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The high cost of building a glass structure that can withstand the unforgiving Canadian climate has forced the Royal Ontario Museum to rethink the controversial "crystal" design for its extension.
City and county leaders welcomed Component Technology Inc. to the city on Monday.The company, which will retain its plant in Branchburg, Somerset County, is expected to create between 50 and 75 jobs at the Harris Industrial Park, the site of the…
Glasstec 2002, recently closed in Düsseldorf, Germany, to very positive results. A total of 1,150 exhibitors from 42 countries displayed their products on 688,148 square feet of net exhibit space in nine halls.
In a ceremony today in Goole, England, Guardian Industries Corp. executives and government officials laid the cornerstone for its future float glass plant.
Some 1,100 exhibitors covering more than 63,000 m2 of net space are opening up dimensions never thought possible years ago, especially in a difficult economic environment such as the current one.
The largest conference in the global glass industry, Glass Processing Days (GPD), will take place on June 15–18 2003 in Tampere, Finland.
Tough action and tough talking have followed the announcement by US commerce chiefs of plans to slap anti-dumping duty on specific glass products.
Netegrity, Inc., the leading provider of solutions for securely managing e-business relationships, today announced that Guardian Industries Corp. has selected Netegrity SiteMinder(R) product to secure access to several business applications across…
Guardian Industries Corp., a leading manufacturer of high performance coated glass for the commercial construction industry, announced the availability of three new coatings in its Sun-Guard(R) Series: Sun-Guard Pewter-30, Sun-Guard Platinum-23, and…
With savvy consumers demanding greener automobiles and government agencies raising the fuel-economy bar, Guardian Industries' SilverGuard(TM) infrared reflective glass is engineered to help meet today's tough vehicle standards.
In the Official Journal of the European Communities (OJEC C 40 of 14/02/2002) the European Commission has published a list of eight new harmonised standards in accordance with the directive 89/106/EEC on "construction products".
Demand for flat glass in the United States is forecast to rise three percent per year to almost seven billion square feet in 2005, valued at $9.1 billion.
CEN has submitted a draft standard to the preliminary inquiry phase destined to provide information required for CE marking of windows and external pedestrian doors.
Modern architecture, with its increasing dependence on glass, is stimulating the development of newer and safer glazing that is designed to meet tighter requirements of impending European CEN standards for bullet and blast-resistant screens.
Standardised safety glass will soon be compulsory for all vehicles, either made locally or imported, to ensure the safety of motorists by minimising the impact of broken windscreens.
Eight new standards on glass for the building industry recently published as UNI standards. UNI EN 12150-1 "Glass in building - Thermally toughened soda lime silicate safety glass - Definition and description." UNI EN 12337-1 "Glass…
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) named Atlanta firm Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates (TVS) as recipient of the 2002 AIA Architecture Firm Award.
Guardian Industries' Carleton facility will receive an award for an outstanding safety and health record from the Michigan Department of Consumer & Industry Services, on Tuesday, December 4, 2001, 2 p.m., 14600 Romine Rd., in Carleton.
Guardian Industries Corp. has announced that it will build a second float glass manufacturing facility in Brazil.
If the U.S. Congress adopts an energy bill this year or next, it may well provide tax credits for using high-performance windows and other energy-saving products in new and existing homes.
Guardian Industries' latest glass innovation takes the white knuckles out of poor-weather driving conditions with a durable glass coating that improves visibility.
More than 400 employees of Guardian Automotive products in Upper Sandusky, OH, recently completed their 2001 United Way drive, raising a total of $45,000 for the United Way of Wyandot County.
When University of Kansas decided to rebuild the original Hoch Auditorium, which had been destroyed in a fire, several Vistawall Architectural Products were chosen to complete this detailed reconstruction project.
Guardian Industries Corp., FWD Seagrave and Omni Glass & Paint Company, Inc. are supporting the relief efforts of the beleaguered New York City Fire Department with a donation of 100 replacement windshields ordered by the department following…
Guardian Industries Corp. recently announced, that its operations are supplying high-performance coated glass for the 700-foot tower that will serve as headquarters for banking and financial services giant HSBC Holdings plc.