Over the past years, the EU has put a lot of focus on designing legislations to increase the energy efficiency of buildings such as the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) and the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). Now that ...
Tags: Sustainable Buildings, EPBD, EED, Glass Industry
LiSEC will showcase new technologies and systems for the flat glass industry at glasstec 2012 under the slogan"All From One."The one-stop supplier to the glass industry will present innovations in glass cutting and sorting,insulating glass ...
Tags: LiSEC Glass Processing Machinery, Flat Glass Industry, Automatic
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) announced that two projects featuring its glass were among the winners of the 2012 Glass Magazine Awards announced earlier this month. The awards recognize the best products and glass applications in 18 categories ...
Tags: Construction, Glass, Decoration
Alpine Glass of Minneapolis, Minn., has won an arbitration award against the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) in the amount of $137, 019. This award, decided on August 27, is the most recent win in a string of arbitration ...
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South Gate, CA, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 - It is estimated that up to one billion birds are killed each year in North America due to collisions with glass on buildings — an issue NPR's ''Morning Edition'' covered in a two-part series this ...
Tags: Glasswerks, Arnold Glas, conscious products
The National Glass Association announced today that EDTM will sponsor both the 7th Annual Glazing Executives Forum (GEF) and 3rd Annual Window & Door Dealers Forum at the 2012 GlassBuild America Expo next week in Las Vegas. "Being one of ...
Tags: Nga Welcomes Edtm, The National Glass Association, EDTM
In interior design, glass is noticeably replacing typical interior materials such as wood and stone. This trend was made possible thanks to new refining technologies and the creativity of the glass refiners with regards to product ...
Tags: Continuing Trend, Glass, Decoration
South Gate, CA, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 - It is estimated that up to one billion birds are killed each year in North America due to collisions with glass on buildings — an issue NPR’s ''Morning Edition'' covered in a two-part series ...
Tags: Glasswerks, Partnership with Arnold Glas, glass solutions
According to the statistic, average glass price (4mm) on the middle of May rose 0.8 yuan/weight case to 66.1 yuan/weight case. Over the same period, industry stock dropped to 27.57 million weight cases, chain relative radio down 1%, about ...
Tags: industry trends, glass, china
According to BHI published by CBMCA and MOFCOM, profit of cement manufacturing industry decreased with a year-on-year drop of 50% during the first half year of 2012, while profit of sheet glass plunged more than 100% compared with last ...
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Large-format glass facades are a striking element of modern architecture all over the world.They not only create maximum transparency but also assume diverse functions to guarantee the building's energy efficiency and utility ...
Tags: Facades, The Top Theme, Large-format glass
Museum of Glass of Qinhuangdao held a grand opening ceremony recently.As the first state-owned thematic museum,it covers an area of 11.25 mu with overall floorage of 2822 square meters.The museum is composed of four parts including ...
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(China Glass Network) The 2012 American International Glass Doors &Windows Exposition (note Glassbuild America 2012) will be held on September 12 to 14 on Las Vegas Convention Center. The annual Glassbuild America is the biggest ...
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In an effort to spotlight the people who make the Glass Magazine Award-winning products and projects possible,this year's program included people-centric categories,for which the industry submitted their picks for best installer,production ...
Deron Patterson,a senior account manager for PPG Industries'flat glass division,based in Sugarland,Texas,first remembers being interested in politics at the age of 10,when he learned to do his own Richard Nixon impression.Now,37 years ...
Tags: PPG, glass industry, flat glass