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The professional glass company Vitralux Luxemburg, led by the 5th generation of family Bradtke, has recently celebrated its 150th anniversary.
Since last week Octatube has started with the second installation sequence of the balustrades at the Moreelsebrug (formerly known as the Rabobrug).
Hora Ship Windows from the Netherlands is a family company that manufactures windows for the yacht industry, both commercial and residential, since 1955. They provide their customers with glass solutions that excel in quality, versatility and…
When museum operators want to ensure that the art shines in their exhibitions and not the display-case glass protecting it, they are increasingly opting for Guardian Clarity™ double-sided, anti-reflective glass.
Visitors to the new £5.2m Land of the Lions enclosure at ZSL London Zoo will benefit from an improved viewing experience thanks to high performance anti-reflective glass supplied by specialist manufacturer Romag.
HyGear will showcase its cost-effective products for the glass industry at Glasstec 2016, the world’s leading trade fair for the glass industry.
At the Rokin in Amsterdam Ivy Group is developing two luxury department stores, together with the architectural firm Rijnboutt and main contractor Van Wijnen.
A wall of glued glass bricks that is ten times as strong as a regular brick facade.
As a partner of de Vijfde gevel, XSPlatforms recently contributed to a workshop titled build-up of the fifth facade, with a clear but concise clarification of fall protection for roofs.
XPAR Vision and Novaxion joined forces, in the commercialization of the SR200 Swabbing Robot. This robot, that effectively replaces manual swabbing, was originally developed within a exclusive partnership of the French company Novaxion, together…
Increasingly more attention is now paid to the total U-value of the window including the glazing. The edge of the insulating glass and the window is also included in this value.
At the end of 2015, Scheuten supplied 1,040 Optisol® BIPV panels for the building of the Farwaniya Courts Complex Kuwait.
Saint-Gobain Glass, one of the world leading glass production companies, is currently testing HyGear’s Hy.REC® system in its facility in Herzogenrath.
AGC Glass Europe introduces Planibel Clearsight, its exclusive anti-reflective glass. The special anti-reflective coating helps to minimise glare while reducing light reflection to just 0.8%, significantly lower than conventional float glass.
In June 2015 the fully renovated Museum Vlaardingen reopened its doors. The Easy Glass Pro glass balustrade stars in this spectacular ‘past-meets-present’ project.
Thai Glass Industries (TGI), container glass manufacturing subsidiary of Berli Jucker in Thailand, and XPAR Vision from the Netherlands, join forces in a strategic partnership, providing leading Hot End sensor technology to the global container…
The spectacular, arched Markthal, or Market Hall, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, clearly impresses more than just those who shop or live there.
In a Facade XS solution, self-hoisting gondolas use the XSClimber – an electrical self-reeving traction hoist, designed and manufactured by XSPlatforms to take any gondola to the desired height safely and without any noise.
A wall of glued glass bricks that is ten times as strong as a regular brick facade. Experiments conducted by the Glass & Transparency research group proved this could be true. Their test results are being used to make Chanel’s historic…
An ultrathin staircase is being realised in the lobby of ABT Velp. This eye-catcher has an unprecedented thinness and brings many innovations together. The staircase was designed by JHK Architects and will be executed in the form of a Jacob’s…
Located on the banks of the Schuylkill River, the FMC tower in Philadelphia will be the new global headquarters of the FMC Corporation.
Series of Oleophobic and Hydrophobic Anti-reflection Coatings are Ideal for “Tough” Environments
The NSG Group will exhibit a range of high performance glass products at the Integrated Systems Europe Show in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on February 9-12, 2016. Integrated Systems Europe is the world’s best-attended tradeshow dedicated to…
The Médiathèque Pierre Amalric d’Albi (Albi Médiathèque) houses many rare, valuable and historical books.