With the oven ablaze melting shattered glass in the workshop and the nearby store abuzz with curious customers, it is hard to imagine that just a few months ago Lebanon’s last glass blower was about to close shop for good. On a ...
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The well-known story of Corning Inc.’s unsuccessful foray into the automotive glass market in the 1960s may have a happy ending sooner than you think. The Fortune 500 company’s development of a superior auto windshield using a ...
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Abdulaziz bin Yagub Al Serkal, general manager of Dubai Investments PJSC, anticipates an increase in the cost of glass in the midst of escalating demand in the region. "Over the past few years, the increase in prices was quite unhealthy ...
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Repeat performer, award-winning Sterling Vineyards, will once again provide the fine wines poured at the Oscars telecast and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Governors Ball. This year, Sterling is joined at the bar by a ...
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Here at Appliance Retailer we are big fans of complete kitchen renovations; the kind of knock ‘em down, rebuild ‘ems from the ground up type jobs that require a whole new matching set of appliances, often costing northwards of ...
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LED Engin has combined its LZ4-Plus emitters with Gaggione eight to 45deg zoom optics said to produce excellent candela/lumen performance, beam quality and control. Together, they enable luminaire manufactures to design smaller, lighter and ...
Tags: wash lamps, Precise colour control, narrow beam angles
Malta-based brewing firm Simonds Farsons Cisk will open a new beer packaging facility with an investment of €27m. The new facility will comprise a glass line and a canning line, which will be capable of filling beer and non-alcoholic ...
Kaminski Auctions of Beverly, Massachusetts held a high quality 20th Century Modern Design auction. The sale achieved an approximate sell-through rate of seventy percent, while displaying a steady rhythm of strong hammer prices. ...
Recycling campaigns are not without their detractors as their results are often met with more than a little scepticism and their long-term value often questioned. However, a number of communication programmes, developed by the Aluminium ...
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UK-based supermarkets operator Sainsbury's is set to add calorie-content information to its wine labeling in a bid to help consumers make informed health choices. The company will introduce the labeling on 20 new, 125l glass bottles from ...
This year’s Geneva Motor Show sees the launch of two new distinctive option packs — the ‘black pack’ and ‘silver pack’ — for the iconic Land Rover Defender. The Defender will also benefit from a ...
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Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue for full-year 2013 of $331.7m, down 36% on 2012's $516m, with all of the firm's businesses experiencing down cycles. LED & ...
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DA Stores, known for its commitment to provide a variety of home furnishings from the most recognized manufacturers in the world, continues its partnership with Global Furniture USA. Global Furniture USA was one of the first modern home ...
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The US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Texas at Austin have co-developed inexpensive material that has the potential to capture and convert solar energy — particularly from the bluer part ...
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Graphene has proven itself as a wonder material with a vast range of unique properties. Among the least-known marvels of graphene is its strange love affair with water. Graphene is hydrophobic – it repels water – but narrow ...
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