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The British Glass Manufacturers’ Confederation held its annual Glass Focus Conference on 12th June 2015 at the Marriot Renaissance Hotel in Manchester, with an evening dinner incorporating the second annual Glass Focus Industry Awards.
Dubai Investments PJSC [DI], the leading investment company listed on the Dubai Financial Market [DFM], has completed acquisition of 59.66% stake in Al Mal Capital PSC [Al Mal], which when allied to the 1.20% already held by the Company, equates to…
As with all basic substances, it is impossible to know exactly how the invention of glass occurred. However, it is speculated that it developed as a result of sand blowing into the kilns used by the Ancient Egyptians to fire faience stoneware.
In 2015, Saint-Gobain is celebrating its 350th anniversary. Backed by its experience and its ability to continuously innovate, Saint-Gobain, the world leader in the habitat and construction market, designs, manufactures and distributes high-…
Haldyn Glass at its meeting held on June 23, 2015, approved the proposal for a Joint Venture with Heinz Glas International GMBH, Germany, for the manufacturing of perfume and cosmetic glass bottles for the export and local market.
Since many years already futronic focuses on the Asian glass market. Trade fairs like China Glass, which took place in Beijing again this year, are must-attend events for futronic and so managing director Michael Preuß set out again for China in May…
When all players in the glass supply chain learn to work together, or co-create, the entire glass industry stands to leapfrog to a totally new level.
The award ceremony for the innovators of Zasavje was held on Thursday, 18 June 2015, in the Workers’ Cultural Centre in Trbovlje.
Jim Conte joins Tubelite Inc. as a client development manager in the Mid-Atlantic territory concentrating on clients in Maryland, Delaware, northern Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C. A resident of Maryland, Conte will report to Tubelite…
China Glass represents without any doubt one of the most important exhibitions in the far east region.
Viridor has formally issued the Notice to Proceed (NTP) for the start of construction of the £200m Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) in Beddington, South London.
Last year British Glass launched its first Glass Focus Industry Awards; a new set of industry awards bringing together UK manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers in glass related industries.
The Window and Door Manufacturers Association (WDMA) announced today that Caldwell Manufacturing is the newest member of the association.
A few places left at 2015 Montpellier Summer School ….ICG will organize its 7th summer school in Montpellier, France, July 6-10, 2015 WORKSHOP FOR NEW RESEARCHERS in GLASS SCIENCE AND SURFACE AND THIN FILM TECHNOLOGYThe 2015 Summer School will be…
The GGF has launched a new online bookshop to increase the readership of the GGF library by offering shoppers a new online space to order printed copies of GGF publications.
When looking at attracting light into a space from above there are many different design options, performance considerations and fixing types that need to be thought through.
Maria Garcia is the new plant manager at the Paragon Industries, LP kiln factory in Mesquite, Texas. She spent her first week at Paragon studying the new Global Shop ERP system that the company is currently installing and will begin using next…
Despite the fact that all of us here in the UK are lucky enough to live safe, trouble areas the threat of a terrorist act is slowly creeping up and is a daily occurrence around the world.
Most businesses benefit from software of some sort. Unfortunately one of the big problems with software is that a single program seldom does everything.
The Glass Performance Days (GPD) Finland 2015 Conference is held from 24 June to 26 June 2015 in Tampere, Finland.
This amazing structure is the King Abdul Aziz Centre for World Culture, currently nearing completion in the heart of the Saudi Desert.
NEG's G-Leaf™, ultra-thin glass was awarded a Best in Show Awards at the SID (Society for Information Display) Display Week 2015, the display related academic meeting that was held from June 2nd to June 4th in San Jose, U.
The recent approval for the funding and renovation works at the Geffrye Museum the use of architectural glazing in museum designs is again a popular trend.
MIRALITE ANTIQUE and MIRALITE VERSAILLES have been created by Saint-Gobain Glass to provide the authentic effect of an aged mirror, but which greatly extend the creativity available to designers by being produced to the latest quality, manufacturing…
The continuous evolution of energy saving systems also stems from increasingly stricter standards in this field, which are particularly effective nationwide and in Europe when building or upgrading residential homes and public buildings.