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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…
Central Glass Co. of Japan is tying up with Compagnie de Saint-Gobain of France to strengthen its global business of making glass for Japanese automakers.
Tough action and tough talking have followed the announcement by US commerce chiefs of plans to slap anti-dumping duty on specific glass products.
AMJ Logistics announced today that it has finalized the development of eDirectGlass based on Microsoft's .Net Framework, a move that solidifies AMJ's position as the leader in providing e-commerce solutions for the automotive glass…
Diamond Triumph Auto Glass, Inc. announced today that net sales for the year ended December 31, 2001 increased $17.4 million, or 9.5%, to $201.4 million as compared to $184.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2000.
Pittsburgh-based PPG Industries has announced that executive vice president of glass and chemicals, Frank A. Archinaco, will retire July 1.
Solutia Inc., the manufacturer of the Vanceva(TM) brand of advanced interlayer products for automotive glass, recently introduced a new Web-based tool that allows automotive designers to visualize Vanceva(TM) Color as part of their next concept or…
With savvy consumers demanding greener automobiles and government agencies raising the fuel-economy bar, Guardian Industries' SilverGuard(TM) infrared reflective glass is engineered to help meet today's tough vehicle standards.
Glaverbel SA said it expects a contraction in its net result during 2002 because of the economic slowdown and said it will cut its production capacity.
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…
The trend of using colored auto glass as a design element continued with the unveiling of two of GM's latest concept vehicles at the Chicago Auto Show on February 5th and 6th.
In 1997, Thailand legislated the use of laminated glass for facades in buildings over 23 m in height, when the total internal area is over 10,000 m2, or if the building is over 15 m in height and the total internal area is greater than 1,000 m2.
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.
World demand for flat glass is forecast to rise more than 4 percent per year to nearly 4 billion square meters in 2004, with a market value of over $40 billion.
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.
The Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay in Singapore will be a focal cultural centre for the country. Michael Wilford and Partners of London and DP Architects of Singapore drew up the initial design proposals for the project including early versions of…
Diamond Triumph Auto Glass, Inc. announces the appointments of Norman Harris as Chief Executive Officer and Michael Sumsky as President.
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.
While dark glass on today's vehicles provides passenger privacy and symbolizes status, tomorrow's automotive designers see glass tops, spanning from the windshield across the roof to the back window, on luxury vehicles so that occupants…
Taylor Made Systems will preview its new self-cleaning glass technology for the marine industry."This is a major breakthrough in marine glass technology," said Mike Oathout, vice president, sales and marketing, for Taylor Made Systems.