Others also read
It might be doom and gloom around the rest of the World, but the Gulf States and entire Middle East region continues to offer a wealth of opportunities for the construction industry, and in particular, the glass manufacture and processing sectors.
The Big 5 – the biggest annual building and construction trade show in the Middle East will be taking place in Dubai, UAE from the 23 - 27 November 2008.
SunGuard advanced architectural glass by Guardian Industries now offers architects and designers five new performance and appearance glass options by combining its Guardian CrystalGray™ float glass with the latest SunGuard coatings.
Architects and designers around the world will find an experience unique to their geography on the newly re-launched www.sunguardglass.com, the website for SunGuard, Guardian’s line of advanced architectural glass.
As the region’s dedicated forum for glass technology, manufacture and processing, our annual Gulf Glass showcase can be expected to increasingly address the wider role that glass will play as a constructional component.
DuPont Performance Coatings (DPC) recently launched a new website -- www.pc.dupont.com. --designed to give customers quick and easy access to information about all DPC brands.
Crown Prince cuts the ribbon at the plant’s dedication Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, (October 27, 2008) –Guardian Industries held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today at its float glass plant in Ras Al Khaimah.
PPG Industries' (NYSE:PPG) industrial coatings business has published a new color guide for Duranar liquid coil and extrusion coatings.
Japan’s Nippon Sheet Glass (5202.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Thursday it has been modifying its U.S. plants to boost solar cell glass output but voiced concerns about missing business chances as demand will likely grow faster…
Gulf Glass 2009 - the Middle East’s only totally focused glass event, now in its 3rd year, is enhancing its reputation as becoming the single most important glass industry show in the region with the news that the leading supplier to the holloware…
Various internationally renowned architects are set to compete for the prestigious Emirates Glass LEAF Awards 2008, to take place in London on October 23, 2008.
As a result of the decision of NASDAQ OMX PHLX, formerly the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, to terminate its equity trading platform effective Oct. 24, 2008, PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has announced its intention to voluntarily delist from the…
Glassman returns to the Middle East for 2009! The Glassman series of exhibitions will return to the Middle East in 2009, following the success of the debut Glassman Middle East show in Cairo, Egypt in 2007.
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) aerospace transparencies business and Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ:GNTX) will supply electrochromic window shade systems to Hawker Beechcraft Corporation for the passenger-cabin windows of the 2010 Beechcraft King Air 350i…
Divestiture reinforces PPG focus on coatings, specialty products PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) on Oct. 1, 2008 completed the divestiture of its automotive glass and services business to a new company formed by funds managed by Kohlberg & Company,…
Easy-to-clean, Corrosion-resistant Glass Featured in Master Bathroom AUBURN HILLS, MI (August 27, 2008) – The 2008 Green Home, co-sponsored by Innovative Home and Fort Worth, Texas magazines, features Guardian’s ShowerGuard® glass, the first and…
Internet marketing company instrumental in the launch of new web site animation for brand experience. SmartFinds Internet Marketing announces the development and launch of a new interactive web site animation.
After torrential rains caused flooding that forced the temporary closure on Aug. 19 of PPG Industries’ (NYSE: PPG) glass manufacturing operation here, some operations have resumed.
Guardian Industries in Auburn Hills, Mich., has announced a 7-percent price increase on its glass products. The increase will become effective September 8.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 18, 2008 – PPG Industries (PPG:NYSE) is introducing its most popular tinted glasses with Solarban 70XL or Solarban 60 solar control, low-emissivity coatings on the second surface of the glass.
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) automotive glass and services business, which is under contract to be sold to a new company being formed by Kohlberg & Co., LLC, Mount Kisco, N.Y., and PPG, will begin using the name “Pittsburgh Glass Works,” effective…
The UAE and other countries can expect to see the final outcome of plans to produce a new version of the Leed green building rating system by November this year.
Auburn Hills, MI (July 14, 2008) – Homeowners in colder climates can now cut down on heating costs and reap energy savings with the new ClimaGuard® 75/68 low-E glass from Guardian Industries.
Guardian Automotive Inc., a supplier of automotive glass and exterior trim parts, will shut a plant in Warren at the end of August because of declining U.S. sales of cars and trucks.
PITTSBURGH, June 30, 2008 – PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) industrial coatings business has published a new guide specification for its liquid and powder coil and extrusion coatings.