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| The glass maker Pilkington has agreed a £0.8bn pension longevity swap with Legal & General.
| China Specialty Glass AG or CSG said its operating entity Guangzhou Hing Wah Glass Industry Co. (HWG), Ltd. and the Miroiterie du Rhin SAS, an unit of Saint-Gobain Glass France, terminated the existing exclusive distributorship agreement, effective December 31, 2011.
| PELLA, Iowa, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Looking for a way to conveniently use technology to help save energy in your home? This year, the ability to do so is as close as your smartphone or computer as Pella® Windows and Doors introduces its newest innovation, SmartSync technology.
| National industry consortium launches Solar Energy Estimate report at SolarHub.com with support from solar proposal tool providers.
| Innovation, Differential Management and Productivity Remain Drivers for 2012 and Beyond; 2012 Earnings Guidance of $4.20-$4.40 per shareWILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- During DuPont's 2011 Investor Day, Chair and CEO Ellen Kullman and the company's senior leaders detailed the dynamic global growth strategy for continuing to deliver strong, sustainable results in 2012 and beyond, contributing to 7 and 12 percent compound annual growth rates for sales and earnings, respectively, in the coming years."Science-powered, market-driven innovation remains the cornerstone of the company," Kullman said. "DuPont expects nearly $12 billion of revenue from products introduced in the previous four years, roughly 30 percent of company sales in 2011.
| Pedricktown, N.J., December 7, 2011 – Last Friday, President Obama unveiled the Better Building Initiative (BBI), a public-private partnership that will invest $4 billion toward making federal and commercial office buildings more energy-efficient.400 Market Street, an 11-story Philadelphia office tower built in 1972, is already serving as a model for how owners of hundreds of older, mid- and high-rise buildings throughout the Northeast and Midwest can reap the benefits of the program.
| Two North West companies are to receive £14m in government funding to help boost employment, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said.
| A new investment project by Ohara Optical Co, a major optical glass maker in Japan, has been approved by the National Science Council.
| The U.S. Green Building Council has just launched a new app service that should help make it easier for builders to get the most bang out of their LEED buck.
| K&K Glass Inc., based in Zephyrhills, Fla., opened a new location in Brooksville, Fla., on November 1.
| Jenoptik’s Lasers & Material Processing division has won its first orders for laser processing systems used in the manufacture of energy saving high-tech glass, so-called smart windows.
| A UK company that supplies its specialist systems worldwide is completing two prestigious contracts for the Olympic Games in London next year.
| Barnfield Construction has been selected by NSG Group as preferred contractor for the new coated glass production facility based on the Cowley Hill site in St Helens.
| Abrisa Technologies' High Ion Exchange or HIE glass is chemically strengthened glass that has increased strength as a result of a post-product chemical process.
| Electronically tintable dynamic window glazing design recognized as innovative by Construction Business MediaMINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The publisher of Architectural Products announced today that SageGlass® dynamic glass from SAGE Electrochromics won a 2011 Architecture Innovation Award for Product Innovation in the Windows/Doors/Openings category for glazing.
| HONG KONG Nov 16 (Reuters) - Chinese glass producer Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd said on Wednesday it has postponed the spin-off and share market listing of its solar glass production unit, due to volatile capital markets and the adverse impact of Europe's sovereign debt crisis on the solar energy industry.
| TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BUILDER, the leading media brand for the residential construction industry, has released the results of its 2012 Brand Use Study and named Milgard Windows & Doors as the Brand Leader in Overall Vinyl Quality.
| PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Southwall Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:SWTX), an energy efficiency company that develops and manufactures high-performance films and glass products that save energy and reduce carbon emissions in buildings, homes and cars, announced third quarter 2011 revenues of $13.6 million, an increase of 12% from third quarter 2010 revenues of $12.2 million.
| Modern technology will soon be used to protect treasured works of art from the past. The Art Gallery at St.
| Vitrum – the international trade fair for machinery, equipment and systems for the processing of flat and hollow glass, glass and finished products for the industry, staged from October 26th to 29th at the Rho Fiera Milano fairgrounds – closed by registering the keen interest and lively participation of the leading companies, thus proving once again to be an invaluable event for trade professionals wishing to gain an insight into market performance and the latest innovations developed by exhibitors.