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The American Ceramic Society honored SCHOTT’s eco-friendly manufacturing processes for CERAN® and PYRAN® Platinum Glass-Ceramics        SCHOTT recently won The American Ceramic Society’s Corporate Environmental Achievement Award for its sustainable…
The newly completed 62 Buckingham Gate building, hailed by Land Securities as the jewel of its extensive transformation of London’s Victoria district, owes its striking glazed facade to Saint-Gobain Glass.
Birmingham-based Royale Windows fabricates and installs PVC-U windows, doors and conservatories. The family-run company has been established for 33 years and says its success is down to providing the best quality products.
Dr. Frank Heinricht (51) will take up his duties as the new Chairman of the Board of Management of SCHOTT on June 1, 2013.      He was officially appointed to this position by the Supervisory Board of SCHOTT AG when it convened on February 27, 2013.
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Saint-Gobain's Planilaque Evolution series of coloured glass has been redefining interior spaces ever since their launch.
CTC’s panels featuring Corning’s advanced glass in mass production. Corning Incorporated(NYSE: GLW)and Century Technology Corporation (CTC) today affirmed CTC’s selection of the Corning Lotus™ Glass platform for CTC’s line of low-temperature…
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Saint-Gobain received the “European Cleantech Corporation of the Year” award at the 9th European Cleantech Forum in Bilbao (Spain), organized by Cleantech Group, a global network that brings together investors, start-ups and industrial groups in the…
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