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On a hot summer day, PPG Industries Inc. workers at its automotive glass plant near Altoona are fabricating specially coated windows the company says can save motorists money at the gas pump.
SCHOTT Solar, a 100 percent subsidiary of the worldwide SCHOTT group, and WACKER Chemie AG plan to set up two joint ventures to produce and market silicon wafers for solar applications.
The ‘Palazzo Tendenza’, the shopping wing of the NET Center in Padova, Italy, now boasts the country’s tallest fin-supported glazing system, thanks to the installation of the latest glass technology from Pilkington.
Blue LEDs set into the road surface of the B 311, similar to those used as runway markings on airfields, show the way at night as drivers enter St.
As part of its strategy to be the leader in developing some of the key materials for more efficient solar panels, DuPont will manage the critical phase of prototype development and applications testing for the newly formed DuPont-University of…
Akeena Solar, Inc. a leading designer and installer of solar power systems, announced the expansion of its Board of Directors and appointed two new members.
This September, the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition will be taking place for the 22nd edition.
Federal Minister of Education and Research, Dr. Annette Schavan, announced the founding of a technological initiative on Organic Photovoltaic (OPV), together with the companies BASF, Bosch, Merck and SCHOTT, at the “Neue Börse Frankfurt”.
Seven leading international solar panel makers have expressed interest in investing in Hungary, with projects totaling EUR 3 bln, Hungary's Economy Minister Janos Koka announced late Thursday in Washington D.C, without naming the potential…
SCHOTT Solar GmbH is seeking to strengthen its position as one of the world’s technology and market leaders in the field of Photovoltaics.
Ten years after the Asian crisis, booming markets are attracting capital back to the region. Along with strengthening financial systems, efforts to build modern roads, airports, power networks and skyscrapers are paying off.
This week crews poured the 60th and last residential floor at One Rincon, the condominium atop San Francisco's Rincon Hill.
Belron US and Diamond Triumph Auto Glass Inc. said Tuesday the auto-glass replacement companies have agreed to drop all remaining claims against each other in a five-year-old lawsuit.
As the country faces acute power shortage and global warming debate hots up, energy conservationists caution against growing number of buildings with glass facades dotting the landscapes of cities as being responsible for energy consumption much in…
Reportlinker.com reported that market for Laminated and Tempered Glass, a new report from SBI, contains comprehensive data and analysis on laminated and tempered glass used in residential and nonresidential construction in the United States.
What was an industrial brownfields site, became a role model for environmentally compatible conversion in the fall of 2006.
Burj Dubai, on course to becoming the world's tallest tower, is taking its final shimmering form as installation of curtain wall glass panels commenced on Level 19 of the super-structure developed by Emaar Properties.
At the annual Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge in Texas, the largest solar race of its kind in the U.S.A., the Sundancer team from Houston, Mississippi, was victorious for the sixth time in a row.
The luxury tower to be built on the longtime site of the Park Lane restaurant at Gates Circle will be a sleek 23-story glass building with 68 upscale condos, the developer’s newly unveiled plans show.
A new mixed-use development is primed to add glitz and a pair of 44-story high-rises to a city on the rebound.
Until now, the view from the plateau of the Grand Canyon down to the Colorado River far below has definitely not been for the faint-hearted.
The race among the world's cities to build the ultimate record-busting, flat-out tallest skyscraper on the planet is fast and furious.
The Bystronic Glass Group’s first-time participation as an exhibitor at a photovoltaic trade fair exceeded all expectations.
The American Ceramic Society and NYS College of Ceramics at Alfred University will hold the 2007 Glass & Optical Materials Division Meeting & 18th University Conference on Glass in Rochester, New York, May 20-23, 2007.
More than 600 years after the city's most famous monument was built, construction starts in June of a modern glass and steel building that will simulate a tilt with a trick of lighting.