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At last! A household chore our rainy Northwest days are good for, and would you believe it's washing windows — outdoors, no less? Indeed the newest window innovation, which makes its Seattle Home Show debut Saturday, is self-cleaning glass that…

"With a product like Pilkington Activ™ Glass, people are naturally going to be skeptical until they actually see it work," said Leland Ogdahl, general manager and co-owner of Kent Window Inc./Harbor Windows™, Grand Rapids, Mich.

The world's first self-cleaning glass is now available to virtually every homeowner in Canada.Since Pilkington Activ(TM) Self-Cleaning Glass was introduced, window manufacturers and distributors who serve nearly all of Canada have signed…

Moody's Investors Service has changed the outlook of the Baa2 senior unsecured long-term debt ratings of Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.'s (NSG)to stable from positive.

Glasstech, Inc., the Perrysburg Township firm that has claimed to be the world's leading maker of equipment for tempering and bending glass for the automotive industry, filed for bankruptcy for the second time in 10 years.

Officials at Pilkington North America were pleased with the recent decision of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to delay the implementation of the new Energy Star criteria for windows in order to further review the changes that are being made in…

Taylor Made Systems will preview its new self-cleaning glass technology for the marine industry."This is a major breakthrough in marine glass technology," said Mike Oathout, vice president, sales and marketing, for Taylor Made Systems.

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of the company founder Otto Schott (1851 – 1935) the international technology concern Schott (headquartered in Mainz) organized a scientific colloquium at the Friedrich Schiller University in…

The unprecedented excitement over the grand opening of the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History begins even before entering the arresting structure that has been described as a “cosmic cathedral” by the project’s…

The Window & Door Manufacturers Association (WDMA) received approval on I.S. 6A, the industry standard for architectural stile and rail doors, from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

Britain's leading health and beauty retailer Boots Co Plc said on Monday it had appointed non-executive director Nigel Rudd as deputy chairman.Rudd is currently chairman of British glassmaker Pilkington Plc and non-executive chairman of Kidde…

FreeMarkets, Inc., the leading global provider of e-sourcing software and service solutions, today announced that it has expanded and extended its relationship with Pilkington plc, a leading manufacturer of glass and glazing products for the…

Glassmakers Pilkington and Saint Gobain are digging in for a bitter battle in the potentially lucrative market for self-cleaning glass.Saint Gobain, the French building materials group that is Europe's leading building glassmaker, presented its…

If the U.S. Congress adopts an energy bill this year or next, it may well provide tax credits for using high-performance windows and other energy-saving products in new and existing homes.

Glass Architects of Santa Rosa, California, designed the new Empire College to stand out at night. With the help of two of the divisions of The Vistawall Group, general contractor Rudolph and Sletton of Sacramento, California, worked with the…

An offer from British glass maker Pilkington Plc for a majority stake in the Egyptian Glass Co fell through after only 1.4 percent of shareholders agreed to sell, the stock exchange said on Monday.

One of the biggest highlights of trade shows like this year's interGLASSmetal/FENESTRATIONworld™ show are the educational seminars.

Gorell Windows & Doors will offer windows made with SunClean self-cleaning glass from PPG Industries beginning with the spring building and remodeling season.

AFG Industries announced the introduction of Radiance-Ti™, a new self-cleaning glass that helps keep windows clean on the outside.

Many U.S. and Canadian window manufacturers and glass fabrciators have inked agreements in recent months to offer their products with the Pilkington's self-cleaning glass.

Pilkington has announced that it is to close one of it three automotive glass production lines at its Eccleston plant in St.

After the official presentation at Batimat 2001, Saint-Gobain reveals the product detail which are now available on the Saint-Gobain’s web page.

Consolidated sales for Groupe Lapeyre amounted to Ï1,084.1 million at September 30, 2001, an increase of 15.3% compared with the first nine months of 2000.

This year at the international building exhibition Batimat 2001, Saint-Gobain will present a new innovative product “Aquaclean”.