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Part 1 of our 4-part interview with our Managing Director, Ryan Green. This week we’re on the topic of ‘The Clayton Difference’, the mantra that Clayton Glass lives by, and has done since the company’s inception in 1956.

Glass is everywhere in the 21^st century, and the uses for the material are becoming more and more creative, year on year. Specifically, this is the history of glass, looking at when glass was invented, natural glass and more. Let’s take a look at the remarkable journey the glass in your window frames has taken over the last 5,000 years.

Is glass the greatest material of all time? At Clayton Glass, we think you’d be hard pressed to name a better one. Firstly, not only is it durable, secure and completely recyclable. Glass is a blank canvas, and furthermore a medium for expressing colourful, and complicated, genius. Subsequently, ever since everyone’s favourite transparent insulator became the norm in households all over the world, artists and creatives have been showcasing their talents, in the creation of some truly exceptional works of stained-glass art.

Clayton Glass today announces plans for a factory expansion on their flagship site, making it likely to become the largest glass factory anywhere in mainland UK.

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