GlasticShield™ - Ballistic Armor Panels

Röchling Glastic Composites (RGC), a leading manufacturer of thermoset sheets, shapes, and custom pultrusion since 1946, has announced the release of GlasticShield™ Anti-Ballistic Panel, the latest in a long line of innovative products introduced by the Ohio based company.

GlasticShield™ was developed by the engineering team at Röchling in conjunction with raw material suppliers as a light weight, easy to machine fiberglass sheet making it ideal for a wide range of applications in both the commercial and military markets.   The product is pressed using a proprietary resin developed at their laboratories in Cleveland.  GlasticShield™ is rated by Underwriters Laboratory to UL-752 Level III.

“We feel our expertise and history in compression molding and pultrusion has positioned Röchling Glastic very well to enter the ballistic panel market.  Röchling’s global presence provides us with a wealth of knowledge and experience unparalleled in the industry,” said Darren Keegan, General Manager of RGC. 

GlasticShield’s™ opaque, light-weight design make it ideal for typical anti-ballistic uses including government buildings, drive-up bank tellers, ATM’s, guard booths, safe rooms and  many others. RGC’s ability to both press and pultrude provides them with versatility to design various shapes and sizes to fill a variety of needs. 

Röchling Glastic Composites, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, is part of The Röchling Group, (Business Unit Composites) a worldwide operating plastics group with sales of over 1 billion Euro in 2011, employing 6,600 workers at 58 locations in 20 countries. Its two divisions, High-Performance Plastics and Automotive Plastics, concentrate on processing quality plastics into semi-finished products, components and systems for a wide range of industrial uses.