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You may have spotted GGR UNIC mini spider cranes and glass vacuum lifters making an appearance on Channel 5’s Super Skyscrapers this week.
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NSG Group a producer of glass for the construction and the automotive sector has made up its mind about a new investment in Poland.
1st and 2nd year Apprentice Glazing students from South Lanarkshire College in East Kilbride, along with 4 members of staff, had a very interesting site visit in support of their technical knowledge to show them the processes involved in the…
A glass manufacturer from Birkenhead celebrating 20 years in business this year has acquired a new property and new substantial machinery with funding from Barclays to support the continued growth of the business.
The last piece of glass rolled off of the line at the NSG-Pilkington float glass manufacturing plant in Lathrop back in January.
The Pilkington range of decorative glass helps homeowners transform a basic construction material into a practical means of adding style and elegance into the home.    [Pilkington Oriel Burdock™]Pilkington Oriel, a premium collection of high-end,…
It was Product Knowledge week this week at Pilkington. This time it was the Advanced Product Knowledge training course, popularly known as PK2.
Around 100 years ago, a young man called Reginald Harrison began working for what was then Pilkington Brothers in St Helens, England.
Tubelite Inc. offers architects and other building team members on-demand, free access to Building Information Modeling (BIM) libraries, product specifications, performance data and other information on its entrances, windows, storefront framing,…
Bendheim Wall Systems Inc. offers a variety of exterior and interior channel glass systems, allowing architects and designers to create virtually seamless glass walls, up to 23’ high and limitless in length, including corners and serpentine walls.
We are pleased to announce that we will be returning to the Fabricator Installer Trade Show (FIT Show) on the 10th–12th June, where we’ll be exhibiting our latest innovations in high performance glass.
Linetec introduces a new paint finish to mimic the look and feel of natural terra cotta. The finish utilizes a 70% PVDF resin-based coating to achieve the highest levels of performance in an exterior environment and a texture additive to help…
Façade – the term derives from Latin and means face. This is not the only reason why a design should not only be practical but cater to architectural demands as well.
We’re pleased to announce that next week is the start of a series of live Twitter Q&A’s, being held on Pilkington Glass Twitter handle, @PilkingtonUK – featuring our Glass Expert and Technical Advisory Service Manager Phil Brown.
Two new high performance Pilkington products were introduced at the Digital Signage Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada in February 2014.
Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) is proud to announce that Saflex® DG structural interlayer has been awarded the General Technical Approval (Allgemeine Bauaufsichtliche Zulassung or AbZ) by the German Institute for Building Technology (…
We’re pleased to announce that next week is the start of a series of live Twitter Q&A’s, being held on Pilkington Glass Twitter handle, @PilkingtonUK – featuring our Glass Expert and Technical Advisory Service Manager Phil Brown.
Shadow Minister for Industry Iain Wright MP, along with Dave Watts, MP for St Helens North, got a chance to see advanced manufacturing in action when they visited our St Helens site.
All 250 employees of the Collingwood plant in Ontario sat down to a slap-up pig roast to mark the site's 45th anniversary.
New Stadium Featuring Glass Façade, Balustrade, Lounges Will Host Opening Match of 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™  AGC, a world-leading supplier of glass, chemicals, ceramics and other high-tech materials and components, today announced the company has…
Glass facades have become a $100 million-a-year industry in the Christchurch rebuild, but most of those dollars are now going offshore.
Wausau Window and Wall Systems has named Chris Bushman as an engineering manager, Michael Opela, P.E., as a structural engineering manager, and Greg Guillickson, P.