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By Jason Campbell - Sonny Dhaliwal knows that his efforts to save more 100 jobs at the Pilkington float glass manufacturing facility might fall short.    That’s why he’s bringing in the big guns.

SageGlass Simplicity with iPad control enables new architectural possibilities for dynamic glass. SageGlass also demos LightZone, the world's first dynamic glass window system that enables variable tint zones within a single pane of…

We at Saint-Gobain Glass have developed a new Augmented reality app for our Interior Range of Products namely, Glass Vision.

We at Saint-Gobain Glass have developed a new app for our Interior Range of Products namely, Glass Design.

Manufactured by the state-of-the-art Magnetron Sputtering Nano-Technology, SGG Evolite has superior solar control and thermal insulation properties.

The 51-year-old Pilkington glass plant in Lathrop will cease production early next year, affecting about 115 workers, its corporate parent confirmed Tuesday.

Glassmakers Pilkington have announced the closure of the Float Glass Line at Cowley Hill in St Helens, England, with the loss of 140 jobs.   This is the latest in a series of job cuts at the firm’s St Helens sites in the last three years.

Saint-Gobain Glass has launched 'Glass Compass' a mobile application that helps one to determine the most performing glazing solution based on the geographical location of the building and its orientation.

AGNORA received its first shipment of jumbo, oversize Saint Gobain Glass (SGG) high performance LowE coated glass on a low iron "Diamant" float substrate base.

St Helens is reeling from the devastating news that Pilkington is set to close its Cowley Hill float glass line and shed 140 jobs.

Europe’s energy intensive industries are probably divided on the merits of power savings targets for 2030, but if the right mix of unambiguous and universal targets and measures can be agreed – and explained – opposition could fade away, argues…

At XL Services, in the user sophisticated Bestech Business Park at Gurgaon, office interior design stands a class apart.   And it is because the entire definition of office interiors stands redefined.

Now that’s a plus! Pilkington Optitherm™ S1 Plus sets new standards   The NSG Group has unveiled Pilkington Optitherm™ S1 Plus; a brand new low-emissivity glass optimised to achieve Ug values of 1.0 in an insulating glass unit (IGU).

The Swiss Reinsurance Company Limited – also known as Swiss Re, 30 St Mary Axe, and Gherkin – is a classic example of contemporary architecture.   Its impressive glass facade is visible from a long distance, as much as 32 kms away.

The fact that for functional municipal buildings, aesthetics and design need not be the decisive criteria, is proven by the extension to the town hall in Baden's Waghäusel: clear in its form and, thanks to ultra-modern triple insulating glasses…

Pilkington K Glass™ S has reached a new milestone! NSG Group’s new coater at Cowley Hill has produced over two and a half million square metres.   As the UK’s first jumbo off-line coating plant, Cowley Hill allows the NSG Group to manufacture a…

Saint-Gobain has invested EUR 6 million in a new laminated glass production line at its Romanian factory in Calarasi.

The Cascade Meadow Wetlands & Environmental Science Center in Rochester, Minn., is using dynamic SageGlass® to achieve its sustainability goals while educating students and the community on cutting-edge green building technologies.

B. Santhanam has his pulse on two key sectors of the economy – automobiles and construction. While the slowdown in the former does worry him, he is more than happy at the developments in the latter.   Photo:B.

In the past, glass was often perceived to be the weak link in buildings. With the advances in high performance glazing over the last quarter of a century, this is no longer the case.

The latest glass product in the Pilkington Optitherm™ range, Pilkington Optitherm™ S1 Plus, is a superior performing low-e glass that is unique in the UK market.

The Niles value added plant in Michigan has clinched a major safety double.   Only a few months after reaching the milestone of two million man hours worked without a lost time incident, the plant has added the achievement of two million man hours…

The Group was singled out along with nine major industrial companies and three research organizations in France.  The Top 100 Global Innovators program identifies the companies and research structures that are the most active in terms of innovation.

At present, the global major LOW-E glass manufacturers are Pilkington (U.K.), PPG (U.S.), Glaverbel (Belgium), and Saint–Gobain (France); the overseas market is basically controlled by above enterprises.

Pilkington Planar™ has been used in an award winning refurbishment of the historic St Thomas' Hospital in London.   St Thomas’ Hospital is a renowned teaching hospital located in central London, opposite the Houses of Parliament on the south…