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Israeli company is revolutionizing the glass industry with smart glass that can become opaque or transparent at the touch of a button.
The world's first special glass products that successfully withstand simultaneous fire and ballistic attacks    The international technology group SCHOTT now offers a variety of special glass laminates that have been successfully tested against…
Three months after a blaze in a glass facade building claimed four lives at Andheri, the fire department and BMC have come out with a fresh set of guidelines for such buildings.
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.
Partitions are an integral component of interiors; they are required to reveal only that much that is necessary and yet give that much-needed privacy.
After four years, ift Rosenheim had to terminate the cooperation with the OTI test laboratory in Istanbul.
For over 30 years, Fullex has led the residential multipoint lock market with innovative, secure, reliable products and the addition of the XLCrimebeater Dual spindle composite lock range, continues that tradition.
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.
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…
Brilliant and extravagant - that is how the latest product from Saint Gobain Glass presents itself.        SGG SATINOVO MATE MIRALITE is a frosted glass which sets radiant accents thank to the light-reflecting silver coating, without producing…
Opened in April 2013, the new Port of Entry in Van Buren, Maine, relies on Wausau Window and Wall Systems’ curtainwall to help achieve the U.S.
Exported beverages decoration is one of the activities of DanCo Décor Company (Kharkiv, Ukraine). Among recent projects the decoration of Mendeleev vodka should be mentioned.     This export line of trade mark Luga-Nova (Lugansk Spirits Producer,…
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…
In June 2013, the Kent Washington Unified School District settled a lawsuit stemming from a student injured by falling into an unsafe, traditional wired glass opening.
Revenues rose strongly by 68.9 per cent to 30.7 million Euros; EBIT went up by 76.5 per cent to 11.4 million Euros; Net profit increased by 65.7 per cent to 8.6 million Euros; Further strong growth expected for the full year 2013     China Specialty…
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.
GGI, a leading fabricator and supplier of high-performance architectural and decorative glass products, continues to expand its product offerings.        New back painted products provide an unlimited range of standard and custom colors, including…
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.
This year, Lisec will present a new horizontal washing machine which has been specifically designed for glass lites with different types of sensitive coatings.
Sunderland Royal Hospital is a 970-bedded acute hospital which offers a full range of clinical specialties and therapies.
M5 Glass Centre has announced the recent acquisition of DAK Bristol. DAK is a specialist unit for oversized and integrated blind options, advanced glass painting services for splashbacks and screening applications alongside some really creative…
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…
In the protection of plants and buildings in the public, military or institutional area like embassies, government buildings or prisons, composite safety glasses are used which are shatterproof and impede bullets.
The Pilkington Product Knowledge training courses are back and the course tutors are all fired up to pass on their know-how and experience.