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Wrightstyle, the leading steel and aluminium advanced glazing specialist, has been appointed by Secco Sistemi as a fabricator and supplier of their systems in the UK.
The Promac Group will join Forel in May as the glass processing machinery specialist showcases new product innovations to a global audience at a special open house event.
Tubelite Inc. welcomed Minneapolis-based Northwestern Glass Fab, a division of Brin Glass Company, as a distributor partner.
Demand for Romag’s high performance architectural toughened safety glass is on the rise after being specified for a contemporary new external staircase system in the heart of Manchester.
ASR (Automatic Sheet Rotation) is a device for the complete automation of the glass sheet rotation and positioning operations.
The Welsh Government is currently consulting on new proposals to update its Building Regulations in several areas related to sustainability.
Kuraray has introduced Trosifol® Sound Control (SC) interlayer, part of the Trosifol® PVB product line.
Unique Façade Hints at Aurora Borealis – The University of Alaska Fairbanks planned a 34,000-square-foot addition to and renovation of the Wood Center to expand the dining facility and create a campus destination.
This EPB building is located in the new “Lyon Smart Community” area, ie Confluence. Designed by the Japanese Architect Kengo Kuma and realized by Bouygues immobilier, this 12 800 m² block is made up of 3 buildings.
Universal Studios Hollywood first opened its doors as the world's largest motion picture production facility in 1915 on a 230-acre farm.
SolarWindow Technologies, Inc., today announced that performance tests of its transparent electricity-generating coatings for glass and flexible plastics have produced favorable outcomes for glass-to-glass lamination processes.
Nekotech Industy will provide the licensed production for explosive resistance glasses Hercules V. This glass has one of the highest quality of explosive resistance glasses in Japan. Laminated anti bomb blast glass such like Hercules V is difficult…
Permasteelisa Group today announced the geographic expansion of the company to the territories of Principality of Monaco, Greece, Cyprus, the Balkans and Turkey.
Kuraray has introduced its Black & White series of laminated glass interlayers, part of the Trosifol® PVB product line.
Towering 22-storey high and affording spectacular views across the capital, the new Signal Building in London’s Elephant & Castle is attracting plenty of attention and not least because of its extensive glazing package supplied by leading…
The newly revamped WWW.GIMAV.IT website of the Association of Italian manufacturers and suppliers of machinery, equipment and special products for glass processing, is now on line.
A wall of glued glass bricks that is ten times as strong as a regular brick facade.
Quality-conscious manufacturers sought for the ift Special Show “Quality + Security – from planning to installation”  In collaboration with Messe München the ift Rosenheim is holding a Special Show from 4-6 July at BAU Congress China in Beijing.
Have you ever seen glass walls of facades with a sort of “foggy” finish, thick in a point and then gradually decreasing to full transparency?   Well, that’s a shading sandblasting effect, obtained using high-technology sandblasting machines equipped…
Curtain walls made of fire-resistant glass have taken contemporary architecture to a whole new level. They opened the space giving it more natural light in places where opaque curtain walls had formerly been used.  Nevertheless, the requirements are…
Glass façade is done not just to improve the aesthetics of the building but also to protect the fabric of the building from the effects of weather – cold, heat and rain.  It also plays a key part in sound proofing the building and providing fire…
Glass plays an important role when it comes to the construction of modern infrastructure. It is also used to build floor-to-ceiling windows that allow natural daylight. 
Windows and curtain walling from Senior Architectural System’s innovative Hybrid range have met the requirements of an exacting design brief from NPS Architects to be successfully specified for use on a new care home in Gorleston, near Great…
Wrightstyle, the advanced steel and aluminium glazing system supplier, has launched a new website to provide customers with an enhanced level of product and system information.
SAFTI FIRST, leading USA-manufacturer of fire rated glass and framing systems, is pleased to announce the addition of SuperLite II-XLB, the largest tested and approved fire resistive glazing product on the market today.