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After last year's fire incident in a Bandra-Kurla Complex building exposed the helplessness of firefighters, civic body draws up fresh guidelines to safeguard human life and property.

Spray-on liquid glass is transparent, non-toxic, and can protect virtually any surface against almost any damage from hazards such as water, UV radiation, dirt, heat, and bacterial infections.

Heated sun reflections from the yet-to-be-completed, 38-storey glass tower at 20 Fenchurch Street had melted part of a car parked on a nearby street and even been the source of several fires in the area.

A unique opportunity for glass department heads, faculty members, instructors, and students to discuss with their peers the changing fine-art landscape in academia, best practices in the lecture hall and studio, as well as practical issues.

After four years, ift Rosenheim had to terminate the cooperation with the OTI test laboratory in Istanbul.

Guardian Industries today launched two industry-leading residential glass products at the GlassBuild America show that will help customers meet and exceed energy standards in North America while providing optimal views and comfort to a home.

During the 2000s, PGT expanded its business into North Carolina, but then shuttered its operations there during the Great Recession and consolidated production in Venice in 2011.

Ecological, close to nature and cost-saving: on Hamburg's Elbinsel Wilhelmsburg, the International Building Exhibition 2013 is showing how we will live in the future.

Thermoseal Group, manufacturer of Thermobar and Thermoflex warm edge spacers and leading UK insulated glass component supplier, has introduced new sizes to its range of Duplex fittings for Thermobar warm edge spacer.

The Torre de Cristal at Madrid is an office building with the architecture design intended to look like a cut crystal. At 249 m and 52 floors, the glass tower is the second highest building in Spain.      It features a photovoltaic dome and the…

Thermoseal Group has launched its new mobile device friendly site which is now the first interface that mobile web browsers will see when logging onto www.thermosealgroup.com.

Bill Blazek joins the market team at Technoform Bautec North America, Inc. He will provide manufacturers of aluminum windows, doors and façades with high-precision polyamide insulation profiles that deliver energy efficiency, structural performance…

Printing of design elements with photochromic dyes is the unique technology developed by DanCo Décor Company in terms of its annual presentation program.

The unremitting difficulties faced by the Russian economy continue to contribute to the low profile of exports to that country, as indicated in the results gathered at Mir Stekla.

As the trend for greener buildings is growing, the need to design building facades aimed at preventing bird collisions is increasing.     Numerous studies have been made relating to bird collisions in cities around the world.

The First Plaza is a commercial complex located in the quaint, historic town of Metz in France. The Lazard Group Real Estate has developed this sustainable building, based on design by Unanime Architects.

The City University of New York's (CUNY's) Borough of Manhattan Community College's opened the Miles and Shirley Fiterman Hall at the beginning of the 2012-13 academic year.

Columbia Commercial Building Products has reinvested in its products and processes to offer high-quality, high-performance glazing to its architectural customers in the greater Texas area.

Dietmar Maginot has been appointed as Export Manager to spearhead Thermoseal Group’s expansion into the international market and increase its share of Warm Edge business.

Supporting new and long-term customers, Linetec has added and expanded four of its service and distribution routes including its first regular route to Toronto, Canada.       Linetec operates its own fleet of trucks providing customers with weekly…

At GlassBuild America 2013 you will get an overview about the latest machinery for the manufacturing of insulating glass and laminated glass, handling equipment and for the pre-processing of automotive glass.

A new police headquarters in Madrid is the latest architectural landmark in the city. With its transparent design created from extensive use of Technal’s GEODE-MX curtain walling system, the building aims to change the relationship between this…

Wausau Window and Wall Systems teamed with long-time customer, J.R. Butler, Inc., to create the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) new inpatient tower’s high-performance, serpentine curtainwall with sun shades.

Although many projects have been geared towards interior applications, Walker Textures™ acid-etched glass is readily suited for exterior applications as well!       The versatile semi-translucent substrate is ideal for reducing glare, diffusing…