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One of the most sustainable buildings in Europe, which features an innovative bespoke double skin façade from Sapa Building System, has been named Project of the Year at the prestigious RICS Awards 2013.

St Helens is reeling from the devastating news that Pilkington is set to close its Cowley Hill float glass line and shed 140 jobs.

The COST Action TU0905 organizes an Early Stage Researcher (ESR) Workshop & Networking Event, which will be held 3-5 February 2014 at EPFL.

Now that’s a plus! Pilkington Optitherm™ S1 Plus sets new standards   The NSG Group has unveiled Pilkington Optitherm™ S1 Plus; a brand new low-emissivity glass optimised to achieve Ug values of 1.0 in an insulating glass unit (IGU).

Pilkington K Glass™ S has reached a new milestone! NSG Group’s new coater at Cowley Hill has produced over two and a half million square metres.   As the UK’s first jumbo off-line coating plant, Cowley Hill allows the NSG Group to manufacture a…

Wrightstyle Limited is an international specialist glazing company. Lee Coates leads research, development and testing for the company’s steel and aluminium systems which mitigate against fire, bomb/blast and ballistic attack.

DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions announces that DuPont™ SentryGlas® ionoplast and DuPont™ Butacite® PVB interlayers are qualified as options for use in Kawneer’s newly introduced 1630 SS IR (Impact-Resistant) Curtain Wall System for Miami-Dade…

Dow Corning structural glazing sealants, supplied by a.b.e. Construction Chemicals, are being used in the installation of the facades on the 139m high Portside Tower, Cape Town Foreshore's new icon which, on completion, is destined to be the…

A leading UK steel and aluminium glazing company has supplied and installed advanced systems for a newly-opened university faculty in Malta.

In the past, glass was often perceived to be the weak link in buildings. With the advances in high performance glazing over the last quarter of a century, this is no longer the case.

The latest glass product in the Pilkington Optitherm™ range, Pilkington Optitherm™ S1 Plus, is a superior performing low-e glass that is unique in the UK market.

The Niles value added plant in Michigan has clinched a major safety double.   Only a few months after reaching the milestone of two million man hours worked without a lost time incident, the plant has added the achievement of two million man hours…

At present, the global major LOW-E glass manufacturers are Pilkington (U.K.), PPG (U.S.), Glaverbel (Belgium), and Saint–Gobain (France); the overseas market is basically controlled by above enterprises.

The final stage of the £550 million redevelopment of London’s King’s Cross station has been completed, with the iconic station at the heart of a £2.2 billion regeneration of the surrounding district.

Pilkington Planar™ has been used in an award winning refurbishment of the historic St Thomas' Hospital in London.   St Thomas’ Hospital is a renowned teaching hospital located in central London, opposite the Houses of Parliament on the south…

Thanks to advanced interlayer technology, such as DuPont™ SentryGlas®, more and more architects around the world are using laminated glass panels for both functional and aesthetic purposes in their contemporary building designs.

Initiated in 1865, London taxi drivers must complete the 'Knowledge'. This is an in-depth study of the streets and places of interest of the city required before they can obtain a licence to operate a black cab.

Wrightstyle, the UK steel and aluminium glazing company, has won a major Network Rail contract in Wales.

We’re proud to announce that Pilkington Pyroclear® has been given the seal of approval by Certifire, for use with steel and timber frames.    This means that the glass is accordance with the technical schedule TS25 – for Fire Resisting Glass,…

Sweethaws Wood -- Set in the beautiful Sweethaws Wood in East Sussex a new build private residence was built within 22 acres of woodland.

The Box Moor Trust, a charitable organisation dedicated to the upkeep of open spaces in the stunning Hertfordshire countryside, recently chose Pilkington Planar™ for its new Centre.

Since GGR’s range of Oscar robots were launched last year they have been put to the test on a number of challenging glazing projects.

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