Europe's energy intensive industries are probably divided on the merits of power savings targets for 2030, but if the right mix of unambiguous and universal targets and measures can be agreed – and explained – opposition could ...
Tags: Construction, Glass, Glass Industry
In the past, glass was often perceived to be the weak link in buildings. With the advances in high performance glazing over the last quarter of a century, this is no longer the case. Glass can provide high levels of thermal insulation ...
Tags: Glass, Construction
Glass for Europe, an association made up of Europe’s flat glass manufacturers, has issued a statement related to the European Commission’s (EC) anti-subsidy investigation into imports of solar glass from China. In the statement, ...
Glass for Europe, the association of Europe’s manufacturers of building, automotive and solar-energy glass, welcomes the initiation by the European Commission of both an anti-dumping and an anti-subsidy investigation concerning solar ...
Following the conclusions of yesterday's European Council on energy, Glass for Europe releases its contribution to the debate on a 2030 energy and climate package to highlight how such an instrument can be designed to foster growth ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, glass
Out with the old and in with the new: the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) has replaced the Construction Products Directive. To ensure the industry stays abreast of these latest developments, Glass for Europe is delighted to announce ...
Tags: Glass, Construction Products
North West MEP, Chris Davies, saw first-hand the benefits of NSG Group’s investment in a new high-tech off-line glass coating facility, during a visit to a Pilkington Glass factory in St Helens. The North West of England MEP and ...
Tags: energy saving glass, glass, glass coating
Glass for Europe is the trade association for Europe’s manufacturers of flat glass. Flat glass is the material that goes into a variety of end products and primarily in windows and facades for buildings, windscreens and windows for ...
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Under regulation EC 443(2009)1, the EU wide CO2 emission target for passenger cars is set at 120g/km. This target must be met through improvements to power train performance, as measured by the NEDC test cycle, and credits obtained via the ...
Tags: regulation, EU, Glass
The European Commission is currently reviewing the existing regulatory framework on food contact materials, in particular Directive 84/500/EEC for ceramic articles. Among the discussed features of this revision are: the extension of the ...
Tags: Glass, ceramic articles, glass materials
Glass for Europe releases new evidences of glazing benefits to sustainable buildings. The latter were gathered by David Strong Consulting in a recent study on the distinctive benefits of glazing, which highlights the socio-economic ...
Tags: Glass, Europe, Sustainable Buildings
Glass for Europe is the trade association for Europe’s manufacturers of flat glass. Flat glass is the material that goes into a variety of end-products and primarily in windows and façades for buildings, windscreens and windows ...
Tags: Glass, Europe, flat glass, VAT
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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Glass for Europe, the association of Europe’s manufacturers of building, automotive and transport glass, unveiled its industry pathway towards a competitive low carbon economy on the occasion of a dinner debate with EU officials on ...
Tags: market view, flat glass
Glass for Europe seized the opportunity of the recent Commission consultation on the EU 2020 Flagship on industrial policy to increase its involvement on industrial policy issues. The aim of this consultation is to prepare the mid-term ...
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