Okalux is an internationally known Swiss brand in the field of
insulating glass for architectural facades and the building envelope. The Okalux brand is part of the Glas Trösch company, a world leader in the production of specialty glass and glass products for a variety of industries. Passion and dedication in the architectural glass industry have consolidated the brand's strengths: innovation, product quality and customer service. In fact, Okalux, working with architects, designers and construction companies around the world, tries to respond with tailored and customized solutions on different projects, serving a wide range of customers, thanks also to a strong network of distributors and partners in many countries.
Okalux functional glass is used wherever maximum interior lighting conditions are required, such as in museums, schools, sports halls, industrial buildings and offices. Due to their elegant appearance, the glass is also suitable for high-quality interior design. Numerous major projects have already been realized under the guidance of famous architects such as Steven Holl, Daniel Libeskind or Rem Koolhaas.
Okalux insulating glass: design and solar control for facades and roofs
Okalux offers a wide range of
insulating glass products and solutions designed to improve the energy efficiency and aesthetics of buildings, supporting in an original and innovative way the diverse and complex requirements of modern architectural projects, in particular by offering solutions for solar and energy control at different levels and surfaces of buildings, from the exterior envelope to interior partitioning surfaces. In fact,
Okalux glass panels feature an integrated cell structure that allows for the control of light and heat transmission, ensuring a comfortable indoor environment and reducing energy consumption. Innovative Okalux systems are used in a variety of applications, including facades, skylights, sunshades,
interior partitions and more. OKALUX solutions are distinguished by their ability to simultaneously reconcile lighting and solar control through a single architectural glass surface. Among the company's flagship products is
OKASOLAR, the glazing system that combines daylight management with effective solar protection. The facade version
OKASOLAR F and the high-performance
OKASOLAR W, reflect much of the solar radiation outward while fixed fins in the cavities direct it deep into the room providing excellent directional glare and solar protection. In the roofing versions, the shading system built into the cavity of the
OKASOLAR S panel creates a comfortable atmosphere indoors that, together with good transparency, ensures even, glare-free lighting while reducing the cooling load. In the
OKASOLAR 3D panel, which is optimized for rooftop applications, shading is achieved by a highly reflective three-dimensional solar shading grid placed between the glass panes. Finally, in the
OKASOLAR P version, fixed vertical slats in the cavity between the glass panes allow a clear alternation between partial transparency in one direction and privacy instead ensured in the other.
Facade systems with innovative insulating glass from Okalux
Through the use of special inserts placed between glass panels, Okalux is able to reconcile the often conflicting needs for protection and illumination of a building's exterior surface with intelligent use of daylight. This approach enables glass to improve the overall energy efficiency of buildings and increase user comfort. The
OKATECH façade system, with glass panels featuring expanded metal sheet inserts, also in copper and aluminum, uses the attractive design of expanded metal sheet while also functioning as a selective daylighting system, thus protecting against sun and glare during the day. In
OKALUX diffusing insulating glass, on the other hand, the capillary fabric sheet in the cavity allows even, shadow-free illumination with daylight deep in the room, with very good sun and glare protection and excellent thermal insulation. The
OKALUX+ and
OKALUX K multi-chamber versions, alternating with gas-filled cavities, allow for an even more optimized Ug value.
The
OKAWOOD line of wood-grating panels combine high functional requirements with attractive design and a comfortable atmosphere, ensuring, like all Okalux panels, customized selective solar and glare protection. In
KAPILUX T light-diffusing insulating glass, the transparent capillary sheets in the cavity provide uniform, shadow-free daylighting in depth. The characteristic structure of the transparent capillary tubes, visible from both sides, creates partial transparency, creating the illusion of depth, as well as a unique decorative pattern. Finally,
OKATHERM insulating glass without inserts, thanks to a wide range of glass types, coatings and textures, allows even more freely creative and functional designs for facades, roofs and intermediate surfaces, in continuity with all other types of Okalux panels.
Okalux and research in the field of photodiffuser panels and insulating capillaries
Okalux already has a deep understanding of daylight planning due to its history. It entered the trendy insulating glass industry in 1967 with a capillary insulating and photodiffusing acrylic (PMMA) sheet, originally developed as a hollow fiber for the textile industry. In 1971, Otto's capillary department became independent with further research and development of new products that were always capillary. The growing demand for such products led to continued growth and a steady expansion of the production range. Since then, the Marktheidenfeld-based company has been producing and developing aesthetically and energetically sophisticated daylighting systems under the name Okalux Glastechnik GmbH, a combination of the initial letters of the department's name and the Latin name for light.
Okalux and Glas Trösch: a history of innovation in the glass industry
Okalux is a subsidiary of the larger Glas Trösch, a global leader in the production of specialty glass and glass products. Founded in 1905 in Switzerland by Johann Friedrich Trösch, Glas Trösch has a long history of innovation and quality in constant development, and today offers a wide range of products, including insulating glass, such as precisely the architectural glass developed by Okalux, as well as safety glass, decorative glass, providing customized solutions to meet the needs of customers in sectors such as construction, automotive, electronics and more.
Okalux, as an independent brand within the Glas Trösch Group, shares the values of reliability and quality standards of the dynamic Swiss family company that, for more than a century, has made its passion for glass in all its fascinating diversity the engine capable of transforming it from a single local workshop to what is now Europe's largest family-owned glass manufacturer and processor, with about 6,000 employees in 70 locations spread across 13 countries, providing high-quality products and excellent services to its customers worldwide.
