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Six years after conception, construction of the Toledo Museum of Art's Glass Pavilion is in the home stretch.
The Vietnam Construction Glass Association (VCGA) is reporting a surplus of 21mil sq.m this year, 8mil more than last year.
Second, the California company XsunX Inc. has begun the build-out of its new facility in Golden. Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based XsunX is developing Power Glass, a technology that will allow glass windows to produce electricity from solar power.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. (NSG), the world's sixth-largest glass maker, will move alongside front-runner Asahi Glass Co., in terms of sales, after the 616 billion yen acquisition of third-ranked British glass maker Pilkington PLC, by the end of…
In a major move into the solar-cell and other equipment markets, Applied Materials Inc. on Thursday (May 4) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Applied Films Corp. for $464 million in cash.
The main limitation of solar power right now is cost, because the crystalline silicon used to make most solar photovoltaic (PV) cells is very expensive.
The project is expected to create about 6,000 new jobs -- 3,000 during construction, 2,000 in production, and 1,000 for administration, the statement said.
Kyro Corporations's main business area, Glaston Technologies, organized asignificant glass industry conference in Beijing on 23-24 April.
China's demand for flat glass has grown at a fast pace in the past decade. In the next five years, both production and demand will continue to grow.
Emirates Glass, a Dubai Investments subsidiary and leading supplier of premium architectural glass products, has won major orders to supply a total of 50,000 square meters of its EmiCool range to two prestigious projects in Dubai.
On February 11, 2006, the ground-breaking ceremony for the "Nevada Solar One" solar power plant took place in Boulder City, Nevada.
The rapid growth in China’s construction sector as well as the current liquidity- and sentiment-driven appetite for Chinese paper are likely to be key themes during the road show for China National Building Material Co’s initial public offering that…
Emirates Glass, a Dubai Investment subsidiary and the region's leading supplier of premium architectural flat glass products, has won a major order to supply the facade glazing at the new Zayed University Campus.
A leading Japanese Solar corporation has announced that they are introducing two types of new lighting systems that integrate solar cells and high-intensity, energy efficient, long-lasting and mercury-free LEDs (light emitting diodes).
The rapid growth of the European subsidiary witnessed at Edgetech over the past months is set to continue in the new year.
China Glass Holdings Ltd said yesterday it would pay 416 million yuan (US$53 million) to buy controlling stakes of seven rival domestic glassmakers, making it the largest listed flat glass producer in China.
Saint-Gobain SA said it has formed a partnership with Royal Dutch Shell PLC to develop a new technology of solar panels consisting of thin films of copper indium selenide (CIS) on glass, instead of traditional silicon wafers.
Corning Inc. has approved funding to establish a liquid crystal display (LCD) glass substrate finishing facility in the People's Republic of China.
Firozabad town, located about 50 km away from Agra, is world-renowned for its glass industry, especially glass bangles and precious lead-crystal chandeliers that used to be exported all over the world, especially Europe.
The renowned California Academy of Science, the fourth largest Natural History Museum in the United States and home to the Steinhart Aquarium and Morrison Planetarium will soon also be the home to the largest photovoltaic (PV), solar energy glass…
Bold use of color dominated the entries in this year’s seventh annual 2005 Solutia International Design Awards, which honor excellence in designing with laminated glass.
GlassTech Asia 2005, which opened on 30 November at Challenger Hall 3 of IMPACT, has on first show day generated orders totaling US$6 million (250 million baht) from both Thai and international buyers.
The public's phenomenal response at Vitrum in Milan is testimony to Edgetech's success since its launch three years ago in the greater European economic area: in EMEA, Edgetech is growing at a rapid rate.
Emirates Glass, a Dubai Investment subsidiary and regional market leader in premium glass products, has successfully executed contracts for the supply of more than 67,000 square meters of its products to 10 important regional projects - 42,000…