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Site is part of federally funded innovation hub to make buildings more energy efficient**PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) will participate in a ceremony Sept. 27 to celebrate the awarding of $129 million in federal funds to create the Greater Philadelphia…
Hackney Council has recently opened its new Service Centre utilising Pilkington Planar™ to house their public-facing functions and provide a work space for over 1,000 people on one site. 400m² of Pilkington Planar™ glazing was installed on the front…
Duralite® Spacer and Low-E Coatings Enable High-Performance RatingSolon, Ohio, Sept. 14, 2010 – Truseal Technologies, Inc., a Quanex Building Products company, has developed a high-performance R-5 double-pane insulating glass (IG) window using a…
High-Performance Components Combine to Offer Water, Rot and Insect ResistanceRichmond, Ind., Sept. 14, 2010 – Homeshield, a Quanex Building Products company, has engineered ImperiClad™, a water impervious door system featuring high-performance door…
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 13, 2010 – PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) will showcase four new products at GlassBuild America 2010: The Glass, Window & Door Expo in Las Vegas, Sept. 14-16, including: SOLARBAN(R) R100 glass, a transparent-reflective, solar…
High-Performance Spacer Enables Production of the Windows of the Future, TodaySolon, Ohio, Sept. 14, 2010 – In the future, energy efficiency will be more important than ever as a number of market forces are driving up demand for high-performance…
GlassBuild America® Audience Gets First Look at Program, New BrandingHouston, Texas, Sept. 14, 2010 – Quanex Building Products Corporation (NYSE:NX) today introduced its Project Nexus initiative and new corporate branding to window and door…
Precertified Systems Increase Fabricators’ Speed to MarketHouston, Texas, Sept. 14, 2010 – Quanex Building Products Corporation (NYSE:NX) is helping window and door fabricators streamline their manufacturing operations and increase their speed to…
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 8, 2010 – PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has announced that Victoria M. Holt, senior vice president, glass and fiber glass, has resigned from the company, effective immediately.
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 9, 2010 – The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) has named its top ten green building projects for 2010, and at least five of them feature environmentally advanced glass or coatings made by…
Pilkington Pyrostop® and Pilkington Optiphon™ have been specified in a comprehensive, multi million pound refurbishment of the William Penn Leisure Centre in Rickmansworth, which provides state of the art leisure facilities to the local area.
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7, 2010 – PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has announced the formation of the PPG Solar Performance Group, which will focus on the continuous development and commercialization of glass and coatings technologies for the solar power…
Regional specialist Exeter Glass Centre has teamed up with one of the most recognised world names of the glass industry to become the local stockist in the south west of Pilkington’s range of fire-resistant glass products.
Pilkington has extended its range of pyrolytic Solar Control glass to include Pilkington Solar-E™. This new product offers a flexible, low-reflective glass that combines low-emissivity with good solar control to minimise the solar heat gain of a…
Pilkington has built on the success of the manufacture and sales of Pilkington Cervoglass™ conservatory roof IGUs at Pilkington Aintree by opening an additional manufacturing facility in the South of England employing 34 people.
Pilkington has appointed Tony Smith as Market Development Manager for its Building Products business in UK.
An adult education centre in Essex is helping students see their books clearly, thanks to Pilkington Activ™ Neutral and Sunshade Blind Systems.
The Certass Thermal Rating Register (TRR) has launched a new initiative which will enable fabricators and installers to obtain a Window Energy Rating (WER) quickly and cost effectively.
Lister Trade Frames of Stoke on Trent are already well known for the wide range of Elitis Branded marketing materials that they provide for their trade customers.
A project with investment of total 2 billion yuan was officially inked in Fengyang on August.12. The project involves building production lines of glass used in photovoltaic(PV) industry and energy saving glass.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 16, 2010 – Wayne Boor, manager, solar technology transfer, PPG Industries' (NYSE:PPG) performance glazings business, said industry forecasters expect solar glazings to account for 10 to 20 percent of flat glass sales, if not…
Supporting the U.S. Green Building Council LEED(R) Rating System(TM) criteria for recycled content, Wausau Window and Wall Systems now fabricates all of its products using aluminum extrusions exclusively from secondary billet that contain at…
The decision has been made to start up the Group's UK5 Float Line at Greengate later in this financial year, to supply coated products for the growing Solar Energy glass market.
International Congress and Exhibition on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources 13-15 April 2011, Bulgaria, Sofia, Organizer Via ExpoInnovative technologies and practices, strong international participation, a lot of new business contacts,…