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China Architectural Engineering, Inc. (CAE) (AMEX:RCH), which specializes in the design, engineering, fabrication and installation of high-end curtain wall systems, today announced that it has been awarded a contract to build the spherical external…
PPG Industries has introduced a new highperformance  glass combining the industry-leading solar control performance of Solarban  80 low-emissivity (low-E) glass with the company's new blue-green Optiblue glass.
A new design concept created by merging together two very popular and traditional products, the first, thermopane windows and the second, Glass Block windows was announced by Gary Downs, President of G.
Southwall Technologies, Inc., the worldwide innovator of high performance, energy-saving films and glass products, exhibited at the 6th annual Greenbuild Conference and Expo its widely acclaimed Heat Mirror insulating glass that provides insulating…
Window innovator Sage Electrochromics offers a shining example of the energy savings - and physical benefits - that technology from "clean-tech" companies has to offer.
Vitro S.A.B. de C.V.  one of the world's largest producers and distributors of glass products, announced 3Q'07 unaudited results.
With growth rates that have exceeded Western Europe for years, the window market in Eastern Europe is poised to surpass the West’s in size by 2008, predicts Interconnection Consulting.
Effective latest 1st January 2008, or as contract terms allow, Kömmerling Chemische Fabrik GmbH will increase prices for adhesives and sealants in Europe and Asia between five and ten percent.
Agreement on Intentions and Agreement on cooperation regarding realization of the investment project have been signed between Administration of the Yaroslavl Region, Administration of Rostov Municipal region and JSC “MD-RUS” – part of the VELUX…
Aluplast and Plastmo Profiles Limited have agreed a strategic alliance, creating a significant player in the UK window and door systems industry.
The Independent Glass Association (IGA) is launching its own online certification program this year. The program, which is comprised of ten basic and four advanced modules, includes study aids, information and a final section test.
Multiforms, architectural façade specialists and a subsidiary of Emaar Industries & Investments, has won a contract worth Dh175 million from leading contracting company Arabtec for the supply and installation of the external cladding for Tiara…
ITASCA, IL. Oct. 2, 2007.— In keeping with a long tradition of innovation, Allmetal, Inc., introduces its new Do-It-Yourself Window Screen Kit in the European market.
DuPont innovations play a critical role in enhancing the energy efficiency of the Elite House in Sokolniki -- a skyscraper currently under construction in Moscow that, when complete, will be one of the tallest buildings with DuPont™ Tyvek® in the…
Rochester Insulated Glass Inc. of Manchester, New York, and Miami, FL has announced its acceptance into the PPG Certified Fabricator & Laminator programs.
For many buildings, glass makes up the most striking and visible part of a structure’s exterior. And as owners and tenants in office buildings and other property types seek attractive views, energy efficiency and security, glass engineering and…
Visitors to the National Business Aviation Association convention here have the opportunity to see a demonstration of the first commercial electrochromic window shades for aircraft passenger cabin windows developed by PPG Industries’ aerospace…
Visitors can now tour architect Philip Johnson's famed Glass House in Connecticut.The Glass House site, which he donated to the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1986, opened to the public in June and has already become a magnet for…
Work is due to start in the next couple of months on a new tower block in Harlem, New York. The 21-storey glass tower, designed by Swanke Hayden Connell Architects (SHCA), will be the first major office building to be built in the northern Manhattan…
Schuco USA L.P., American supplier of solar power systems, markets building-integrated photovoltaic modules "Made in Germany".
At the meeting of the Insulating Glass Certification Council (IGCC), held August 21-23, 2007 in Minneapolis, the Insulating Glass Manufacturers Association (IGMA) and IGCC Certification Programs made significant progress in streamlining and…
Adshel Infrastructure has completed another successful shelter project for Albury Council in NSW. The Evo Walkway shelter was commissioned to cover a new taxi rank in one of the main streets outside a night club area in the centre of town.
The flexibility and style of the Pilkington Planar™ structural glazing system, and the practicality of Pilkington Activ™ self cleaning glass, have been combined for the first time in the refurbishment of superior office blocks at 54 Hagley Road,…
Glass towers are rising outside Manhattan, as big-name developers reappropriate the design sensibility that reshaped the New York skyline in order to take advantage of the panorama they created.
The transaction to acquire in its entirety all the capital stock of the Mexican company Vitro AFG, S.A. de C.V. (Vitro AFG) by Vitro's subsidiary Viméxico, S.A. de C.V. (Viméxico), has been approved by the Mexican Federal Antitrust Authorities.