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To highlight just how effective their new security glass is, 3M put a stack of money (only some of it was real, though) inbetween two sheets and mounted the structure outside a bus station.
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Corning makes its money these days much the same way it has made money for more than 150 years--by making glass do incredible things.
Schott, the international technology group, continues to achieve growth. The company’s Management Board projects a double-digit increase in both sales and profitability for the current fiscal year 2005/2006.
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.
The UK's largest supplier of emergency glazing and household repairs yesterday boosted its business with a £6.5m deal.
SAFTI FIRST, the nation’s leader in fire rated glazing solutions, has named Renee Woodruff as Director of Strategic Alliances.
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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.
Reuters report that Corning Inc. on Monday raised its forecast for growth in the glass market for flat panel displays, saying consumers are embracing high-end thin-screen TVs at a faster clip than previously expected.
Italy's glass-manufacturing industry experienced a slight recovery in 2005, glass manufacturers professional association ANFAO announced in an official statement issued today.
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