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New Zealanders are recycling nearly 70 percent of glass in this country, but recyclers want to increase that by targeting hotels, events and better collection systems.
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) celebrated 14 consecutive years of furthering the careers and education of students pursuing a degree related to the building products industry by awarding six AAMA scholarships to children…
William Freeman, technical consultant to the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI), discussed the institute’s alternative to Health Product Declarations (HPDs), during the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) Summer Conference…
Now available for download for Apple and Android devices - In conjunction with its Summer Conference, June 1-4, 2014, the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has released the AAMA app .
Innovations galore at glasstec - German glass machinery manufacturers continue to expand their global market leadership position.
Viridor has announced today that it has been awarded a 10-year contract to upgrade and operate a new Material Recycling Facility (MRF) at Chelson Meadow by Plymouth City Council that will improve the recycling services to households across Plymouth.
About 70 billion tons of raw materials are extracted world wide annually. That is twice as much as at the end of the 1970s.
* News Release * - Registration for AAMA Summer Conference now open; Keynote speaker to address the future of ADA   Schaumburg, Ill. -- Registration is now open for the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) Summer Conference, to be…
International Innovative Technologies Ltd (IIT), the specialist milling technology company, has produced a new film to demonstrate the feasibility and cost effective conversion of waste glass into powder products for use in a wide range of recycling…
Latest glass recycling figures for the EU show also there is now far more glass recycled than ever before.
Energy savings and clean utilization of raw materials have become the topical issues in modern society.
LASYS 2014: Cutting glass with a laser avoids the need for rework - Use of USP lasers very much in vogue - Fast cutting speeds coupled with high quality  (Visit http://www.messe-stuttgart.de/ for further information)Glass, a fascinating material…
International Innovative Technologies Ltd (IIT), the specialist milling technology company, has produced a new film to demonstrate the feasibility and cost effective conversion of waste glass into powder products for use in a wide range of recycling…
fensterbau/frontale, the International Trade Fair Window, Door and Facade, takes place in the Nuremberg exhibition centre from 26 - 29.
An additional and currently very important quality of this extraordinary material, glass, is its total recyclability: starting with 100 kg of recycled product, in fact, it's possible to obtain 100 kg of new product.
An ambitious year of commitments lies ahead in 2014 for the Fenzi Group: the calendar is thick with appointments in the most vital areas of the global market for this leading manufacturer of chemicals for flat glass processing.
At the start of the year, we received an order from the container glass manufacturer Wiegand Glas for turnkey delivery of a cullet house and transport system to all four furnaces at the Steinbach am Wald location.
With its VSG ReMaster, glass machine manufacturer Hegla has qualified for participation in the sustainability campaign BlueCompetence, initiated by the German Engineering Federation (VDMA).
Glass container maker, O-I New Zealand (O-I NZ), hosted an education program for glass collectors in Palmerston North to maximise the amount of recycled glass (cullet) recovered from households across the city.
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association’s (AAMA) Western Region will host a webinar on Tues., Dec. 3, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Pacific).
At this year's Vitrum trade show (Milan, 23 to 26 October), two brands with a long tradition showcased the highlights of their product ranges in hall 13.
The Aluminum Material Council (AMC) of the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has released a new white paper on aluminum’s sustainability, strength and efficiency entitled, "Aluminum: The Total Solution for Sustainable,…
Highly insulating fenestration technologies could reduce energy by 18 percent    Karma Sawyer, technology manager and physical scientist in the Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Office’s (BTO) Emerging Technologies Program, delivered a…
Implementation date extended to January 2015; Window and skylight criteria adjusted     Doug Anderson, manager of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR® program, provided insight into the rationale the EPA used in developing…
GPAD 2014, organized by software specialist FeneTech will be held in the JW Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in New Orleans from March 20-21, 2014.