The American Window Glass Co. played an important role in the history of Belle Vernon Borough, which is celebrating its 200th birthday this year. The firm also held a mark of distinction in the history of the United States. That was the ...
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The 2013 Rakow Grant for Glass Research will support two studies by researchers Dr. Souen Fontaine of the Centre Camille Jullian (CNRS-Aix-Marseille University) in France and Dr. Rainer Richter of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. ...
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Q: Here are photographs of plates that I hope are valuable. There are 13 of them, but originally there were 16. They are 10 ½ inches in diameter. I look forward to hearing from you, although my dreams of selling the set and retiring ...
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M.E.SCHUPP® connects the international glassmaking market by a wide range of products and solutions for electrical heating and thermal insulation systems, especially for glass melting furnaces. On 7th and 8th May 2013, M.E.SCHUPP® ...
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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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Fenton Art Glass Co.'s new owner is looking to revive the century-old West Virginia specialty glass maker. Last month, the West Virginia Jobs Investment Trust provided $100,000 to The Fenton Group to help the company resume production of ...
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What do toffee, volcanic lava; enameled baths and Perspex have in common? They are all examples of what has been called the fourth state of matter-they are GLASSES, just as much as a bottle or windowpane. A glass is a material with the ...
Features include an interview with AGMS Managing Director Emmanuel Rohart who discusses the French company´s role as a glass melting specialist and how it has adapted to the changing world economic environment. The Lightweighting ...
Tags: glass, Glass International, February 2013
Following a successful fundraising campaign, one of the region’s premier cultural attractions has announced an investment of £2.25 Million for an ambitious re-development programme which will begin this month and continue until ...
The glass industry is an integral part of the American economy and everyday life. Glass is uded in a myriad of consumer products ranging from food and beverage packaging, lighting products for homes and businesses, automobile windshields, ...
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Based on the approved application for grants under the Operating Program Human Resources and Employment, VETROPACK MORAVIA GLASS, akciová spole?nost will organise 15 training activities from January 2011 to April 2012 in the project ...
The Corning Museum of Glass has acquired a rare, early 19th-century American blown-glass creamer for its comprehensive glass collection, which spans 35 centuries. The small light blue creamer, which measures 12.6 cm high and 5.5 cm in ...
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Glass has been with us at least from the first century BC,but most of the time we either look through it or drink from it—we don't generally look at it.While the magnificent stained glass windows in Renaissance cathedrals are works of ...
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Emhart Glass has announced a major reorganization of its global production and engineering capability, aimed at putting it closer to customers around the world while improving flexibility, cost efficiency and profitability. In recent ...
The Corning Museum of Glass today unveiled its 2012 Rakow Commission work:Flower Blockby Danish artist Steffen Dam.The artist's most ambitious work to date,Flower Blockis a grouping of 24 glass blocks in the style of his well-known series ...