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With over 160 years’ experience in the lubricants industry, CONDAT is constantly developing and improving its products.
Honorees to receive award during CIO 100 Symposium and Awards Ceremony – IDG's CIO magazine today announced that PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) is a recipient of the 2014 CIO 100.
Architectural Record to Honor Winners at AIA Convention - Guardian Industries has won an Architectural Record “Excellence in Advertising” Award for its integrated online banner campaign promoting Guardian SunGuard Neutral 78/65.
It doesn’t matter what you call it, at Vitrum it’s just another piece of glass.    Saint Gobain Certified FabricatorThrough our continued commitment to offer architects and glaziers products that meet all of their design requirements Vitrum is now…
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PPG Industries Inc. didn't violate an arbitration award to the United Steelworkers by unilaterally implementing a two-tier wage system that lowered production and maintenance employees' pay at an Illinois glass manufacturing plant, the U.S.
Tool models, compares energy costs for specific architectural glazings, building designs - PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has launched an online tool that enables architects and specifiers to model energy costs for a statistically representative 12-…
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Demonstrating the Energy-saving Performance of Low-E Glass ATTOCH™ Applied to Windows of the Main Building of the City Government  - AGC (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.; Head Office: Tokyo; President & CEO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) and the City of Kitakyushu (…
Analysts expect higher profit for PPG Industries when the company reports its first quarter results on Thursday, April 17, 2014.
Explore the Advances in Architectural Glass and Coatings. This free, half-day event is open to architects, specifiers, glaziers, building envelope experts and building inspectors of all experience levels.
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PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) today announced two executive appointments, effective immediately.   Dave Cole, former president of Transitions Optical, has been appointed vice president, packaging coatings.
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Buildings in public works are expected to be more energy-saving efficient and comfortable  AGC (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.; Head Office: Tokyo; President & CEO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) announces that its Low-E glass ATTOCH™, which is ideal for energy-…