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Glassex 2007 organisers are delighted to welcome the Shanghai Northglass Technology and Industry Company to this year’s show at the NEC.
April 4 - 5, 2007, Munich (Germany) It will present manufacturing equipment for making solar silicon, ingots, wafers, cells, solar modules and necessary materials for their production.
The organisers of Glassex, the UK’s leading trade event for buyers and specifiers of glass and glazing-related products, are sending out a strong message to the public sector that it is ‘more than just a plastic windows show’.
The Club of Rome has introduced an initiative aimed at bringing Europe, the Middle East and North Africa together in building solar thermal power plants.
Solar thermal power plants make use of direct solar radiation that is not dispersed by clouds and concentrate it using mirrors.
A new breed of building is here. It thinks, breathes, drinks, has a skin, and its promoters say it is the future.
George Rode fixes cars, and now he's trying to do his part to get a few extra miles out of Mother Earth. Rode is preparing to install solar photovoltaic electric systems on the roofs of his two Eugene auto repair shops, Euro-Asian Automotive…
One of leading green-field investors in Bulgaria, Turkish glassware producer Sisecam, has made a bow to local culture and history giving the start to a limited series of glassware.
Photovoltaic panels produced by the new joint venture company AVANCIS will use an innovative film coating and glass processing technology.
New nanosilicon photovoltaic solar cell technology could adapt home and office glass windows into ones capable of generating electricity from sunlight without losing significant transparency or requiring major changes in manufacturing infrastructure.
The objective of solar control measures Increased user convenience and lower energy consumption are among the main demands placed on modern building design.
Saint-Gobain Vitrage, Saint-Gobain’s Flat Glass Sector, and Shell (Shell Erneuerbare Energien GmbH) announce the foundation of a 50/50 joint-venture for the production and sale of next generation photovoltaic panels.
Receivers represent a key component of solar thermal parabolic trough power plants that are capable of converting solar energy into heat and then using this to generate electricity. “Parabolic trough power plants offer enormous potential for meeting…
The market for solar thermal power plants is only now beginning to offer one of the most important energy supply options for the future.
CiSol, the solar research center at the Architectural College of Valles at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, has been awarded the “Environmental Prize 2006” in the area of “Research, Development and Innovation for Sustained Building…
Xinyi Glass Holdings (0868), China's largest exporter of auto glass, said it plans to invest 600 million yuan (HK$592.5 million) over the next two years to raise production capacity in order to meet rising demand, particularly in the mainland.
100% Detail is set to entice building industry professionals for the fourth year with an exhibition of innovative building design solutions.
Saint-Gobain’s Construction Products Sector is consolidating its position in Turkey through the acquisition of Izocam, the leading Turkish name in insulation.
Basler AG, one of the leading companies in the field of Vision Technology (the technology of machine-based vision), is expanding its business activities in the Vision Systems corporate division (inspection systems for industrial mass production) to…
The 10th GPD conference is scheduled 15-18 June 2007. This leading forum for trendsetters and decision-makers of the glass industry has traditionally attracted an audience of some 800 and has featured some 200 professional presentations.
Emirates Glass, a Dubai Investments subsidiary and leading suppliers of premium architectural high performance glass products, has secured a prestigious order to supply 10,000 square meters of its EmicoolSun NN35 Green glass for the Emirates…
About 100 glass and metal companies will participate in V Fenavid - Glass and Aluminum National Fair, that will happen in September 7 to 9 at the Centro Sul Pavillon, in Florianópolis (Santa Catarina), Brazil.
Sisecam has introduced a new single end roving - WR5 - to the composites market. WR5 single end roving is made of E-glass fibers and is designed especially for weaving processes.
Second, the California company XsunX Inc. has begun the build-out of its new facility in Golden. Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based XsunX is developing Power Glass, a technology that will allow glass windows to produce electricity from solar power.
The glassware factory in Targovishte owned by Turkish glass and chemicals group Turkey Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari (Sisecam) has been commissioned by FIFA, soccer's world governing body, and soft drinks giant Coca-Cola to manufacture 6 mln…