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The health center of Punta Arenas will soon exhibit a new façade that will generate its own free clean energy thanks to our photovoltaic glasses.
As part of its strategic growth plan Northampton-based CET Glass has invested in a new Bystronic high-speed IGU line.
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For 25 years Edgetech has been promoting high quality, easy to manufacture, glass units. The message from the start has been the same.
Leading sustainable building envelope specialist, Schueco UK Ltd, has just launched a new 3-axis CNC machine with a pneumatic rotating support table, capable of delivering a significant boost to both productivity and manufacturing quality and at a…
Leading building envelope and major façade specialist the Lakesmere Group has secured a new £13.3m appointment from main contractor Carillion to deliver a striking vertical envelope package for two new high-rise residential tower blocks in the Royal…
The Glass Academy has joined hands with Gujarat Technological University (GTU) to impart training in glass facade and processing skills to the diploma and degree students of civil and mechanical engineering.  The training will be imparted in the GTU…
Kolbe's Old World Classic and Ultra Series Sterling triple hung windows expand the vertical space for greater views, increased daylight and natural airflow, while offering high performance and design flexibility.
Materials scientists coordinate new EU-project on intelligent façades - Windows that change their light permeability at the touch of a button, façades, whose color can be changed according to the sunlight, façades and window parts in which…
Dow Corning will promote their innovative solutions for high performance façades to building designers and construction management at the forthcoming BAU exhibition in Munich, Germany.
Lawrence D. Carbary, an industry scientist on the facade engineering and architectural design team, high-performance building solutions, for Dow Corning Corp. in Midland, Michigan, has been elected to serve a three-year term on the ASTM…
The building housing the Louis Vuitton Foundation dedicated to contemporary art is equipped with Saint-Gobain glass.
One of Octatube’s recent projects in Germany is the engineering, production and installation of a bespoke structural glass facade of the Audi Sport facility in Heilbronn.
The UK Commission for People and Skills, the body responsible for Investors in People - the UK’s premier people management standard - has awarded Schueco UK Limited, Britain’s foremost specialist in aluminium systems for the building envelope, IIP…
Renovation projects have surged in popularity over the last couple of years for frameXpress, as sales figures have repeatedly risen in respect of this market sector at the company.
When Premier DGU Ltd needed a second line to meet the growing demand for triple glazed sealed units, it chose Super Spacer from Edgetech UK, a Quanex company.
District President visited company in Bretten. - District Karlsruhe. The dome of the Reichstag in Berlin, the facade of the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, the roof of the British Museum in London or the base of the World Trade Centre One have…
GGF Members’ Day was hailed a great success by Members and Staff alike as over 100 delegates attended and saw a packed conference programme of 16 presentations at the prestigious Glaziers’ Hall in London.
Folienwerk Wolfen’s EVA film opens up new application options in architecture and façade construction. In modern architecture, individuality counts.
According to leading aluminium systems supplier Schueco UK Ltd., the continuing upturn in activity in the UK building industry – particularly in respect of commercial properties – has led to an increasing demand for all types of their fire-…
Digital glass printing of architectural glass can be seen in cities across the globe. Join us on a few minutes world tour to check out some of these incredible glass architecture projects.  These beautiful and unique glass facades were all printed…
Open and full of light, with a clear view to the outside. These were the requirements for the new cafeteria at the German-Spanish Primary School in Hamburg.
Our very own Tony Smith, business development manager at Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, appeared in the June issue of Glass and Glazing Products magazine discussing his views on the ongoing industry debate about triple glazing.
The AVC showroom in Kortrijk, Belgium is a picture of magnificence, elegance and class. The massive structure exudes the quiet sophistication that comes from glass facades for commercial exteriors.