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PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) and Pleotint, LLC, have agreed to jointly market a commercial window glass system that combines Sunlight Responsive Thermochromic, or SRT(TM), interlayer technology by Pleotint, with SOLARBAN(R) low-emissivity (low-e)…
MIDLAND — Silicone construction sealant manufactured by Dow Corning Corp. helped create the most inclined, and one of the most unique, towers in the world.
Turkish industrial giant Sisecam is going to invest USD 60 M more in its production facility for household glass in Bulgaria's Targovishte through its subsidiary, Trakiya Glass Bulgaria.
Turkey's biggest glassmaker Sisecam is interested in possible buying opportunities including a European glass manufacturing brand as it seeks to expand overseas, its chief executive Ahmet Kirman said.
Light transmittance (Tv) 62 %, solar factor 29 % – a selectivity that is higher than factor 2. These excellent technical values have now become reality with the new solar control glass ipasol ultraselect 62/29 by Interpane (Laufenfoerde, Germany).
Turkey's glass manufacturer Şişecam declared 484.3 million Turkish Lira (TL) net profit in 2010. (one USD equals 1.553 TL)Şişecam stated on Friday that its consolidated sales increased 15 percent to 4.2 billion TL in 2010 when compared to 2009.
With the work on draping its Churchgate building almost over, WR realises employees inside will swelter in absence of ACs.
A visual highlight of the Champalimaud Foundation´s recently-completed biomedical research facility in Lisbon, Portugal is the lightweight steel and glass bridge that connects its two buildings.
Universal Aluminium’s new MU4200 curtain walling system has combined with SFS intec’s VDS canopy attachment system to meet the brief of creating a complementary but architecturally distinctive new access tower for an important Grade II Listed…
Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, officially opened Monday the "Sisecam" factory for automobile glass in the northeastern city of Targovishte, saying the cabinet works hard to ease foreign investments in the country.
Wausau, Wis. -- Eastern Michigan University (EMU) recently remodeled its First-Year Center adding visual interest to its campus, thanks to the angled, copper-colored windows from Wausau Window and Wall Systems.
Demonstrating its continued commitment to energy efficiency, Kolbe unveils window products featuring triple pane glass to meet the new ENERGY STAR® criteria for U.
Sisecam's Trakiya Glass Bulgaria EAD will expand its production in 2011-2012.
Garching, GERMANY and Dublin, CA, USA, December 2, 2010 - SUSS MicroTec, a leading supplier of equipment and process solution for the semiconductor industry and related markets, today announced that it has entered into a joint development and…
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AGC (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.; Head Office: Tokyo; President and CEO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) will introduce cutting-edge coating facilities at the Kashima plant (Kamisu-city, Ibaraki prefecture), in addition to the Low-E glass production facilities which…
Saint-Gobain Glass has announced the launch of the next generation of its hugely popular SGG PLANITHERM TOTAL product, making it easier than ever before to achieve cost-effective band C Window Energy Ratings, and making A ratings a viable. Called…
Leybold Optics, based in Alzenau, Germany, has introduced the “Hot Apollon”, the latest version of its innovative glass coating system.
A project with investment of total 2 billion yuan was officially inked in Fengyang on August.12. The project involves building production lines of glass used in photovoltaic(PV) industry and energy saving glass.
Façades with a high share of glass are a particularly hotly discussed topic from the point of view of energy efficiency.
PVB films for solar modules – Façade-integrated photovoltaics or “Building-integrated photovoltaics” (BIPV) making use of thin-film technology facilitate the efficient use of the building envelope, enabling it to generate electricity.
Higher, further, faster: increasingly complex major international construction developments under strong pressure to maintain quality and deadlines while reducing costs are steadily raising the demands on building design and construction technology.
Saint-Gobain Glass Egypt opens the largest and the most modern float glass plant in the Middle East region.
BEng Civil & Structural Engineering undergraduate Paul has been investigating the effect of lateral torsional buckling of glass fins.
Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, 828 meters, was inaugurated on Jan 4, 2010. The tower accomplished a world record for the highest installation of aluminium and glass façade, at a height of 512 meters.