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Mike Willinganz, an 11-year employee of Viracon, joined the field sales force on Dec. 3, covering the states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
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Lema will soon complete a new system for chemical tempering of glass size 3200 x 2200 mm. Chemical strengthening is used for extremely thick glass, types of glass where excellent optical quality is needed, printed glass, glass with particular shapes…
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.
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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.
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The new FG-5000 Hurricane Impact System from Vistawall Architectural Products has been engineered to withstand the fury of mother nature, while maintaining the ease of installation found in conventional store front systems.