The company Gedevelop was established in 1986 as a result of a buy out of a product line developed by the R&D department of Gullfiber AB, nowadays Isover – Saint-Gobain. This product line – GFM, Glass Flow Measurement – had been in service in the Gullfiber plant for a number of years and with the forming of Gedevelop the aim became to achieve a wider expansion of the system world-wide.

By now the GFM system has found its application in as much as 80-90% of all glass fibre plants. About 1600 cameras have been supplied and are in operation all over the world market. While achieving world-wide acceptance of GFM installations, Gedevelop started to focus on another concept based on identical principles but meant for measurement and control of gobs in the glass container industry.

It was at the request of and in co-operation with the glass container industry that the GIA - Gob Image Analyser – concept was developed. Now, since its introduction some 10 years ago, close to 200 GIA systems have been successfully installed. The closed-loop concept of the GIA, nowadays available with multiple camera configurations, is widely appreciated as the only in its kind for accurate measurement and control in the very early phase of the gob forming process.

The areas of activity by Gedevelop comprise the design, development and supply of non-intrusive control and measuring equipment for the glass and glass fibre industry.

•  GIA - Gob Image Analyser with Gob Weight Control and Gob Temperature Measurement for glass container production
   
• GFM - Glass Flow Measurement with Glass Flow Control and Glass Flow Temperature Measurement in glass fiber industry.