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| Guardian Industries Corp. will add 50 employees as part of a $40 million expansion to introduce new technology in order to make more energy-efficient glass at its Kingsburg plant.
| Advocates for Safe Glass (AFSG), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the safe application of glazing products in public spaces, would like to recognize Central Glass Company of Japan for posting the following safety precaution about its wired glass products on its Web site: “These glass products are not safety glazing materials, and should not be used as such or in locations where human impact is possible or where safety glazing is required.”Traditional wired glass is not safety glass, and for that reason the 2003 International Building Code (IBC) does not allow wired glass in schools or athletic facilities where the chance of human impact is greatest.
| The UK’s first and only trade exhibition dedicated to the glass industry - The Glass Processing & Technology (GP&T) conference and exhibition - will shortly be opening its doors on 11th, 12th and 13th November 2003 at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.
| Strong competition, particularly from glass plants in India and Taiwan, means The Glass Group Inc. must review its costs periodically, but the long-term perspective for the Millville facility is good, Kenneth Rock, chairman and CEO said Monday.
| A stained glass window located in the Church of the Transfiguration, at 336 E. Aurora St. in Ironwood, is featured as October's Window of the Month for the Michigan Stained Glass Census, a program of the Michigan State University Museum.
| A fundamental discovery about the behavior of cooling glass could have a significant impact on the glass- and plastic-making industries, say researchers at Lehigh University.
| There's a new glass in town. The glass, developed with the help of a unique NASA levitator facility, is available for numerous commercial applications including lasers and optical communications.
| Do car windows have to be made from glass? The automotive industry has always answered "yes." But you may soon find yourself gazing through a very different kind of glazing.
| The window featuring a distinctive red cockerel, survived Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries and lay discarded but unbroken in rubble for centuries.
| CertainTeed Corporation's Insulation Group has announced its intent to build another manufacturing line in its Kansas City, KS insulation manufacturing facility.
| The countdown is now underway for the start of the UK’s first and only trade exhibition dedicated to the glass industry: The Glass Processing & Technology (GP&T) exhibition and conference.
| Glassmaker Pilkington forecast a 10% uplift to first half profits despite continued tough trading conditions in most of its major markets.
| Glass block" window has become a generic term for block windows made of glass or plastic. People think block windows are solid when, in fact, the majority are hollow.
| Illinois businesses are not happy. They say new tax legislation hit hard. PPG Industries in Mt. Zion is one of those businesses.
| A resolution to support glass recycling stalled Wednesday when ASUM voted to wait to deliberate on the MontPIRG-led effort until next week.
| Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI), today announced that it has completed its offer to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") any and all of its outstanding 8-1/4% Senior Notes due 2013 (the "Old Notes") for 8-1/4% Senior Notes due 2013 (the "Exchange Notes") that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
| Midland Glass has invested in a plastics processing plant at its site in Kirkby-in-Ashfield and is looking to expand into the collection of plastics from local authorities.
| When one of the lots for auction at a recent charity turned out to be a 32-sqare-meter stand at industry exhibition Glassex, it was too good an opportunity to miss for industry veteran and window company boss Mike Crewdson.
| What began as a near tragedy has sent a Eugene man on a mission to make safety changes nationwide. But Greg Abel doesn't have to go far to show how much work needs to be done.
| When Cristalux SA went out of business three years ago, some 300 workers lost their jobs producing glassware strong enough to be hurled against a wall without breaking.