A push for a change is growing on a problem first exposed by I-Team 8 last month. Some national experts are now calling for a reconsideration of plans to require high strength, laminated glass on car side windows. If you're involved in an ...
Tags: Laminated Glass, Construction, Decoration
Guardian Industries has developed a new glass product for outdoor lighting applications. Guardian heatable glass for lighting can withstand harsh winter months and strong deviations in weather to keep lenses clear of fog, frost and snow, ...
Tags: Heatable Glass, Lighting
Do what you say you are going to do and always “do it with a smile” is Virginia Mirror Co. Chief Executive Officer John Korff’s philosophy for getting ahead in business. That philosophy, coupled with honesty and ...
Tags: Glass Business, Virginia Mirror
Over the past few years advanced architectural coated glass has improved dramatically. New developments in glass coating technology have lead to the production of some of the most advanced coated glasses to date. New double and triple ...
This year's GlassBuild America, the annual trade show for the North American window and glass industries in Atlanta, was held from 10 to 12 September. About 350 exhibiting companies presented a range of innovations to around 6,000 ...
Tags: LiSEC, glass industries
The innovative use of a double-skin Clima façade based on a specification provided by Saint-Gobain Glass has created one of the major energy-efficiency features for One Angel Square, said to be one of the most sustainable large ...
Tags: Glass, Construction, Decoration
The Romanian division of French glass manufacturer Saint-Gobain, has invested EUR 6 million in a laminated glass production line in its factory in Calarasi, southern Romania. This takes the company's total investment so far in Romania to ...
Tags: Construction, Glass, Laminated Glass
Kuraray's Trosifol PVB films have been approved by PPG Industries as a Certified Interlayer for Sungate and Solarban Architectural Flat Laminated Glass, according to an Aug. 27 Trosifol release. PPG Industries offers accredited ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Chemicals
The Torre de Cristal at Madrid is an office building with the architecture design intended to look like a cut crystal. At 249 m and 52 floors, the glass tower is the second highest building in Spain. It features a photovoltaic dome ...
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Williamsburg Glass is happy to present its latest custom work for Euphorie Cosmetics. Recently, Williamsburg Glass had the opportunity to showcase their talents with another one of their custom glasswork projects. Euphorie Cosmetics chain ...
Tags: Glass, Construction, Decoration
Bendheim is the proud decorative architectural glass partner to Patient Room 2020, a next-generation healthcare design prototype of a safer, more streamlined, restorative, and engaging environment for patients, families, and caregivers. ...
Tags: Bendheim, Decorative Glass
After announcing a reorganization in 2012, Bystronic Glass is nearly finished with its proposed changes, according to an Aug. 7 company press release. Both the strategic business unit for automotive glass and the machine service team for ...
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 ...
Tags: Aldora, Multi-Merger
TWO members of the glass cartel — Glass South Africa and National Glass Distributors — have settled with the Competition Commission and had their settlement agreements confirmed on Thursday. The Competition Tribunal in June ...
Tags: Construction glass, Glass Cartel
PPG Glass eVIEW is a multifunctional suite of Web-based tools that enables architects, glazing contractors, glass fabricators and other building professionals to search, construct, view and compare virtual glazing configurations in three ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Glass, coating