Explore Pilkington's range of safety and security glass, including Pilkington Optilam™ and Pilkington Toughened Glass, designed to protect against accidental injury and deliberate attacks while maintaining natural daylight and design aesthetics.

Pilkington Optilam™ is Pilkington’s advanced laminated glass range, offering high-performance impact resistance, burglary protection, UV screening, and customizable options including solar control, privacy, and bullet/blast resistance.

Ground floor, basement and other easily accessible windows (including easily accessible rooflights) need to be secure windows. A window that has been shown by test to meet the security requirements of PAS 24 would be considered a secure window.

Pilkington Toughened Glass delivers up to five times the strength of ordinary glass, meeting top global safety standards (EN 12150, EN 12600, BS 6206). Ideal for windows, doors, façades, partitions, canopies, and more | designed to shatter into small, blunt fragments to reduce injury.

Laminated glass provides safety and security by marrying together multiple layers of standard float glass and polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayers. However, this process also exaggerates any tint of colour inherent to the product.

We categorise glass into safety and security. Safety is where protection is needed from accidental damage and security for wilful damage. Glass used for security reasons can be further broken down into the types of threat:

There are many British and European Standards which apply directly or indirectly to glass for use in building. Although not exhaustive, the following lists some of the most commonly used. BS EN 674: Glass in building - Determination of thermal transmittance (U Value). Guarded hot plate method.

Techniques to use light transmission and reflection to create visually appealing effects while staying compliant with safety standards. Practical advice for specifying glass in retail and public spaces, balancing aesthetics with durability.

Ideal for walls, partitions, doors, furniture, and safety applications | available in standard, bronze-tint, OW low-iron, and Protect safety-backed variants.

Our updated Pilkington OptiView™ Range provides the best anti-reflection performance available in glass while allowing additional features like security and thermal insulation.