Others also read

According to a news item in this week's issue of Science magazine, planetary scientist Farouk El-Baz has just discovered "the largest crater yet found in the Sahara," and is suggesting that it has the right characteristics to answer a…
International trade fair for window and facade fensterbau/frontale 2006, which takes place together with Holz-Handwerk in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from 22-25 March 2006, has two premières to offer this year.The first one is expert discussion…
EMAP Maclaren, organiser of Glassex, has announced advanced sales for the 2006 event are well ahead of the previous event year-on-year.
The rapid growth of the European subsidiary witnessed at Edgetech over the past months is set to continue in the new year.
GlassTech Asia, the 5th International Glass Products, Glass Manufacturing, Processing & Materials Exhibition and Conference, gave Thailand’s and the region’s glass makers convenient access to relevant glass making technology and equipment from…
To support the rapidly growing regional construction industry, and provide an improved offering for its customers, Al Abbar Architectural Glass has announced multi-million dollar investment plans to expand its UAE-based operation.
Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) together with Conference & Exhibitions Management Services Pte Ltd, Singapore Glass Association and Thai Glass Dealers Association will organise “GLASSTECH ASIA 2005” for the first time in…
The Dubai Investment Co. is carrying out negotiations with Saudi Hamad Al Draiss Co., based in Riyadh, with the intention to purchase the Saudi American Glass Factory owned by Al Draiss Co.
New excavations on the eastern Nile Delta show that ancient Egyptians had large-scale glassmaking operations several hundred years earlier than researchers had believed, and the archaeological remains provide the first solid evidence about how they…
Glass was a high-status item in the Late Bronze Age that was used extensively in prestigious artifacts. Much evidence has been uncovered to suggest that early glass making arose in Mesopotamia.
VITRUM 2003 will be held in Milan fairgrounds from 25th to 28th June.As in 2001, VITRUM will take place in halls 14, 15 and 16 of the Portello pavilions, now the organizers tried and tested, which proved the ideal venue for such a demanding…
The largest conference in the global glass industry, Glass Processing Days (GPD), is just around the corner. GPD 2003 will take place on 15–18, June 2003 in Tampere, Finland.
Glasstec 2002, recently closed in Düsseldorf, Germany, to very positive results. A total of 1,150 exhibitors from 42 countries displayed their products on 688,148 square feet of net exhibit space in nine halls.
At a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $512.8 billion, the value of new construction starts in February increased 1 percent compared to the previous month, according to the F.W.
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…
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.
A unit of British glass maker Pilkington Plc has offered to buy a majority share in the Egyptian Glass Co in a deal worth up to $33 million, Egypt's stock exchange said on Thursday.
VITRUM 2001, the international trade fair dedicated to machinery, equipment and systems for flat and hollow glass, manufactured and processed glass and glass products for industrial use, closed its doors on Saturday, October 6th.