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The Romanian division of French glass manufacturer Saint-Gobain, has invested EUR 6 million in a laminated glass production line in its factory in Calarasi, southern Romania.
The smallest of the furnaces at AGC Boussois had been closed this week. B1 has a capacity of 650 tpd was built only in 2008.
Glass for Europe welcomes the European Commission’s willingness to reflect as of now on a new 2030 framework for climate and energy policies.
The AllCargo facade located in Kaline, Mumbai renovated into a green architecture building, while preserving its existing core.
Technoform Bautec North America, Inc., contributes to the updated appearance and enhanced performance of historic Houghton Academy in Buffalo, N.Y.
The Torre de Cristal at Madrid is an office building with the architecture design intended to look like a cut crystal. At 249 m and 52 floors, the glass tower is the second highest building in Spain.      It features a photovoltaic dome and the…
Brilliant and extravagant - that is how the latest product from Saint Gobain Glass presents itself.        SGG SATINOVO MATE MIRALITE is a frosted glass which sets radiant accents thank to the light-reflecting silver coating, without producing…
These days quiet is precious, because there are sources of noise everywhere. The installation of soundproof glasses is both a meaningful and a practicable possibility to sustainably counteract a disturbance of the peace - as shown by the winning…
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have designed a new material to make smart windows even smarter.
Mark Silverberg, president of Technoform North America, Inc., will present at upcoming glazing industry events for the National Glass Association (NGA) and Glass Association of North America (GANA).
The Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB) Group is the largest bank in Austria.    The regions, known for its variant temperatures, demands architecture that can withstand the changing climates, thereby making solar control glass the natural choice for…
The ways in which electronically tintable glass can improve building energy performance, enable more sustainable building design and construction, and create a more comfortable environment for occupiers are outlined in a new RIBA approved CPD…
Bill Blazek joins the market team at Technoform Bautec North America, Inc. He will provide manufacturers of aluminum windows, doors and façades with high-precision polyamide insulation profiles that deliver energy efficiency, structural performance…
LaFerrari, the new limited-series special from the Prancing Horse of which only 499 examples will be built, is the first car to fit the new SGS Lightweight windscreen developed by Saint-Gobain Sekurit.
The Louvre (as the Musee du Louvre is popularly called), is the world’s most visited, and among the largest museums in the world.      The glass roofs adorning it are a shimmering reminder of the fact that it is one of Paris’ best-known landmarks.…
SWISSPACER warm edge spacer bar has been specified in windows for Devonshire Homes’ luxury housing development near Bristol.   Bracken Hill is an exclusive development of townhouses and coach houses in Leigh Woods, Bristol, on the site of the former…
AIA Continuing Education Course highlights strategies for daylighting design to improve energy efficiency      Unicel Architectural announced today the availability of its American Institute of Architects (AIA) registered course: “Daylight and…
Gov. Jay Nixon was joined today by leadership from CertainTeed Corporation at a groundbreaking ceremony for the company’s new $100 million manufacturing and distribution center in Jonesburg, Mo.
Leading UK glass processor and distributor Glassolutions Solaglas is growing with the opening of a new branch in Gateshead to enhance its service to the door and window industry and building trades in the North East of England.
Since 1st March 2013, Saint-Gobain Glass Deutschland (SGGD) has been the first flat glass manufacturer to become a member of the DGNB (German Sustainable Building Council).
Renovation of Denver’s Byron G. Rogers Federal Office Building is on schedule for completion in 2014.
The City University of New York's (CUNY's) Borough of Manhattan Community College's opened the Miles and Shirley Fiterman Hall at the beginning of the 2012-13 academic year.
Saint-Gobain shareholders responded favorably to the dividend reinvestment option, with 72.5% of the total dividend to be paid in stock.
Pennsylvania’s Grove City College is using dynamic glass from SAGE as its showpiece feature in a new sustainably-designed building for science, engineering and mathematics education, known as STEM Hall.
Pear, raspberry and pistachio - what sounds like a delicious ice-cream sundae, are three of the nine new shades of the lacquered glass SGG PLANILAQUE EVOLUTION which thus correspond to the current trend towards fruity natural colours.