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The Glass Association of North America (GANA) announced on June 13, 2008 the release of its 20th Glass Informational Bulletin (GIB), a series of educational documents available to the industry as a free download on their website.
Guardian Industries Corp. and Sapa Fabricated Products have entered into a strategic partnership to expand the availability of Guardian ShowerGuard® throughout North America.
TecniGlas, a leading distributor of fire-rated glazing for more than 20 years, has been selected by SCHOTT AG as a distributor for the SCHOTT PYRAN® family of clear fire-rated glazing products in North America.
The NSG Group is pleased to announce that its Pilkington Building Products business in North America is proposing an investment of around $100 million in its float glass facility in Lathrop, California.
With regard to its flat glass business in North America, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Tokyo; President & COO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) has decided to stop operations on three float glass production lines and two architectural coating lines from…
ALBAT+WIRSAM/CANTOR USA teach top exectutives of window and door manufacturing companies, how to use technology to set their manufacturing on autopilot, increase production, & reduce waste factors.
Glasstech, Inc., the world leader in the development of glass bending and tempering equipment, has formed a new business unit to formalize its ongoing activities to meet the solar energy industry’s burgeoning demand for flat and bent glass…
Demand for abrasives in the US is forecast to increase 2.3 percent per annum through 2011 to $5.3 billion, with raw material demand reaching $1.4 billion.
Aluflam North America, a manufacturer of true aluminum fire rated windows, doors and curtainwall, has opened its first manufacturing facility in the United States in Huntington Beach, Calif.
At the meeting of the Insulating Glass Certification Council (IGCC), held August 21-23, 2007 in Minneapolis, the Insulating Glass Manufacturers Association (IGMA) and IGCC Certification Programs made significant progress in streamlining and…
The Norton bonded abrasives Gemini wheel line has expanded and now includes segments, cylindrical wheels, centerless wheels and surface wheels.
Materials Technology Publications and the Abrasive Engineering Society announce publication of The Abrasives Industry in Europe and North America, fifth edition completely up-dated and expanded.
AFX news reported that the compagnie de St-Gobain has put its abrasives unit up for sale, weekly Challenges reported in a pre-release of tomorrow's issue.
NorZon Plus RightCut wheels are now available in 4-1/2" through 6" diameters in Type 01 straight and Type 27 depressed center shapes for right-angle grinders.
Saint-Gobain Abrasives has appointed Joseph Menendez as company president, effective immediately. He is responsible for all of the company's worldwide operations, which includes 75 plants in 35 countries, generating more than $2 billion in…
Group sales climbed over 8 percent reports Saint-Gobain with contributions from the High-Performance Materials Sector for Ceramics, Plastics and Abrasives Divisions.
Todays glass market shows a clear trend towards coated glass, as modern coatings can be practically custom-made to fit into any environmental conditions.
Our company Collanti Parini s.r.l. will be at Pad. 14 - B61 of Vitrum from 5th to 8th October.We'll show Vitralit® one component, UV glue for glass, Penloc® structural, two-component adhesive, special UV lamps and coloured Vitralit® for glass.
Glass Group Inc., owner of the Flat River Glass factory in Park Hills, Mo., got a reprieve from repaying a $38-million loan due today.
Vortex technology produces an extremely permeable centerless grinding wheel with an improved porous structure and superior abrasive grain spacing by combining a new engineered abrasive grain and an innovative manufacturing process.
SCHOTT has established itself for more than 25 years as a fire-rated glazing specialist across Europe and Asia and now has entered the American markets with the introduction of two new glass-ceramic product lines, PYRAN® Crystal and PYRAN® Star --…
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On the occasion of the visit of Mr. Bo Xilai, Trade Minister of the Peoples Republic of China to France from May 2 to 5, 2005, the acquisition of Danfeng, based in the Heilongjiang Province of northern China, by Saint-Gobain was officially signed…
Christian Streiff, is stepping down as Chief Operating Officer.In the course of his twenty-six years of service within the Group, Christian Streiff has held nine positions, including six executive management functions in Germany, France and Italy -…