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The façade of Strathclyde Business Centre’s newest office block – Duart House– has been completed by glass installation specialists Solaglas Contracting Scotland.

Solutia Inc. manufacturer and provider of interlayers for laminated glass, aftermarket window films, specialty chemicals and an integrated family of nylon products, today announced it has reached a settlement in the matter of Solutia Inc. v.

Solutia Inc. announced the launch of www.saflex.com, a redesigned web site for its Saflex business unit designed to communicate with the automotive and architectural glazing industries.

While restraining the United States glass manufacturer Guardian from setting up a 100 per cent subsidiary in India, the Delhi High Court ruled that foreign companies would have to establish their units in collaboration with Indian companies.

Materials engineers have created a new type of coating that attracts water yet beads oils – traits that are usually mutually exclusive – promising potential applications such as "self-cleaning" eyeglasses and antifogging car windshields…

Wealth, growth, and the desire to make a mark are spurring cities to build ever higher power-towers—and reshaping architectural design in the process.Scientists haven't isolated the "trophy tower" gene just yet.

Research Frontiers Incorporated and SmartGlass International Ltd. announced that SmartGlass International Ltd. has acquired a non-exclusive license to use Research Frontiers' patented SPD-Smart(TM) light-control technology for architectural…

The Crescent City Depression Glass Society will hold its 31st annual show and sale on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and again on March 18 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Pontchartrain Center, 4546 Williams Blvd., Kenner.

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District, SMUD, and Lennar Homes have signed an agreement that represents the largest solar new homes partnership in the United States.

McMullen Architectural Systems has set up McMullen Inc in North Carolina in a bid to to meet demand in the US for the company's products and growing international order book.

A 250m2 double-glazed Pilkington Planar™ system is the latest addition to the 100-year-old His Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen as part of its extensive refurbishment, which provides a new entrance area, café and a rehearsal room.

Solar protection for any transmittance classification / Insulating glass for heat and sound protection / New glass design techniques / Digital printing on glass Insulating glass for higher energy efficiency and glass products for the design of…

GlassOnWeb.com  has found this curious video, where a man is trying to break the window with safety glass.   

Fenton Art Glass Co. production employees are getting a three-week break this month and into February. Company President George W.

It has taken more than six years in the planning process, but the five tower blocks that make up the Chalcots Estate in Swiss Cottage, North London are finally receiving a long awaited multi-million pound make-over.

Leviev Boymelgreen Marquis Developers of Florida has commissioned renowned artist Tom Patti to create a monumental wall sculpture for the garage façade of the Marquis luxury condominium – adding art and flair to Miami’s new cultural arts district.

Going to the library could be dangerous to your health. The $98-million Grande Bibliotheque - Quebec’s main library and archive - has been falling apart a few pieces at a time.

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c48704) has announced the addition of “Glass Container Manufacturing Industry in the U.S. and its Foreign Trade (1996-2008)” to their offering.

SentryGlas Expressions is created by encapsulating a computer or photographic image in full colour, high resolution, in Class One safety glass.

Select International, a global provider of human resource assessment solutions, was selected by Guardian Industries Corp. to assess prospective entry-level production and maintenance employees at plants in DeWitt, Iowa and Carleton, Michigan.

More than 40 production vehicles on display at the 2007 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) tout laminated glass in side and rear windows, as well as roof applications, as reported by the Enhanced Protective Glass Automotive Association (…

Toledo pavilion boasts impressive display, also allows visitors to view glass-making process.Leonard Marty pulled a glowing glass bulb out of the fiery furnace and spun it around on a pole.

Boston's tallest skyscraper, the John Hancock Tower, was sold to a New York real estate firm as part of a $3.3 billion deal for a package of buildings in four cities.

London has one of the best cityscapes in the world, yet unlike other great cities there was no central platform from which to view it until March 2000 when the British Airways London Eye – also known as the Millennium Wheel – opened to the public.