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The Gimav 2013 calendar to organize its participation in the leading international exhibitions has been finalized and preparations are now in full swing.
A UK steel glazing company has brought together videos of its systems being tested against a lorry bomb, car bomb and ballistic attack and posted them on YouTube.
Wrightstyle Limited is one of Europe’s most innovative suppliers of integrated steel and glass systems with an international client base.
The Austrian refractories company plans to expand in Russia. In Europe, the first factories will be shut down in two years.
The successful partnership between Mappi International and the Russian agency LLC "KAMI-Complekt” has recently led to the sale of a tempering glass system (from the FOX line) to be installed in the city of Ulyanovsk.
New Furnace in Gous-Khroustalny, Russia, is operationalOwens Corning (NYSE: OC), announced today that its new furnace in its Gous-Khroustalny, Russia, glass reinforcements facility is operational.
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Michael Collins, Building Industry Advisors Over the last several years, the focus on energy efficiency in the fenestration industry has become nearly ubiquitous.
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Hand protection specialist adds first-to-market glove to best-selling brandBrussels, 20 August 2012 - Ansell, a global leader in health and safety solutions with more than a century of expertise, has added a new, first-to-market glove to its record-…
Jane Embury is a director of Wrightstyle, the Devizes-based supplier of steel glazing systems. Wrightstyle has an international reputation for innovative glazing solutions to mitigate against fire or ballistic or bomb attack.
On July 6, 2012, in Shenzhen, Safety Glass Professional Committee of China Architectural and Industrial Glass Association (CAIGA) organized the first seminar for two industry standards: Production Regulations on Safety Glass Part II: Production…
Zippe Industrieanlagen GmbH has received two orders from Sisecam in Turkey and Russia.The order for Trakya Glass Rus Zao in Alaboga, Russia, was for a batch plant and a factory cullet recycling system for a float glass production line 750 t/d.
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At this year's Mir Stekla fair, ROSS® will once again be present as a strong problem solver with global reach.
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