NBS Source
I'm a manufacturer

Compare variants

Pilkington Optifloat™ Clear Float Glass - Annealed Float Glass
Pilkington Optifloat™ Clear Float Glass - Annealed Float Glass
Pilkington Optifloat™ Clear Float Glass - Annealed Float Glass

Verified 2 months ago

Pilkington United Kingdom Limited

Verified 2 months ago

Pilkington United Kingdom Limited

Verified 2 months ago

Pilkington United Kingdom Limited
Summary
High-quality annealed float glass.
-
-
Application

High-quality annealed float glass suitable for applications ranging from façades to furnishings.

-
-
Description

Pilkington Optifloat™ Clear is a high-quality, colourless or tinted float glass known for its outstanding environmental credentials.

This product is a premium annealed float glass that is transparent, uniformly thick, and features brilliant, fire-polished surfaces. Its distortion-free composition makes it suitable for applications requiring clear, undistorted vision.

All manufacturing processes for Pilkington Optifloat™ comply with the requirements of European Standard EN 572 Part 2. Performance is continuously monitored to maintain compliance with the high standards associated with NSG Group products.

Features and benefits:

  • Available in a wide range of thicknesses from 2 to 25 mm.
  • Suitable for use in insulating glass units alongside other glass products.
  • Can be toughened or laminated for safety and security glazing.
  • Compatible with acid etching, bevelling, screen printing, and decorative applications using materials such as lead or coloured film.
  • May be silvered for mirror production or coated with low-emissivity, solar control, or other functional coatings.
  • Special tinted variants help conserve energy, regulate solar gain, and enhance visual aesthetics.
  • Enables designs that maximise natural light, contributing to brighter, more spacious interior environments.
  • Offers a contemporary alternative to traditional materials in interior features such as screens, partitions, and furniture.
  • Provides design flexibility for modern architectural spaces, combining visual appeal with ease of maintenance.
  • Developed to eliminate the typical green tint found in standard "clear" glass, delivering superior light transmission and increased solar heat transmittance.
-
-
Product certifications
-
-
Color
Clear, Green, Grey, Bronze
-
-
Finish
Smooth
-
-
Material
Glass
-
-
Shape
Rectangle, Square, Other
-
-
Length
6000 mm, 3210 mm
-
-
Width
3210 mm, 2550 mm
-
-
Height
2 mm, 3 mm, 4 mm, 5 mm, 6 mm, 8 mm, 10 mm, 12 mm, 15 mm
-
-

Specification

Classification data
General requirements
Glass generally.
-
-
Composition
Soda lime silicate.
-
-
Thickness
2 mm.
-
-
Body colour
Clear.
-
-
Coating
-
-
-
Type
Not required., Reflective, silvering., Low-emissivity., Solar control., Functional coatings.
-
-
Performance requirements
-
-
-
Light
Transmittance: 91%.
-
-
Total shading coefficient
1.09.
-
-
Environmental rating
Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) to ISO 14025 and BS EN 15804.
-
-

Additional properties

Thermal transmittance (U-Value)
5.8 W/m²K.
-
-

Sustainability data

Contains Red List materials
No
-
-
Country of product manufacture
United Kingdom
-
-
Material
Glass
-
-
A1–A3 ('Production stage')

Embodied carbon as defined in BS EN 15804

Lower emissions

Normalized unit
-
-
-
Declared unit
2.77 kg CO₂ eq/m²

Certified

-
-
Recyclability
100%
-
-
Recycled content
20 %
-
-