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Glaverbel launch ten new coatings in 18 months, including a new generation of toughenable magnetron coatings not available anywhere else.
Business.inq7.net reported that the Department of Trade and Industry has extended by three years the general safeguard measure against imported float glass, saying the local industry needs more time to adjust to become competitive.
US glass giant Guardian Industries has offered to sell its 50% stake in Gujarat Guardian to Modi Rubber (MRL) for Rs 568 crore in a transaction that works out to Rs 72.50 per share.
Photovoltaic panels produced by the new joint venture company AVANCIS will use an innovative film coating and glass processing technology.
New nanosilicon photovoltaic solar cell technology could adapt home and office glass windows into ones capable of generating electricity from sunlight without losing significant transparency or requiring major changes in manufacturing infrastructure.
The objective of solar control measures Increased user convenience and lower energy consumption are among the main demands placed on modern building design.
A new coating for fluorescent lamps helps contain glass and vapours when broken, its manufacturer claims.
Saint-Gobain Vitrage, Saint-Gobain’s Flat Glass Sector, and Shell (Shell Erneuerbare Energien GmbH) announce the foundation of a 50/50 joint-venture for the production and sale of next generation photovoltaic panels.
The figures speak for themselves: to date, over 30 airports in around 20 countries have chosen Glaverbel glass to provide the high level of acoustic insulation, solar control, thermal insulation, safety and security that airport buildings require.
Work has started on the £300k refurbishment project for the Melton Road Leicester manufacturing facility. The 20,000 sq ft premises is being re-roofed and clad with the latest high tech composite panel system.
The construction of a large-scale modern glass producing and processing center by Jingniu Group, one of the renowned Chinese glass producers, is in full swing in Kadoma, an industrial city in central Zimbabwe.
Receivers represent a key component of solar thermal parabolic trough power plants that are capable of converting solar energy into heat and then using this to generate electricity. “Parabolic trough power plants offer enormous potential for meeting…
Raytek is pleased to announce the availability of the new Raytek GS110 Process Imaging System for Low Emissivity (Low-E) glass.
The market for solar thermal power plants is only now beginning to offer one of the most important energy supply options for the future.
Raytek announces the GS110 Process Imaging System for Low Emissivity (Low-E) glass. This system was specifically designed to monitor one-side coated flat glass and addresses a rapidly increasing need as Low-E glass becomes more widely used in the…
CiSol, the solar research center at the Architectural College of Valles at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, has been awarded the “Environmental Prize 2006” in the area of “Research, Development and Innovation for Sustained Building…
The Braunschweig Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) awards a prize for the "Adherent antireflection coatings on borosilicate glass for solar collectors" project - Technology transfer prize awarded to scientists of the Technical…
Xinyi Glass Holdings (0868), China's largest exporter of auto glass, said it plans to invest 600 million yuan (HK$592.5 million) over the next two years to raise production capacity in order to meet rising demand, particularly in the mainland.
Sunergy, from AGC Flat Glass is a hard, pyrolytic coating which involves applying a thin uniform coating of metal oxides to glass by the Chemical Vapour Deposition process.
Pilkington is to build and operate a 550 tonnes per day capacity float line in Abu Dhabi, through a new joint venture company, Pilkington Emirates LLC.
Expansion further positions Guardian as European leader in coated glass productsGuardian Industries is ramping up its high-tech glass coating capabilities in Eastern Europe with the investment of a new glass coater and expansion project at its…
Decks have been cleared for Guardian Industries to set up a wholly owned company in India. Finance Minister P Chidambaram cleared the company’s proposal today, allowing it to invest Rs 300 crore to set up a wholly owned subsidiary.
Choosing a glazing unit that combines Pilkington Activ™ Blue, with a low-E glass such as Pilkington K Glass™ enables dual solar control and thermal insulation, so your conservatory can maintain a comfortable temperature all year round.
The decks seem to have been cleared for Guardian Industries Corporation, US, to set up a wholly owned subsidiary in the country.
Guardian Industries Corp. announced Thursday that it will invest $75 million in its 300-employee Kingsburg glass plant to replace the plant's furnace and install pollution controls to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.Read the full article on…