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From the Middle Ages right into the 18th century, the guards on the “Neustädter Tor” decided who was allowed to enter the town of Gießen.
Whether as protection against injuries, burglary or violence: safety glass optimally fulfils all the requirements and is used on in the construction of both commercial and residential buildings.
Listers: Showing Off Again! Lister Trade Frames have just opened a brand new trade showroom at their Govan Road Site in Stoke on Trent and celebrated the launch with an all day and evening event.
The shop of the prestigious Max Mara brand, at the shopping centre of Wuhan, in Wuhan Plaza, China, bears now a brand new façade especially designed by OmniDecor.
The global manufacturer of building materials Saint-Gobain is showing and building world’s first low energy playhouse in the centre of Copenhagen during the UN climate change conference.
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.
Garry Smith at Pilkington explains Glass can perform many different roles, from making a home more comfortable and attractive to ensuring security and privacy - it's simply a case of knowing what to ask for.
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.
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.
Following a successful year celebrating its twentieth anniversary supplying window and door hardware to the UK market, Carl F Petersen Ltd is moving forward under new ownership.
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…
Changes in Group structure over the first nine months of the year resulted in a 1.0% increase in sales.
Established as Oxidal in the late 1950’s, Nuova Oxidal took on its current personality in 1990 when it was acquired by the Baroni family, already the owners of a glassworks.
Saint-Gobain’s magnetron coater – the technology used to manufacture the SGG PLANITHERM range of coated glass – is celebrating five years of operation in the UK, and it is still the only one of its kind.
After three-and-a-half years of planning and construction, the insurance group` s employees have now been able to move into their new joint workplace on the Günther-Wagner-Allee in the city’s List district.
Guardian ShowerGuard, a glass product that uses a patented technology to resist corrosion, will be featured in an episode of “Bathastic!”, Sunday, Oct. 4 at 10:30 a.m. on the DIY Network.
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Leading international construction materials company Saint-Gobain has signed the Copenhagen Communiqué, a statement put together by The Prince of Wales' Corporate Leaders' Group on Climate Change which calls for an ambitious, robust and…
On September 23, 2009, an addendum to the Group's 1992 European Social Dialogue Agreement was signed by Pierre-André de Chalendar, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's Chief Executive Officer, the delegation responsible for implementing the…
Scheuten Solar signs an EPC and Operations & Maintenance contract for two large PV projects in Italy. Italian companies Molino Casillo S.p.A. and Ascoenergy s.r.l. have teamed up as investors for both sustainable energy projects.
Cambridgeshire-based Trade fabricator, Tradelink, has recently switched to Saint-Gobain Glass as its sole low-e glass provider, a move that immediately lifts its standard energy rated window from a C to a B.
On the 12th June Maxit Netherlands opened the new dry mortar production tower "Maxima 1" in the presence of customers, employees and many other guests.
As of autumn, Weber-maxit and Weber-Deitermann will again be regularly organizing one to two-day practical seminars for dealers, architects and processors.
As part of its development strategy for solar energy, Saint-Gobain is acquiring Shell's share of Avancis, a joint venture between the two companies.  Avancis has developed highly competitive technology for thin-film CIS (Copper, Indium and…
An imaginative property regeneration scheme called “Changing Streets” has been established by East Riding of Yorkshire Council (EYRC) and is dramatically improving a swathe of privately owned housing in Goole.