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GPD held a series of regional learning events this spring. These events are a great way to inform and educate industry leaders and designers alike as to what the most recent glass technology can offer.
Jennie Marron, contact centre manager at Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, discusses the company’s approach to customer service and explains how the contact centre has helped to deliver an enhanced service to clients.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP will be presenting flexible organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) at AIMCAL 2016 in Dresden, Germany, from May 30th to June 2nd, 2016.
In 2016, the LiSEC service and training teams have moved into a new building, which was officially opened on April 29th.
The NGA is now offering convenient access to the OSHA 10-Hour and OSHA 30-Hour online training courses hosted by the UL, a trusted source for OSHA-authorized training.  Upon successful course completion, trainees will receive a printable diploma and…
Top Glass broke records yesterday with 383 attendees, including a strong turnout of 150 architects, specifiers and building engineers.
As the domestic football season approaches its finale, the Product Knowledge season kicked off this week with the first of seven courses.
Technology group receives award for its ultra-thin glass in the category large companies Thinner than a human hair and yet so flexible that it can be wrapped around your little finger.  It is flexible like plastic, but asstable as glass.
The National Glass Association (NGA) today announced it has joined the Glazing Industry Code Committee (GICC). Founded in 1983, the GICC was formed to interact with the model building code organizations upon behalf of the nation’s glass and glazing…
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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.
The special glass expert SCHOTT is presenting ultra-thin glasses that enable various functionalities in printed electronic components as a flexible substrate material (Hall B0, Booth 106) at the leading international trade fair for printed and…
There are two types of heat-treated glass, Heat-Strengthened and Fully Heat Tempered. Both of these rocesses have specification requirements, tolerances, and testing procedures which are defined by ASTM International document C-1048-04.
Engineers have created a new material with an unusual chemical structure that makes it incredibly hard and yet elastic.
That’s the world’s strongest thinnest glass. And yes, it bends too. We recently traveled to San Francisco and New York and gave members of the media the chance to touch (and bend) our ultra-thin glass.
The NSG Group announces an adjustment to its production of thin flat glass for displays. The demand and supply situation within the global market for thin flat glass has become unbalanced, due to an over-supply situation since the previous year.
The special glass expert SCHOTT will be presenting ultra-thin glasses that enable various functionalities in printed electronic components as a flexible substrate material (Hall B0, Stand 106) at the leading international trade fair for printed…
LiSEC, the world market leader in terms of plants and software for the processing of flat glass achieves a long-term success with plants for the processing.  According to schedule, the Austrian plant manufacturer shall deliver the 500th processing…
Xinyi Group, one of China's top glass manufacturers, is building a major glass production plant in Malaysia as part of the Chinese government's “One belt and one road” strategic plan.
Here's an explanation of how bent and laminated glass is made, courtesy of Standard Bent Glass in East Butler, PA.  First, large sheets of glass are scored into a range of end-use sizes.
The National Glass Association (NGA) and Glass Magazine, the official magazine of NGA, are pleased to announce the launch of WorldofGlassMap.com , a new interactive website that allows users to search globally for float glass manufacturing companies…
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