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KIRKLAND, Wash. – Expanding its educational outreach to design professionals, Technical Glass Products (TGP) now offers convenient, on-demand Web access to its popular AIA-registered course “Burning Issues: Understanding Today’s Fire-Rated Glass and…
Monterrey, in Mexico, has been the new location for the Glassman America Exhibition in 2008. Pneumofore has participated to the event and had the opportunity to meet the major glass makers from Central and South America.
The company VETROPACK MORAVIA GLASS, a leading home producer of glass containers for the beverage and food industry managed to increase its sales in 2007 thanks to the growing interest in container glass.
Fire rated glass manufacturer CGI International Ltd (CGI), is investing in excess of £200,000 in Research and Development (R&D) to meet modern building design challenges and satisfy architect demands.
Pilkington has gained approval from the largest fire testing facility in the UK, the Building Research Establishment (BRE), for its fire-resistant glazing in a new rooflight from NuLite Ltd.
One of the country’s leading technology colleges has reopened following a £28.5 million project that utilised specialist glazing systems to create a stunning new approach to the school environment.
ANAHEIM, Calif.—Disneyland has updated its classic monorail train meandering through the amusement park, adding a better seating arrangement and glass that changes color in the sunlight.
The multicoloured richness of precious stones - the intense red of ruby, the delicate violet of tourmaline, the deep yellow of violet topaz (…) - combined with the typical brilliance and transparency of the glass block.
PERRYSBURG, Ohio, April 11, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Owens-Illinois, Inc., (NYSE: OI) announces the following: What: O-I Conference Call and Webcast To discuss the first quarter earnings release that will be issued…
The China (Shanghai) International Industry Exhibition for New Fireproofing Technology and Material 2008 (An Exhibition, Communication Trade and Cooperation of the Fire Protection Industry) Time: From Sep. 17th to Sep. 19th, 2008 Exhibition Hall:…
A "Zen" glass block capable of softening direct sunlight while at the same time projecting magical shapes throughout - a myriad of small Buddhas in prayer.
From 3rd March 2008 Seves opens the first exclusive-brand flagship stores in Milan (Italy), Via Lodovico il Moro 25/27.
It’s the big fires that make big headlines. But for every major fire, played out on our TV screens, there are hundreds of smaller ones – often with devastating consequences for the families who lose their homes or possessions, or worse.
When the most stringent requirements for ease of processing, material qua-lity and function have to be satisfied, the TriSeal™ Super Spacer® is ideal for use in high-quality heat insulating glass.
Underlining its commitment to an increasingly global market, Wrightstyle, the UK-based supplier of specialist glass and glazing systems, has successfully completed a second round of stringent US fire tests designed to further extend its range of…
WorldGlass, the largest single source of decorative and architectural glass, featuring clear textures, dichroic, and colored glass.
Owens-Illinois, Inc. reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ending December 31, 2007.
Owens-Illinois, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has declared the quarterly dividend of $0.59375 on each share of the Company's $2.375 Convertible Preferred Stock, payable on February 15 to holders of record as of February 1.
To further enhance customer service and support to glaziers, architects, specifiers and other commercial construction industry professionals in Canada, Technical Glass Products (TGP) is opening a Toronto office and has hired Ron Pitts as Canadian…
A furnace fire at a major glass company building in Evansville had firefighters busy Friday. It happened around noon Friday at PPG Industries off Highway 41 on Inglfield Road.
Safti First, manufacturer of fire rated glazing and  framing products, raised over $10,000 to purchase bicycles for school children who attend four elementary  schools near the company’s Merced manufacturing plant, located in California’s San…
For the first time in the UK, approved, purpose-made, aluminium fire-resisting  windows that are identical in appearance to standard windows are now available as  part of the expanding AWS range from Schüco International.
More fire resistant materials will be required by law for new construction in California, including homes, beginning Jan. 1, 2008.
Blue LEDs set into the road surface of the B 311, similar to those used as runway markings on airfields, show the way at night as drivers enter St.
Creative Resins are pleased to launch their new spray resins for creating glass splashbacks, wet rooms, glass partitions, security glass, glass work tops - all are warrantied and no extra hidden ingredients or licenses are needed to produce them.