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PPG Industries will present the second annual PPG Design Challenge Awards to students of Detroit's College for Creative Studies (CCS) on Wednesday, Jan. 9, at 2 p.m. at Cobo Center, Detroit, in Suite O2-33.
Apogee Enterprises Inc., a maker of glass products for the building and auto industries, on Wednesday posted higher third-quarter earnings and affirmed its outlook for the current and next fiscal years.
Modern architecture, with its increasing dependence on glass, is stimulating the development of newer and safer glazing that is designed to meet tighter requirements of impending European CEN standards for bullet and blast-resistant screens.
Standardised safety glass will soon be compulsory for all vehicles, either made locally or imported, to ensure the safety of motorists by minimising the impact of broken windscreens.
Eight new standards on glass for the building industry recently published as UNI standards. UNI EN 12150-1 "Glass in building - Thermally toughened soda lime silicate safety glass - Definition and description." UNI EN 12337-1 "Glass…
Also for diamond countersinks the requirements are clearly defined: Producing sinkings for mounting screws of fittings as well as the manufacturing of visible bores on furniture glass demand an absolutely clean and chip-free edge.
Tamglass Group has agreed new automotive glass machinery orders for over 9 million euros. The agreements have been signed during October and November.
Vietnam's two largest glass producers are sitting on major stockpiles of unsold stock, despite strong protection from Government tariff and non-tariff measures.
The Department of Energy has released new criteria for Energy Star windows and doors. According to the new criteria, the climate region map has been changed so that climate region boundaries generally follow the 2000 and 6000 Heating Degree Day…
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.
The P&C clothes store in the German city of Dsseldorf is one of the largest projects ever taken on by Tambest.
When University of Kansas decided to rebuild the original Hoch Auditorium, which had been destroyed in a fire, several Vistawall Architectural Products were chosen to complete this detailed reconstruction project.
MIT Museum announced the Glass, Glorious Glass program, an interactive workshop designed to teach children and their families about the art and science of glass.
Solutia Inc. launched Vanceva(TM) Secure at Equip Auto in France. Vanceva(TM) Secure provides at least two minutes of intrusion resistance to protect a vehicle and its contents from theft.
HKS Architects, based in Dallas, was given the task of designing the first office building to occupy the planned 3.2-acre site on the Dallas North Tollway, in the fast growing suburb of Addison.
In autumn of this year the term "k-value" for the heat transition coefficient for windows and doors will be completely replaced by the term "u-value".
The Brazilian safety glass machine market is experiencing a very favorable development. The order book of the last year established new Tamglass plant in Brazil has grown rapidly during the ongoing year.
Twelve individuals and/or teams recently received 2001 DuPont Sustainable Growth Excellence Awards. The awards recognize outstanding achievements in safety, health and environmental performance.
The various Tamglass organizations, including Tamglass Safety Glass Ltd, have prepared an environmental protection system.
The glazing industry of the 21st century uses these days increasingly float glass integrated with special coating materials.
The Institut fr Fenstertechnik (ITF Rosenheim) will host the Rosenheim Window Days for the 29th time from Thursday, October 18 to Saturday, October 20, 2001.
DuPont SentryGlas® Plus is playing a starring role in an arresting convex lens ceiling at the new federal courthouse in Phoenix, Arizona.
Thermal Industries today announced that it will offer windows containing SunClean self-cleaning glass from PPG (NYSE:PPG) beginning next spring - making it the first window and patio enclosure manufacturer to offer the latest in PPG's glass…