Europe's flat glass manufacturers welcome the mid-term review of the EU's integrated industrial policy for the horizon 2020. In particular, they welcome that sustainable construction and related manufacturing industries are recognized as ...
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Saint-Gobain was recently awarded a three-year, $20 million contract with the U.S. Army and Marine Corps to develop bullet-resistant windshields and door windows. The technology, which will be used on the M142 High Mobility Artillery ...
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A total of 5,000 construction jobs were added nationwide in September resulting in 5.523 million employed for the month,an improvement from the 5.518 million employed in August,according to data released by the Associated General ...
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(China Glass Network)National Energy Administration has issued"The Twelfth Five-year Plan for Solar Power Development"recently,it sets the PV installed generating capacity of China for 21 million KW by the end of year 2015,which means that ...
IRL has released the first edition of"A Profile of the Mexican Paint Industry."In the past,IRL had only released paint market data for Mexico as part of its regional study"A Profile of the Central American and Caribbean Paint Industries." ...
The Indian glass industry witnessed phenomenal growth in the past few years.The industry is poised to further witness growth at a CAGR of 14.78%in the next five years on the sidelines of growth in real estate sector,infrastructural ...
ASTM International announced its new initiative as a program operator for Product Category Rules and Environmental Product Declarations.The goal of the program is to assist product manufacturers in developing PCRs and verifying EPDs.Also ...
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AGC Flat Glass North America,Alpharetta,Ga.,and Asahi Glass,Tokyo,have been assigned a patent(8,273,595)developed by Christopher R.Cording,Kingsport,Tenn.,Matthew Spencer,Gray,Tenn.,and Kunio Masumo,Zama,Japan,for a"silicon thin film ...
According to a newly published study by the consulting firm Kusumgar,Nerlfi&Growney,the global consumption of sealants was 3.6 billion pounds in 2011 worth$8.45 billion.Growth is placed at a five percent annual rate through 2016 with the ...
Market research institute Ceresana forecasts global revenues of the biocides market to be almost US$7.3 billion in 2019.The prices of biocides vary considerably depending on the type of product,thus constituting a crucial influence on ...
Industrial and construction growth in Argentina during the past five years fueled the paints and coatings market and is expected to continue its fast pace.In the paints and coatings industry,like most Latin American countries,the ...
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The Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance(IGMA)has opened registration for its 2013 Annual Conference,scheduled for February 5-8,2013 at the Astor Crowne Plaza New Orleans. "We are very excited about this annual conference,"says ...
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What were some of the general findings of the report? Luke Johnson, senior analyst at GCiS China Strategic Research: Although the report was released in July 2012, the base year of the study is 2011. The market study is broken ...
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Loughborough-based SmartGen Ltd has revealed that it was overwhelmed by the UK industry's response to its SmartShield system. SmartShield is a long lasting glass protection suitable for PV modules that is able to increase light ...
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PITTSBURGH,Oct.9,2012–PPG Industries(NYSE:PPG)announced that CLARVISTA(R)glass,a highly transparent and exceptionally durable shower door glass by PPG,was named by editors of Professional Builder and Professional Remodelermagazines as ...
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