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AGC (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.; Head Office: Tokyo; President & CEO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) announces that, on December 29, 2014, the AGC Group closed the transactions contemplated by an asset purchase agreement with Trulite Glass Company, LLC and…
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The possibilities of digital printing extend the design spectrum with glasses in both indoor and outdoor areas with space for individual designs and motifs produced in small series.
Glass producer Pilkington, a unit of Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass Co (NSG), lost its challenge on Wednesday to a 357 million euro ($445 million) cartel fine after a top EU court said regulators had come up with the correct sanction.
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With over forty presented glasses, a multimedia stand concept and new pioneering solutions, within the context of glasstec 2014, Saint-Gobain Glass impressively underlines its innovation leadership as Europe's largest flat glass manufacturer.
In response to numerous requests from shareholders and with the intent of entering into a constructive dialogue, Sika will discuss the situation resulting from the planned transaction between the Burkard Family and Saint-Gobain with its investors,…
The Board of Directors and the Group Management of Sika were informed Friday evening, December 5, 2014, that the French Group Saint-Gobain intends to indirectly acquire all shares held by the Burkard family, Sika's current majority shareholder.
Effective from December 1, 2014, the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain will have two new members, Alain Destrain and Pascal Laï, appointed under the French Law on Securing Employment of June 14, 2013.
The architects of Boeri Studio (Milan) have won the 2014 International Highrise Award for their project Bosco Verticale: two residential highrises with, as the project name suggests, a 'vertical forest' integrated into their facades.
Our commercial sector manager, Phil Savage, discusses the advent of structural glazing… Whether it’s a full glass façade or a more modest floor-to-ceiling window, structural glazing systems offer architects and installers the design flexibility…
New SunGuard Product is Architectural Record Editors’ Choice - Guardian Industries Corp. has won an Architectural Record Record Products Award for Guardian SunGuard® SNX 51/23, the first commercial low-E glass product with visible light transmission…
Researchers based at Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a new form of 'rubber-like' glass which may have applications in high temperature or strongly oxidative environments.
Here at Pilkington UK Limited, we’ve been delivering unique and effective glass products for use in commercial and residential applications for 188 years. Technically responsive, our team has the knowledge and ability to successfully respond to…
Ever since glass has been featured as a mainstream commercial building material, architects have challenged manufacturers to find innovative ways to allow them to create new and exciting projects.
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Let imagination run riot. Let the words flow. Chalk out new plans. Erase the roadblocks. With the new Planisafe for writing boards, Saint-Gobain is giving reason to redefine traditional methods of writing on the chicked white boards.
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By Derek Malmquist - This year’s Greenbuild show was held in New Orleans and the Big Easy witnessed some big innovation in green building technology.
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