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| Pilkington energiKare™, the UK’s leading energy efficient glazing, has taken another stride forward in its quest to help householders prevent heat loss through their windows, following its partnership with Zenith Windows.
| With the help of volunteers and corporate donations, Habitat for Humanity International has constructed nearly 300,000 homes.
| Using Adobe Connect technology, GlasWeld utilizes powerful online platform to deliver advanced glass repair training to the industry.
| Nippon Sheet Glass Co Ltd announces that a 330,000,000 Euro 5-Year Term Loan Facility (the “Facility”) for NSG UK Enterprises Ltd. (“NSG UK”) and guaranteed by Nippon Sheet Glass Co.
| On 15 January 2009, the Glaston Corporation subsidiary Tamglass Glass Processing Ltd will initiate statutory employer-employee negotiations under the Act on Co-Determination within Undertakings (YT negotiations) in respect of the adjustment of architectural glass operations to the present market situation.Architectural glass operations currently employ around 110 people in Tampere and Lempäälä.
| China Technology Development Group Corp and privately held Qinghai New Energy Group announced their plans to construct a solar power plant in northwestern China that could become the world’s largest photovoltaic solar project.
| Inox Phuoc An Ltd.Co on Dec 17 brought glass factory into operation in Tinh Phong Industrial Park, Son Tinh district, Quang Ngai.
| Solaglas Windowcare is putting recycling at the forefront for its South Yorkshire employees. The glass repair and replacement specialist is urging its workforce in Hellaby, near Rotherham to take control of the company’s waste management by implementing renewable practices throughout its premises. The business has created an environmental committee made up of 12 people from management, administration and manufacturing to identify opportunities to recycle waste and reduce the company’s use of resources. More than 300 employees at the main office, which houses a full manufacturing facility, are being urged to recycle, not only aluminium cans and paper, but also plastics and polystyrene.
| Neuhausen-Hamberg, 08.12.2008. With the start of the new year, the two German Bystronic glass technology centres will be renamed: As of 1st January 2009, Armatec Vierhaus GmbH will be operating under the name Bystronic Armatec GmbH and Lenhardt Maschinenbau GmbH will be called Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH at the start of the year. "With the name change, we would like to set a signal and convey more actively that we have been in existence as an internal unit for almost six years: We are the Bystronic glass group and communicate as well as trade under this corporate brand" says Richard Jakob, CEO of the Bystronic glass group and explains: "A market analysis, which was conducted this year, has shown that we can continue to improve our public perception in this way." From the legal point of view, the customers will not be affected by the name change: All existing contracts will remain untouched.
| First Solar, Inc. announces the completion of Southern California Edison’s (SCE) 2 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic power plant installed on the rooftop of a commercial building in Fontana, California.
| MILLVILLE - No one was injured in a glass machine fire at Gerresheimer Glass on Wheaton Avenue that interrupted Thanksgiving dinner Thursday afternoon.
| Towns and municipalities with up to 20,000 inhabitants can as of now register to compete with their activities for climate protection – patron of the competition is climate researcher Professor Mojib Latif – Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.
| At Belarus Investment Forum in London, OAO Gomelsteklo is presenting a project on the setting up of a production of sheet polished glass, BelTA learnt from Anna Kontrova, the head of the foreign and economic activity department of the Belarusian Ministry of Construction and Architecture.
| SunGuard advanced architectural glass by Guardian Industries now offers architects and designers five new performance and appearance glass options by combining its Guardian CrystalGray™ float glass with the latest SunGuard coatings.
| The most anticipated industry event of the year is back in Chicago - Glass Expo Midwest™ ’08. GEMS™ has become a staple event for the Midwest auto and architectural glass industries.
| +2.5% ON A REPORTED BASIS +2.4% LIKE-FOR-LIKE The Saint-Gobain Group delivered consolidated sales of €33,435 million for the first nine months of 2008, versus €32,630 million for the same year-ago period, representing a rise of 2.5% on a reported basis and of 5.6% at constant exchange rates*.
| University of New South Wales' ARC Photovoltaic Centre of Excellence has created the first silicon solar cell to achieve the milestone of 25 per cent efficiency.
| PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has been recognized by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) as one of the leading S&P 500 companies and as the number-one company in the chemicals and pharmaceuticals sector in the CDP’s 2008 Leadership Index.
| New site features sleek design and expanded content Edgetech’s Web site, www.edgetech360.com, has received a complete facelift to provide customers with easy access to sought-after information in two clicks or less.
| The new Roweldo technology is based on bending know-how – however, striking a complete new path. This new system enables production of highly precise and completely identical results.