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Pilkington Planar™ glazing has made a splash at a multi-million pound regeneration of a leisure complex in Swansea.
A major part of Pilkington North America’s multi-year, $70 million improvement and repair project is nearly complete.
Pilkington Activ™ Neutral is a revolutionary new double-coated glass that combines dual-action, self-cleaning properties with solar control performance and is perfect for use in glass extensions and conservatory roofs and windows.
Architect Maurice Kanah, founder of KConsult studio, has used painted glass in his own original way. He has used it to cover furniture. “I had this idea,” explains Kanah, “while looking at the space in the office.
Trade Price Conservatories have announced the availability of Pilkington Activ self cleaning glass throughout their conservatory product range.
Created through CSR’s acquisition and merger of Pilkington (AU & NZ) and DMS Glass, Viridian offers new, advanced technology which will allow architects and designers to use glass in different ways.
Pilkington Activ™ self-cleaning glass is now on prominent and permanent display at the brand new IKEA store in the city centre of Coventry.
June 24 (Bloomberg) -- Nippon Sheet Glass Co., the world's largest maker of car windows, fell the most in a month in Tokyo trading as European regulators may fine the company and its rivals for price-fixing as early as next month.
Fire rated glass manufacturer CGI International (CGI), is investing in excess of GBP200k in Research and Development to meet modern building design challenges, and satisfy the demands from architects.
Pilkington has gained approval from the largest fire testing facility in the UK, the Building Research Establishment (BRE), for its fire-resistant glazing in a new rooflight from NuLite Ltd.
28/05/2008 Glass-maker Pilkington is to invest £40m in one of its St Helens sites. The investment will enable the facility to use the latest advanced manufacturing technology to produce a range of innovative new glass products.
It’s almost as if an irresistible force is drawing Stuart Chambers towards the Asian continent. He spent the first 16 years of his life living there, and now, aged 51, has just accepted a new challenge that will see him spending 50 per cent of his…
The owner of a construction-glass plant in Lathrop is proposing a $100 million upgrade, contingent on some government financial support.
The NSG Group is pleased to announce that its Pilkington Building Products business in North America is proposing an investment of around $100 million in its float glass facility in Lathrop, California.
PILKINGTON Special Glass has sold the last of its remaining business operations at St Asaph to a local company. Ten people from Pilkington’s Optical Disc business have transferred to Phoenix Optical Glass which is located nearby on St Asaph Business…
The 700 metre square showroom and fitting hall lies alongside the Austrian HQ of worldwide car rental group Sixt.
Planning Tool Features the Latest Information on Requirements and Products to Help Architects Navigate the Complex LEED Certification Process Kawneer Company, Inc., the leading manufacturer of architectural aluminum building products and systems for…
TOKYO, April 23 (Reuters) - Nippon Sheet Glass Co (5202.T: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it has tapped former Pilkington executive Stuart Chambers as its new president and chief executive, in a rare move to put a foreigner at the top…
Nationwide Windows (UK) Ltd have designed the first A rated window to achieve BS7950 and be licensed as Secured By Design - a commercial breakthrough for energy rated windows.
The ongoing American Axle strike and the resulting General Motors Corp. parts shortage will force at least 250 temporary layoffs at Shelbyville's Pilkington North America Co. plant, company officials announced Friday afternoon.
New from Schüco International, Europe’s leading specialist in façade, window and door systems and solar energy products, is Schüco SFC 85, a stick construction, structurally glazed façade system that incorporates the flush integration of opening…
CSR Limited announces a new name in glass. It’s Viridian™. Representing a $1 billion plus commitment to more sustainable, market-responsive building products and technologies, Viridian is the sum of two impressive parts.
Proving their claims to be the Rolls Royce of façade systems, ASD Architectural have recently supplied the most elegant and luxurious façade, constructed from the RP ISO Hermetic 60 curtain wall system, to the new Bentley garage in Leicester.
Glassmaker Pilkington has warned it will close its Denbighshire factory by the end of April unless a buyer can be found.