high-tech materials  provided  the world’s first glass roofs for player and official benches at the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 football tournament held in Brazil last June. The roofs incorporated AGC’s Dragontrail? cover glass technology, the same used in smartphone, tablet and television displays. They were used at all matches of the 16-game tournament, a prelude to the 2014 FIFA World Cup?.Composition includes three layers of Dragontrail, a high-performance, flexible and highly scratch-resistant glass. For this outdoor application, the glass is resistant to deformation, discolouration and deterioration, remaining clear and transparent over a long period of time to ensure the best-possible visual experience for spectators.

Conventional bench roofs in stadiums are made from plastic. To develop its new glass roof, AGC successfully adapted high-performance glass by synthesizing the company’s technological expertise in automotive, construction and electronic-display glass solutions. www.agc-glass.eu