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Auburn Hills, Mich., January 13, 2009, 2008 — SunGuard® advanced architectural glass by Guardian Industries now offers architects and designers five new performance and appearance glass options by combining its Guardian CrystalGray™ float glass with…
Floating LEDs and color effect glass from SCHOTT enable a casino in Vienna to sparkle.More than a thousand light diodes encased in glass and reflective walls made of color effect glass that shimmers in gold adorn the Monte Laa Casino, located on the…
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) commercial coatings group has increased its involvement in the global wind turbine industry.
Glassiled, a unique product based on a revolutionary new technology developed by AGC Flat Glass Europe, integrates LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) into laminated glass.
It might be doom and gloom around the rest of the World, but the Gulf States and entire Middle East region continues to offer a wealth of opportunities for the construction industry, and in particular, the glass manufacture and processing sectors.
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).
In order to help its international customers gain access to the North American market, Messe Düsseldorf will organize the first “Global Technologies” pavilion at GlassBuild America 2009.
Polytron Technologies, Inc. is a company that provide the special, patented POLYMAGIC LED glass that incorporates LEDs, light sources or Electronics materials into glass panels to create distinctive patterns.
The Hotel Therapy project, designed and coordinated by architect Gianluigi Landoni, uses Lacobel glass.
At the turn of the year there will be changes in the management team of Bohle AG, Haan. Sales director Bart de Vrijer will be retiring from operational management of the company effective October 31, 2008.
DuPont Performance Coatings (DPC) recently launched a new website -- www.pc.dupont.com. --designed to give customers quick and easy access to information about all DPC brands.
PPG Industries' (NYSE:PPG) industrial coatings business has published a new color guide for Duranar liquid coil and extrusion coatings.
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…
Polytron Technologies, Inc, the leading electronic and optical version glass supplier wordwide will announce to launch their newly-developed product “Liteglow Luminous Glass” during Glasstec 2008.
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.
As a result of the decision of NASDAQ OMX PHLX, formerly the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, to terminate its equity trading platform effective Oct. 24, 2008, PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has announced its intention to voluntarily delist from the…
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.
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) aerospace transparencies business and Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ:GNTX) will supply electrochromic window shade systems to Hawker Beechcraft Corporation for the passenger-cabin windows of the 2010 Beechcraft King Air 350i…
Divestiture reinforces PPG focus on coatings, specialty products PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) on Oct. 1, 2008 completed the divestiture of its automotive glass and services business to a new company formed by funds managed by Kohlberg & Company,…
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).
After torrential rains caused flooding that forced the temporary closure on Aug. 19 of PPG Industries’ (NYSE: PPG) glass manufacturing operation here, some operations have resumed.
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…
The new Norwegian company Vetro Solar plans to build the world's largest factory for producing special glass for solar panels in Thalheim, Germany.
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.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 18, 2008 – PPG Industries (PPG:NYSE) is introducing its most popular tinted glasses with Solarban 70XL or Solarban 60 solar control, low-emissivity coatings on the second surface of the glass.