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A Mississauga realtor is listing the massive former PPG building on 73 acres for $6.1 million. City officials released the news yesterday afternoon. The building is 600,000 square feet – that’s 16 acres under its roof.
DUBAI - Lumiglass Industries, a subsidiary of Dubai Investments PJSC and the largest automotive glass factory in the GCC, has trebled its capacity to produce bullet resistant glass (BRG) by adding two new automated glass bending furnaces.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California, a trendsetter and nemesis of the auto industry for decades, is at it again.
Global demand for windows and doors (fenestration) is forecast to grow 4.3 percent per annum to $167 billion in 2013, roughly one-half the pace achieved between 2003 and 2008.
Safelite AutoGlass®/Diamond Triumph Glass™ has opened a new supercenter in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pa., area.  The new facility 44,800 square feet, and will serve as the home base for 95 associates.
Glass and window restoration and replacement company, The Glass Guru, headquartered in Roseville, Calif., launched franchises in California, Oregon, Texas and Florida, according to a June 15 release.
Coatings with neutral appearance to reduce heat load for comfort, lower operating costsPARIS, June 12, 2009 – PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) aerospace transparencies business is developing coating technology for aircraft cockpit and passenger-cabin…
Leaded glass windows created by Classic Glass Inc. in Alexandria, Va., were recently featured in an episode of the HGTV’s show, Curb Appeal.
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) aerospace transparencies business is launching the brand name of its controllable electrochromic systems for aircraft passenger-cabin windows at the Paris Air Show, where a full-scale working demonstration enables visitors…
Following the installation of an LGT/I/1530 Toughening Furnace, Double R has begun production of toughened safety glass.
PITTSBURGH, June 11, 2009 – PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has named Mark Seeton director of sales, performance glazings.
PITTSBURGH, June 11, 2009; PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) announced the retirement of Mark Fanelli, director of sales, performance glazings, effective June 1.During a 30-year career with PPG, Fanelli held a variety of leadership roles in manufacturing,…
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) announced today that Steve T. Lampe has been appointed vice president, purchasing and distribution, effective July 1.
Two new courses meet new AIA sustainable design requirement PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) introduced three new American Institute of Architects’ Continuing Education Services (AIA/CES) courses, including two that fulfill the AIA’s new sustainable…
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) first corporate sustainability report highlights key accomplishments in several areas of interest to environmentally progressive architects and builders.
Architects say durability is the most important attribute for a “green” building product, according to a new industry survey commissioned by PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG).
The modern science of nanotechnology, the highly-advanced manipulation of matter at a molecular level, and which is set to revolutionise every aspect of our lives in the next decade or so, was in fact invented by a medieval glazier.
Glass, coatings combine to expand performance and appearance options for architects PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) offers architects a single, comprehensive resource for designing sustainable building envelopes through advanced architectural glasses…
PPG Industries has introduced Solarphire AR (anti-reflective) glass, a new product engineered to maximize solar energy transmission to solar-collecting photovoltaic cells.
Document outlines economic, environmental, safety, social involvement performance PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) today issued its first corporate sustainability report.
Glass repair and replacement specialist Solaglas Windowcare is reporting a significant uplift in revenue driven largely from increased exposure in new markets such as retail.
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) aerospace transparencies business has resumed its rebuilding service for Beechcraft 1900 and Beechcraft King Air windshields to provide operators with a lower-cost alternative to buying new spares without sacrificing…
PITTSBURGH, Mar. 23, 2009 – PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) industrial coatings business announced that Spectrum Metal Finishing, Inc., Youngstown, Ohio, has been accredited to participate in the PPG CAP Certified Applicator Program.
National glazing company Solaglas Windowcare, part of the Saint-Gobain Group, has appointed three specialists to head new sector teams as part of an overall restructure of its sales and marketing operation.
PPG transparencies to be supplied with new environmentally-responsible sealant PPG Industries aerospace business has developed a chromate-free sealant for aircraft cockpit windows and canopies that cures in less than half the time of its predecessor…