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The Glass and Glazing Federation hailed the UK Pavilion at Fensterbau Frontale (16-19 March) a great success after the GGF and five other British companies co-exhibited at the world’s largest international fenestration exhibition.

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Single-pane safety glass (ESG) is suitable for use wherever large thermal or mechanical loads can be expected. Thanks to the tempering of the panes during the manufacturing process, it has a very high bending strength as well as being resistant to…

Effective July 1, 2016, Dr. Jens Schulte (44) will serve as the new CFO of SCHOTT AG. He will be responsible for the areas of Finance, Information Technology and Purchasing.   Dr.

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RMIT University will replace more than 16,000 glass disks on its $80 million Carlton-based Design Hub, following safety concerns caused by nine disks falling off the facade in October 2014, with many to incorporate building-integrated photovoltaic…

The twin trade fair event comprising FENSTERBAU FRONTALE and HOLZ-HANDWERK has reconfirmed its leading position in the participating industries, with a record number of visitors in 2016:

The impressive performance of the latest architectural glass products is often down to extremely thin surface coatings, normally made up of many different layers, each around 1,000 times thinner than a human hair.

The data sheets "Psi values for windows" issued by the "Warm Edge" working group of the Federal Flat Glas Association (BF) are known even beyond German borders.

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Low-cost coating would disrupt the building retrofit market and potentially save billions in electricity.

On the occasion of a press trip to Korea and Japan for promoting the Glasstec, Mr. Wenninger has accompanied the Düsseldorf Fair in his function as Management Board Member of the VDMA Forum for Glass Technology.

Sustainable building is one of the most important tasks for a environmentally and resource friendly future.

Laminated safety glass with SentryGlas® interlayer from Kuraray receives extended approval from DIBt | Now also compliant with new DIN 18008 “Glass in the construction industry”

Bendheim Wall Systems Inc. announced today that its Lamberts® glass is the first channel glass tested and certified as bird-friendly by the American Bird Conservancy (ABC), the preeminent authority on avian-friendly architecture.

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Bielefeld. At the end of February 2016, Schüco International KG received two of the renowned Gold iF Design Awards.  The winners were the innovative and aesthetically outstanding Schüco Parametric System and Schüco FWS 60 CV façade systems.

The use of Senior Architectural Systems’ new SF52 curtain walling system has helped to provide the perfect retail experience at the ambitious new Flemingate shopping centre complex in Beverley, Yorkshire.

New Major Contracts from Los Angeles to Frankfurt - Europe’s highest skyscraper will be clad with an aluminium-glass façade made in Gundelfingen, Bavaria.  Josef Gartner GmbH was awarded the contract for the building shell of 460m high Lakhta Centre…

For the 6th time the architectural journals AIT and xia Intelligente Architektur in cooperation with NürnbergMesse, have initiated the Innovation Award Architecture+ Windows Door Facade during the FENSTERBAU FRONTALE fair at Nuremberg.

Glassiled is AGC’s glass product featuring embedded Light-emitting diodes (monochrome or RGB(1)) powered by a transparent conductive coating.

The two managers, Jochen Weiß and Gregor Witrofsky, who for more than 10 years have been a fixed component in the company and who have played a key role in the continuous development of the company, have jointly taken over the management of the…