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The 20-story concrete base of the skyscraper being built to replace the World Trade Center will be covered with thousands of glass prisms.
DuPont Co., the second largest U.S. chemicals maker, said its strong double-digit revenue growth in China would accelerate while it increased investment and manpower in its fastest growing market.
Hebei Xintai Jingniu Group of China recently signed a contract to invest $312 million in a glass manufacturing facility here.
Six years after conception, construction of the Toledo Museum of Art's Glass Pavilion is in the home stretch.
The Vietnam Construction Glass Association (VCGA) is reporting a surplus of 21mil sq.m this year, 8mil more than last year.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. (NSG), the world's sixth-largest glass maker, will move alongside front-runner Asahi Glass Co., in terms of sales, after the 616 billion yen acquisition of third-ranked British glass maker Pilkington PLC, by the end of…
The project is expected to create about 6,000 new jobs -- 3,000 during construction, 2,000 in production, and 1,000 for administration, the statement said.
Kyro Corporations's main business area, Glaston Technologies, organized asignificant glass industry conference in Beijing on 23-24 April.
Danway LLC - a subsidiary of Emirates Holding - and UK's Fusion Glass Designs Ltd have joined hands to set a set up a joint venture under the UAE Offsets Program.The two companies will hold 51% and 30% stakes respectively in the new company…
The South Bank is soon to have its own jewel in the crown - a 600,000 sq ft shimmering glass building near London Bridge.
China's demand for flat glass has grown at a fast pace in the past decade. In the next five years, both production and demand will continue to grow.
SAFTI FIRST, the nation’s leader in fire rated glazing solutions, has named Renee Woodruff as Director of Strategic Alliances.
Construction glass makers are lobbying the Government to suspend the licensing of new glass-making projects until 2010 amid concerns of an imminent surplus crisis in the domestic market.
French automotive industry manufacturer Heuliez is showing a unique concept vehicle on its stand at the Geneva International Motor.
The rapid growth in China’s construction sector as well as the current liquidity- and sentiment-driven appetite for Chinese paper are likely to be key themes during the road show for China National Building Material Co’s initial public offering that…
China Glass Holdings Ltd said yesterday it would pay 416 million yuan (US$53 million) to buy controlling stakes of seven rival domestic glassmakers, making it the largest listed flat glass producer in China.
The GlassExpo-Lasi 2006 Fair, to be held for the first time in February, and the simultaneous Nordic Stone Fair will offer professionals a significant information package.
Corning Inc. has approved funding to establish a liquid crystal display (LCD) glass substrate finishing facility in the People's Republic of China.
Four Season Solar Products LLC is recalling the glass used in about 6,000 sunrooms. Sunlight reflecting off of certain sunroom roof glass and skylights onto adjacent cedar shingles or cedar shakes could pose a fire hazard.
Grand Canyon West, a destination owned and operated by the Hualapai Tribe at the Grand Canyon's western rim, announces new features planned for The Skywalk, which will push the project's completion date to later this year.
Firozabad town, located about 50 km away from Agra, is world-renowned for its glass industry, especially glass bangles and precious lead-crystal chandeliers that used to be exported all over the world, especially Europe.
The renowned California Academy of Science, the fourth largest Natural History Museum in the United States and home to the Steinhart Aquarium and Morrison Planetarium will soon also be the home to the largest photovoltaic (PV), solar energy glass…
Bold use of color dominated the entries in this year’s seventh annual 2005 Solutia International Design Awards, which honor excellence in designing with laminated glass.
Lacobel is a clear glass, one side of which is coated with a high-quality paint. The painted side is always protected by positioning it against the supporting structure.
GlassTech Asia 2005, which opened on 30 November at Challenger Hall 3 of IMPACT, has on first show day generated orders totaling US$6 million (250 million baht) from both Thai and international buyers.