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Architectural Glass & Cladding (AG&C) has named Donna Seccombe as Architectural Sales Representative for the northeast region where she will cover the Queensland and New South Wales markets.
Architects and designers looking for ways to combine energy efficiency with their design inspiration will have two new Guardian® glass products to evaluate at the American Institute of Architects Convention in Philadelphia May 19-21.
Following the success of its Houdini™ textured flat glass, Bendheim today announced the award-winning Houdini texture as the latest addition to its channel glass lineup.  This specialty architectural glass is available to the trade exclusively from…
The National Glass Association (NGA) today announced it has joined the Glazing Industry Code Committee (GICC). Founded in 1983, the GICC was formed to interact with the model building code organizations upon behalf of the nation’s glass and glazing…
The architectural community appreciates the multiple benefits of letting natural light into buildings. The challenge is to allow the appropriate level in while minimizing the unwanted effects.
PPG will exhibit a wide array of sustainable glass, coatings and paints and make a technical presentation about high-performance fluoropolymer coatings at the AIA Convention 2016.
Windows and curtain walling from Senior Architectural System’s innovative Hybrid range have met the requirements of an exacting design brief from NPS Architects to be successfully specified for use on a new care home in Gorleston, near Great…
Vetrotech Saint-Gobain North America, a leading manufacturer of fire-rated glass and fire-resistant door, frame, window, and curtain wall systems in the United States, announced today the launch of Keralite® extended-sized fire-rated glass ceramic…
Guardian Glass North America introduces Guardian UltraClearTM glass, a low-iron product that delivers maximum clarity and color neutrality without the green tint of standard glass.
Wrightstyle, the advanced steel and aluminium glazing system supplier, has launched a new website to provide customers with an enhanced level of product and system information.
As a partner of de Vijfde gevel, XSPlatforms recently contributed to a workshop titled build-up of the fifth facade, with a clear but concise clarification of fall protection for roofs.
Two innovative features on Winlet glazing robots are proving so popular with operators that they are contributing greatly to the Winlet Wow Factor.
There are two types of heat-treated glass, Heat-Strengthened and Fully Heat Tempered. Both of these rocesses have specification requirements, tolerances, and testing procedures which are defined by ASTM International document C-1048-04.
IfG Glastechnik GmbH, designs and manufactures machinery to apply separating powder and ultrasonic wet spray glass coating systems to all types of sheet glass. This company, active around the world, places great stock in the innovative Economical…
After decades on the drawing board, the eight-acre segment known as Riverside Center has spawned a pair of residential buildings at 21 West End Avenue and One West End Avenue with three other towers to the west undergoing site preparations.
Engineers have created a new material with an unusual chemical structure that makes it incredibly hard and yet elastic.
AGC introduces Sunergy Sigma, a new series of products that complement the well known Sunergy range of high performance pyrolytic solar control Low-E glass.
The Minnesota National Guard’s new 64,000-square-foot, $17 million Arden Hills Army Training Site (AHATS) readiness center earned LEED(R) Silver certification from the U.S.
The new corporate headquarters of Puig – Torre Puig - are located in Plaza Europe, Barcelona’s new commercial and business centre.  It was designed by the architect Rafael Moneo and has a surface area of more than 23,000 m².
Expanding its Therml=Block(TM) product line, Tubelite Inc. announces TU24650 Series storefront system with a dual pocket poured-and-debridged thermal break.
Delclaux becomes managing director of newly rebranded division and Lorea appointed to head up sales management; The goal is to turn the division of Guardian Industries into the benchmark in glass repair services for homeowners and business customers…
This company isn't a stranger to projects perched precariously atop some of the city's tallest skyscrapers.
Solar Innovations, Inc., a custom manufacturer of residential and commercial sliding, folding, and stacking glass walls, doors, windows, and screens; conservatories; sunrooms; greenhouses; skylights; and curtain walls; has received the patent for…
Lucideon has extended its construction services to include testing of curtain wall systems.  The new service provides testing to BS EN 13830 and CWCT standards, to help ensure the safety and consistency of curtain wall systems.