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Toledo-based glass maker Pilkington North America Inc. will install a $1.4 million solar array at its plant in Northwood, thanks in part to a state and federal grant that will offset nearly half the cost.
For daylighting designs in hurricane regions, Technical Glass Products (TGP) introduces Pilkington Proflit™ Hurricane, the only tested and approved hurricane impact channel glass system in North America.
NSG Group Vice-Chairman Tom Abe recently made his first visit to the Guilin Automotive Plant in China. Meeting staff, he emphasized the importance of maximizing the potential of people and open communication.
On 25 November, AGC Glass Europe won the Best Innovator Award Belgium 2009 in the large companies category, ahead of the three other finalists 3M, Belgacom and UCB.
Unexciting in the best sense of the word are the tile designs for 2010. After neo-baroque and opulent, floral patterns, the manufacturers are once again relying on classic design and natural looks.
A Pilkington Automotive Poland competition for the best PNCA project has awarded prizes to four of the plant's 30 PNCA teams. The competition covered three categories - the most active team, the most active area and the most valuable solution.
Asahi Glass Company, Limited (the “Company”) hereby notifies the following issuance of Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds due 2012 (bonds with stock acquisition rights, tenkanshasaigata shinkabuyoyakuken-tsuki shasai, hereinafter referred to as the “2012…
The stunning glass façade of Britain’s latest indoor snow sports destination features AGC’s Stopray T ‘all climate’ glass with a high performance toughenable coating.
AGC (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.; Head Office: Tokyo; President & COO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) plans to release Myboka®, a new non-wired, thermal-resistant tempered glass used primarily for fire-resistant, through AGC Glass Products Co., Ltd. (“AGC Glass…
Legislation filed in the House and Senate could benefit AGC Flat Glass and ultimately boost business for the company’s Church Hill plant.
The world famous Lincoln Center, home to Juilliard School of performing arts and Alice Tully Hall, in New York City, has been given a makeover worth singing about thanks to Pilkington Planar™ glazing.
Adding images, text and graphics to your glass can give your building a personal touch. Now, thanks to AGC’s new digital printing process and the recently launched Artlite Digital range, you can reproduce photos on different sized glasses and…
It is often said that it’s the small things in life that make the big difference. And the evolution of something as simple as glass is no exception. This year Pilkington and the rest of the construction industry celebrate the 50th anniversary of the…
Pilkington has acquired two further service centers in Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia, in the US, from the Old Dominion Glass Company.
A young Brazilian who once made a living collecting paper and cardboard from rubbish tips, has been named YBI Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Themes of redevelopment, renovation and modernization more topical than ever / Twelve teams in the final of the dry construction championship At the beginning of October, Germany’s new energy saving ordinance, EnEV 2009, came into effect.
From planes, trains and automobiles, the new animated Pilkington Sound Simulator helps to understand noise control glazing with more ease than ever before.
AGC Glass Europe launches Planibel A, its new high performance LOW-E hard coating specially developed to reach the high ranking within the WER scale (Window Energy Rating).
Saint-Gobain Glass is once again living up to a well-earned reputation for innovation in the flat glass market by launching SGG BIOCLEAN COOL-LITE AQUA GREEN.
With climate change a hot topic at the recent political party conferences, Pilkington has released figures showing an amazing 2.5 million tonnes of CO2 will be saved in the UK over the next 20 years thanks to installations of energy efficient…
Adding images, text and graphics to your glass can give your building a personal touch. Now, thanks to AGC’s new digital printing process and the recently launched Artlite Digital range, you can reproduce photos on different sized glasses and…
The Doncaster village of Kirk Sandall looked back on 90 years of Pilkington glassmaking in a special service at the local church of St Oswalds.
The new office building of Dresdner Solarwatt AG surprises with a special inner façadeWith the new office building of Solarwatt AG Dresden has yet another architectural highlight: three apparently “floating” meeting rooms in plasterboard lightweight…
Pilkington has exhibited for the first time at the North East Asia Investment and Trade Expo, held this year in Changchun. The six-day trade fair attracted nearly 600 exhibitors and 500,000 visitors from more than 80 countries.