In yachts and boats, weight is a very important factor. Wind deflectors, cabin windows, and sunroofs form large surfaces that affect the total weight of a yacht or boat. Our solutions, transparent Aikon® PC and PMMA plastic sheets, offer an excellent combination of lightness and safety for yacht glazing. In addition, with our high-quality production, premium technologies such as shading, and info displays can be integrated to our glazing products.
Aikon® glazing solutions provide premium quality to cabin or deck windows, sunroofs, display screens, and wind deflectors. Our glazing is designed and produced to meet the specific customer requirements. Glazing solutions, manufactured from high-performance plastics, have high optical quality and their light weight help improving the energy efficiency of a yacht or boat. In addition, plastic glazing is a safe and durable solution as they have high impact strength, UV-resistance, and abrasion resistance. Also, Aikon® glazing has a low carbon footprint in aitstotal lifecycle compared to glass.
Aikon experts help you in developing new futureproof glazing solutions for yachts and boats. By working with our experts, you get the latest expertise and state-of-the-art technology for your product development process.
The earlier we get involved in your product development, the better we can help in designing and manufacturing lightweight glazing solutions. We have nearly four decades of experience in high-performance plastic glazing solutions and their development. Book a virtual meeting with us to see how we can help you.
Aikon Full Solution covers everything that is needed to manufacture safe and lightweight glazing solutions in one place. The Full Solution involves plastic coating, laminating, printing, thermoforming and machining. A partnership with ensures high quality glazing solutions. The solutions can also be combined with smart technologies in one place.
We manufacture custom prototypes as well as custom solutions based on your specific needs. Our production capacity and high degree of automation enable the cost-effective delivery of large production batches.
As a full solution partner, we ensure the high quality of customer products. We are responsible for the total quality of manufactured products. The high quality is ensured through machine vision and systematic quality control tests.
Yacht and boat glazing are exposed to strong UV-radiation at sea. Therefore, the UV resistance of glazing materials is an essential requirement. Hard coated high-performance plastics meet this requirement as the coating significantly improves weather resistance, creating high resistance to UV-radiation.
A laminated plastic sheet is a structure in which acrylic or polycarbonate sheets alternate with TPU films. The layered structure improves the sheet’s impact strength without compromising the transparency of the material. In the laminating process smart technologies such as shading films can be integrated to a glazing.
Shading films, transparent displays and heated windows can be integrated into glazing solutions. With shading films, dimming features allow control how much light enters to a space. Custom shading creates a comfortable experience to use a marine vehicle. In addition, shading films allow light to be optimized by utilizing natural light for energy savings and ambiance, and shade during peak hours for cooling and solar control.
Polycarbonate or acrylic windows can be laminated with Gauzy SPD shading films, which allow the window shade to be adjusted at the touch of a button. Enjoy ocean and sky views without strong light reflection and glare in cabin, bridge, and deck windows. Laminated shading films offer dynamic shading and temperature control.
Laminating Gauzy PDLC smart film enables dynamic light control by instantly switching transparent window to opaque. The film creates complete privacy or transparency when it is needed. It is an excellent solution for indoor and outdoor glazing. Opaque smart film enables optimizing space and it can be used for projection platforms.
Transparent displays connect physical and digital to provide dynamic information of an environment or a yacht, for example. They can be laminated into glazing to turn windows into interactive displays. The display does not affect the optical properties of the window. Thus, manufacturers can build safer yachts and boats.
Tomas Djupsund
Key Account Manager
+358 20 779 0045
tomas.djupsund@aikolon.fi
