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| BEIJING, China, August 13, 2008 - Beijing's air quality has improved, with the sky clearly visible today after rains on Sunday and Monday reduced the air pollution, heat and mugginess that made Olympic athletes, visitors and residents uncomfortable for days.
| Southwall Technologies Inc.announced second quarter 2008 revenue of $13.7 million, up 29.5% from $10.6 million in the first quarter of 2008 and up approximately 48% from 2007 second quarter revenues of $9.3 million.
| If the sound of the 1,500-pound glass panel that plummeted from a tower onto the covered sidewalk shed sounded familiar to anyone near 42nd Street and Avenue of the Americas on Tuesday morning, there was good reason — it was the second time in recent months that a sheet of glass had dropped onto that intersection.
| By Masumi Suga July 23 (Bloomberg) -- Asahi Glass Co. shareholders, shortchanged by a struggling U.S. auto industry, may have a brighter future in television as consumers switch to flat-panel sets even as the economy cools.
| Sage Electrochromics, a Faribault company, is the leader in a window technology that has the potential to save 20 percent on cooling bills and as much as 60 percent on lighting.
| HONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - Zhejiang Glass Co Ltd said its first-half to June net profit is expected to be up over 100 pct from the year-earlier level, mainly due to high returns from its 78.69-pct owned unit Qinghai Soda Ash Co.
| Owens-Illinois, Inc. announced that Jay Scripter has been named O-I vice president of sustainability. Mr.
| The newest report on the Chinese glass market is now available from Research and Markets. Chinas demand for Glass has grown at a fast pace in the past decade.
| Emirates Glass LLC (EGL), one of the leading processors of architectural flat glass in the Middle East and a subsidiary of Glass LLC, wholly owned by Dubai Investments (DI), today announced that work on its new aed 175 million, state-of-the-art plant and headquarters, which will also house lumiglass industries, has begun at the Dubai Investments Park.
| Company plans to sell licenses to capture the US dealership markets for cars,trucks and RVs. Diamon-Fusion International, Inc. (DFI Nanotechnology- “DFI”), global developer, sole owner, and exclusive licensor of the Diamon-Fusion® patented hydrophobic nano-coating, announced on July 9, 2008 that effective June 21, 2008, the company has reacquired its licensing rights for new and used car and light truck dealerships from its former New York-based licensee (namely, “Diamon-Fusion USA, Inc.”) as such rights, formerly granted for the 48 contiguous United States, irrevocably ended on June 20th 2008.
| Acoustic insulation from Saint-Gobain Isover is helping to keep the noise down at ‘The Ark’ - a new state-of-the-art PFI children’s hospital in Brighton.
| Kolkata, India, July 2008—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, will help HNG Float Glass Ltd set up a state-of-the-art plant in Halol in the Indian state of Gujarat.
| MetoKote Corporation, Inc., the industry leader in metal finishing processes, including electrocoat (e-coat), powder coat and liquid paint, is pleased to announce the appointment of Felix Barrera to Sales Account Manager to their Saltillo/Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico plant.
| Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:APOG) announced on June 24, 2008 fiscal 2009 first quarter earnings. Apogee provides distinctive value-added glass solutions for the architectural and picture framing industries.
| Despite solid appearance, glass is actually in a "jammed" state of matter By Robin Lloyd Scientists have made a breakthrough discovery in the bizarre properties of glass, which behaves at times like both a solid and a liquid.
| Norman Cameron, part of Thermoseal Group’s experienced national sales team, is now celebrating having been working in sales roles for 30 years.
| The European Union approved limits on chemical pollution of surface water, expanding an environmental-protection campaign with legislation the EU says will reduce the cost of producing drinking water.
| Pilkington has gained approval from the largest fire testing facility in the UK, the Building Research Establishment (BRE), for its fire-resistant glazing in a new rooflight from NuLite Ltd.
| Buchanan Tower, or as it is more commonly known, the Black and White Works, is one of Glasgow’s most familiar and iconic buildings and with the help of Pilkington Activ™ self-cleaning glass, this landmark has now had a complete facelift! The ten-storey high former whisky distillery was originally built in 1968 for local whisky distillers, James Buchanan & Co and received its name from the firm’s brand product.
| When it comes to reconciling career and family, SCHOTT ranks among the top companies in Germany. In fact, the company was among the fifteen finalists in the category "Large Corporations" (more than 500 employees) in the corporate competition "Success Factor Family" held by the Federal Ministry for the Family.