Glass products are divided into the following families :

• Flat glass products, subdivided into two fields of application : flat glass for the building industry and flat glass for the automotive industry ;

• Hollow glass products, subdivided according to the field of application: packaging glass (bottles, jars), pharmaceutical glass, domestic glass (drinking glasses, plates, serving or cooking dishes, decorative glass, etc.), laboratory glass and special glass (lighting, lighthouses, bricks and tiles, etc.) ;

• Other glass products (glass fibres, glass foam, glass beads, etc.).

The current priorities of the technical standardisation committees are the renewal of standards for the classification of products and sampling, as well as for the testing and characterisation of the physical and environmental properties of these materials. The aim is to reduce the energy consumption of production, to take into account evolving legislation, evolution of compositions, treatments and decorations, innovative uses and products appearing on the market.

A. Flat glass

The main normative developments in this area are supported by the following technical committees; detailed information on each of these standardisation bodies can be obtained by following the links provided.

Would you like to actively contribute to the standardisation work in this field? You can do so by participating in the work of the Belgian mirror committee manged by the Glass Industry Federation (FIV-VGI).

B. Hollow glass

The main normative developments in this area are supported by the following technical committees; detailed information on each of these standardisation bodies can be obtained by following the links provided.

Would you like to actively contribute to the standardisation work in this field? You can do so by participating in the work of the Belgian mirror committee.