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PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) announced that a student team from Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T) will feature vinyl windows fabricated with SOLARBAN® 70XL glass in the “Chameleon House” it is constructing for the U.S.

Curved façade incorporates SOLARBAN R100 glass over OPTIBLUE glass substrate   Louis and Peaches Owen Hospital in Tyler, Texas, designed by WHR Architects, Inc., Dallas, is one of the first major buildings to be constructed with neutral-reflective…

The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) on September 23, 2013 announced the winners of its 2013 Clear Choice Awards at Pack Expo, one of the packaging industry’s premier conferences.

Three months after a blaze in a glass facade building claimed four lives at Andheri, the fire department and BMC have come out with a fresh set of guidelines for such buildings.

After last year's fire incident in a Bandra-Kurla Complex building exposed the helplessness of firefighters, civic body draws up fresh guidelines to safeguard human life and property.

After four years, ift Rosenheim had to terminate the cooperation with the OTI test laboratory in Istanbul.

Educational content, expanded product info help homeowners shop for window glass -- PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has launched a new residential glass website at www.ppgglass.com to help homeowners more easily shop for windows and window glass.

DFI's Turn-Key CVD Chamber is Implemented at Vitro's Plant in Mexico. - Vitro Becomes First Glass Producer to Launch Diamon-Fusion® 3D Chamber System for Architectural Flat Glass.

Ecological, close to nature and cost-saving: on Hamburg's Elbinsel Wilhelmsburg, the International Building Exhibition 2013 is showing how we will live in the future.

The Torre de Cristal at Madrid is an office building with the architecture design intended to look like a cut crystal. At 249 m and 52 floors, the glass tower is the second highest building in Spain.      It features a photovoltaic dome and the…

With a great concert held at the Lunario of Mexico’s Auditorio Nacional, Vitro strengthens its initiative to raise awareness among the general public about the advantages of glass.

Vitro announced that Mr. Alejandro F. Sánchez Mújica, who holds the position of Executive VP Legal and General Counsel since 2005, has opted to retire from his current office effective next August 15.   In the following months, Mr.

Bill Blazek joins the market team at Technoform Bautec North America, Inc. He will provide manufacturers of aluminum windows, doors and façades with high-precision polyamide insulation profiles that deliver energy efficiency, structural performance…

The Company obtained the main award “Stellar Container” for the categories of Food and Security; Vitro reaffirms its total commitment to fulfill and exceed the needs of its customers in the market    The Asociación Mexicana de Envase y Embalaje (…

As the trend for greener buildings is growing, the need to design building facades aimed at preventing bird collisions is increasing.     Numerous studies have been made relating to bird collisions in cities around the world.

The First Plaza is a commercial complex located in the quaint, historic town of Metz in France. The Lazard Group Real Estate has developed this sustainable building, based on design by Unanime Architects.

As a result of its level of advance in the management of greenhouse gas emissions, the Company reached the GEI3 level, which is the maximum recognition for the GEI Mexico Program.

The City University of New York's (CUNY's) Borough of Manhattan Community College's opened the Miles and Shirley Fiterman Hall at the beginning of the 2012-13 academic year.

Search, construct, view, compare architectural glasses in range of building settingsPPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has launched PPG Glass eVIEW, a multifunctional suite of Web-based tools that enables architects, glazing contractors, glass fabricators…

Vitro S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: VITROA), announced that with an investment of USD $50 million to carryout major maintenance works on one of its furnaces in the Vidriera Querétaro Plant, it was able to convert said furnace into the largest of its kind in…

Within the framework of the celebration of the World Environment Day, Vitro S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: VITROA) (“Vitro” or “the Company”), leading glass manufacturer in Mexico, released its 2012 Sustainable Development Report, which includes the actions,…

A new police headquarters in Madrid is the latest architectural landmark in the city. With its transparent design created from extensive use of Technal’s GEODE-MX curtain walling system, the building aims to change the relationship between this…

Demonstrating its ongoing support for the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Kolbe proudly sponsors the Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN) and the Historic Resources Committee (HRC).

33-year pro to help window makers, consumers meet stricter energy-saving mandates - PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has named Bradley P.

The wide range of modern functional glazing now available has opened up remarkable scope for creative design in today’s architecture.