We are an industry and employer organization.
Our member companies have their businesses within the construction and automotive industries. Our core materials are glass, aluminum and steel.
As a member of GFAN you are affiliated with your own employer association.
GFAN conducts collective bargaining on behalf of the member companies and have its own agreements with LO /Fellesforbundet and LO/ FLT.
GFAN conducts collective bargaining on behalf of the member companies and have its own agreements with LO /Fellesforbundet and LO/ FLT.
All our members have access to Virkes employer´s guide.
GFAN is the member companies’ meeting point. With us they find their networks.
GFAN offers vocational education preparing students for a career as an artisan, a production worker, or an installer.
The association promotes the member companies, their products and services, and plays important role as a knowledge and competence centre, supervisory body and lobbyist.
Glazier / Glass handcraft
Glass handcraft has a long history in Norway. The origin of The Glass and Façade Association of Norway was the Glazier’s National Association, founded in 1917.
Professional knowledge and competence are maintained through the association’s extensive course offerings and the vocational education managed by GFAN, where students, through one year of schooling and three years as an apprentice in business, obtain certificate of apprenticeship in the subject.
Glazier / Glass handcraft belong to the vocational education managed by GFAN.
Facade and solar shading
Strict requirements for functionality in buildings have brought facade and solar shading products now at a high technological level.
Dimensioning and reconciliation between facade profiles, glass and shielding requires in-depth knowledge of material properties, and the local climatic conditions.
The Glass and Façade Association of Norway has among its members world-leading manufacturers and builders of these systems.
Facade and solar shading belong to the vocational education managed by GFAN.
Glass Industry
Glass, as basic material, depends on transformation and processing before it achieves functionality beyond shielding against the weather and wind, as well as letting in light.
Both the production of the basic material and the high-tech processes needed to optimize it to meet the requirements for light transmission, energy saving, solar shading, noise reduction, safety, security and protection against fire contamination are carried out by members of The Glass and Façade Association of Norway’s member companies.
Glassmanufacturing and transformation belong to the vocational education managed by GFAN.
Solar energy and smart glasses
Today, there are no better carriers than glass for the technologies that make it possible to transform energy from the sun to electricity and heat, to watch television, read from a computer monitor or navigate on a smartphone.
These technologies are still facing new breakthroughs. Unthinkable without glass as a technology carrier.
Automotive glass
In recent years, auotomotive glass has shifted from being a windscreen to becoming part of the car’s bodywork, and is now fundamental to the vehicle’s features and safety. Sensor technology and displays have become part of the vehicle’s control and monitoring systems. Much of it dependent on the glass.
Glass in vehicles and transport belong to the vocational education managed by GFAN.
System Interior
The Glass and Facade Association counts among its members leading companies that manufacture, supply, sell, and install system interiors and associated components.
System interiors include, for example, system partition walls, glass fronts, suspended ceilings, and data flooring.
Picture framing
Glass for picture framing is offered in a variety of designs. Requirements for reproduction, preservation and protection of images and art place great demands on the glass, its surface treatment and structure. Proper alignment between framing materials and the image or art to be exhibitetd requires in-depth understanding and expertise.
Picture framing belong to the vocational education managed by GFAN.
GFAN’s large membership volume gives us the opportunity to negotiate agreements that give the member companies financial advantages.
GFAN is an interest organization for companies with activities within management, consultancy, engineering, production, processing, assembly and trade/sale of glass and related products.
GFAN’s most important areas of work are looking after the member companies’ interests within the marketing of the industry’s products and services, employer issues and tariff matters, courses and education, as well as professional advice.
As a member of GFAN, you also have your own employers’ association behind you. Those who actively use the offers can cover a large part of their membership fee. Application form here.
Bjørn Glenn Hansen
Managing Director
Mail: hansen@gffn.no
Phone: + 47 958 54 259
Members of the GFAN represent high knowledge and competence. They are the guarantors of seriousness and responsibility. Their deliveries of products and services involve high-tech, future-oriented, secure, economical and durable solutions.
As an Associate member of GFAN, companies, organizations and institutions that have an interest in or conduct business related to the association’s work areas are admitted.
GFAN seeks cooperation to exchange experiences that lead to the fulfillment of our various objectives.
GFAN maintains a network of institutions and key individuals with influence and decision-making power in the political and public environment.
In several contexts, GFAN collaborates with international interest organizations.
GFAN’s communication services answer inquiries from journalists. Ask for information and contact us to reach the right persons. Contact:
Harald Aase
Communication services / Editor «Glass & Facade»
Phone: + 47 474 74 705 / + 47 950 84 298
Email: aase@gffn.no
Here you will find inspiration and facts about:
Glass and glass with special functions | Building systems in steel and alumin | Windows | Doors
GFAN publishes the trade journal «Glass & Fasade». The magazine and its website glassogfasade.no aims to inspire the use of glass in facades and interior design.
Products and use are explained in relation to architecture, energy, safety & security, daylight, sun shading, functionality and design.
For ads, contact Jannicke Isaksen – Phone: +47 414 14 440 – Email: jannickeisaksen@outlook.com
Managing Director
Email: hansen@gffn.no
Phone:+ 47 958 54 259
Technical Manager Architectural and Automotive glass
Email: graff@gffn.no
Phone: +47 915 64 455
Technical Manager Façade and Solar shading
Email: nilssen@gffn.no
Phone: + 47 982 20 770
Connie Holvik
Chairman of the board
Dicipline: Facade
Holvik Glas AS
Martin Borg
Vice Chairman
Dicipline: Contractor
Backe Entreprenør AS
Mads Appelbom
Board member
Dicipline: Glazier / Glass handcraft
Glassmester A Appelbom AS
Øystein Havik
Board member
Dicipline: Facade
Hydro Building Systems
Frithjof L Riis
Board member
Dicipline: Automotive glass
Andr. L. Riis AS
Brage Røikaas Sundby
Board member
Dicipline: Facade
Noractor AS
Connie Aas
Board member
Dicipline: Glazier / Glass handcraft
Tønsberg Glassliperi og Speilfabrikk AS
Henning Austad
Board member
Dicipline: Glass Industry
Modum Glassindustri AS
Finn Sivertsen,
Board member
Dicipline: System Interior
Lettbyggteknikk AS
The association has a strong focus on legality in working conditions and, as an employer association, has its own agreement with LO (The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions) / Fellesforbundet (The Norwegian United Federation of Trade Unions) – The Glass Agreement and LO / Forbundet for ledelse og teknikk FLT (The Norwegian Engineers and Managers Association).
