Quality, efficiency & performance

PFG manufactures Original Equipment (OE), and Automotive Replacement Glass (ARG) to the highest quality, as required by the automotive industry and to accepted international standards. PFG’s automotive glass is available in clear and green tints, ASG I and ASG II. The glass is manufactured in stock sheets and various cut sizes, as agreed with our customers.

PFG offers a choice of standard thicknesses. Alternative thicknesses can be manufactured to customer requirements and specifications depending on volumes.

Our glass is supplied to OEM automotive glass processors both nationally and internationally. The automotive glass is packed and loaded to proven configurations, thereby securing ease of transport and off-loading from containers or trucks.

Typical Applications
Sizes & Thicknesses

Typical Applications

Car windscreens
Car windows
Train windows

Bus windows
Truck windows

Sizes & Thicknesses

PFG’S AUTOMOTIVE GLASS STANDARD THICKNESSES

The following thicknesses are offered, with specific tolerances:

Nominal thickness	Upper and lower limits (mm)
Nominal thickness	Clear	ASG I	ASG II
1.8 mm	1.75 – 1.85	1.75 – 1.85
2.0 mm	1.95 – 2.10	1.95 – 2.10	1.95 – 2.10
2.5 mm	2.45 – 2.55	2.45 – 2.55	2.45 – 2.55
3.0 mm	2.80 – 3.00
3.2 mm	3.10 – 3.25	3.10 – 3.25	3.10 – 3.25
3.5 mm	3.45 – 3.55	3.45 – 3.55	3.45 – 3.55
4.0 mm		3.80 – 4.00	3.80 – 4.00
5.0 mm		4.80 – 5.00	4.80 – 5.00

Colour properties and light transmission:

	Thickness (mm)	% Light transmission			Colour data (D65/2°)			Colour data (D65/10°			%TUV	%TE
	Thickness (mm)	A/2°	D65/2°	D65/10°	L*	a*	b*	L*	a*	b*	ISO9050 (2003) 300-380nm	ISO9050 (2003) 300-2500nm
ASG I	1.80	85.0	85.7	85.7	94.2	-3.2	0.6	94.2	-2.9	0.7	45.0	70.0
	2.00	84.5	85.2	85.2	94.0	-3.4	0.6	94.0	-3.1	0.7	43.7	68.7
	2.30	83.5	84.3	84.3	93.6	-3.8	0.6	93.6	-3.5	0.7	41.0	66.0
	2.50	83.0	84.0	84.0	93.4	-4.1	0.6	93.4	-3.8	0.7	39.5	64.5
	3.20	80.2	81.2	81.2	92.3	-5.3	0.7	92.4	-4.9	0.8	35.0	59.0
	3.85	78.0	79.3	79.3	91.5	-6.2	0.9	91.5	-5.8	1.0	31.0	54.5
	4.85	74.5	76.2	76.2	89.9	-7.9	1.0	89.9	-7.4	1.1	26.0	48.5
Tolerance		± 1.5	± 1.5	± 1.5	± 1	± 1	± 0.5	± 1	± 1	± 0.5	± 2	± 2

ASG II	2.00	83.0	83.9	83.9	93.4	-3.9	0.7	93.4	-3.6	0.9	40.5	66.0
	2.50	81.8	82.2	82.2	92.6	-4.5	0.8	92.6	-4.2	1.0	37.0	62.5
	3.20	78.7	80.0	80.0	91.5	-5.9	0.9	91.5	-5.5	1.2	31.5	56.5
	3.50	77.6	79.0	79.0	91.2	-6.5	1.0	91.2	-6.0	1.3	29.0	54.0
	3.85	76.5	78.0	78.0	90.6	-7.0	1.1	90.6	-6.5	1.4	27.0	51.5
	4.85	72.5	74.5	74.6	89.1	-8.6	1.4	89.1	-8.0	1.8	22.0	45.5
Tolerance		±1.5	±1.5	±1.5	±1.0	±1.0	±0.5	±1.0	±1.0	±0.5	±2.0	±2.0

Other colours are available on request – subject to conditions.

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