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Glaston Technologies’ Tamglass again presents new and major flat tempering innovation at the top industry event of the year, Glasstec 2006.
Following the acquisition of Pilkington in June 2006 and adoption of the NSG Medium Term Plan in November 2006, the board of NSG has now approved the top level organisational structure of the newly enlarged NSG Group, designed to create a truly…
Bloomberg.com reported that shares of Asahi Glass Co., the world's third-largest glassmaker, rose by the most in six weeks after the company said writing off U.S. assets and exiting an unprofitable unit in China will boost earnings from next…
Forbes.com reported that Asahi Glass Co Ltd said it will reduce the production of cathode-ray tube (CRT) glass by 25 pct to deal with dwindling demand for conventional display devices.
Hot Melt Technologies introduced the Benchmark 615 Hot Melt system that can be used with high-viscosity butyls, sealants and mastics for insulating glass window manufacturing, fabrication of door lites and solar panels, and sealing of metal roof…
Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. (Head Office: Tokyo; President & CEO: Masahiro Kadomatsu) has  succeeded in developing a CMP (Chemical Mechanical Polishing) slurry for copper interconnects  (product name: Aplanador®) that hardly generates any dishing (a…
Glaverbel launch ten new coatings in 18 months, including a new generation of toughenable magnetron coatings not available anywhere else.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a next-generation residential and commercial window prototype. When widely implemented in the marketplace, the high-performance features of the prototype could save billions of dollars annually in…
Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG) announced on December 6 that it has begun developing a large-scale greenhouse to cultivate tomatoes in collaboration with Kagome and Kajima.
Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. (Head Office: Tokyo; President & CEO: Masahiro Kadomatsu) has succeeded in developing a CMP (Chemical Mechanical Polishing) slurry for copper interconnects (product name: Applanador®) that hardly generates any dishing (a…
Question: I want to replace some old single-pane first-floor windows with glass block windows for security.
A new coating for fluorescent lamps helps contain glass and vapours when broken, its manufacturer claims.
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (Head office: Tokyo; President & CEO: Masahiro Kadomatsu) has decided to increase production capacity for ETFE fluoropolymers, which are primarily used as covering materials for wires and cables and as raw materials for…
This is to announce that the Company has officially adopted the Medium-Term Plan,from April 2007 through March 2011. 1.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Nippon Sheet Glass Co. said group net profit for its first half grew more than fivefold because of a strong contribution from its purchase of Pilkington PLC of the U.K. earlier this year.
Work has started on the £300k refurbishment project for the Melton Road Leicester manufacturing facility. The 20,000 sq ft premises is being re-roofed and clad with the latest high tech composite panel system.
Raytek is pleased to announce the availability of the new Raytek GS110 Process Imaging System for Low Emissivity (Low-E) glass.
Raytek announces the GS110 Process Imaging System for Low Emissivity (Low-E) glass. This system was specifically designed to monitor one-side coated flat glass and addresses a rapidly increasing need as Low-E glass becomes more widely used in the…
The Braunschweig Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) awards a prize for the "Adherent antireflection coatings on borosilicate glass for solar collectors" project - Technology transfer prize awarded to scientists of the Technical…
Sunergy, from AGC Flat Glass is a hard, pyrolytic coating which involves applying a thin uniform coating of metal oxides to glass by the Chemical Vapour Deposition process.
When Supertyphoon Paka, one of the worst typhoons in recorded history, struck Guam on December 16, 1997, Jim Adkins was prepared.
Abu Dhabi-based Al Hamed Enterprises, a diversified business group, has entered into a $200 million (Dh734 million) joint venture with the UK's Pilkington Group to manufacture float glass, officials said.
Pilkington has created a new suite of information on the UK’s leading low-E product, Pilkington K Glass'.
Agr International, Inc. will be exhibiting at Glasstec 2006, Hall 12, Stand C50. An array of Agr products for the quality management and testing of glass containers will be featured at this year’s show.