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Australia’s largest glass supplier, Viridian, is using a 5t Konecranes CXT crane to delicately and accurately handle glass at its new all-inclusive glass trading centre, Viridian Trade Centre in Rosebery, Sydney.
Now in his 10th year owning Ridgefield Glass, which dates to 1974 and which cut the ribbon on a new showroom this month, John Petchonka dodged the shuttering effects of the recession through adaptation and managed to expand.
Gases and engineering company BOC and Viridian Glass, a division of CSR Building Products, today completed an extension to their long-term partnership after the companies signed a new 10-year supply agreement that will secure the ongoing compressed…
Beatson Clark, which has manufactured glass in Rotherham for over 260 years, has once again won the contract to manage the town’s recycling collections.
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has updated and released two documents specific to aluminum finishes : AAMA 612-15, “Voluntary Specification, Performance Requirements, and Test Procedures for Combined Coatings of Anodic…
Jim Conte joins Tubelite Inc. as a client development manager in the Mid-Atlantic territory concentrating on clients in Maryland, Delaware, northern Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C.   A resident of Maryland, Conte will report to Tubelite…
Guardian Industries, an industrial glass producer, has told state officials it is closing its Jefferson Hills plant and laying off 114 workers.
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Moody's Japan K.K. has changed the ratings outlook on Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (AGC) to stable from negative.
Lucideon, the international materials technology company, has published its new Tessing Brochure.   The new brochure is in keeping with the company’s ‘people’ theme; staff members from both sides of the Atlantic feature alongside Lucideon’s wide…
From the perspective of materials suppliers, n-tech believes that the smart windows market continues to offer important opportunities.
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:APOG) today announced fiscal 2016 first-quarter results. Apogee provides distinctive solutions for enclosing commercial buildings and framing art.     FY16 FIRST QUARTER VS.
We are pleased to announce the release of our New ClearShield Eco-System™ Videos.   The first three videos look at the benefits of using the pioneering glass surface treatment on showers, on windows, doors and conservatories and on glass splash…
250 Oxford Street, in the inner-Perth suburb of Leederville, is making a lasting impression with local residents through the use of our ‘ImagInk’ printed, ceramic fritted glass.
The great astronomers of the past formulated theories and developed new ideas with simple lenses in their telescopes.
The Indian government’s energy policy is raising growth expectations   Mumbai, India and Pforzheim/Freiburg, Germany, 26.
On December 18, 2014, ABM SRL of Italy was officially announced to be one of LandGlass' strategic partners.
On June 2, 2015, at the exhibition held by the Society for Information Display (SID) in San Jose, California, AGC of Japan introduced a soda lime glass substrate with only 0.23mm in thickness.  The thickness of this substrate is equivalent to only…
AGC Glass Company has appointed Scott Goodman as its architectural representative in Florida.   Scott Goodman brings to AGC 24 years of glass industry experience in sales, management and product development, and is well-versed in the commercial…
The British Glass Manufacturers’ Confederation held its annual Glass Focus Conference on 12th June 2015 at the Marriot Renaissance Hotel in Manchester, with an evening dinner incorporating the second annual Glass Focus Industry Awards.
Dubai Investments PJSC [DI], the leading investment company listed on the Dubai Financial Market [DFM], has completed acquisition of 59.66% stake in Al Mal Capital PSC [Al Mal], which when allied to the 1.20% already held by the Company, equates to…
As with all basic substances, it is impossible to know exactly how the invention of glass occurred. However, it is speculated that it developed as a result of sand blowing into the kilns used by the Ancient Egyptians to fire faience stoneware.
In 2015, Saint-Gobain is celebrating its 350th anniversary. Backed by its experience and its ability to continuously innovate, Saint-Gobain, the world leader in the habitat and construction market, designs, manufactures and distributes high-…
Haldyn Glass at its meeting held on June 23, 2015, approved the proposal for a Joint Venture with Heinz Glas International GMBH, Germany, for the manufacturing of perfume and cosmetic glass bottles for the export and local market.
Since many years already futronic focuses on the Asian glass market. Trade fairs like China Glass, which took place in Beijing again this year, are must-attend events for futronic and so managing director Michael Preuß set out again for China in May…