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SCHOTT Solar, a 100 percent subsidiary of the worldwide SCHOTT group, and WACKER Chemie AG plan to set up two joint ventures to produce and market silicon wafers for solar applications.
As part of its strategy to be the leader in developing some of the key materials for more efficient solar panels, DuPont will manage the critical phase of prototype development and applications testing for the newly formed DuPont-University of…
Akeena Solar, Inc. a leading designer and installer of solar power systems, announced the expansion of its Board of Directors and appointed two new members.
This September, the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition will be taking place for the 22nd edition.
In response to the strong demand for superinsulating glass on the Italian construction market, Glaverbel is to install the country’s first magnetron unit for applying low-emissivity coatings at its Cuneo plant in North-East Italy (Piedmont).
Federal Minister of Education and Research, Dr. Annette Schavan, announced the founding of a technological initiative on Organic Photovoltaic (OPV), together with the companies BASF, Bosch, Merck and SCHOTT, at the “Neue Börse Frankfurt”.
Seven leading international solar panel makers have expressed interest in investing in Hungary, with projects totaling EUR 3 bln, Hungary's Economy Minister Janos Koka announced late Thursday in Washington D.C, without naming the potential…
SCHOTT Solar GmbH is seeking to strengthen its position as one of the world’s technology and market leaders in the field of Photovoltaics.
As the country faces acute power shortage and global warming debate hots up, energy conservationists caution against growing number of buildings with glass facades dotting the landscapes of cities as being responsible for energy consumption much in…
What was an industrial brownfields site, became a role model for environmentally compatible conversion in the fall of 2006.
The new Matelux Antislip is a satin finish glass that has been specially treated to make it slip-resistant (antislip performance classified R10 under the German national standard DIN 51130).
At the annual Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge in Texas, the largest solar race of its kind in the U.S.A., the Sundancer team from Houston, Mississippi, was victorious for the sixth time in a row.
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. has succeeded in  volume production of a fluorine insulating material featuring relative permittivity of 2.4 - 2.5,  which is among the lowest in the industry.
The new Matelux Antislip is a satin finish glass that has been specially treated to make it slip-resistant (antislip performance classified R10 under the German national standard DIN 51130).
Glass maker and major local employer AFG is becoming AGC. AFG Glass, chartered as AFG Industries Inc., is changing its name to AGC Flat Glass North America, a company official has confirmed.
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Attractive reflective, solar control and thermal insulation properties yield maximum efficiency and energy saving.
Hydrogen has always played a crucial role in industrial processes ranging from hydrocarbon refining to pharmaceuticals manufacture, float glass production, food processing and much more in between.
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo; President: Masahiro Kadomatsu) has decided to build an additional float glass furnace in Russia.
Glaverbel’s patterned glass furnace at Roux (Belgium) was fired up once more at the beginning of March after a complete makeover that lasted three months, which was accompanied by renovation of the two production lines downstream from the furnace.
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District, SMUD, and Lennar Homes have signed an agreement that represents the largest solar new homes partnership in the United States.
On 13 March 2007 Glaverbel SA received a Statement of Objections* from the European Commission. The Statement of Objections contains the European Commission's preliminary view with respect to alleged anticompetitive behavior in the flat glass…
In response to the current high demand for flat glass in western Europe, Glaverbel will carry out cold repair of one of the two furnaces for producing float glass at Boussois, in northern France, in 2008.
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. announced plans to transfer manufacturing operations from the Stolberg, Germany site to the Company's manufacturing locations in Shenzhen, China, and Fort Collins, Colorado, and subsequently close its Stolberg…