SMI Aluminum Systems (SMI) and Architectural Glass Products (AGP) of Miramar, FL will now officially operate as Aldora Aluminum and Glass Products, Inc. In addition, Aldora will merge with Coastal Glass Distributors, Inc. located in ...
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Banco Mare Nostrum (BMN) sold its 18.34 % stake in the Spanish speciality paper producer Miquel y Costas for €48.2m at the end of June 2013. Spanish media reports indicated that BMN had to part ways with its shareholding because the ...
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VINCENNES, Ind. - SCHOTT Gemtron Corporation recently completed the migration of its food display refrigeration glass production capabilities to Vincennes, Ind. in order to keep pace with growing demand for its display and freezer glass ...
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The complete line of high-performance I.G. sealants developed by Fenzi, leading manufacturer of chemicals for secondary glass processing, will be on display at the Atlanta exhibition. By way of its North America subsidiary, Fenzi will be ...
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Italian hollow glass processing machines continue to enjoy enormous international popularity, with especially positive results in 2012, which will likely be repeated in 2013. Bottles and glass tableware are doing well, with a few ...
Tags: Hollow Glass, Glass, Construction
When a molten material cools quickly, parts of it may have enough time to grow into orderly crystals. But if the cooling rate is too fast for the entire melt to crystallize, the remaining material ends up in a non-crystalline state known as ...
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That renewable energy is the future of power production is crystal clear, but so too may be energy storage. Researchers at Penn State's Materials Research Institute are developing a thin and flexible glass, about one-tenth the thickness ...
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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) honored the top 10 "green" building projects for 2013 at the AIA National Convention and Design Exposition, June 20-22 in Denver, and at least five of the ...
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Välinge Innovation and Novalis Innovative Flooring announce that the companies have signed a license where Novalis obtains a license on Välinge IP related to resilient floors, including an indemnification on patents from ...
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Nipsea Group has started construction of its third paint factory in northern Vietnam's Vinh Phuc Province. The six-hectare Nippon Paint Vinh Phuc, which will be in operation in February next year, will produce general industrial paint for ...
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Researchers at E/M Coating Services (EMCS), a business unit of Curtiss Wright Surface Technologies specialising in technical surface coatings, are working with powder characterisation experts at Freeman Technology to develop new surface ...
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Transparency Market Research (TMR) has released a report on acrylic acid. Acrylic acid is a colorless organic compound derived by the oxidation of propylene. It is the simplest carboxylic acid that exists in a polymerized form and has a ...
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Hempel has won an investment boost from the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation for research into coatings for cement factories and mineral processing plants. Cement production and mineral processing are big and growing ...
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The European Pallet Association (EPAL) and the UIC work-group responsible for load carriers within the International Union of Railways (UIC) was unable to reach an agreement on the creation of a unified European exchange pool for ...
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Panolam Surface Systems ("Panolam" or the "Company") announced the introduction of EcoStone Decorative Surfaces, a thick, color-through, solid, compact laminate made of 100% recycled core paper that comes in twelve jewel-toned colors drawn ...