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AGC (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.; Head Office: Tokyo; President & CEO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) will start manufacturing Lacobel™, the No. 1 brand of painted glass in Europe, at its Kashima Plant (Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture), aiming to introduce the…
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The Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB) Group is the largest bank in Austria. The regions, known for its variant temperatures, demands architecture that can withstand the changing climates, thereby making solar control glass the natural choice for…
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Guardian Industries has launched a Lighting Performance Calculator that allows lighting system designers to compare cost and performance data such as fixture count and an assessment of the financial payback of using glass and coated glass lenses in…
AGC (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.; Head Office: Tokyo; President & CEO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) announces that it will invest approximately 40 billion yen to significantly increase the production capacity of its Indonesian subsidiary P.T.
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The NSG Group has unveiled a new concept for achieving triple glazing performance in a double-glazing unit, unique to the Pilkington brand.