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| According the recent Palmer Market report, aluminium is tipped for further growth going forward.
| CRL-U.S. Aluminum was pleased to welcome University of Florida School of Architecture students and staff for a tour of its ISO 9001:2008 certified manufacturing facilities.
| Join the National Glass Association Thursday, October 20 at Noon at GlassBuild America as we celebrate the relaunch of MyGlassClass.com – NGA’s online training resource!
| The Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance (IGMA) announced today the opening of registration for two separate educational events for the IG industry.
| Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have invented a new flexible smart window material that, when incorporated into windows, sunroofs, or even curved glass surfaces, will have the ability to control…
| PPG has posted a new video to the online PPG Glass Education Center demonstrating how bent and laminated glasses are manufactured.
| New system can rapidly switch glass from transparent to dark — and keep it that way without power.
| The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) celebrated 16 consecutive years of furthering the careers and education of students pursuing a degree related to the building products industry by awarding seven scholarships to children of…
| 34 Students and 12 teachers gathered this springtime for the second China Winter School. The seasonal mismatch in the title was even more apparent as warm weather arrived in Wuhan at the same time as the delegates.
| GPD held a series of regional learning events this spring. These events are a great way to inform and educate industry leaders and designers alike as to what the most recent glass technology can offer.
| Jennie Marron, contact centre manager at Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, discusses the company’s approach to customer service and explains how the contact centre has helped to deliver an enhanced service to clients.
| The NGA is now offering convenient access to the OSHA 10-Hour and OSHA 30-Hour online training courses hosted by the UL, a trusted source for OSHA-authorized training.  Upon successful course completion, trainees will receive a printable diploma and…
| Top Glass broke records yesterday with 383 attendees, including a strong turnout of 150 architects, specifiers and building engineers.
| As the domestic football season approaches its finale, the Product Knowledge season kicked off this week with the first of seven courses.
| The National Glass Association (NGA) today announced it has joined the Glazing Industry Code Committee (GICC). Founded in 1983, the GICC was formed to interact with the model building code organizations upon behalf of the nation’s glass and glazing…
| As a partner of de Vijfde gevel, XSPlatforms recently contributed to a workshop titled build-up of the fifth facade, with a clear but concise clarification of fall protection for roofs.
| There are two types of heat-treated glass, Heat-Strengthened and Fully Heat Tempered. Both of these rocesses have specification requirements, tolerances, and testing procedures which are defined by ASTM International document C-1048-04.
| Engineers have created a new material with an unusual chemical structure that makes it incredibly hard and yet elastic.
| Here's an explanation of how bent and laminated glass is made, courtesy of Standard Bent Glass in East Butler, PA.  First, large sheets of glass are scored into a range of end-use sizes.
| The National Glass Association (NGA) and Glass Magazine, the official magazine of NGA, are pleased to announce the launch of WorldofGlassMap.com , a new interactive website that allows users to search globally for float glass manufacturing companies…