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In its new informative paper, Glass for Europe introduces the issue of bird collisions with glass surfaces and the wide range of technologies developed by the flat glass industry to prevent them and preserve biodiversity.
Deceuninck has installed 2,200 solar panels onto the roof of its Calne manufacturing facility, generating a total of 895,762 kWh of clean energy.
The collaboration with India's leading façade fabricator sets a global precedent to support carbon neutral silicone sealants for building façades
Vitro Architectural Glass announces new low embodied carbon projects, updates on sustainability objectives.
Thermoseal Group has invested in a new recycling plant that will reduce the amount of manufacturing waste going to landfill.
From 29 April to 3 May, Glass for Europe has attended the ICG – International Commission on Glass Spring School 2024.
Use of Lasers To Melt Edges of Glass Together Eliminates Troublesome Polymers
An experimental glass-making facility in St Helens, Merseyside is set to pave the way for significant emission reductions in glass manufacturing with support from Siemens technology.
On 25 April, the Glass for Europe secretariat visited Orion Laser Tech to learn about their technology for bird-friendly glass production.
EPPA participated at the event organized by the European Commission’s DG GROW (the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs).
The most modern control technology is used in the ZeroCO2Glas test furnace. Horn software engineers create the control system with individually adapted process screens.
The Ain Sokhna float plant in Egypt will see its capacity increased with the construction of a second flat glass production line.
The workshop will take place May 16-17, 2024, at the Hyatt Pittsburgh International Hotel in Pittsburgh.
On 16 April, Glass for Europe participated in a workshop on the “Extended Producer Responsibility in the Construction Sector” organised by the Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE).
Vitro Architectural Glass achieves Top 20% LEC rating with updated EPDs.
It is well known that climate change refers both to long-term natural and man’s hand shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.
Diageo's seed investment in Glass Futures' expansion highlights its commitment to new tech and partnerships for its 2030 ESG goals.
In addition to the five-part video series, Glass for Europe is thrilled to unveil a two-pager Manifesto outlining its priorities and policy recommendations for the 2024-2029 mandate of the European institutions.
On 20 March 2024, Glass for Europe held its annual General Assembly in Brussels, bringing together senior executives and committee chairs from EU-based float manufacturers.
Torxx Kinetic, Inc. is excited to announce that we have signed a new partnership agreement with Opta Glass, a division of Opta Group LLC and Opta Waterdown Inc.
On the Global Recycling Day (18 March), Glass for Europe launched a new webpage dedicated to flat glass recycling.
POLFLAM is thrilled to announce the receipt of an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for its monolithic fire-resistant glass product range in fire resistance ratings EI and EW.
The agenda at glasstec 2024 features topics that keep the glass industry busy: Decarbonisation, Circular economy and Digital technologies. From 22 to 25 October these Hot Topics will be in focus.
Glass for Europe is pleased to observe that the EC has acknowledged glass as an example of a material for which research and innovation must be supported to enable greater wellbeing in buildings.
The plenary session of the European Parliament has voted in favor of the recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, one of the final texts of the ‘Fit for 55’ package.