Owing to various factors, such as sustainability, energy efficiency, safety, and many more, architectural glasses have become one of the key elements in Indian commercial building designs over the last two decades. Architectural glasses are also considered one of the primary elements of the Indian government’s green building initiatives to tackle various worsening environmental issues, such as global warming and climate change, and provide a healthier indoor environment to the occupants.
With growing experimentation and design options, India is considered one of the Fastest growing Architectural Glass market across the world. With very humble beginning of a trading firm- KanchGhar, founded in 1986 by Raj Kumar Agarwal, Father of Anup Goyal to Clearstone Glass a West Bengal-based leading integrated glass processing and fabricating firm with a market presence in 12 states and two countries is very inspiring.
The industry is spread over one lakh sqft with a built-up area of more than 60000 sqft, equipped with all the latest automated machinery and an experienced & passionate team. The state-of-the-art unit is equipped with fully Automatic CNC cutting line- 3210*6000, Automatic CNC Edge polishing Machine (4200*6000 sq.ft.), Latest Forced convection technology Toughening plant (2800*4270 sq.ft.), Automatic insulating line with auto Argon (2500*4270 sq.ft.), and fully Automatic high-end PVB and Sentry Laminating line with Autoclave (2800 * 6000 sq.ft.).
The primary vision of the firm is to help consumers have easy access to innovative, value added and high-quality processed glasses, to help uplift the entire Glass industry ecosystem, and to become India’s most trusted and responsible glass processing company with ethical, sustainable, professional, and financially sound business processes.
Coming to the product portfolio, Clearstone has a wide range of glass varieties to offer to its clients, such as toughened glasses, double-glazed/triple-glazed glasses, PVB and sentry laminated glasses, security glasses, bulletproof glasses, EVA decorative laminated glasses, and so on. The firm also provides various glass varieties with value additions, which are glasses with Georgian bars, integrated blinds, screen/ceramic fritted glasses, switchable glasses, water-repellent coated glasses, and so on. The main flagship offering of the firm is performance glasses for buildings and projects where it excels in terms of quality competitive rates and meeting tight delivery times.
The majority of the processes at Clearstone are automated with high-end machines and ERPs equipped across the infrastructure, which ensures fewer possibilities for human error. The whole automation process also minimalizes the handling of glasses to eliminate chipping and quality issues of glass while ensuring a safe work environment. To ensure efficient execution of all processes, glasses are checked by a dedicated team with SOPs across departments while being processed.
Coming to the core team, the Chairman and promoters at Clearstone have more than four decades of experience in the glass industry itself. The Plant GM as well as engineers and operators across departments have come together from various locations in India based on their expertise in the glass industry. The team has a combined experience of more than 1000+ years in the glass industry and is helping to make a very strong foundation for Clearstone.
The vision of clearstone is to help uplift the entire glass industry ecosystem while helping consumers have easy access to innovative, value added and high-quality processed glasses
Started in 1986 as a small retail shop, named KanchGhar by Raj Kumar Agarwal, Clearstone had a humble beginning before gradually foraying into other business domains. Over the years, the firm has experienced rapid growth and today is considered one of the most reputed and trustworthy glass processing firms in the Eastern India Market. The state-of-the-art glass processing facility of Clearstone was established in 2020, with commercial production starting in September 2021. The firm has been experiencing a massive growth rate since then and has been able to scale up its production capacity to almost 70 percent.