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From October 21 to the 24th, in Messe Duesseldorf in Germany, Sphinx Glass showcased its latest glass products in the Number One trade fair for glass products and machinery “Glasstec”.
Center for Sustainable Landscapes earns 2014 Star of Energy Efficiency award - PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) announced that three of its environmentally advanced low-emissivity (low-e) glasses were instrumental in helping the Center for Sustainable…
Awareness of PPG IDEASCAPES brand continues to accelerate among architects - Durability is the most important characteristic associated with building products in general and “green” building products in particular, according to the findings of a…
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) flat glass business announced that it has joined green building councils in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru.
Eliminates need for silane pretreatment, eases color-on-color and wet-on-wet printing - PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) performance glass coatings group announced that it now offers ECOBRITE® organic inks with an in situ adhesion promoter that eliminates…
Glass curtain wall fabricated with SOLARBAN 72 STARPHIRE glass - PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) announced that SOLARBAN(R) 72 STARPHIRE(R) triple-silver-coated, solar control, low-e glass has been installed on the new Sandcrawler building in Singapore,…
Third quarter net sales of $3.94 billion, up 4 percent versus prior year; Record third quarter adjusted earnings per diluted share from continuing operations of $2.82, up 22 percent year-over-year; Record third quarter earnings in each major region…
PPG Industries is commemorating the 50th anniversary of Solarban glass, a product line that was launched in 1964 as one of the most advanced lines of solar control, low-emissivity glasses, the company reports.
New HYBON fiber glass products offer excellent combination of properties - PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) fiber glass business has expanded the HYBON® direct draw roving portfolio with a product providing a combination of processing and performance…
Philip Johnson, I.M. Pei among first to use energy-efficient glass PPG first introduced 50 years ago - Like Los Angeles, Dallas and other Sun Belt cities, Houston was part of a building boom in the 1970s and 1980s that led to the development of many…
Geodesic Glass Shell Gives Centre-Goers Panoramic View of Downtown Ottawa - The Ottawa Convention Centre in downtown Ottawa, ON, Canada has been outfitted with a 100-ft. rounded façade, featuring Viracon glass.
Thin-film coatings impart new properties to glass in applications as diverse as window glazing, solar cells and touchscreens.
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued a memorandum opinion and order on Sept. 30, 2014, affirming confirmation of the current Pittsburgh Corning plan of reorganization.
Pleotint, LLC, announced that the Quality 10 GDX Theater by Goodrich Quality Theaters, a state-of-the-art cinema that recently opened in Saginaw, Michigan, was constructed with its self-tinting Suntuitive® glass.
Tutorial explains aesthetic and performance benefits of using reflective glass - PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has posted a new video about the benefits of designing with reflective glass in the PPG Glass Education Center, a comprehensive website that…
Linetec offers “Antimicrobial Protection for Public Building Applications,” a new white paper. Co-authored by Linetec, The Sherwin-Williams Company and Microban International, Ltd., the paper is available free for download at Linetec.com The new…
New service provides personalized project coordination for select building projects - PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has launched the PPG CONCIERGE PROGRAM™ service, designed to provide members of the PPG CERTIFIED FABRICATOR PROGRAM® (PPG/CFP) group…
DG-KOTE coatings will be highlighted - PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) performance glass coatings group will display its full line of DG-KOTE™ mirror, decorative and specialty coatings solutions at GlassBuild America, the Glass, Window and Door Expo, at…
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) today announced that it has completed the sale of substantially all the assets of its Mount Zion, Illinois, glass manufacturing facility to automotive glass manufacturer Fuyao Glass America Inc.
Construction Products Holding Company (CPC) and Qalaa Holdings recently marked the completion of their 1.3 billion Egyptian pounds (180 million) transaction on Sphinx Glass.
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Qalaa Holdings (CCAP, Formerly Citadel Capital), announced Sunday that it has concluded the sale of 100% of Sphinx Glass to Saudi Arabia’s Construction Products Holding Company (CPC), through its subsidiary CPC Emirates, The company said in a bourse…
In the latest Pilkington blog, Phil Brown explains how an unexpected Christmas present led him to thinking about the modern construction miracle that is float glass.