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The GGF has launched a new online bookshop to increase the readership of the GGF library by offering shoppers a new online space to order printed copies of GGF publications.

Pilkington North America has launched My Pilkington, a comprehensive online resource for order entry, inventory review, and shipment tracking.    The new user-friendly system streamlines the ordering process making it faster and easier than ever…

In a recent issue of Glass and Glazing Products, our project specification manager, Tim Fagg, explores how solar control glazing can help to tackle CO2 emissions…    With demand for commercial and domestic buildings to be both comfortable and…

Pilkington Architectural Glass North America business has launched My Pilkington, an innovative online order entry, inventory review and tracking system for its customers.

Did you know, that the coatings applied to our most advanced high-performance products are typically 1000 times thinner than a piece of paper?

The GGF is one of several key trade bodies in the Glass and Glazing industry to have joined forces to form the “Glazing Supply Chain Group”.

Your windows experience the extremes of all environmental conditions – whether it’s rain, wind, hail or snow, they provide a barrier protecting you from the elements.

The thousands of visitors drawn to the state-of-the-art visitor centre at the site where the remains of King Richard III were discovered in 2012 will be shielded from the elements by Pilkington Planar™ structural glazing.

Pilkington Optiwhite™ low iron glass was used in display at recent HIConnect trade show in Nashville.

The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) enjoyed a record attendance for a specialist group meeting when 58 delegates attended the Joint Conservatory Association and Window and Door Group on 30th April at Solihull in the West Midlands.

Displaying the benefits of Pilkington Activ™, The Building Research Establishment (BRE) have previously published results of a six-month research and evaluation project on the world’s first dual action self-cleaning glass.

With the General Election being arguably the most unpredictable in British political history there are numerous potential outcomes; from majority and minority victories to various formal or informal coalitions in the event of a hung parliament.

If you wander down the Georgian high street in the historic market town of Ludlow, you’d be forgiven for thinking each house had kept its original sash windows.

Businesses from across the glass and glazing supply chain, including fabricators, installers and architects have set out their priorities for the next government, with an emphasis on new housing, planning laws and skills initiatives.

Counter Terror Expo 2015 proved a great success for the GGF, with many visitors to the Federation’s exhibition stand and two expert seminars on window film and safety and security glazing.

Edgetech Europe GmbH, a Quanex Building Products company, continues to report an increasing number of companies switching to its range of Warm-Edge Technology, whether for double or triple sealed units, and even in some instances for quadruple…

Higher performance thermal insulation glass is becoming more and more popular as demanding environmental and legislative needs increase.

Here’s the latest news stories from GGF Members that have been recently posted by GGF Members on their profiles and in the GGF Members’ News...

The life of a float line: chapter three – inspection and cutting. This is the third chapter in our series on float glass production.

The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) has urged companies to be prepared ahead of the implementation of the Consumer Rights Act which was granted Royal Assent and became law on 26 March 2015.

The statistics don’t appear to stack up for the window industry in the newly published report from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) on the size and performance of the UK low carbon economy, according to Andy Jones, Managing Director at…

We’re pleased to announce that our ultra low-emissivity glazing, Pilkington K Glass™ S, has been chosen for use in a specialist housing development, which was recently showcased at an open day event in Yorkshire.

There will be mud at FIT Show 2016. “The best way to demonstrate the exceptional performance of TruShield® easy-clean treatment for glazing is to throw muddy water at it,” says Charlotte Davies, Marketing Manager at Edgetech UK, a Quanex company.

Direct Trade, one of the UK’s leading fabricators of windows, doors and conservatories, has selected Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, as its primary glass supplier in a projected multi-million-pound agreement.

This year’s first quarter sales confirm the market leading position for Edgetech UK, a Quanex company, and follows the substantial sales growth achieved in its last financial year.