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Thermoseal Group was announced winner in two categories at the Glass and Glazing Industry’s prestigious G15 Awards event – ‘Component Supplier of the Year’ and ‘Training and Development Initiative of the Year’.
Winning the coveted G15 for Customer Care Initiative has rounded off an impressive 2015 awards haul for Edgetech UK, a Quanex company.   Four of the Edgetech team collected the award from top comedian Jason Manford at the prestigious ceremony at the…
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While switchable glass is still a relatively recent development, it has seen an incredible rise in popularity in the last five years.  Residential and commercial buyers alike tend to have quite a few questions about our switchable glass products,…
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mBank, formerly known as BRE Bank SA, was established in 1986 in Poland.
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