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EnduroShield is a protective permanent coating to use in all kinds of glass surfaces. The product is a transparent liquid that is pulverized on the glass and by means of a covalent union creates the permanent coating.
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The Vitrum exhibition in October proved a successful show for TuffX Processed Glass this year as further machinery investment was made by the company.
The Indian government has the intention of taking the country to the forefront of renewable energies.
High costs, a lack of integration possibilities and interest on the part of architects – solar modules for building skin integration are still niche products.
Cooperation confirms ambition of Ducatt to break through as a world player - Ducatt – producer of 2 mm thin flat glass for solar panels - and 3M – world leader in coatings – have joined forces.
New School Building Wins Multiple Design Awards – Stubbs Muldrow Herin architects navigated the challenge of designing a new school in historic Charleston on the South Carolina coast – including facing the analysis and sometimes-stringent…
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Latest SolarWindow™ products to turn existing commercial glass on tall towers into electricity generating windows — no replacement required.
Asia’s largest Building Integrated Organic PV (BIOPV) First installation of HeliaFilm® completed in Singapore Phase 1 successfully installed on Seletar Walkway    The first phase of Heliatek’s pilot project in Singapore has been successfully…
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Onyx Solar presented the project “The Autonomous Office” during this congress, which has been financed by the European Commission through the LIFE program.
Made in the USA since 1935, Wasco is the oldest and largest skylight manufacturer in the industry.  Now with two locations serving the entire country, with its home office in Wells, ME and a new western facility in Reno NV, putting it less than 24…
Heliatek, the Dresden-based German company that produces ultra-light, flexible and less than 1 mm thick Photovoltaic solar films, was on 5 August 2015 awarded as one of the World Economic Forum's "technology pioneers", a selection of…
Two examples of design and construction excellence on display at Vitrum 2015: London’s Shard of Glass (designed by Renzo Piano) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Tbilisi, Georgia (designed by Michele De Lucchi).