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The English countryside is dotted with churches that measure their ages in centuries. Their steeples stand tall against the rural landscape like sentinels begging a pilgrim to come forward.
Emirates Glass, Dubai Investment subsidiary and leading glass manufacturers in the region, has won a prestigious contract to supply high-performance glass to Concourse 2, currently being constructed as part of the Dubai International Airport's…
Glaverbel will be at the Batimat international building exhibition once again this year. At the exhibition, to be held in Paris between 7 and 12 November, Glaverbel will be presenting a vast array of glasses for use in all types of exterior and…
SCHOTT has established itself for more than 25 years as a fire-rated glazing specialist across Europe and Asia and now has entered the American markets with the introduction of two new glass-ceramic product lines, PYRAN® Crystal and PYRAN® Star --…
The Dubai Investment Co. is carrying out negotiations with Saudi Hamad Al Draiss Co., based in Riyadh, with the intention to purchase the Saudi American Glass Factory owned by Al Draiss Co.
Italy's Lanua Engineering is in final negotiations for the estimated $200 million lump-sum turnkey contract to build the proposed Emirates Float Glass plant in Abu Dhabi Industrial City in Mussafah, according to a recent report in the Middle…
Looking for information or total, reliable and rapid glass solutions? Whether you are a sealed unit manufacturer, architect, glass processor or end user, MyGlaverbel.com (the only glass website available in nine languages) is the forum for…
Asahi Glass Co. Ltd is expanding its electronics and energy materials operations on a full-scale basis as part of the medium-term management plan "JIKKO-2007." As part of the initiative, Asahi Glass decided to enter into the business of…
The North American Insulation Manufacturers Association (NAIMA) announced today the results of its annual survey of members' use of pre- and post-consumer recycled materials in their insulation products.
A spectacular glass dome measuring 24 metres across now sits proudly atop the Hesperia Tower hotel in Barcelona. Incorporating Glaverbel Stopray Galaxy glass and mounted on a substructure of steel and aluminium 105 metres off the ground, the dome…
Imagine a woven wooden basket that's 120 feet high, broad at the base and curving gently inward as it rises. Now imagine that basket wrapped in opaque glass.
Emirates Glass, regional leaders in supplying high quality glass products with its premium brands and one of Dubai Investment Group's subsidiaries, is optimistic about winning more contracts when it is participating in the prestigious Airport…
The benefits of 'Green Principles' for achieving good indoor comfort levels with the help of high performance solar control glass in Construction Sector in the UAE and Region will be the highlight of Emirates Glass presentation at the…
Work is expected to start this month on the multi-million- dollar Motors Holden dealership upgrade in Launceston.Motors Pty Ltd managing director Marcus Birrell said yesterday that the upgrading would cost more than $4 million and take about a year…
The massive renovation of Churchill Downs includes $1 million of commissioned art. The artists were hitting the homestretch this week, painting, uncrating and installing their work.
Emirates Glass, a Dubai Investment Group subsidiary and one of the leading quality glass manufacturers in the region, has announced that the company's production capacity has doubled following the commissioning of the three new state-of-the-art…
Emirates Glass, a Dubai Investment Group subsidiary and regional leaders in supplying high quality glass products with its premium brands, is participating in the Rebuild Iraq Exhibition in Amman, Jordan, from April 4 - 7, 2005 in order to play a…
Dubai Investments PJSC is planning to set up a manufacturing plant for float glass in the UAE at an estimated investment of Dh735 million.
All-glass construction to present Croatia’s architecture.
VITRUM 2003 will be held in Milan fairgrounds from 25th to 28th June.As in 2001, VITRUM will take place in halls 14, 15 and 16 of the Portello pavilions, now the organizers tried and tested, which proved the ideal venue for such a demanding…
The largest conference in the global glass industry, Glass Processing Days (GPD), is just around the corner. GPD 2003 will take place on 15–18, June 2003 in Tampere, Finland.
New DuPont™ SentryGlas® Secure™ is the tool architects need to design the next generation of laminated glass applications to meet today's stringent security standards.
The high cost of building a glass structure that can withstand the unforgiving Canadian climate has forced the Royal Ontario Museum to rethink the controversial "crystal" design for its extension.
Glasstec 2002, recently closed in Düsseldorf, Germany, to very positive results. A total of 1,150 exhibitors from 42 countries displayed their products on 688,148 square feet of net exhibit space in nine halls.
Some 1,100 exhibitors covering more than 63,000 m2 of net space are opening up dimensions never thought possible years ago, especially in a difficult economic environment such as the current one.