ELEGANT IG BIGGER AND BETTER

Elegant IG’s history dates back to August 1996, when the owner and director, Sandro Ianni, founded the company with the vision of providing Australian manufacturers of insulating glass units with a complete line of quality components.

Elegant IG started out in a small warehouse, located in the Sydney suburb of Dee Why in New South Wales. At the outset Elegant IG consisted only of Sandro, his wife Lily and a part-time warehouse assistant. Between them, they focussed on supplying only the best IG consumables from around the world and provided an unrivalled level of service to the company’s handful of customers. It didn’t take long for word of this to spread and Elegant IG’s customer base grew at a rapid pace.

In its third year of operating, Elegant IG moved to a 210 sqm warehouse a short distance away in Cromer. At this time, the company also expanded its staff with the addition of a product manager and full-time warehouse manager.

Over the next few years, Sandro worked diligently to strengthen his knowledge of all aspects of the insulating glass industry to solidify existing customer relationships and form many new ones. He served as the IGMA Chairman for 3 years, having been on their Management Committee and an AGWA Director for approximately 17 years. In 2017 he was awarded the Glass Person of the Year for NSW.

Sandro’s tireless work cemented Elegant IG’s reputation as an industry leader, and, in 2007, the company again relocated to accommodate its growing size. The new site in Belrose, approximately 30 minutes from Sydney’s CBD, was selected with future growth in mind. At this time Sandro and Lily were joined by one of their sons, Simon. In 2013 their youngest son, Joshua, also joined the family business. Elegant IG continues to operate from the 1300 sqm facility in Belrose, which is spread over three warehouses.

Now in 2023, Elegant IG is proud to announce it is expanding again to better service its customers in this growing industry. Elegant IG will be opening a brand new 1300 sqm warehouse in Truganina, Victoria. This new facility will focus on servicing customers in the southern states and WA, while its Sydney warehouse and head office will continue to service NSW and Queensland.

Our Sydney office will also house our new Sparklike calibration service centre, due to open fourth quarter of 2023 where it will service all devices for Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia.

Over the years the Elegant team has grown from three to nine staff members with three more joining shortly in Victoria.

Its range of products has expanded to also include machinery and accessories for auto or manual production of double-glazed glass, as well as a range of products developed to make handling and working with glass easier and safer. Some of these products include, Tecglass digital ceramic printers, Sparklike Argon gas testing equipment, Bassra glass processing equipment, Schiatti Angelo edge processing machinery, Glasweld Scratch removal kits, RPM chemicals, Tiller lift and Diamant edge processing tools.

Sandro believes honesty, loyalty and integrity, together with highly professional and flexible customer support, are the cornerstones of Elegant IG’s success.

Lido Russo, Business Development Manager, Elegant IG