Address:
Glafo, PG Vejdes väg 15,
SE-351 96 Växjö
SWEDEN

Visitor's address:
Vejdes plats 3

Tel: +46 10 516 63 50
E-mail: info@glafo.se

You find a map at the
"about Glafo" page.

Glafo work activly with international exchange and cooperation to stimulate and strengthen the network to and between members from different countries.

MEMBERS
The closest partners are our members around the world.

SP Group
From 1 July 2008 Glafo is part of SP, the Technical Research Institute of Sweden.

SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden consists of eight technical departments and six subsidiary companies: CBI, Glafo, JTI, SIK, SMP and YKI.

CBI Swedish Cement and Concrete Research Institute creates and brings into practice knowledge within the fields of concrete, aggregate, cement and natural stone. This is done by research and development, consulting assignments, manufacturing control together with technology transferring, education and information.

JTI Swedish Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering is an industrial research institute engaged in research, development and information in the areas of agricultural engineering and environmental technology.

SIK Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology performs strategic and applied research into foodstuffs and biotechnology within the framework of an industrially determined, targeted research program, and also as part of joint industrial projects.

SMP Svensk Maskinprovning a single company for impartial testing, recurrent inspection and certification.

YKI Institute for Surface Chemistry, is the leading international industrial research institute in the fields of applied surface and colloidal chemistry.

UNIVERSITIES
- Linnaeus University
We have a close relationship with the Lennaeus University in Växjö. Glafo moved to the university campus in the summer of 2004. Read about it in the article here (pdf-format). Glafo and Växjö University cooperate in many research projects. The Glafo staff have participated in the development of courses and the students sometimes have laboratory work at Glafo.

- University and Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
- University of Linköping
- University of Lund
- University of Luleå
- TNO, Eindhoven University of Technology, Holland
- Waterford Institute of Technology, Irland
- Middlesex University, England
- National University Galway, Irland
- Alfred University, USA

GLASS ORGANISATIONS
- NGF (the Scandinavian Society of Glass Technology) the administration of the Society is handled by Glafo.
- Swedish Crystal Manufacturers Association
- International Commission on Glass. We participate in some of ICG's technical committees. TC2 (Chemical durability and analysis), TC1 (Information and Communications) and TC23 (Education & Training in Glass Science & Engineering).
- European Society of Glass Science and Technology (ESG)
- International Crystal Federation (ICF)
- European Domestic Glass (EDG)
Glafos researchers participate and give lectures on a regular basis at the EDG and ICF-meetings.

GLASS RESEARCH INSTITUTES
- Deutsche Glastechnische Gesellschaft, DGG/HVG, Germany
- Institute of Applied Physics, the Netherlands
- Glass Institute, The Czech Republic
- Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro, SSV, Italy