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While dark glass on today's vehicles provides passenger privacy and symbolizes status, tomorrow's automotive designers see glass tops, spanning from the windshield across the roof to the back window, on luxury vehicles so that occupants…
PPG Industries will present the second annual PPG Design Challenge Awards to students of Detroit's College for Creative Studies (CCS) on Wednesday, Jan. 9, at 2 p.m. at Cobo Center, Detroit, in Suite O2-33.
On reaching the age of 68 the director and managing partner Mr. Hans Ebersp„cher is retiring. He has been at the head of the com-pany since 1965.
PPG Canada Inc. today received the decision of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) to initiate a dumping investigation of automotive replacement glass (ARG) windshields from the People's Republic of China. "The Government of…
Modern architecture, with its increasing dependence on glass, is stimulating the development of newer and safer glazing that is designed to meet tighter requirements of impending European CEN standards for bullet and blast-resistant screens.
Urecoats Industries Inc., a developer and marketer of sealants and coating products for the construction and building products industries, announced the opening of a second major distribution center for its Urecoats and Infiniti products in Orlando…
Sika Industry's Marion, Ohio plant has obtained QS-9000 certification, a requirement of parts suppliers to the U.S. auto and truck manufacturers.
Standardised safety glass will soon be compulsory for all vehicles, either made locally or imported, to ensure the safety of motorists by minimising the impact of broken windscreens.
Eight new standards on glass for the building industry recently published as UNI standards. UNI EN 12150-1 "Glass in building - Thermally toughened soda lime silicate safety glass - Definition and description." UNI EN 12337-1 "Glass…
Also for diamond countersinks the requirements are clearly defined: Producing sinkings for mounting screws of fittings as well as the manufacturing of visible bores on furniture glass demand an absolutely clean and chip-free edge.
Chairman Raj L. Gupta told investors that Rohm and Haas is continuing to invest for the future, even as it takes decisive action to cope with the immediate economic challenges in the marketplace.
Rohm and Haas Company said that its Board of Directors elected Suzanne B. Rowland a vice president of the company at a regularly scheduled board meeting.Rowland, 40, joined Rohm and Haas in 1985 as market manager for textile chemicals in North…
SPD Inc. announced that in addition to delivering suspended particle device light-control film, it expects to begin producing SPD glass incorporating this film in January of 2002.
Tamglass Group has agreed new automotive glass machinery orders for over 9 million euros. The agreements have been signed during October and November.
Vietnam's two largest glass producers are sitting on major stockpiles of unsold stock, despite strong protection from Government tariff and non-tariff measures.
A major glassworks in Central Asia in the town of Chuy-Tokmak (in the northern Kyrgyz Chuy Region) will be launched soon.
Dr. Leopold von Heimendahl, Chairman of the Board of Management of Schott Glas, Mainz, has been elected to serve for a further two years as President of the Bundesverband der Glasindustrie, known as BV Glas for short or Federal Glass Industry…
The new international terminal building in Istanbul's Ataturk Airport uses 39,000 m2 of laminated safety glass incorporating DuPont™ Butacite© PVB.
Recently a major success for FBSprofilati was the launch of the latest addition to its range of Georgian bars FB 2051.
This year Lenhardt presented for the first time at Vitrum the world renowned, most advanced and flexible insulating glass production system - the TPS -Line.
In a major move to grow its high-performance coatings business, PPG Industries is expanding the size and reach of sales and service, improving local market access and simplifying its product line under a single brand strategy.
Guardian Industries' latest glass innovation takes the white knuckles out of poor-weather driving conditions with a durable glass coating that improves visibility.
AFG Industries announced the introduction of Radiance-Ti™, a new self-cleaning glass that helps keep windows clean on the outside.
The P&C clothes store in the German city of Dsseldorf is one of the largest projects ever taken on by Tambest.
Interglas Technologies AG, the German glass and carbon fibre manufacturer, is feeling the effects of the slump in the construction industry.