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Employees were given an opportunity in June to meet and put questions to the new Group CEO Craig Naylor at a series of ‘town hall’ meetings in the UK, Japan, North America and Germany.
Façades with a high share of glass are a particularly hotly discussed topic from the point of view of energy efficiency.
PVB films for solar modules – Façade-integrated photovoltaics or “Building-integrated photovoltaics” (BIPV) making use of thin-film technology facilitate the efficient use of the building envelope, enabling it to generate electricity.
GREENDALE, Ind. -- Firefighters are investigating the second fire in three weeks at a local glass plant. Fire crews said the fire broke out at about 4 p.m.
The German regional competitions started in Rheinbach, close to Bonn, Germany. It was the first step in preparing the participation of The International Master Fitter Competition 2010.
PITTSBURGH, July 7, 2010 – PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has presented eight Excellent Supplier Awards for superior performance in 2009.
Pilkington has built on the success of the manufacture and sales of Pilkington Cervoglass™ conservatory roof IGUs at Pilkington Aintree by opening an additional manufacturing facility in the South of England employing 34 people.
Higher, further, faster: increasingly complex major international construction developments under strong pressure to maintain quality and deadlines while reducing costs are steadily raising the demands on building design and construction technology.
Pilkington was once a national treasure. From its St Helens base in England's northwest, it was a pioneer of the wor ld of glassmaking. Now, that same cradle of innovation is an operational outpost of a disparate Japanese empire.
The NSG Group and Saint-Gobain Glass have announced plans for the construction of a new float glass plant in Jacarei, close to São Paulo, in Brazil.
Malaysian Sheet Glass (MSG) has won the Product Innovation Award for Building Finishes, one of the annual Frost & Sullivan Malaysia Green Excellence Awards.
Sekisui Chemical Co.,Ltd (President, Mr. Naofumi Negishi, hereafter called in "Sekisui Chemical"), High Performance Plastics Company (Company president, Mr.
Glass is becoming ever more important as a construction material in architecture both indoor and out. New processes and technologies such as glass forming, printing and evaporation as well as multifunctional glass make it possible to use glass on…
Around 1,200 metres square of Pilkington Profilit™ wired has been used for the main pedestrian entrances of three Santiago subway stations.
NSG Group's Automotive plant in Vizag, India, has successfully passed the quality audit of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
As part of its solar power growth strategy, Saint-Gobain has announced that its subsidiary Avancis, will be building a new plant to produce photovoltaic (PV) modules to cover the roofsof residential, industrial and commercial buildings as well as…
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jun 08, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Ariba, Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!arba/quotes/nls/arba (ARBA 14.41, +0.03, +0.21%) , the leading provider of collaborative business commerce solutions, today announced that it has expanded its…
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order, (the FSO, in effect from October 2006) has introduced a fundamental step change in the legislation governing fire safety.
Saint-Gobain and NSG Group have announced the construction of a new flat glass (float) plant in Jacarei, close to São Paulo, in Brazil.
In January, the Group acquired China Glass Holdings’ 50 per cent share in Taicang Pilkington China Glass Special Glass Limited (TPCG) and as a result , TPCG will be renamed Pilkington Solar (Taicang), Limited (PST) with the company becoming a wholly…
During today’s National Day at the EXPO, Germany will be presenting itself and its innovations, technological expertise and cultural highlights to the world public.
Innovative glass with durable coating looks newer longer than competing productsPITTSBURGH, May 17, 2010 – PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) introduced Clarvista™ shower glass, an innovative glass for shower doors and bath and shower enclosures that, with…
The Group announced its full-year results (from 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010) on Friday the 14th of May.
BEng Civil & Structural Engineering undergraduate Paul has been investigating the effect of lateral torsional buckling of glass fins.
A prize win of Pilkington energiKare™ glazing has allowed Manchester couple Clare Schofield and Adam Tregaskis to drop their home heating thermostat setting to just 16 deg C - and still stay warm.