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Leading fenestration manufacturer and designer Senior Architectural Systems has helped deliver a dramatic new design scheme for a new performing arts centre in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Glass installers at the landmark Battersea Power station development site are winning health and safety plaudits for their use of a Winlet glazing robot on hire from Hird.
Ritec International showcased the ClearShield Eco-System™ at the Glass Technology Expo in Mumbai recently to high visitor acclaim...
Another round of expansion and investment has been completed at NTG in Tennessee with further increased cutting and tempering capacity.
Turning an historic or listed building into a modern workable space takes both skill and imagination.
GLASSOLUTIONS has extended its UK fire resistant glass manufacturing operation with the addition of CONTRAFLAM STRUCTURE to the range it now manufacturers at its specialist Coventry plant.
Wrightstyle, the UK steel and aluminium glazing company, has completed a major upgrading project at Cardiff Central Station for Network Rail Wales.
Prof. Volker Rupertus honored for his many years of active involvement in the International Commission on Glass    The International Commission on Glass (ICG) has presented its prestigious Turner Award to SCHOTT researcher Prof.
Flexible but very strong micrometer thin glass is taking-off as a key component in cellphones, wearables, and IoT sensors   Glass thinner than a human hair but strong and flexible is now being used in a wide variety of high-tech applications.
Thermoseal Group was announced winner in two categories at the Glass and Glazing Industry’s prestigious G15 Awards event – ‘Component Supplier of the Year’ and ‘Training and Development Initiative of the Year’.
Winning the coveted G15 for Customer Care Initiative has rounded off an impressive 2015 awards haul for Edgetech UK, a Quanex company.   Four of the Edgetech team collected the award from top comedian Jason Manford at the prestigious ceremony at the…
The tilt before turn (TBT) window from fenestration systems specialists Sapa Building Systems’ Dualframe 75 Si range is the first aluminium window to be given the new A++ Window Energy Rating (WER), the highest available rating in the UK.
In order for it not to crack or melt when exposed to the high temperatures generated by a naked flame, only fire resistant glass is suitable for certain applications.
Dichroic filters as well as hot and cold mirrors rely on the combination of BOROFLOAT®’s product characteristics    High quality functional coatings enable a large variety of customized light management design options – especially when based on a…
Nature’s color wheel is a thing of beauty – the deep ocean blues, vibrant rose reds, deep lilac purples, fiery sunset oranges, and lush grass greens all around us are truly perfect.   But recreating those vibrant colors is far from easy.
It’s thinner than human hair, as flexible as paper, and extremely tough. It’s a material on which engineers are building the future of smart devices.
Have you ever wondered how the glass screen is made on your iPad or smartphone? One way in which these very thin glass sheets are made is using a redraw process.  Here, a glass block is fed into a furnace where it melts and is stretched and drawn…
Recently introduced MIROGARD® products at the center of attention - The specialty glass expert SCHOTT will be presenting its range of products for use by museums, art galleries and exhibitions at Exponatec in Cologne, Germany, from November 18 – 20…
Wrightstyle is one of Europe’s leading suppliers of advanced steel and aluminium glazing systems, supplying fire and blast resistant systems worldwide.
Contemporary architects tend to stress the importance of daylight inside buildings. Therefore, most partitions have become glazed walls. Nevertheless, there have been restrictions to the dimensions of glass panels available in the market, wherever…
Residents of the new Hampton by Hilton hotel in Newcastle upon Tyne can enjoy spectacular views across the city thanks to windows supplied by leading fenestration designer and manufacturer Senior Architectural Systems.
As we move into November I am delighted to report the factory move is going to timescale and so far without any significant disruption to service.
We are proud to announce that, after successful testing, the Easy Glass® Slim, Easy Glass Pro®, Easy Glass® Hybrid and Easy Glass® Max glass balustrades have been certified by the Istituto Giordano in accordance with Italian decree NTC 2008.
Being the first fully vertically-integrated fire rated glazing USA-manufacturer enables SAFTI FIRST to provide the fastest lead times, most competitive pricesand best coordination  SAFTI FIRST, leading USA-manufacturer of advanced fire rated glass…
The Glass and Glazing Federation is pleased to announce that Steve Rice has been appointed as GGF Director of Technical Affairs.   Giles Willson, GGF Managing Director said, “Leading the GGF’s technical department is both challenging and rewarding.