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The construction employment picture brightened slightly with 18 states adding construction jobs from April to May according to a new analysis of data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Planibel Top 1.0 is the “latest arrival” in the AGC Low-E range. This innovative soft coat glass offers the best thermal insulation rating in its class, with a Ug value of 1.0/(m².
Asahi Glass, the Japanese-based parent of AGC Flat Glass, plans to merge its flat glass and automotive glass organizations under one umbrella to help boost profitability.
AGC Flat Glass Europe launches the new version of Thermobel TRI (featuring a TRI coating), a new type of triple glazing specially developed by AGC.
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.
Leaving aside the current economic climate, the main priority for voters at all recent general elections has been the quality of public services, in particular health and education.
AGC Flat Glass Europe participates at Architect@Work 09 in Kortrijk Xpo from 7 to 8 May – booth 26 and in Liège from 4 to 5 June - La Foire Internationale de Liège - booth 183.
AGC (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.; Head Office: Tokyo; President & COO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) announces that a meeting of its Board of Directors decided on April 15, 2009 to cease the automotive glass business at its Kitakyushu Plant by the end of 2009.
In Turin, the new Headquarter of the association for suffering children will be a smart houseThe foundations of the new headquarter of CasaOz were laid at the end of December.
Wrightstyle Limited is one of the UK’s most innovative steel glazing specialists with an international client base. Lee Coates, the company’s technical manager, explains the mechanics of fire and fire safety.
Glassiled, the result of extensive research by AGC Flat Glass Europe, integrates LEDs(1) into laminated glass.
One of the 4 float glass furnaces at AGC Flat Glass Europe in Moustier (Belgium) has been shut down after 18 years of uninterrupted production.
Wrightstyle Limited is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of specialist glass and integrated steel and glass systems and exports its systems worldwide.
Glassiled, a unique product based on a revolutionary new technology developed by AGC Flat Glass Europe, integrates LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) into laminated glass.
The sudden downturn in the automotive and construction industries has given AGC Flat Glass Europe the opportunity to bring forward the planned repair of one of its thee float glass furnaces in Teplice (Czech Republic).
The Hotel Therapy project, designed and coordinated by architect Gianluigi Landoni, uses Lacobel glass.
Once upon a time, you went shopping because you had to. You needed a loaf of bread, a pint of milk or a new pair of trousers.
In response to increasing energy prices and alarming environmental threats, Europe launches Planibel Tri. This unique coating specially designed for triple glazing assembly in residential applications, combines comfort and cost efficiency with an…
AGC, one of the world’s leading glass manufacturers and a specialist in glass used in interiors, is well aware of how colour and light influence the perception of architectural designs.
Exhibition The Healthcare Estates exhibition is the UK’s most comprehensive and influential annual showcase dedicated to presenting the latest equipment, technologies and techniques for application in healthcare environments.
Diamon-Fusion International, Inc. (DFI Nanotechnology), global developer and exclusive licensor of patented hydrophobic nanotechnologies, announced it was awarded the exclusive contract to apply the Diamon-Fusion® nano-coating to the NIKE building…
On 16 September AGC Flat Glass Europe inaugurated the third float* line at its Retenice production plant in Teplice (Northern Bohemia, in the Czech Republic).
Glass is playing an ever increasing role in the generation of heat and electricity through sunlight, which means throughout the world an increasingly lucrative market is now opening up for the glass industry and especially for machinery…
Architect Maurice Kanah, founder of KConsult studio, has used painted glass in his own original way. He has used it to cover furniture. “I had this idea,” explains Kanah, “while looking at the space in the office.
Advanced steel glazing systems from Wrightstyle, the Devizes-based steel and fire resistant glass specialist, have been incorporated into a range of large span, fire resistant and blast protection systems, now being launched in North America and…