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Jane Embury is a director of Wrightstyle, the Devizes-based supplier of steel glazing systems.  Wrightstyle has an international reputation for innovative glazing solutions to mitigate against fire or ballistic or bomb attack.
Seaclear Industries, LLC, manufacturer of marine windows and electrically heated window films, introduces DeMIST™, a new inexpensive and nonelectrical anti-fog window film.
On July 6, 2012, in Shenzhen, Safety Glass Professional Committee of China Architectural and Industrial Glass Association (CAIGA) organized the first seminar for two industry standards: Production Regulations on Safety Glass Part II: Production…
Washington, DC --- June 11, 2012 – The International Window Film Association (IWFA), a nonprofit group, announced a landmark vote by the California Energy Commission placing Window Film, a polymer material offering energy efficiency advantages, into…
Glass Doctor® of Southwest Riverside County in Murrieta, Calif., received its 10th consecutive award for outstanding commitment to overall safety and maintaining a safe work site Friday, May 18.
U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA's) Federal Office Building 8 (FOB 8) will soon complete its major modernization.
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When it comes to fitting windows, it doesn’t get much harder and more complicated than this, although Devizes-based Wrightstyle came up with a solution that works beautifully but which involved technical complexity and not a little design difficulty.
NOIDA: It's that time of the year again. Soon, everybody will be doing one common activity - saving themselves from the searing heat of the Delhi Summers.
ST. LOUIS, April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA), a global leader in performance materials and specialty chemicals, announces its LLumar® AIR80™ window film meets the United States Department of Transportation's (DOT's)…
With parts of the economy stagnating and companies everywhere feeling the pinch, Fullex Locks, one of the longest established UK Multipoint lock manufacturers, have grown an impressive 50% during its last two years of trading.
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