The Ontario Glass & Metal Association invites its members to attend the 11th annual Top Glass Conference & Exhibits at The International Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. Top Glass is your opportunity to come together with Canada’s architectural glass industry, and OGMA is an official partner.
Registration for the show is open and we’ll be there! Be on hand as OGMA announces the 2025 Awards for Excellence winners at the show. As an OGMA member, you qualify for free admission to the event and plant tour (a $49 value)! Use promo code TOPGLASSVIP to register for free (tickets will be available for purchase at the door; be sure to register online in advance to take advantage of the promo code). Click here to register.
Top Glass hosts glazing contractors, glass fabricators, architects, and façade designers for a one-day conference and vendor expo laser-focused on building with glass.
- Browse the latest technology from Canada’s top glazing suppliers.
- Earn credits and learn at exclusive expert seminars.
- Network and make connections with glass people from across Canada.
The topics and speakers for 2025 include:
- Cross-Country Codes and Standards Update: Fenestration Canada technical director, Terry Adamson, and Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance director of Canadian and technical glass operations, Amy Roberts, will deliver a top-line look at important changes to AAMA/FGIA standards affecting architectural glazing. These include new limits on solar heat gain. Adamson and Roberts work with the committees and standards authorities that write the rules we will use to specify architectural glass going forward. There are no better sources for information on what is new and what is coming in Canadian codes and standards.
- The Glass Marking Panel: Join Adam Mitchell of AGNORA, Andrew Dolphin of BV Glazing, Adam Shearer of iMagic, and Matt Christie of Walker Glass for an exploration of ceramic frit, laser etching, digital printing and acid etching. Architectural glass can be altered on its surfaces in a myriad of ways and for a number of reasons. Adding colour and design; changing opacity and translucence; meeting standards for bird and human safety; and increasing thermal resistance – it pays to know what fabricators can do to change the look and performance of glass with advanced marking technology.
- The Training our Future Panel: The pace of change in North American architectural glass challenges everyone to access the skills and knowledge we need to execute today’s projects. The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades is deeply committed to building the glazing workforce we need through its programs and with the help of the Ontario Finishing Trades Institute. Representatives from IUPAT and OFTI will discuss the needs of tomorrow’s workforce and how they are meeting them. Joining them to provide perspectives from contractors and the industry will be Alex Shikhman, president of BESI, and Noel Marsella, executive director of the AGMCA. This is where we’ll pick up key insights on one of the biggest hurdles facing our industry today: labour, and how to find the skills we need.
- Esthetics of Sustainable Design: As we push our ingenuity, our clients, and our governments toward more sustainable building envelope design, we must not lose sight of our mission as architects to create beautiful expressions of culture in the built environment. How can we communicate our commitment to sustainability through our facades and propagate it through our communities? Juliette Cook, partner at Ha/f Climate Design, has thoughts and examples from real-world projects that are sure to inspire your next architectural glass design.
Top Glass is conveniently located next to Pearson Airport at the International Centre in Mississauga, Ont. Parking is free.
There will be ~50 supplier exhibitors. And all your friends and “frenemies” will be there! See you at Top Glass!
Exhibitor List
- Alcurv Canada
- Alumicor
- BigFoot Door
- Bottero
- Canplex Extrusions
- Cardinal Glass Industires
- Commdoor Aluminum
- CS2 Construction Sales
- Dv8 Glazing Solutions
- Element Materials Technology
- Fenestration Canada
- Fenzi North America
- Flexijet 3D North America
- Fom Canada
- FreMarq Innovations Inc.
- GGI – General Glass International
- Glassopolis
- H.B. Fuller
- High Performance Glazing
- Horst Klaes GmbH & Co. KG
- INT Machinery
- JLM Wholesale
- JSA Machinerie Inc
- Kear Fabrication
- Klaas Swaving Ltd.
- Kuraray America
- Laser Product Industries
- Lothar Industrial Sales
- Mappi International
- McGill Architectural Products
- McGrory Glass
- NVOY Architectural Products
- Oldcastle Building Envelope
- Richelieu Hardware
- Rimac Metal Curving Specialists
- Rochester Insulated Glass
- ScreenCo
- SYNERGX Technologies
- Technoform
- Tiltco Architectural Products
- Trelleborg
- Tri-Temp Glass
- Trulite
- Ultisol International
- United Glass
- Ventex Inc.
- Vicone High Performance Rubber
- Walker Glass
- Windspec
- XYG North America
Top Glass Plant Tour — April 29
Location: Trulite Glass and Aluminum, 385 Connie Crescent, Vaughan, Ontario
Registered attendees can tour Trulite Glass and Aluminum the day before the show. Part of one of North America’s largest glass fabrication networks, Trulite has been manufacturing insulating glass, spandrel, custom printed and laminated architectural glass since 1975, as well as custom architectural aluminum solutions. But today, the plant is a showcase of new fabrication technology with over $20 million in new equipment installed in the last two years, including a Glaston lamination oven, an HHH tempering furnace, a Tecglass digital print line and a LiSec insulating glass line.
Sign up online at topglasscanada.com (OGMA members can register for free in advance using promo code TOPGLASSVIP), then drop by on the 29th to see the latest in advanced glass manufacturing and talk to the people who execute it. Tours will run all day from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and attendees will be assigned a suggested time slot.
Where?
The International Centre
6900 Airport Road, Mississauga, Ontario L4V 1E8
When?
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
9:00 a.m – 4:00 p.m.
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