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Regional specialist Exeter Glass Centre has teamed up with one of the most recognised world names of the glass industry to become the local stockist in the south west of Pilkington’s range of fire-resistant glass products.
Pilkington has extended its range of pyrolytic Solar Control glass to include Pilkington Solar-E™. This new product offers a flexible, low-reflective glass that combines low-emissivity with good solar control to minimise the solar heat gain of a…
SCHOTT Solar AG’s new headquarters in Mainz faces south and is therefore ideally suited for making use of photovoltaic technology. 82 ASI THRU modules from SCHOTT Solar with a total capacity of 10 KW have been integrated into the façade and a 26-kW…
Pilkington has built on the success of the manufacture and sales of Pilkington Cervoglass™ conservatory roof IGUs at Pilkington Aintree by opening an additional manufacturing facility in the South of England employing 34 people.
Pilkington has appointed Tony Smith as Market Development Manager for its Building Products business in UK.
An adult education centre in Essex is helping students see their books clearly, thanks to Pilkington Activ™ Neutral and Sunshade Blind Systems.
The Certass Thermal Rating Register (TRR) has launched a new initiative which will enable fabricators and installers to obtain a Window Energy Rating (WER) quickly and cost effectively.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 16, 2010 – Wayne Boor, manager, solar technology transfer, PPG Industries' (NYSE:PPG) performance glazings business, said industry forecasters expect solar glazings to account for 10 to 20 percent of flat glass sales, if not…
Rioglass Solar, the primary manufacturer for Abengoa Solar Inc., today announced it will open its headquarters and North American manufacturing facility in Surprise, Ariz., making it the fifth solar company set up operations in Greater Phoenix under…
SURPRISE, Ariz. - A Spanish manufacturer of glass for commercial solar plants announced Wednesday that it will build a $50 million U.S. headquarters in the Phoenix suburb of Surprise. Rioglass Solar said the 130,000-square-foot facility will employ…
The decision has been made to start up the Group's UK5 Float Line at Greengate later in this financial year, to supply coated products for the growing Solar Energy glass market.
Diedorf, August 2010 – between 28th September and 1st October 2010, the glass sector’s most important leading trade fair will be taking place in the form of the glasstec.
Mark Lyons, President of Building Products Worldwide, visited Grange Park Golf Club, Prescot Road, St Helens, on Friday, 23rd July, to demand quick payment of the annual rent.
Taipei, Aug. 4, 2010 (CENS)–To boost market share, Taiwan Glass Corp., the largest manufacturer of glass in Taiwan, announced to budget approximately NT$5 billion to set up new production lines for advanced glass used in solar-energy in China,…
In October, Flabeg Solar U.S. Corp., a subsidiary of German glass finishing firm Flabeg GmbH, opened a manufacturing facility in Findlay’s Clinton Commerce Park that was expected to create up to 200 jobs building solar mirrors.
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Vesuvius is a worldwide leader of Fused Silica products for the Solar, Glass Fabricating, Glass Forming and Foundry industries.
August 2, 2010 (Albuquerque, NM) — SCHOTT Solar CSP, Inc. today announced the appointment of Richard Gruber to the position of Executive Vice President, Sales & Business Development.
MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of GBI Research’s new report, “Thin-Film Photovoltaic (PV) Cells Market Analysis to 2020 — CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide) to Emerge as the Major Technology by 2020,” to their collection of…
Solarpraxis AG and Messe Düsseldorf will bring together solar and glass industry representatives at the launch of the new “SOLAR MEETS GLASS” conference on 27 and 28 September 2010 as a side event to accompany the two trade fairs glasstec and…
Thermal Rating Register has launched a new initiative which will enable fabricators and installers to obtain a window energy rating (WER) quickly and cost effectively.
PILKINGTON is to restart one of its St Helens float lines in a move that will create up to 130 jobs. The decision, announced to Pilkington staff today, was attributed to strong demand in South America.
Ferro Electronic Materials has developed a new metallization paste that supports the commercialization of a more efficient solar cell design.
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