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Mountains of glass are consumed by New Zealand every year, amounting to more than 200,000 tonnes. Most of what is recycled is melted down to make more bottles, but the rest is popping up in places you would least expect.
Limited space is available for next week’s GlassPrint 2007 conference and exhibition, European event for the decoration of container and flat glass.
The Glass Association of North America (GANA), an international trade association of glass and glazing manufacturers, fabricators and glazing contractors, announced the consolidation of its two educational conferences into a single event in 2008.
Ferro Corporation will webcast a presentation by James F. Kirsch, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, on Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at 1:40 p.m.
The Glass Association of North America's (GANA) Fall Conference yesterday was packed with meetings and participants, beginning at 7 a.m. and going until after 6 p.m.The protective glazing committee and the mirror division were the last meetings…
During a late afternoon meeting yesterday the Glass Association of North America's (GANA) fire-rated glazing council emphasized the point that education is it's primary goal.
The Glass Association of North America's (GANA) Fall Conference opened today at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta with a meeting of the Flat Glass Manufacturing Division (FGMD).
News services reported concerns expressed by the European Federation of Wine and Spirit Importers and Distributors in which Federation members claimed to be “confronted with” a shortage of glass bottles.
DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions (DPVS) exhibited a broad and growing portfolio of films, resins for encapsulants, encapsulant films, conductive pastes and more, at the 22nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition – the world'…
Taking place from 3rd to 7th September 2007 at the Fiera Milano in Italy, the 22nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference will be the most important international Conference in the field of Photovoltaics.
As temperatures reach or top 90 degrees outside, temperatures inside the Saint-Gobain Containers plant, tucked away at the end of Center Street, are even higher.As beer bottles glow red hot an arm's length away, workers step toward open windows…
he National Glass Association (NGA) will examine the controversy surrounding the plan to rate and certify the energy efficiency of commercial fenestration during a forum featuring James Benney, executive director of the National Fenestration Rating…
The “four-cylinder” building located inside Munich’s Olympiapark has helped create public awareness of BMW for many years now.
It has a soft, sand-like texture to it, and it glitters in the sunlight. It is Niagara Ecoglass, a new product being manufactured and sold in the region, and it's the end product of those empty glass bottles you toss in your blue box and forget…
This September, the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition will be taking place for the 22nd edition.
Waste Services (UK) has been awarded a four year contract to collect bring bank glass in Hampshire - the company's first agreement of this kind with a council in the county.
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. announced that Russell Huffer, chairman and chief executive officer, will host the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Apogee Enterprises, Inc., on Wednesday, June 27, at 9 a.m.
The South African Breweries Ltd (SAB) said today that the company continues to experience 'unusually high' demand for this time of the year, across its range of brands.
Top brands, bottle manufacturers, retailers and technology experts have teamed up under a UK-government programme to cut 20,000 tonnes of glass from beer, cider and spirit packaging.
Glass bottles will be crushed and used in road construction, thereby reducing the amount of glass that needs recycling and the requirment of natural resources, Minister Jesmond Mugliett announced.
A name change and new branding has come about for a major European glass packaging manufacturer. The firm formally known as Rockware has changed its name to Ardagh.
Southwall Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: SWTX) announced first quarter 2007 revenue of $10.5 million, up 5% from the first quarter of 2006 and up 14% from the fourth quarter of 2006.
The American Ceramic Society and NYS College of Ceramics at Alfred University will hold the 2007 Glass & Optical Materials Division Meeting & 18th University Conference on Glass in Rochester, New York, May 20-23, 2007.
Everyday great  inventions and the geniuses behind them go unrecognized. Then, there are some  inventions making such an impact on our daily lives that they must be  recognized and honored.
High-tech plant churns out 600 beer bottles a minuteThe sprawling tan building that rises from the snowy plains houses technology its owners prefer to keep under wraps.