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| Southeast Asia ’s largest glass exhibition, Glasstech Asia 2008, will open at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Centre in the city’s Phu My Hung new urban area in District 7 on Nov. 20.
| All operations of Jenoptik Surface Inspection GmbH in Munich, Germany were transferred to AlgoscanGmbH effective October 1st, 2008.As a newly founded corporation Algoscan will continue the surface inspection business.
| At Belarus Investment Forum in London, OAO Gomelsteklo is presenting a project on the setting up of a production of sheet polished glass, BelTA learnt from Anna Kontrova, the head of the foreign and economic activity department of the Belarusian…
| Trade Customers attending Lister Trade Frames’ Open Day in October left smiling with their hands, pockets and heads full of a whole range of new products and sales tools to help to support and grow their businesses.
| J.E. Berkowitz, LP (JEB), architectural glass fabricator for both the domestic and international markets, unveils its new website.
| Glass has commenced flowing from Viridian’s furnace at Dandenong, following an upgrade by a team of 300 engineers and contractors.
| Solar Innovations, Inc., a custom manufacturer of residential and commercial conservatories; greenhouses; sunrooms; folding, tilting, and sliding glass doors, walls, windows, and screens; is proud to announce the introduction of a black stainless…
| The Indian arm of leading French glass maker Saint-Gobain, which is developing a greenfield plant in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, Thursday said it will renegotiate rates with the project’s suppliers to achieve substantial cost savings.
| Polytronix has developed a new width of its Polyvision product. Larger sized panel can be made up to 60” x 120”(1524mmx3048mm), The largest size privacy lass( also called smart glass or switchable glass) in the world.
| The European Commission has just published a study commissioned by the Enterprise & Industry DG saying that policy makers should consider the environmental and energy benefits of glass when designing new environmental policies.
| Today’s economic situation has placed unprecedented pressures on automotive OEMs to create fuel-efficient and stylish vehicles to attract savvy consumers.
| The Saint-Gobain Group has just learnt of the fine imposed by the European Commission with respect to the automotive glass investigation in Europe.
| With its new image booklet, Saint-Gobain Deutsche Glas GmbH continues to reposition itself as an innovative supplier of a full glass range and thus following the “Spider’s web advertisement” - “In principle, innovations come from nature, right after…
| CEO Daniel Hilfiker is happy about the results, is proud of his team. The 2008 turnover reached the one of the entire 2007 in mid October 2008 and the order book is complete while production is working full to keep delivery terms, the success is…
| Fuyao Group Glass Industries Co., China’s biggest maker of windshields, said it will stop two production lines because of lower demand.
| National emergency glazing company Solaglas Windowcare, part of the Saint-Gobain Group, has today launched a campaign targeting retailers that are unlikely to have access to 24-hour emergency glazing services.
| Arabian Aluminum Co (part of Al Ghurair Construction Industries), has started installing glass on the façade of the Dh600 million-Emirates Financial Towers, which is located at Dubai International Financial Centre.
| The Danish are known for their trendsetting fashion and wind energy industries, and they soon may be just as famous for their sustainable and carbon neutral buildings.
| Construction Jobless Rate Soars; States Could Quickly Put Many Back to Work, Economist Simonson States Washington, D.
| General Conference Theme: Renewable energy and glass technology Given the emerging new glass applications, the GPD conferences will continue to pay special attention on the impact glass technology can have on environmental protection.