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The possibilities of digital printing extend the design spectrum with glasses in both indoor and outdoor areas with space for individual designs and motifs produced in small series.
Glass producer Pilkington, a unit of Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass Co (NSG), lost its challenge on Wednesday to a 357 million euro ($445 million) cartel fine after a top EU court said regulators had come up with the correct sanction.
With over forty presented glasses, a multimedia stand concept and new pioneering solutions, within the context of glasstec 2014, Saint-Gobain Glass impressively underlines its innovation leadership as Europe's largest flat glass manufacturer.
In response to numerous requests from shareholders and with the intent of entering into a constructive dialogue, Sika will discuss the situation resulting from the planned transaction between the Burkard Family and Saint-Gobain with its investors,…
The Board of Directors and the Group Management of Sika were informed Friday evening, December 5, 2014, that the French Group Saint-Gobain intends to indirectly acquire all shares held by the Burkard family, Sika's current majority shareholder.
Effective from December 1, 2014, the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain will have two new members, Alain Destrain and Pascal Laï, appointed under the French Law on Securing Employment of June 14, 2013.
The architects of Boeri Studio (Milan) have won the 2014 International Highrise Award for their project Bosco Verticale: two residential highrises with, as the project name suggests, a 'vertical forest' integrated into their facades.
New SunGuard Product is Architectural Record Editors’ Choice - Guardian Industries Corp. has won an Architectural Record Record Products Award for Guardian SunGuard® SNX 51/23, the first commercial low-E glass product with visible light transmission…
Ever since glass has been featured as a mainstream commercial building material, architects have challenged manufacturers to find innovative ways to allow them to create new and exciting projects.
For the fourth year in a row, Saint-Gobain has been included in the Thomson Reuters Top 100 global innovators ranking.
Let imagination run riot. Let the words flow. Chalk out new plans. Erase the roadblocks. With the new Planisafe for writing boards, Saint-Gobain is giving reason to redefine traditional methods of writing on the chicked white boards.
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By Derek Malmquist - This year’s Greenbuild show was held in New Orleans and the Big Easy witnessed some big innovation in green building technology.
Oregon’s first Earth Advantage Platinum-certified building conserves energy while maximizing daylight and outdoor views - A new technology center at Central Oregon Community College is using SageGlass® dynamic glass, a product of Saint-Gobain, to…
Governor Terry McAuliffe announced Thursday that Guardian Industries, the world’s largest manufacturer of float glass and fabricated glass products, will invest $1.57 million to expand operations at its Consolidated Glass & Mirror facility in…
Guardian Industries Corp. won a ruling cutting an antitrust fine by 30 percent to 103.6 million euros ($129 million) as judges at the top European Union court criticized the way regulators calculated the penalty.
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The AGC Technovation Centre serving AGC Glass Europe was inaugurated by His Majesty the King of the Belgians, on 5 November in Gosselies (Charleroi region) in the presence of personalities from the worlds of business, politics, academia and the…
Central Glass CO., LTD. ("Central Glass") hereby announces the update of "Notification of Acquisition of Two Subsidiaries from Guardian Industries Corp. in the United States," which was disclosed on September 16, 2014.
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