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Effective July 1, 2016, Dr. Jens Schulte (44) will serve as the new CFO of SCHOTT AG. He will be responsible for the areas of Finance, Information Technology and Purchasing.   Dr.
The impressive performance of the latest architectural glass products is often down to extremely thin surface coatings, normally made up of many different layers, each around 1,000 times thinner than a human hair.
Kihei Surfside Resort is an oceanfront property, nestled between Kihei’s small boat harbor and just steps from Wailea’s first beach, Keawakapu.
Low-cost coating would disrupt the building retrofit market and potentially save billions in electricity.
12,000 coloured solar panels spread across 6,000 square metres to make Copenhagen school first in the world with complete photovoltaic façade
Glassiled is AGC’s glass product featuring embedded Light-emitting diodes (monochrome or RGB(1)) powered by a transparent conductive coating.
Xinyi Group, one of China's top glass manufacturers, is building a major glass production plant in Malaysia as part of the Chinese government's “One belt and one road” strategic plan.
Collaboration sets stage to commercializing transparent electricity-generating coatings, turning buildings into “power generators”
1891 was a year of invention and discovery. The Wrigley Company launched what would become a gum empire, Thomas Edison patented the motion picture camera, James Naismith thought up basketball, and the escalator was invented.
Fenestration products from Doncaster based Senior Architectural Systems, have been installed at a prestigious regeneration project for Cheshire West and Chester Council.
From streaming of breathtaking sports events to high-tech material research: without borosilicate glass to protect cameras or for use in neutron conductors, such modern applications would not be possible.
When it comes to building homes and offices, glass is considered the material of choice by architects and designers across the globe. It has numerous advantages and various properties which makes it ideal to use in most places in interiors and…
World's first from Dresden: SOLARWATT GmbH is now also offering the SOLARWATT 60M high power module with an output of 300 watt peak (Wp). The German solar pioneer is now the first company to produce a glass-glass model in this variant and with…
The Solar Protection and Control Industry will have its own space in VETECO, the trade fair organised by IFEMA which will be held in the “FERIA DE MADRID” from 25 to 28 October, ideal dates for the professional sector.
The next big thing is rarely that. More often it’s a collection of next little things.  Let me put it another way: Often, what elevates a must-have gadget or life-changing technology into the next big thing is the components that make it possible.
UBC’s Kenneth Chau holds a glass sample used in his latest research, which proved that putting thin layers of metal over glass increases light transmission.   Imagine if the picture window in your living room could double as a giant thermostat or…
Heliatek R&D teams reached a record conversion efficiency of 13.2% for an OPV multi-junction cell, setting a new world record for the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity using organic photovoltaic cells.
Solar-Tectic LLC ("ST") announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has allowed a patent for hybrid organic/inorganic thin-film growth on inexpensive substrates, such as flexible and ordinary soda-lime glass.
The German equipment supplier Bürkle has received an order for 2 Multi-Opening Lamination Lines Ypsator® 2022-6 SL from EMMVEE Photovoltaic Power India.
The funny thing about good design is it’s easy to miss. The best designs simultaneously add more than the sum of their parts and fade into their surroundings.
The restoration glasses TIKANA®, RESTOVER® and GOETHEGLAS will be focused by the technology group SCHOTT at its premiere at Monumento, the trade fair on monument preservation, to be held in Salzburg, Austria, from January 28 - 30, 2016 (Hall 10,…
Abrisa Technologies carries a diverse inventory of thin and ultra-thin glass which can be CNC machined, fabricated, screen printed, strengthened and thin film coated.  Glass stocked ranges in thicknesses from 1.1mm down to 0.1mm.
Series of Oleophobic and Hydrophobic Anti-reflection Coatings are Ideal for “Tough” Environments
Successfully assessed for the ranges E 30 to E 90 and EI 30 to EI 60 - SCHOTT’s fire-resistance glass products PYRAN® S and PYRANOVA® received UK approval for use in the timber doors of six major door blank manufacturers.
“The Customer is King”. Nowhere else has this statement been truer than in the case of Saint-Gobain. Started in 1665, Saint-Gobain’s first customer was Louis XIV, the King of France.  And his order? To make glass for the Hall of Mirrors in the…