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The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has opened registration for the AAMA 79th Annual Conference, to be held February 14-17 in Huntington Beach, CA.  A special rate is guaranteed through January 21, and attendees are…
Hird’s unique fin lifter has been demonstrating its capabilities in a project to vacuum lift large sections of structural glass at an office block refurbishment project in the City of London.
A recently opened landmark transport interchange in Rochdale which features extensive structural glazing by GLASSOLUTIONS has caught the attention of the industry’s leaders by picking up a string of awards in recognition for its architectural and…
The Stadttor raises the bar when it comes to energy-saving construction, thanks to its intelligent combination of new technologies.   The building’s facade is made of an external shell made entirely of glass, and an inner facade that uses beech-wood…
Slim framed sliding glass doors from IQ Glass maintain a minimal 21mm vertical profile.  The flush threshold also helps encourage the merging of internal and external spaces, which is a popular design consideration for modern living spaces.
Hollow glass manufacturers from Iran, Saudi Arabia and other countries of the lucrative MENA region are all set for the forthcoming Glassman Middle East show.
The age of transparency is here, and it’s a major focus of green building standards and codes, said Aaron Smith, director of sustainable building solutions for ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions.
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) welcomed Ken Gronbach as keynote speaker for the AAMA 2015 National Fall Conference.
We’re no strangers to understanding that glass can be much more than just another cladding material.
Dow Corning and Covadis will present their latest developments for insulating glass applications at the forthcoming Batimat exhibition in Paris, November 2-6.
The AGC Glass Building, the new headquarters of AGC Glass Europe located in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), has won the title of "Foreign Building of the Year" in the category for foreign architectural achievements at a ceremony held in the…
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The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) announces that its air-water-structural product certification program has been granted accreditation by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in accordance with ISO/IEC 17065-…
The upcoming Glassman Latin America conference programme has now been finalised, and features keynote speaker Jose Huerta, Director of the Center of Glass Excellence at Grupo Modelo.
Dow Corning’s site in Wiesbaden recently received the ISO 50001 Energy Management System (EnMS) standard, demonstrating completion of an energy use baseline and commitment to continuously improving its energy efficiency.
More than 75 of the world’s leading technology suppliers to the hollow glass industry are coming to Mexico.
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) celebrated 15 consecutive years of furthering the careers and education of students pursuing a degree related to the building products industry by awarding seven AAMA scholarships to…
Last year was good. This year has been the same or better. And more than a few believe the growth will continue for a few years.   That’s the word from the 83 attendees at the annual FeneVision ERP User Conference, which concluded noon Wednesday in…
Record attendance at the annual FeneVision ERP system User Conference included eight representatives from three European companies, enough that FeneVision developer FeneTech will hold a FeneVision User Conference in Europe in 2016.      83 people…
The organiser of the Glassman Latin America conference has made a call for papers. The conference takes place in Guadalajara, Mexico on September 22 and 23 and has the theme ‘Future solutions in the container and hollow glass industries’.
The thousands of visitors drawn to the state-of-the-art visitor centre at the site where the remains of King Richard III were discovered in 2012 will be shielded from the elements by Pilkington Planar™ structural glazing.
All six winners of the Passivhaus Component Award 2015 used SWISSPACER inside their windows. The awards were presented at the International Passivhaus Conference 2015 on April 17th in Leipzig, Germany.
Leading building envelope specialist the Lakesmere Group has delivered one of its most complex building envelopes to date for the recently opened National Graphene Institute in Manchester.
Enthralling lectures and present glass construction topics at the architects and planner day of Thiele Glas in Wermsdorf.   It has been a complete success: The series of events ‘glass meets architecture’ entered the second round.
Conference papers from last week’s Glassman Europe conference in Lyon, France are now available to download for free.