Windows enhance the ambience of a room and play a crucial role in maintaining an energy-efficient home. The tighter seals and more advanced construction of many modern windows prevent cold and hot air from escaping and help keep a more ...
Tags: Home Windows, Windows
Your first thought on this may well be no! However, with increasing U value performance in our windows and the growth of triple glazing now taking a firm hold in the market place, it will soon become inevitable that for a period in autumn ...
Tags: Condensation Glass
Comfortably cool in summer and cosy warm in winter, all with minimum energy use. The Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim/Germany have expanded their current range of tests to allow modern office and living spaces, vehicle interiors, ...
Tags: Hohenstein, G-Value
Glass or window and door pundits who have hoped for a Moore’s Law like effect to hit our industry and consistently drive technological advances in a timely manner may finally be in luck. Oh, we may not realize the speed or intensity ...
Tags: Glass Technologies, Energy Savings
An exciting group of new Pilkington products was launched at the Fabricator Installer Trade (FiT) Show, the glass and glazing industry´s major exhibition for 2013. The properties for these products have been added to the popular ...
Tags: Pilkington products, Construction
With the advent of next generation Low E glass like Guardian’s ClimaGuard A+ and the consistent growth of triple glazing in the market, the insulating glass units being manufactured and installed today far exceed the performance we ...
Tags: IGU's-Climaguard Dry, Construction
The NSG Group, manufacturer of Pilkington glass in the UK, will be exhibiting at the first ever FIT Show in April, bringing customers up to speed with the latest developments from one of the UK’s most trusted glass brands. At ...
Tags: NSG Group, Pilkington glass, FIT Show
A larger network, more locations and an exclusive range of products: these are the fruits of the strong alliance AGC and Interpane forged in July 2012. According to the companies, the two glass specialists complement each other perfectly ...
Tags: AGC, Interpane, products, glass specialists
LiSec has introduced a number of new solutions for glass cutting and for the manufacture of high-quality triple-glazed units. The FlyOver loading crane for glass-cutting machines uses an intelligent, one-row design on the suction bridge ...
Tags: LiSec, glass cutting, glass cutting machines, glass storage
NEW security measures have been put in place at a historic abbey to prevent further theft of ancient artefacts which were stolen last year. Thieves equipped with an angle grinder removed a priceless relic – said to be part of the ...
Tags: NEW security measures, historic abbey, relic, glass case
Saint-Gobain Glass UK has rolled out a new range of free e-learning modules to provide its members with business training that is not going to interfere with their daily routine. The firm - which is formed by respected companies in the UK ...
Tags: Glass, architecture, material solutions, Energy Efficient Glass
As the dust settles on another successful Glasstec, Promac returns from Europe’s largest glass show delighted with the result. Busy supporting machinery supply partners like For.El, Macotec and Softsolution naming just a few that ...
Tags: Glasstec, Glass, triple glazing, glass processing
Saint-Gobain Glass UK Ltd has launched a number of new initiatives and improvements for members of its PLANITHERM Network as the award-winning TV campaign is confirmed to run throughout 2013.These include an advanced online marketing ...
With the emergence of new trade legislation in respect of CE marking, the pressure is once again on processors to manufacture to exacting standards. As the industry begins to take tentative but positive steps forward the quality standards ...
Tags: trade legislation, glass processors, precision glass cutting
High performance aluminium glazing systems from Wicona are set to withstand some of the most extreme climatic conditions on earth, following the completion of a new research station in the Antarctic. Designed by Hamburg-based architects, ...
Tags: New Antarctic Research Station, Featuring Wicona Glazing Systems