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A new material lift hired from Hird took on a starring role during the installation of a large glass panel at the Empire Cinema in Leicester Square – home to many world film premiers.
At QComp, we strive to be innovative and customer focused to provide solutions that improve our customer's business.
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Saint-Gobain Glass, one of the world leading glass production companies, is currently testing HyGear’s Hy.REC® system in its facility in Herzogenrath.
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Developed by the same company as the Burj Khalifa, the Fountain Views Towers are scheduled to be completed in 2017.
At this year's FENSTERBAU FRONTALE trade fair for windows, doors and frontages in Nuremberg from 16 to 19 March, euroTECH is presenting handling systems and vacuum components.
The motto of Bystronic glass at Fensterbau / Frontale 2016 in Nuremberg is “Take it easy in the field of window manufacture”.
Thai Glass Industries (TGI), container glass manufacturing subsidiary of Berli Jucker in Thailand, and XPAR Vision from the Netherlands, join forces in a strategic partnership, providing leading Hot End sensor technology to the global container…
The spectacular, arched Markthal, or Market Hall, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, clearly impresses more than just those who shop or live there.
The Winlet 350 TH telehandler attachment – the glazing robot that leaves the competition far behind on the ground – has wowed visitors to the Executive Hire Show.
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In a Facade XS solution, self-hoisting gondolas use the XSClimber – an electrical self-reeving traction hoist, designed and manufactured by XSPlatforms to take any gondola to the desired height safely and without any noise.
A ground-breaking counterbalance floor crane developed according to specifications drawn up by Hird is on its way to the UK.
A wall of glued glass bricks that is ten times as strong as a regular brick facade. Experiments conducted by the Glass & Transparency research group proved this could be true. Their test results are being used to make Chanel’s historic…
Bohle will be inviting the industry to get hands on with its cutting-edge sliding door, balustrade, glass handling and new scratch removal systems, at this year’s FIT Show 12-14 April.
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