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A highly unusual window replacement scheme has taken place at Leicester University. Pilkington Activ™ Blue glass has helped transform the Attenborough Tower, a 19-storey tower block built in the early 1970s on the main campus.
Previously known as Pilkington Australia, the Geelong factory specialised in automotive glass. It opened in 1936 to support the Geelong Ford plant, which opened 11 years earlier.
(TOPEKA) ‐ The Protective Glazing Council (PGC) International today announced a new monthly webinar series for architects, building owners, specifiers, glazing contractors and others in the architectural community.
Mediaset (Cologno Monzese, Milan), Italy's foremost private media company, has recently carried out an important face-lift to its headquarters setting a new example of architectural innovation and becoming a communication emblem.
Pilkington NSG Group Flat Glass Business, 300 Northridge Drive, sent an e-mail to employees on Thursday, advising them that the plant will close for two weeks for approximately 180 of 263 employees from Jan. 19 to Feb. 2 due to slow sales and…
Cie. de Saint-Gobain SA, Asahi Glass Co., and a Nippon Sheet Glass Co. unit were fined a record 1.38 billion euros ($1.7 billion) by the European Union over claims the companies fixed the price of car windows.
If there is one way to prove that you really believe in a product, then it must be to use it yourself, which is precisely what happened recently with Britannia Windows (UK), a fabricating business in Clevedon in South West England when it used…
Completed Expansion Project Highlights Saflex Global Investment Program; New Resin Capacity Focuses Upon USA, Belgium On Oct. 23 at the Glasstec 2008 exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany, the Saflex(R) unit of Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA), announced that…
Bharatbook.com launches a new report which provides detail information about "Packaging (Glass)- Market Report" Bharatbook.com added a new report on "Packaging (Glass)- Market Report" Executive Summary:The glass-container…
Lister Trade Frames is the latest company to partner with Pilkington energiKare™ and the energy efficiency evolution.
Pilkington Planar™ glazing has made a splash at a multi-million pound regeneration of a leisure complex in Swansea.
A major part of Pilkington North America’s multi-year, $70 million improvement and repair project is nearly complete.
Pilkington Activ™ Neutral is a revolutionary new double-coated glass that combines dual-action, self-cleaning properties with solar control performance and is perfect for use in glass extensions and conservatory roofs and windows.
MIRROR LINE is the new series of horizontal washing machines, resulting from all the experience and know-how gathered in producing over 1000 MODULO line washers from 1980 up to today.
Technology Strategy Board• Technology Strategy Board and Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council to invest in sixteen innovative research and development projects • Total value of projects in excess of £20 million The Technology…
DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions announces commercial availability of new 35-mil (0.9-mm) DuPont™ SentryGlas® clear interlayer for use in making strong, protective windows, doors and safety-glazed building elements.
Trade Price Conservatories have announced the availability of Pilkington Activ self cleaning glass throughout their conservatory product range.
Created through CSR’s acquisition and merger of Pilkington (AU & NZ) and DMS Glass, Viridian offers new, advanced technology which will allow architects and designers to use glass in different ways.
Effective September 1, 2008 Trosifol North America Ltd. will be increasing prices by 15 percent on all Trosifol/Kuraray Europe PVB films for both the architectural and automotive market in the United States and Canada.
Initial Customers are Large-Scale Module Makers in Germany, Spain and India ST. LOUIS and SAN FRANCISCO, July 17, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- At the InterSolar North America 2008 exhibition in San Francisco, Solutia Inc. (NYSE:SOA) today announced that…
3G Privacy Film, a new generation of liquid crystal switchable film, for switchable window industry is available now. A breakthrough, called NPD-LCD technology, totally solves major problems, such as serious haze in transparent state, high driving…
ST. LOUIS – July 1, 2008 – From barking dogs to honking horns and roaring airplanes, outdoor noises can become especially obtrusive when they make their way inside.
Pilkington Activ™ self-cleaning glass is now on prominent and permanent display at the brand new IKEA store in the city centre of Coventry.
June 24 (Bloomberg) -- Nippon Sheet Glass Co., the world's largest maker of car windows, fell the most in a month in Tokyo trading as European regulators may fine the company and its rivals for price-fixing as early as next month.
In large offices it often gets quite hectic and noisy. The consequence: with an increased noise level, many people have difficulty concentrating.