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Ten years after the Asian crisis, booming markets are attracting capital back to the region. Along with strengthening financial systems, efforts to build modern roads, airports, power networks and skyscrapers are paying off.
This week crews poured the 60th and last residential floor at One Rincon, the condominium atop San Francisco's Rincon Hill.
Emirates Bank announced that the AED 292 million facility for Emirates Float Glass ('EFG') has been successfully closed, and oversubscribed.
Burj Dubai, on course to becoming the world's tallest tower, is taking its final shimmering form as installation of curtain wall glass panels commenced on Level 19 of the super-structure developed by Emaar Properties.
The luxury tower to be built on the longtime site of the Park Lane restaurant at Gates Circle will be a sleek 23-story glass building with 68 upscale condos, the developer’s newly unveiled plans show.
More than 600 years after the city's most famous monument was built, construction starts in June of a modern glass and steel building that will simulate a tilt with a trick of lighting.
In conjunction with the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Arab World Institute, construction has begun in New York City on Jean Nouvel's latest glass and steel landmark, a direct material and conceptual descendant of his Paris tour de…
The Al Attar Group today announced it has begun construction activity at the site of its aluminium glass plant within the Base Metal Zone in Dubai Industrial City - a member of Tatweer.
Plans to build London’s tallest skyscraper have suffered a fresh setback amid infighting among the consortium behind the £400m project.
The Burj Dubai skyscraper under construction here reached its 100th story on Tuesday, nearly two-thirds of the way in its relentless climb to become the world's tallest building.
Imagine a tower, whose surface area will be covered with glass and metal will be equal to 17 football fields.
Use of value added glasses is on rise in Dubai. Harsh climate of the region is the single most demand driver of the value added glass.
Boston's tallest skyscraper, the John Hancock Tower, was sold to a New York real estate firm as part of a $3.3 billion deal for a package of buildings in four cities.
Developers unveiled the design for a soaring, curving skyscraper Monday that will be the centerpiece of a redevelopment of La Defense, the business district west of Paris, and will rival the Eiffel Tower in height.
Dubai Investments PJSC (DI) has announced the launch of Glass LLC, its new corporate arm dedicated to meeting the growing needs of the regional glass industry.
Dubai Investments PJSC (DI) has completed the acquisition of Saudi American Glass Company (SAGC) following more than 18 months of negotiations.
Emirates Float Glass has revealed that a group of investors from across the GCC will contribute to the total equity of EFG, with the overall share ratio comprising 30% for GCC investors and 70% for UAE investors.
Emirates Glass, a Dubai Investments subsidiary and leading suppliers of premium architectural high performance glass products, has secured a prestigious order to supply 10,000 square meters of its EmicoolSun NN35 Green glass for the Emirates…
Emirates Glass, a Dubai Investments subsidiary and leading supplier of premium architectural glass products, has won major orders to supply a total of 50,000 square meters of its EmiCool range to two prestigious projects in Dubai.
Emirates Glass, a Dubai Investment subsidiary and the region's leading supplier of premium architectural flat glass products, has won a major order to supply the facade glazing at the new Zayed University Campus.
The rapid growth of the European subsidiary witnessed at Edgetech over the past months is set to continue in the new year.
The public's phenomenal response at Vitrum in Milan is testimony to Edgetech's success since its launch three years ago in the greater European economic area: in EMEA, Edgetech is growing at a rapid rate.
Emirates Glass, a Dubai Investment subsidiary and regional market leader in premium glass products, has successfully executed contracts for the supply of more than 67,000 square meters of its products to 10 important regional projects - 42,000…
Dubai Investments PJSC has announced that the construction of Emirates Float Glass, the first ever float glass plant in the UAE, is set to commence in October 2005 at the Industrial City of Abu Dhabi.
Dubai Investments PJSC (DI), a diversified holding company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to acquire the Riyadh-based Saudi American Glass (SAG) in a move that will make the company a leading player in the Middle East glass industry.