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The ASTM F2912 - 11 Standard Specification for Glazing and Glazing Systems Subject to Airblast Loadings, was published August 11.
Phoenix, Arizona USA August 15, 2011 – Since its origination nearly four years ago, TLC’s Outsource R&D Technical Glass Cutting Lab has become a well-established winner, especially for USA manufacturers.
Wrightstyle Limited, one of Europe’s leading suppliers of advanced glass and steel glazing systems, has appointed Jimmy Chiu as Business Development Manager, north of England and Scotland.
* The Company reaffirms its commitment to sustainability by reporting a record collection of more than 181 tons of glass for recycling during 2010, which represents a 19 percent increase over 2009.* The report complies with GRI’s maximum…
Texas Court Grants Chapter 15 Recognition for Vitro SAB?s MexicanProceeding, Staying Further Actions Against It in the U.
Vitro SAB, the Mexican glassmaker that defaulted on $1.2 billion in bonds, may get a ruling as early as next week on a petition for U.
One of the UK’s leading steel glazing companies has warned the government not to make further cuts to infrastructure projects amid signs that the construction sector remains firmly in the grip of a workload gap that the private sector cannot fill.
Light transmittance (Tv) 62 %, solar factor 29 % – a selectivity that is higher than factor 2. These excellent technical values have now become reality with the new solar control glass ipasol ultraselect 62/29 by Interpane (Laufenfoerde, Germany).
Pittsburgh Glass Works (PGW) and GTS Services LLC have both filed objections in the bankruptcy case of Vitro America and three other indirect Vitro subsidiaries, including Binswanger Glass.
After hours of intense negotiations yesterday, Sun Capital Partners outbid Grey Mountain Partners to purchase Vitro SAB's U.
Vitro SAB’s massive bankruptcy case, which spans two countries and has played out in at least six courts, has one simple purpose, say the company’s bondholders: keep Mexico’s Sada family at the helm of the glass maker.
Vitro America and related U.S. subsidiaries of Vitro SAB ask court to enter orders for relief, enter into asset purchase agreement with private equity firmVitro America, Memphis, announced that it and three other U.
Vitro SAB subsidiaries should be put into bankruptcy in the U.S. after the Mexican glassmaker defaulted in 2009 and failed to reach a restructuring deal, creditors said.
A visual highlight of the Champalimaud Foundation´s recently-completed biomedical research facility in Lisbon, Portugal is the lightweight steel and glass bridge that connects its two buildings.
It manufactures glass for quarters and rear windows for the 308 & 408 models in the assembly plant in Argentina.
The Mexican authorities awarded Vitro as a Leading Partner in its Environmental Leadership for Competitiveness initiative.
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has published EcoLogical Solutions- Ecological Brochure.pdf, a brochure highlighting the company’s architectural glass, coatings and paint products for the green building industry.
The report was prepared using 2009 as a base year that will allow the Company, going forward, to measure, control and evaluate its greenhouse gas emissions reduction programs.
Vitro S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: VITROA) announced today that yesterday it filed its voluntary petition for a pre-packaged Concurso Plan in the Federal District Court for Civil and Labor Matters for the State of Nuevo León, thereby commencing its…
A leading international supplier of steel glazing systems has called on the Abu Dhabi Department of Municipal Affairs (DMA) to ensure that only glass fire protective systems that have been tested as one compatible unit should be accredited within…
Vitro S.A.B. de C.V. in Monterrey, Mexico, has announced an extension of the expiration time for its tender offer and exchange offer and consent solicitation and responded to what it called in a statement issued yesterday "misleading statements…
The Glass Association of North America (GANA) today announced that Vitro America has joined theGlazing Industry Code Committee (GICC), a group within GANA that discusses code policy and advocates on behalf of the industry.
Vitro S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: VITROA) one of the world's largest producers and distributors of glass products, today announced 3Q'10 unaudited results.
An iconic new building in Cambridgeshire is underlining how world-class architecture and modern glazing systems can create buildings to breathe new life into areas of dereliction.