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The Nuovo Apartments are a prestigious development in the Ancoats area of Manchester, a former industrial area that has been rejuvenated to house some fashionable businesses and the most impressive residential developments in recent years.
The AGC Glass Building, the new headquarters of AGC Glass Europe located in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), has won the title of "Foreign Building of the Year" in the category for foreign architectural achievements at a ceremony held in the…
LEAF International will be coming to the landmark capital of architecture in 2015. The Forum will take place in London from 15th -16th October 2015.
Guardian Provides Solutions for GlassBuild Attendees High Performance Glass and Services Offer Efficiencies    GlassBuild America attendees will find a variety of products and services to address their need for both high performing glass and process…
Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the Vitro food and beverage glass container business from Vitro, S.
Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: VITROA), hereinafter “Vitro” or the “Company”, the leading glass producer in Mexico, reports that, given the closing conditions of the Food and Beverage Glass Container division sale transaction, Mr.
As the nation puts behind the failed Palapye Fengyue Glass Manufacturing project, details have emerged to show that had it succeeded, it was going to cost the taxpayer more than P1.5 billion.   This is P800 million more than the projected cost of…
Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: VITROA), hereinafter “Vitro” or the “Company”, the leading glass producer in Mexico, announced the expansion of its production capacity of flat glass, through the construction of a new float glass furnace in the country,…
Prominent gin-makers Bombay Sapphire commissioned the creation of the company's first in-house production facility at an old Victorian paper mill in Laverstoke, Hampshire, on a 20,000sqm rural property along the southern coast of England.
The rapid progress of coating technology allows architects and their air-conditioning engineers today to fine-tune the properties of functional glass with regard to light and radiation-related characteristic values.
Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: VITROA), hereinafter “Vitro” or the “Company”, the leading glass producer in Mexico, announced on July 28, 2015 its unaudited results for the second quarter 2015 (“2Q’15”) and six-month period ended June 30, 2015.
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) celebrated 15 consecutive years of furthering the careers and education of students pursuing a degree related to the building products industry by awarding seven AAMA scholarships to…
Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: VITROA), leading glass manufacturer in Mexico, announced that on an Ordinary Shareholders Meeting held today, the Company’s shareholders approved Owens-Illinois, Inc’s. (NYSE: OI) US$2.15 billion offer to acquire 100% of…
Wrightstyle Limited is a leading UK supplier of integrated steel and aluminium glazing systems and exports worldwide.
In a recent issue of Glass and Glazing Products, our project specification manager, Tim Fagg, explores how solar control glazing can help to tackle CO2 emissions…    With demand for commercial and domestic buildings to be both comfortable and…
Aupark, a shopping and entertainment centre had the distinction of being the largest mall in Slovakia, when it first opened in 2001.
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Wrightstyle the advanced steel and aluminium glazing company, has helped to transform a tired London 1960s high-rise block, building in new and improved levels of fire safety.
Pleotint, LLC, has announced a distribution partnership with Sun Valley Skylights + Windows + Doors. The agreement enables the Los Angeles–based company to offer self-tinting Suntutive glass with its full product line.
SageGlass®, a product of Saint-Gobain, will debut at the AIA Convention 2015 a demonstration of their ability to configure electronically tintable dynamic glass with unique tinting patterns and shapes on their windows, skylights and curtain walls.
Tvitec provided almost 3,000 sqm of high quality glass for “La Vela” (the Sail) that wraps up Roman studio Nemesi & Partners’ design; The upper glass skin of the Pavilion of Italy, which will remain after the Expo, is made of laminates and…