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London's leading architects recently gathered at the Royal Opera House for the launch of PowerGlaz, a laminated glass that incorporates BP Solar photovoltaic cells.
Saint-Gobain Group consolidated net income for the first half of 2003 amounted to EUR 470 million, a decrease of 5.6% on the same period of 2002.
VITRUM 2003 will be held in Milan fairgrounds from 25th to 28th June.As in 2001, VITRUM will take place in halls 14, 15 and 16 of the Portello pavilions, now the organizers tried and tested, which proved the ideal venue for such a demanding…
Desert Glass Products, LLC has announced the mid-June 2003 opening of a new full-service glass fabrication plant in North Las Vegas, Nev.
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An age-old admonition in politics and life in general holds that people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
The largest conference in the global glass industry, Glass Processing Days (GPD), is just around the corner. GPD 2003 will take place on 15–18, June 2003 in Tampere, Finland.
Glasstec 2002, recently closed in Düsseldorf, Germany, to very positive results. A total of 1,150 exhibitors from 42 countries displayed their products on 688,148 square feet of net exhibit space in nine halls.
Britain's Rexam Plc, the world's biggest maker of drinks cans, said on Monday it had reached an agreement with Interbrew
Coating materials by GfE are suitable for thermal insulation, reflecting or transparent, and electrically conductive layers, e.g. for the production of low emission architectural glass, thin film solar cells and flat panel displays.
The collaboration between Curvet Spa from Pesaro, an unrivalled market leader in its sector which for the last 25 years has specialised in manufacturing safety glass and curved glass, and Bekaert ECD Solar Systems LLC , the only manufacturer of…
The largest conference in the global glass industry, Glass Processing Days (GPD), will take place on June 15–18 2003 in Tampere, Finland.
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Alan E. Barton, Vice President of Rohm and Haas Company, today spoke with analysts at the McDonald Investment Chemical Conference in Cleveland, Ohio.
In spite of the weakness of the world economy and negative influences from industry the Schott Group anticipates sales of 2 billion euros in the current fiscal year (to Sept. 30, 2002).
Grupo Vitro, Mexico's largest glass manufacturer, has assured that the volatility in gas prices for industrial use will not affect its operations.
On reaching the age of 68 the director and managing partner Mr. Hans Ebersp„cher is retiring. He has been at the head of the com-pany since 1965.
Schott increased its sales in the 2000/2001 fiscal year (to September 30) by 6 percent to more than 2 billion euros (1999/2000: 1.9 billion euros).
OIT's Glass Team recently released a new CD-ROM titled Resources and Tools for Energy Efficiency and Cost Reduction Now.
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