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Leading sustainable building envelope specialist Schueco UK – in conjunction with RIBA Journal – is continuing its sponsorship of the Schueco Excellence Awards for Design and Innovation and is inviting submissions for the 2016 competition.
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.
Architectural Competition Recognizes Industry Professionals who Utilize Color Glazing in Design Projects. Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN), manufacturer of the Vanceva Color System for laminated glass, is now accepting nominations for their…
Leading door and window control system manufacturer, GEZE UK has reinforced its commitment to architects and specifiers by sponsoring an award at the BD Architect of the Year Awards.
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,…
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.
As we welcome in the New Year, we can’t help but reflect on an exciting and fruitful 2015!
Last month, Paul Needham (European Manager) and David Brennan (Managing Director) of Smart-Builder attended the prestigious G15 Awards dinner, a black tie event held at the Hilton Park Lane in London UK.  Smart-Builder were G15 Awards finalists in…
Prof. Volker Rupertus honored for his many years of active involvement in the International Commission on Glass    The International Commission on Glass (ICG) has presented its prestigious Turner Award to SCHOTT researcher Prof.
Flexible but very strong micrometer thin glass is taking-off as a key component in cellphones, wearables, and IoT sensors   Glass thinner than a human hair but strong and flexible is now being used in a wide variety of high-tech applications.
Thermoseal Group was announced winner in two categories at the Glass and Glazing Industry’s prestigious G15 Awards event – ‘Component Supplier of the Year’ and ‘Training and Development Initiative of the Year’.
Winning the coveted G15 for Customer Care Initiative has rounded off an impressive 2015 awards haul for Edgetech UK, a Quanex company.   Four of the Edgetech team collected the award from top comedian Jason Manford at the prestigious ceremony at the…
In order for it not to crack or melt when exposed to the high temperatures generated by a naked flame, only fire resistant glass is suitable for certain applications.
Dichroic filters as well as hot and cold mirrors rely on the combination of BOROFLOAT®’s product characteristics    High quality functional coatings enable a large variety of customized light management design options – especially when based on a…
Nature’s color wheel is a thing of beauty – the deep ocean blues, vibrant rose reds, deep lilac purples, fiery sunset oranges, and lush grass greens all around us are truly perfect.   But recreating those vibrant colors is far from easy.
It’s thinner than human hair, as flexible as paper, and extremely tough. It’s a material on which engineers are building the future of smart devices.
Have you ever wondered how the glass screen is made on your iPad or smartphone? One way in which these very thin glass sheets are made is using a redraw process.  Here, a glass block is fed into a furnace where it melts and is stretched and drawn…
Recently introduced MIROGARD® products at the center of attention - The specialty glass expert SCHOTT will be presenting its range of products for use by museums, art galleries and exhibitions at Exponatec in Cologne, Germany, from November 18 – 20…
With SCHOTT Cartridges BR, expensive or toxic drugs can be processed, transported, and administered safely – even in rough environments    SCHOTT has developed a chemically strengthened glass cartridge that is up to three times more resistant to…
Nobel Prize in Physics for neutrino research / SCHOTT supplied the glass components for the Canadian neutrino telescope  Elementary particles called neutrinos can actually transform themselves and have mass.
The Smart-Builder team are thrilled to announce they are finalists for the G15 Component Supplier of the Year, based on the astounding success of their Smart-Web configurators.
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…
Glass-ceramic materials and glass tubing showcase wide range of traditional and new applications - Never again will you think of a glass-ceramic panel or glass tube as a simple component.
SCHOTT products provide preventive protection for museums and art exhibitions - The product portfolio of the international technology group SCHOTT includes various safety glasses for comprehensive protection of museums, exhibition halls and all…