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Privacy Smartglass provides efficient utilization of space for office interiors, offering instant privacy on demand at the flick of a switch.

Today designers and architects are looking to the hotel bathroom as the new frontier of the guestroom, turning what has long been a mostly functional space into a haven and means of escape.    Bathrooms are playing an ever more crucial role in the…

Exhibitor registration numbers on par with prior year, despite ambivalent economic situation in the sector   Once again glasstec will live up to its role as the leading international trade fair for the glass industry in 2014.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) with a 2014 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence Award for continued leadership in superior energy management.

Joseph M. Harary, President and CEO of Research Frontiers will be giving the keynote address on Smart Glass as part of the 2014 IDTechEx Energy Harvesting and Storage Europe Conference in Berlin, Germany from April 1-2.

At this year’s fensterbau/frontale show in Nuremberg, UNIGLAS once again provides convincing proof that it’s unique as an independent cooperative group.

The OMA designed Rothschild Investment Bank HQ in New Court is a sophisticated addition to the London skyline.

Serving the unique needs of Quebec’s window and door industry, Technoform Bautec North America, Inc. announces its partnership with Quincaillerie Rabel, Inc.

Steel systems specialist, Schueco Jansen, has just introduced a range of steel windows and doors that can achieve ultra-low ‘U’ values thanks to a newly developed isolator made from glass fibre-reinforced polyurethane.

Paarhammer Windows & Doors has introduced a new range of glass facades designed to deliver energy efficiency and sustainability.

Sentech's structural glass systems fuse structural strength with transparent beauty at Empire City Casinos at Yonkers Raceway.   This project features Sentech's Vetrapoint Wall & Vetrastep Stairs system.

Sometimes in life or in business things happen that make you say to yourself “…well, that makes sense”.

Smart glass is widening its applications from conventional architectural (commercial and residential) to automotive, aviation, rail and marine, etc.

UNIGLAS® | FACADE Timber-Glass-Composite elements are the products to watch at this year's Fensterbau frontale.

Elm Park is a mixed-use development in South Dublin – an impressive and strikingly modern structure combining natural timber, steel and glass.

Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has published a new report, “Smart Glass Opportunities in the Automotive Industry – 2014” covering the market for smart glass in the automotive sector.

Smartglass technology offers Architects and Interior Designers a completely new way to define commercial office space.

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Smart glass is a portfolio of new technologies which are based on new achievements in material science, demands on energy efficiency and comfort and smart building automation requirements and are reaching a new momentum.

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Spring 2014 offers from March 26-29 one of the world’s leading trade shows for the glass and glazing industry: fensterbau/frontale in Nuremberg, Germany.