I just returned from the BEC Conference in Las Vegas and wanted to share a few golden nuggets from the show floor. Although there were a number of interesting presentations, it was the Keynote by Guardian President Scott Thomsen, entitled ...
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TuffX Processed Glass one of the UK’s leading specialist glass processors has recently invested in new state-of-the-art equipment to help improve efficiency and profitability at the firm. New machinery that has recently been ...
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A detail from a stained glass window A detail from a stained glass window illustrating the crucifixion — created by Susan Kennedy Sommerfeld, and one which she calls a favorite of hers — can be found in the sanctuary of Mt. ...
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Spencer Cleland says he's well beyond love when it comes to his feelings about glass. The 28-year-old Mounds View native is studying the art of glassmaking at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, which has one of the oldest ...
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The owner of a glass and mirror company wants to break ground by early summer on a new $1.2 million facility near the Liberty Pike/Eddy Lane intersection. Genesis Glass and Mirror owner Ken Adler hopes to move forward on construction ...
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The Government of Saskatchewan has proclaimed April 1-7 as Asbestos Awareness Week to raise awareness about asbestos-related diseases and the risks of asbestos exposure. According to the World Health Organization, says the government, about ...
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Bulletproof glass (also known as ballistic glass, transparent armor or bullet-resistant glass) is a type of strong but optically transparent material that is particularly resistant to being penetrated when struck by bullets, but like all ...
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The more established shutter glass 3D technology now faces competition from the film patterned retarder technology as the demand for 3D TV rises, notes NPD DisplaySearch. According to the NPD DisplaySearch Quarterly Display Optical Film ...
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IDG News Service - An electronics and a recycling trade group are looking for ways to reuse recycled cathode ray tube (CRT) glass from computer monitors and television sets, with a US$10,000 prize for the best proposal. The Consumer ...
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The old proverb about people in glass houses not throwing stones comes to mind when you visit Lisa Walsh's new house in Waverley. That's because the house is made of glass. Technically, it's not a house, it's the former Waverley Scouts ...
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Glassfab Tempering Services Inc. of Tracy, Calif., received PPG certification to produce all PPG high performance coated products. Glassfab Tempering has been serving the Northern California, Hawaii and Nevada markets for the past six ...
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As we know that the iphone has just two color, black and white, it can hardly represent one's own style. Moreover, we always like to put our phone in our bags, so the phone would easily be scratched. Thus, many people choose to buy a phone ...
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Architizer News reports that the glass cladding installation on One WTC in New York is nearly complete. “One WTC’s curtain wall is now 90 percent complete between floors 90 and 100," according to the WTCProgress Twitter feed. ...
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Glass milling technology company, International Innovative Technologies Ltd. (IIT) has secured an order for a milling system utilising its patented fine grinding technology for waste glass recycling. IIT has signed an order to supply a ...
North West MEP, Chris Davies, saw first-hand the benefits of NSG Group’s investment in a new high-tech off-line glass coating facility, during a visit to a Pilkington Glass factory in St Helens. The North West of England MEP and ...
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