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The Glass Association of North America is seeking its next dynamic leader to serve and promote the interests of its members in the glass and glazing industry.
A spirit of optimism in Iran: NürnbergMesse participating for the first time at an event in the country.
Nigel Rees, GGF Chief Executive has decided to retire at the end of 2016. Nigel, who has been employed by the Glass and Glazing Federation since 1994, has been at the helm of the industry’s leading trade body for 15 years and under his leadership…
British Glass is researching how the refurbishment and demolition supply chains could be enabled to recycle more flat glass back into new glass.
Now more than ever, people are realising the importance of sustainability in the home.
The new digital catalog of Gimav member products will be launched at Glasstec - the full spectrum of Italian glass processing excellence available on a pen drive.
AGGA are delighted to welcome new national member, Architectural Glass & Cladding Pty Ltd. A Tweed Heads, NSW based facade group, AGC is a supplier of high quality bespoke architectural high performance glass and metal cladding products.
AGC Automotive Europe has introduced its darkest grey glass to date, intended primarily for car roofs and rear windows.
PPG celebrates 10 years since first triple-silver-coated low-e glass became industry standard-bearer.
After years of development, China’s glass industry has built up the world’s largest glass products manufacturing processing and industrial matching capacity including machinery manufacturing and technical engineering services.   And the scale of the…
AGC Automotive Europe has reached a basic agreement with Induver Holding, a glass manufacturer in Morocco, to set up a joint venture for manufacturing automotive glass destined both for Europe and for North African markets.  This move marks the AGC…
The Window & Door Dealers Alliance is pleased to announce MarketSharp as a Silver Sponsor for WDDA’s Window & Door Dealer Days, taking place at GlassBuild America: The Glass, Window & Door EXPO, from October 19-20 in Las Vegas.
Vetrotech has provided the glass solutions for the Forensisch Psychiatrisch Centrum (FPC – Forensic Psychiatric Centre) in Ghent, Belgium.  Costing 80 million euros to build, the FPC provides care and rehabilitation in high-specification treatment…
Paul Bove from the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) provided an overview of fenestration requirements within hurricane zones along the 367-mile Texas Gulf Coast during the AAMA Southeast Region Summer Meeting in June.
On 12 July 2016 British Glass welcomed delegates from around twenty of its members for a workshop that examined the specific impact of the EU REACH regulations on glass and helped the sector to understand the action it needs to take.
Darwen Windows, a Lancashire-based fabricator of industry-leading PVC-U window and door systems from The VEKA UK Group has announced its recent attainment of the revered Secured By Design (SBD) accreditation and British Standard PAS24 certification.
Statement from Steve Rice, GGF Technical Director: The United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union and British companies need to be aware of what this means to our market and how we will conform to technical standards in the future.
The fifth edition of the Challenging Glass conference on Architectural and Structural Applications of Glass took place in Ghent last 16th and 17th June, and Gerardo Masiello, CEO at Studio Masiello Strutture, presented two different projects by his…
During the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) 2016 Summer Conference, participants learned about sustainability market drivers, environmental product declarations (EPDs) and more during a presentation by industry specialist,…
AGC’s "Glass Measurement App" offers a new added benefit: coating detection  In 2015, AGC Glass Europe created a new tool for measuring the thickness of installed glazing with a smartphone, using a special App.
Energy efficiency legislation and incentives will be the focus of discussions this week in Brussels. Supported by the European Commission, Sustainability Energy Week is a series of conferences, debates and discussions in Brussels. 
The EE & RE Exhibition puts on display a great set of existing energy technologies and it is a starting point for the launch of innovative products.  It facilitates the development of the energy sector and encourages the large-scale usage of…
In January of 2016, the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) released a draft of the updated national standard for wired glass in an effort to prevent further injuries stemming from the accidental impact with type of glazing.