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As we welcome in the New Year, we can’t help but reflect on an exciting and fruitful 2015!
Last month, Paul Needham (European Manager) and David Brennan (Managing Director) of Smart-Builder attended the prestigious G15 Awards dinner, a black tie event held at the Hilton Park Lane in London UK.  Smart-Builder were G15 Awards finalists in…
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The Stadttor raises the bar when it comes to energy-saving construction, thanks to its intelligent combination of new technologies.   The building’s facade is made of an external shell made entirely of glass, and an inner facade that uses beech-wood…
Last Friday the three-day Exponatec ended with satisfied visitors and success for the exhibitors.  The most important European platform for museums, conservation and cultural heritage especially focused on new concepts, technical equipment and…
Large-area fluidic windows use a fluid contained in microchannels to harvest ambient heat and solar energy and manage heat exchange, thereby boosting energy efficiency.  Compared to predecessor technologies, triple glazed windows have greatly…
mBank, formerly known as BRE Bank SA, was established in 1986 in Poland.
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As a producer of laminated glass we are now able to laminate glass with Vanceva colored foils from our own stock!   With the eight basic colours in stock we can laminate every colour you like.
Pilkington Planar™ systems remain the world’s market leader for structural glazing systems, with a proven track record in the most demanding applications.
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New from Schueco UK is the FWS 60 CV concealed vent façade, a state-of-the-art aluminium system for floor-to-ceiling ribbon windows where it is not possible to distinguish from the outside which vents open and which vents are fixed.
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