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From October 28 to November 1, 2002, the Düsseldorf exhibition center will play host to Glasstec 2002, the biggest European trade show in the glass sector.
Tamglass strengthens the competitiveness and productivity of its customers through new innovationsTamglass the technology and market leader in safety glass machinery has continued its growth.
The leading manufacturer of machines and plants for the insulating glass and glass processing industry, LISEC AUSTRIA, boasts a complete overview of integrated software controlled fully automatic i.g. production, including cutting and spacer bending…
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G.F.P.M. has been engaged in the construction of machines and plants for cutting flat glass for over 20 years. It manufactures automatic tables for straight and shaped cutting and automatic tables for laminated glass.
When Paris-based architect Franck Hammoutene won a design competition held by the city's Catholic diocese to build a church for the city's downtown La Defense business area that is workplace to around 100,000 people, two questions were…
With its 1999 goal of sales expansion outside Europe, Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics set up a fabric cutting unit in Mexico for grinding wheels, in November 2001.
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…
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…
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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.
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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.
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