GroGlass® is proud and delighted to inform that Wonderkamers at the Gemeentemuseum den Haag, the Netherlands have been shortlisted for Museum + Heritage Awards 2014. Wonderkamers is one of the most recent projects where Artglass™ is used to ensure the best experience for the visitors by limiting annoying reflections. “Invisible glass” together with the latest exhibition technologies helps to bring the visual arts to life. The Museum + Heritage Awards is called “The Oscars of the museum world” and is the industry’s most high profile event.

The awards were lunched already 12 years ago and gained immediate success. The nominations for 2014 cover all major aspects of the museums, galleries and heritage attractions sector. The ceremony will take place on 14 May at 8 Northumberland Avenue in Westminster where it complements the associated exhibition, The Museums+Heritage Show, bringing together industry experts and influencers. It is a celebration for whole industry and opportunity to honour achievements and outstanding work of museums, galleries and heritage attractions. GroaGlass® is glad to greet Gemeentemuseum den Haag and multimedia design agency Kiss the Frog with this great achievement and wishing a good luck at the Awards ceremony 2014! The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Morning of March 27th for the management and employees of GroGlass® was a bit different than usual. The Swedish flag waved in the air and every one was proud and honoured to welcome the guest delegation from Sweden and His Majesty the King Carl XVI Gustaf. The delegation also included the Latvian Minister of Economy, the Swedish Ambassador in Latvia and the Latvian Ambassador to Sweden.The visit started with an informative presentation to introduce the King, guests and the media to the company, the most recent achievements and our experience in the Swedish market where more than 50,000 artworks are estimated to have been framed with Artglass™ over the last 3 years. His Majesty and the delegation were positively surprised seeing the “invisible” glass and learning about the technology behind the magic.The King and Sasha Kelberg, the company’s Founder and CEO exchanged opinions and discussed the modern and innovative technology used in the manufacturing process while taking a tour around the factory. The Swedish delegation and His Majesty was introduced to the production process, starting from the point where regular glass is washed and placed in the unique magnetron sputtering line, ending with the final product packed and prepared for the shipment. “We were very honoured to receive his Majesty in our factory and show why we were selected to be the face of the Latvian manufacturing. Everything His Majesty saw during the visit, the technology, the innovation and the results are truly Made in Latvia”, proudly admitted Alexander Sasha Kelberg.

We are glad to announce that the results of competition “Name the new product and win” are in and new brand name for “invisible” acrylic is selected!

After evaluating all of the suggestions the jury has chosen a winner. Thank you to everyone who participated and came up with great and unique ideas for the new brand name! It was nearly impossible to choose an absolute favorite, but after long deliberation the jury made a decision to name our new invisible acrylic – Artcrylic, the name suggested by Mr. Boris Smorodinsky from company Striving Artists! Congratulations and Thank You for a great suggestion that sounds simple, appropriate and interesting!

Now our range of products has expanded and anti-reflective acrylic has joined! It is solution for items where low reflection and no glare effect matters in combination with lightweight and Conservation Grade UV protection. It is anti-static and won’t attract dust. Perfect for oversized and static sensitive items.

Artcrylic – the best qualities of acrylic combined with ultimate transparency!

Swedish government will conduct a State Visit to Latvia on 26-27th of March, 2014 at the invitation of President of Latvia Mr. Andris B?rzi?š and GroGlass® will have an honour to welcome His Mayesty King Carl XVI Gustaf.The Swedish monarchy is one of the oldest in the world. For more than a thousand years Sweden is proud to have a King. King Carl XVI Gustaf is the seventh King in the Bernadotte dynasty on the Swedish throne. He succeeded his grandfather King Gustaf VI Adolf and became the Swedish Head of State at the age of 27.On the Olympic Games in Munich, Germany in 1972, The Crown Prince met Miss Silvia Renate Sommerlath and four years later the royal couple got married at Stockholm Cathedral.The goal of the State Visit to Latvia is to further strengthen the excellent relations between Sweden and Latvia in culture, politics and economy, informed BC project officer of Embassy of Sweden- Galina Aizvakara.During the visit King and Queen will participate in the opening of a Swedish-Latvian business forum, visit the Occupation Museum and place a wreath at the Freedom Monument. In the morning of 27th the King will visit two companies: Plockmatic and GroGlass®. While the Queen will see R?ga Stradi?š University and the exhibition “1914” at Arsen?ls, which is part of Latvia’s National Museum. It is a great honour and excitement to be one of the two companies that are selected to represent the country and welcome His Mayesty King Carl XVI Gustaf. GroGlass® will be proud to lead a factory tour to introduce Swedish delegation with production process and present the recent achievements of the company. Read more on State Visit to Latvia.

Artglass™ by GroGlass® is glad to invite you to visit the experience-based, interactive exhibition of electric guitars, basses, amps and music accessories at “GUITARS- The Museum” in downtown of Umeå, the university town in Sweden. Umeå brothers Samuel and Michael Åhdén for years own one of the world’s largest private collections of guitars and now the whole world has a chance to see it! Four floors of an old school building have been transferred into a bar/restaurant and music venue, a music equipment store, a record store and, on the top floor, the guitar museum.The museum houses about 500 exhibits altogether, some of which are valued at more than a 100 000 EUR per piece. The collection of electric guitars and basses includes a Gibson Les Paul Sunburst and Switchmaster, a 1950 Fender Broadcaster (similar previously owned by Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour), a 1954 Fender Stratocaster and two Gibson Flying Vs. Umeå brothers have been collecting guitars for over forty years.Alongside the exhibition the visitors have an opportunity to enjoy lectures, temporary exhibitions and presentations of new developments. In addition, some of the world’s most prominent musicians and pop stars have planned to visit the museum during the year and hold open guitar lessons. GroGlass® is proud to safeguard this highly valuable and precious world-class guitar collection and bring it as close as possible to the visitors. It is an honour to protect and display instruments that are one of a few all around the world. Umeå has been selected also as the European Cultural Capital for 2014 so don’t miss an opportunity to extend your horizons and enrich understanding of other cultures and visit Umeå in 2014!

Latvian Chocolate company Laima is well known for tempting taste buds all around Europe and not only. Word Laima stands for luck and happiness and that is what you feel with every piece of Laima chocolate.

The story of the company dates back to 19th century and keeps a lot of evidences of time, of people and love. Now the legend is published and Laima Chocolate museum has opened its doors to visitors. For every chocolate lover this is a “must be” place!

The very beginning of the incredible way of cocoa beans from Gulf of Guinea in Africa to Riga, Latvia displayed behind Artglass™ enrich the feeling of being a witness of antiquity. The magic of chocolate surrounds visitors and every one has an opportunity to become a master and create a unique his/her chocolate bar. Just in front of your eyes behind beamsplitter glass produced by GroGlass® you can take a look on all the ingredients of your unique chocolate.

Invisible displays guard the first dark chocolate made in Latvia, and a 100-year-old doll made of chocolate. Not only delicious chocolate but also fruit-filled candies and cookies produced by Laima are displayed for your joy.

This story of Laima refers to everyone who admires chocolate and GroGlass® is proud to be the part of it!

For more information about Laima products, museum, tours and history please visit www.laima.lv!

Museums are boring? Visit the new incarnation of the Wonderkamers at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Netherlands and you’ll never say so again!

The new interactive displays offer an amazingly fresh and entertaining introduction to fine art, the decorative arts, architecture and fashion. To ensure the best experience for the visitors museum uses anti-reflective glass Artglass™ that limits annoying reflections and together with the latest exhibition technology brings the visual arts to life through a computer game that places the individual visitor at centre stage.

Deputy Director of the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag Hans Buurman states: “With this glass, the visitors will not be distracted by the reflection of other objects or by themselves. The collection of paintings, sculptures and other objects is important to us and the clear-lite glass enables us to show the collection at its best.”

The Wonderkamers adventure begins with a film in which director Benno Tempel asks for help with the arranging displays in the Magic Middle, a unique building housing miniature artworks by top Dutch and international artists, all from the collection of Ria & Lex Daniëls. Visitors are then sent off in pairs, electronic tablet in hand, to explore thirteen spectacular display areas addressing a wide range of themes. They discover a wonderful world in which they can turn themselves into haute couture models or learn to dance the Boogie Woogie from no less an expert than the great Mondrian himself.

One of the Gemeentemuseum’s main aims is to interest a wider public in classic modern and contemporary art. A few years ago, it developed the Wonderkamers as part of this outreach effort. The new, totally transformed Wonderkamers presentation is more interactive than ever before.

Director Benno Tempel: “The Wonderkamers offer a totally different experience compared to a traditional museum. This is a fantastic outing for parents or grandparents with children and an extended learning environment for schools. The Wonderkamers are a challenge to anyone aged 10 and over. The only question is: Are you up for it?”

For the 5th time our year started with a great experience and positive emotions gained at West Coast Art Frame Expo in Las Vegas. It was a pleasure to meet our existing and potential customers, partners and visitors. Positive feedback, sincere and sweet words have energized us for the rest of the year. We love to meet our end-consumer, as you are the ones working with our product and seeing the advantages of our innovations even better than we do.

Three days full of smiles is what will stay in our memories and bring us back next year. Thank you for stopping by, sharing your impressions and taking a minute of thought for brand name of our new “invisible” acrylic.

We hope you enjoyed the show!If you liked what you saw at our booth, feel free to contact us at artglass@groglass.com!

Company Si-X, our Dutch partners discuss benefits of GroGlass® anti-reflective glass in recent edition of Het Beste van Them@gazine.

This month our Dutch partners Si-X brought anti-reflective glass by GroGlass® to the Dutch market. Si-X offers GroGlass® anti-reflective glass solutions for various applications – windows, partitions, facades, lighting and interior objects, storefronts, display cases and many more. Read more about our partners and offered product range on Bouwformatie.nl, Community for knowledge, inspiration and communication and on news portal Glasinbeeld.nl.