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Research for Saint-Gobain Isover UK has shown that using thermal insulation to comply with the new Part L regulations would be the CPD subject of most interest and value to specifiers and their clients.

A £1.5 million investment will see a new crushing and sorting system added to Viridor's glass recycling site at Bonnyrigg, near Edinburgh.

- A EUR 1,250 Mn tranche, 5-year maturity, floating rate Quarterly coupon of Euribor 3-months + 25bp - A EUR 1,250 Mn tranche, 10-year maturity, fixed rate Annual coupon of 4.75%Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, whose long-term senior debt is rated BBB+ by…

International trade fair for machinery, equipment and systems for the processing of flat and hollow glass; glass and finished products for industry – will be hosting two important sectors in the vast glass processing panorama: Vitrum Hollow Glass…

Materials engineers have created a new type of coating that attracts water yet beads oils – traits that are usually mutually exclusive – promising potential applications such as "self-cleaning" eyeglasses and antifogging car windshields…

Strong Growth, Outperforming Targets - Sales: up 18.5% to EUR41,596 million; up 18.2% at constant exchange rates* and up 6.7% like-for-like - Operating income: up 29.9% to EUR3,714 million; up 29.8% at constant exchange rates* - Net income (…

The Skywalk glass bridge suspended above the Grand Canyon will be opened to the public. Constructed on the Indian Hualapai tribe’s territory of Peach Springs (Arizona), The Skywalk was imagined and built by architect Mark Johnson from MRJ Architects…

The annual amount of glass recycled to make new bottles and jars has increased to a record 756,000 tonnes according to estimates from British Glass.

Research Frontiers Incorporated and SmartGlass International Ltd. announced that SmartGlass International Ltd. has acquired a non-exclusive license to use Research Frontiers' patented SPD-Smart(TM) light-control technology for architectural…

It was called the Iron City and then the Steel City, but for a century Pittsburgh and the rest of western Pennsylvania were famed for another material known more for beauty than strength: glass.

building products company with the potential to manufacture construction products such as pavers and brick cladding with high recycled glass content is being offered development support by the Waste & Resources Action Programme.

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain confirms that it has received a “Statement of objections” from the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition.

Bigwigs from Korean electronics giant Samsung have given their approval to a recycling plant on Merseyside, which will recycle old televisions and computer monitors.

The 18th China International Glass Industrial Technical Exhibition (China Glass 2007) will be staged at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre on 16-19, May 2007.

Owens Corning and Saint-Gobain have agreed to merge Owens Corning’s Reinforcements Business and Saint-Gobain’s Reinforcements and Composites Business (a part of the entity known as Vetrotex) into a new company that will be named OCV Reinforcements.

GlassTech Asia 2007 will take place in Challenger Hall 1 of the Impact Arena Exhibition and Convention Centre from November 15-17.

Double glazing firm St Helens Glass is believed to have collapsed with the loss of more than 200 jobs. It is estimated that figure could rise to more than 300 if salespeople, fitters and drivers contracted by the firm are also taken into account.

One of the largest Unitary Authorities in the UK – Kirklees – is launching a new district-wide Recycling Plan, which should see kerbside glass collections increasing recycling rates from 21% to 28%.

USA Luge announced that Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc. has agreed to a four-year sponsorship as the “USA Luge Official Abrasive Supplier.

Glass America a national automobile glass replacement and repair company, has just launched their completely redesigned, interactive website.

Twenty-seven dealers from the Tri-State area and beyond will be displaying Depression Glass, elegant Art Glass, Fiestaware and Depression Era pottery on more than 120 tables.

Based on the authorization granted under the fourteenth resolution of the Ordinary and Extraordinary Meeting of June 9, 2005, the Board of Directors’ meeting of November 16, 2006 resolved to issue up to eight million Saint-Gobain ordinary shares…

A 250m2 double-glazed Pilkington Planar™ system is the latest addition to the 100-year-old His Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen as part of its extensive refurbishment, which provides a new entrance area, café and a rehearsal room.

Guardian Building Products Distribution, Inc., announces  its newest product with the introduction of GuardWrap™.

Artist and architect Maya Lin for a two-day Visiting Artist residency in the Hot Shop on March 16 and 17, 2007. During her residency, Lin will direct with the Hot Shop Team as they experiment with creating hot-sculpted clear glass “water drop” forms.