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The Glaverbel Group closed its financial year 2001 with record performances, confirming the correctness of the strategy which the Group has followed for the past 10 years, namely profitable growth through geographical diversification and increased…
Joe Farcus of Joseph Farcus Architects PA (Miami Beach) works with the Fincantieri shipyard of Trieste, Italy to fit luxury cruise ships from US company Carnival Cruise Lines with an abundance of laminated glass applications for reasons of dramatic…
Glassmaker Pilkington plc (Saint Helens, United Kingdom) has closed one of its 11 U.S. glass plants. The closing, first announced in June of 1999, was originally scheduled for 2000 and then 2001, but was delayed due to market conditions.
The Galleries Victoria shopping mall in Sydney (completed: August 2000) designed by Crone & Associates of Sydney, reintroduces the winding laneways and alleyways known to the city 150 years ago - but in a modern contextual form, with the…
Pilkington Aerospace, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pilkington plc, has been selected by Lockheed Martin to supply the Integrated Transparency System for the cockpit of the new Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
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…
In 1997, Thailand legislated the use of laminated glass for facades in buildings over 23 m in height, when the total internal area is over 10,000 m2, or if the building is over 15 m in height and the total internal area is greater than 1,000 m2.
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.
Glassrobots Finland delivers a flat laminated safety glass processing line to Vietnam. This is the first line of its kind in the country.
Demand for flat glass in the United States is forecast to rise three percent per year to almost seven billion square feet in 2005, valued at $9.1 billion.
The Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay in Singapore will be a focal cultural centre for the country. Michael Wilford and Partners of London and DP Architects of Singapore drew up the initial design proposals for the project including early versions of…
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Glaspro Inc., the West Coast's predominant designer and fabricator of architectural glass, today announced an agreement with Solutia Inc. to fabricate and distribute Vanceva, a new brand of Advanced Solutions for Glass; designed specifically…
To help mark its 200th anniversary, DuPont has launched a new Internet site that contains a wealth of information on the company's history, scientific achievements and innovations.
A soaring, 50 meter-high, barrel vault-shaped atrium roof of laminated glass with DuPont™ Butacite© PVB houses the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia's newest landmark (completion: December 2001), protecting what architect…
Mike Willinganz, an 11-year employee of Viracon, joined the field sales force on Dec. 3, covering the states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
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.
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.
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…
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…