Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Industries) developed the Intercept® warm-edge spacer concept to answer a long-standing need in insulating glass: stronger edge construction and improved thermal performance—without compromising quality or manufacturability. Vitro brought the concept to GED Integrated Solutions to engineer an in-house fabrication platform for window and door manufacturers.

Intercept spacers feature a unique, one-piece, tin-plated or stainless steel U-channel design that creates an effective thermal barrier to help reduce conducted heat loss through the window. Its sealed, one-piece design makes Intercept spacers stronger and better at retaining insulating gas than many conventional designs.

Today, Intercept is a family of warm-edge spacer options designed to let fabricators match performance to the application—while staying on a proven U-channel platform:

  • Good: Intercept® ThinPlate — original warm-edge performance and value
  • Better: Intercept® Ultra — U-value improvement with stainless construction
  • Best: Intercept® Extreme™ — best thermal performance in North America, enabled by a next-generation thermal break design

Intercept spacers maintain the Intercept hallmark: a durable, one-piece U-channel architecture that supports strong corners, robust gas retention, and long-term reliability.

Introducing Intercept® Extreme™

Intercept® Extreme™ builds on the Intercept platform with a thermally broken U-shaped spacer engineered for the highest thermal insulation performance in the competitive market.

What makes it Extreme™?

  • Thermal break construction: stainless-steel side walls with a polymer bridge in the base to decouple thermal energy transfer
  • Best performance: designed to deliver the best edge-of-glass thermal results within the Intercept family
  • Built for the Intercept 2.5 platform: the hybrid material is designed to process on the Intercept®2.5 machine platform

One Machine. Three Options

The Intercept platform is built to support a “Good / Better / Best” product strategy on a single proven fabrication ecosystem—helping you standardize operations while expanding your performance portfolio.

This flexibility is designed to align with modern high-performance window packages and evolving energy-efficiency expectations.

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