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A new study from The Freedonia Group Inc., a Cleveland-based industry market research firm, Advanced Flat Glass, projects demand for advanced flat glass to increase 5 percent annually to $7.2 billion in 2012.
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Lister Trade Frames Ltd are currently campaigning to ensure that the positive opportunities in the market are not overlooked.
Only a film which has been professionally applied can be a good film. For this reason, CPFilms, supplier of high-tech LLumar films, is using its new business centre in Runcorn to offer partner companies special training courses in which employees…
CPFilms has been active in the research, development and production of protective films for almost 50 years.
Thin-film Solar Leader Expands Market Opportunity with Highly-efficient CIGS Material Expanding the Product Integration Possibilities for PV Power Worldwide Global Solar Energy, a solar industry leader that manufactures CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium…
Drs. James Thiel, Paul Medwick, and Andrew Wagner (on photo left to right) senior research associates of PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG), were named winners in the Advanced Manufacturing category for the 2008 Carnegie Science Awards.
The UK winner of an international architectural competition to design a school along Passive House lines is expected to be announced by the organiser, leading insulation manufacturer Saint-Gobain Isover UK, early next month.
SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS launches a toughenable version of its SGG COOL-LITE® SKN 165, the latest addition to the widely-specified high performance SGG COOL-LITE® SKN solar control glass range.
Solar Innovations broke ground in January on a $9.7-million manufacturing plant in Pine Grove, Penn. The producer of sloped overhead glazing products, skylights, folding glass doors, curtain wall, conservatories and a host of other related products…
After more than 30 years in the window film business, Film Technologies International Inc. (FTI) of St. Petersburg, Fla., has ceased manufacturing and shipping film.
During its 15th Anniversary Vista Dealer Conference in Cancun, Mexico CPFilms announced that a number of Vista(r) window films have received certification from the independent National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC).
CPFilms(r), manufacturer of aftermarket window films for architectural and automotive applications, will gather its top architectural window film dealers from the U.S. and Canada this month in Cancun, Mexico.
Florida architects, builders and developers are invited to learn the latest about wind-borne debris requirements for design and construction at a free architectural symposium organized by CGI Windows & Doors.
V-Kool, Inc., North American distributor of heat-blocking, energy-saving applied window film for commercial and residential applications, announced a referral reward program that will pay recent customers 5% of the installed price of actual sales…
Solutia(r) Inc. announced that its CPFilms(r) business unit has acquired the customer list, patents, production equipment and certain other assets of Acquired Technology, Inc. (ATI) for $6.95 million.
UNiTAB’s Head Office building in Brisbane had some issues to solve. UNiTAB wished to remove internal blinds from the building to take advantage of its spectacular views, but doing so would increase the heat load and create glare issues.
Glass laminators across Europe are set to benefit from improved quality of service and product development thanks to Huntsman Polyurethanes.
The management from Solar Gard® window films, a Bekaert product, today announced it has teamed up with the Clinton Climate Initiative to reduce energy consumption in public and commercial buildings.
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Rooms with smooth, rounded transitions between ceilings, floors and walls. Smooth, radiantly white surfaces and an interior design which skilfully featured just a few items of designer furniture, while it allowed the functional equipment of the…
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