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Saint-Gobain is to invest around €135 million over the next two years to develop production capacity at its glass facility near Chennai, India’s largest such facility.
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. today announced election of a new director, Patricia K. Wagner, 53, president and chief executive officer of Sempra U.S. Gas & Power, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, a Fortune 500 energy services holding company.
How Pyroguard is approaching its international strategy with a rejuvenated focus, ambition and drive through Jose Zaman, Export Development Manager.
Saint-Gobain Glass UK has appointed Dr Richard Cave to the newly created role of Technical Support Manager.
The Federal Association of the Glass Industry (Bundesverband Glasindustrie e.V.) has elected Dr. Frank Heinricht, Chairman of the Board at Schott AG, for its new president.  This means he will also take office as president for glasstec 2016.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mr. Edwin J. Berkowitz.     
SolarWindow Technologies, Inc. , the leading developer of first-of-its-kind transparent electricity-generating coatings for glass and flexible plastics, today announced it has named Patrick Sargent as its Vice President of Product Development and…
Kolbe Windows & Doors has named Bryan Kujawa as the company's national sales manager. He will oversee and work closely with Kolbe's regional sales managers.  Together, they will support customers ' residential and commercial…
Prof. Volker Rupertus honored for his many years of active involvement in the International Commission on Glass    The International Commission on Glass (ICG) has presented its prestigious Turner Award to SCHOTT researcher Prof.
Flexible but very strong micrometer thin glass is taking-off as a key component in cellphones, wearables, and IoT sensors   Glass thinner than a human hair but strong and flexible is now being used in a wide variety of high-tech applications.
In order for it not to crack or melt when exposed to the high temperatures generated by a naked flame, only fire resistant glass is suitable for certain applications.
Dichroic filters as well as hot and cold mirrors rely on the combination of BOROFLOAT®’s product characteristics    High quality functional coatings enable a large variety of customized light management design options – especially when based on a…
Nature’s color wheel is a thing of beauty – the deep ocean blues, vibrant rose reds, deep lilac purples, fiery sunset oranges, and lush grass greens all around us are truly perfect.   But recreating those vibrant colors is far from easy.
It’s thinner than human hair, as flexible as paper, and extremely tough. It’s a material on which engineers are building the future of smart devices.
Have you ever wondered how the glass screen is made on your iPad or smartphone? One way in which these very thin glass sheets are made is using a redraw process.  Here, a glass block is fed into a furnace where it melts and is stretched and drawn…
Recently introduced MIROGARD® products at the center of attention - The specialty glass expert SCHOTT will be presenting its range of products for use by museums, art galleries and exhibitions at Exponatec in Cologne, Germany, from November 18 – 20…
Being the first fully vertically-integrated fire rated glazing USA-manufacturer enables SAFTI FIRST to provide the fastest lead times, most competitive pricesand best coordination  SAFTI FIRST, leading USA-manufacturer of advanced fire rated glass…
The Glass and Glazing Federation is pleased to announce that Steve Rice has been appointed as GGF Director of Technical Affairs.   Giles Willson, GGF Managing Director said, “Leading the GGF’s technical department is both challenging and rewarding.
With SCHOTT Cartridges BR, expensive or toxic drugs can be processed, transported, and administered safely – even in rough environments    SCHOTT has developed a chemically strengthened glass cartridge that is up to three times more resistant to…
Nobel Prize in Physics for neutrino research / SCHOTT supplied the glass components for the Canadian neutrino telescope  Elementary particles called neutrinos can actually transform themselves and have mass.
The Uzwil-based Bühler Technology Group is investing in its site in Alzenau, Germany, the headquarters of its thin-film technology leader Bühler Leybold Optics, to build a state-of-the-art logistics center.
Glass-ceramic materials and glass tubing showcase wide range of traditional and new applications - Never again will you think of a glass-ceramic panel or glass tube as a simple component.
SCHOTT products provide preventive protection for museums and art exhibitions - The product portfolio of the international technology group SCHOTT includes various safety glasses for comprehensive protection of museums, exhibition halls and all…
Testing shows that CONTURAX® tubing improves algae growth yields over 25 percent    Algae producers and researchers are always looking to increase algae growth rate in photobioreactors (PBRs), and they’re achieving it with glass tubing.
The Supervisory Board of SCHOTT AG has decided to appoint Hermann Ditz, Head of the Electronic Packaging Business Unit, and Dr.