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Wausau Window and Wall Systems named Cyndy Workman-Snow as its architectural sales representative in New Mexico, Utah and Colorado.
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jun 23, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Southwall Technologies Inc., (OTCBB:SWTX), the worldwide innovator of high performance, energy-saving films and glass products, has been awarded a $1.43 million stimulus grant from the US Department…
Nearly all of Wausau Window and Wall Systems‘ standard window products are listed in the National Fenestration Ratings Council (NFRC) Certified Products Directory.
Science and beauty don’t often intersect, but when they do, the results can be stunning, or joyous, or artful: all of which have been used to describe the recently opened Auraria Science Building.
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) held the 2010 Western Region Spring Meeting on May 5-6 in Oakland, Calif., featuring several industry experts discussing the current economic outlook, updates to California building…
Kolbe helps architects gain sustainable design knowledge and learning units (LUs) through American Institute of Architects’ continuing education seminars (AIA/CES).
New patent-pending, low-e window film advances year-round energy savingsBielefeld,  May, 2010 – Solutia Inc., (NYSE: SOA), the world’s leading producer of professional window films for automotive, residential and commercial markets, is excited to…
BEng Civil & Structural Engineering undergraduate Paul has been investigating the effect of lateral torsional buckling of glass fins.
Her Majesty the Queen, head of state of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth,has awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category to DuPont for the continuous development of DuPont™ Solamet® photovoltaic metallization paste, a…
Lister Trade Frames, finalists and winners of the national G-Awards for five consecutive years, have just become regional winners of the North Staffordshire and Cheshire Business Awards.
Wausau, Wis. -- As George Washington University's first residence hall designed and constructed to the U.S.
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Created to meet tomorrow's energy codes today, Wausau Window and Wall Systems introduces the INvent™ Series of projected window products.
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Gaza – Ma'an – Israel will allow window panes into the Gaza Strip by the end of next week, a Palestinian Authority official said Thursday.
Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, 828 meters, was inaugurated on Jan 4, 2010. The tower accomplished a world record for the highest installation of aluminium and glass façade, at a height of 512 meters.
AAMA 505-09, a test procedure, and QAG-1-09, a quality assurance processing and monitoring guide, have been released by the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA).
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