Heat Soak Testing Available
Nickel sulfide suspect lites are removed in our plant rather than failing years later on an inaccessible facade.
About Us
To fabricate architectural glass that meets its performance specification and installs without rework, through controlled tolerances and verified glass makeups.
Who We Are
About Our Company
NIGERMAT processes architectural and specialty glass: cutting, seaming, edge grinding and polishing, drilling, notching and shaping, thermal tempering, heat strengthening, heat soak testing, lamination with structural and acoustic interlayers, insulated glass unit fabrication with warm edge spacers and inert gas fill, and ceramic frit printing for spandrel and decorative applications. We work with clear, tinted, low iron, acid etched, mirrored and coated glass including soft and hard coat low emissivity and solar control products, and we supply fire rated and security glazing where projects require it.
Contractors and architects around use NIGERMAT because facade glass is specified against performance targets and installed against tolerances, and both have to be met. A unit that satisfies the thermal calculation but arrives with inconsistent dimensions costs the glazing crew hours per lite. A coating specified on visible light transmittance alone may miss solar heat gain targets badly. We review the specification, confirm the glass makeup against the performance required, produce shop drawings, fabricate to controlled tolerances, heat soak test where appropriate and deliver in the sequence the installation program needs.
Core Capabilities
- Interlayer thickness and adhesion are verified on laminated production runs.
- Cut size, squareness and edge finish are measured against the order sheet.
- Racks are labeled by elevation so the right glass reaches the right opening.
- Unit makeups are cross-checked against the specified thermal performance.
- Argon fill concentration is sampled on filled units and the result recorded.
- Tempered glass is checked for surface compression and fragmentation counts.
Our Mission
To reduce field breakage and callbacks, through heat soak testing, proper edge quality and delivery sequencing that protects glass until it is installed.
Our Advantages
Why Clients Choose Us
Coating Placement Correct
Which surface carries the coating is confirmed against the performance calculation, since getting it wrong changes the result substantially.
Tolerances Glazing Crews Can Use
Dimensional control is tight and consistent, which removes the per-lite improvisation that slows an installation program down.
Makeups Verified Against Targets
We check the glass build against the actual thermal, solar and acoustic requirements rather than accepting a specification at face value.
Edge Quality Treated As Structural
Edgework is controlled because edge damage initiates breakage that is always attributed to handling rather than to fabrication.
Delivery Sequenced To The Program
Glass is labeled by elevation and opening and delivered when the crew needs it, not stacked on site accumulating damage.
Heat Soak Testing Available
Where nickel sulfide inclusions would be unacceptable, tempered glass is heat soaked with the cycle time and temperature recorded per load.
Tolerances Crews Can Use
Cut size, squareness and edge finish are held tight enough that glazing crews are not shimming their way around our fabrication.
Edge Quality Treated Seriously
Edge work is finished to the grade the application needs, because a poor edge is where tempered and laminated glass eventually starts failing.
From Our Desk
Insights & Updates
Acoustic Glazing Is Not Just Thickness
Asymmetric thicknesses, cavity width and interlayer type. Why mass alone will not reach a demanding acoustic target.
Roller Wave And Facade Appearance
Tempering distortion is controllable rather than inevitable, and it is extremely visible on large reflective elevations.
Coating Surface Position Changes Everything
How coating placement in an insulated unit affects thermal transmittance and solar heat gain, and the mistakes that follow.
Nickel Sulfide And Spontaneous Breakage
Why tempered glass can fail years after installation, and how heat soak testing removes the risk before glazing.
Client Feedback
What Clients Say
Delivery sequenced by elevation changed how our crews worked. No stacks of glass waiting weeks, and the damage rate dropped with it.
D. HaverkampProject Manager, Curtain Wall Contractor
They flagged that our acoustic specification would not reach the target and proposed an interlayer change. The completed building met the requirement.
L. NakamuraAssociate, Facade Consultancy
Consistent dimensions across thousands of lites. Our glaziers stopped shimming and started installing.
R. CastellanosSite Supervisor, Glazing Contractor
Have A Glass Specification To Verify?
Send it to NIGERMAT and we will confirm the makeup achieves your thermal, solar and acoustic targets before fabrication.
