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Overview of our Business

Innovators in Specialty Glass

Glasshape®, established in 1986, is a leading innovator, designer and manufacturer of bent, toughened (tempered), laminated and digital ceramic print specialty glass. Family owned and based in Auckland, New Zealand, Glasshape’s philosophy of growth through innovation, ingenuity and customer service sees it deliver best-in-class glazing solutions in a variety of categories, with notable success in marine, architectural (residential and commercial), cyclonic, high security and heavy machinery projects.

Consistently investing in technology and the capacity to meet the increasing demands from architects, designers and their clients, Glasshape designs and supplies certified bent and flat glass, either monolithic or laminated, for almost any setting. With Australian offices in Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne, and headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, Glasshape provides customer-centric solutions with an international reach.

 

   

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Our Mission
Our Mission

“Through constant innovation and pursuit of excellence, we will deliver better safer spaces tomorrow by doing the right things today.”

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Our Vision
Our Vision

“We aspire to deliver a better safer tomorrow.” 

OUR CORE VALUES

Integrity “We strive to maintain a culture of accountability, uprightness, commitment to doing the best for our customers, colleagues, stakeholders and the environment taking responsibility for everything we do.”
Respect “We act in a professional and friendly manner towards everyone we do business with and treat our customers, suppliers and staff the way we’d like to be treated ourselves.”
Humility “We recognise that there’s always a better way to do things, we look to others for ideas and we’re open to suggestions for continuous improvement.”
Community “We support each other as if our own family”.

OUR HISTORY

Borne out of a curiosity with how decorative glass ‘petals’ for desk lamps were produced, Glasshape’s early leadership team realized a significant opportunity for larger format applications existed such as windscreens for ambulances, buses, and the marine sector, together with food-bends for the catering industry. The main challenge though was efficiencies – capital investment and production times escalated costs hindering the appeal of the product. This led the engineers at Glasshape to invent their own manufacturing equipment.

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The new furnaces operated on a different principle, with quicker production at a fraction of the cost of internationally available furnaces at the time. This provided Glasshape with a very competitive edge over other glass benders in New Zealand.

 

Established 1986

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    1995

    By 1995 we had mastered the art of bonding two panels of bent glass with resin, certified to AS/NZS 2208 – the required safety standard for the use of laminated glass in buildings. This was a major development that delivered a future with huge potential as the use of bent glass as an architectural product was new to the building industry.
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    2000

    In 2000, Glasshape developed processes to bend complex curves in 3D enabling manufacture of superior windscreens for the marine industry. This led on to the automotive market with certification to American Land Transport Standard ANSI Z 26-1 being achieved making it possible to supply automotive screens internationally.
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    2007

    2007 brought a significant expansion with the installation of specialist machinery to bend and toughen (temper) glass and another to water jet cut glass. Glasshape is well known internationally for its unique ‘glass laboratory’ philosophy. Worldwide, companies’ approach Glasshape to design, test and manufacture specialist glass products to suit particular challenging applications.
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    2015

    2016 marks the 30th anniversary of Glasshape and the culmination of a three-year, substantial investment program significantly expanding the capabilities and capacity of the business to better serve its rapidly growing export market.
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    2016

    The business was honoured to have the Prime Minister of New Zealand the Rt. Hon. John Key officially open the new facilities on November 13, 2015.
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    2019

    We Opened Our Brisbane Office. As demand for specialist architectural glass solutions continued to accelerate across Australia’s east coast, we strengthened our regional footprint by opening our Brisbane office.
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    2024

    As Glasshape’s presence across North America continued to grow, we strengthened our leadership team with the appointment of two Sales Directors in the United States. Their addition enhanced our ability to support architects, glazing contractors, and project partners across key regions while accelerating business development opportunities throughout the US market.
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    2025

    Glasshape introduced PrimeEdge, a premium laminated glass solution engineered to deliver exceptional edge clarity, refined aesthetics, and architectural precision. Developed in response to evolving contemporary design expectations, PrimeEdge was created for projects where visual continuity, clean sightlines, and flawless detailing are essential.

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    In 2026, Glasshape significantly expanded its production capability with the installation of a next-generation LandGlass tempering furnace, a major investment in advanced glass processing technology and manufacturing performance. Designed to deliver exceptional optical quality, precision, and efficiency, the new furnace strengthened our ability to produce high-performance specialist glass solutions at greater scale and consistency.