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In her last month as head of state, Her Majesty the Queen has opened the new Philips Museum in Eindhoven.
Saint-Gobain Glass India recently supplied Nano and COOL-LITE, two advanced high performance glass to the world’s tallest hotel JW Marriott Marquis, in Dubai.     These two glasses were suggested as a double glazing solution for the hotel’s facade…
SmartGlass International has achieved 17% year-on-year sales growth in the MENA region, which has been credited as one of the key factors for the 13% global growth in 2012.
At more than 828 meters or 2,716.5 feet, the 160-story Burj Khalifa, formerly Burj Dubai, is the tallest building in the world and features more than 167,000 square meters or 1.8 million square feet of glass.
On 23 May, 2011, the NSG Group announced a plan to build a new value-added float line in Vietnam to increase its production of specialist products to supply the solar energy sector.
Polytron Technologies, Inc, the world leading electronic and optical vision innovative glass/film supplier attended Big 5, 2011 at Dubai International Exhibition Center and held the unique show during 21th~24th November, 2011.
MIDLAND — Silicone construction sealant manufactured by Dow Corning Corp. helped create the most inclined, and one of the most unique, towers in the world.
A visual highlight of the Champalimaud Foundation´s recently-completed biomedical research facility in Lisbon, Portugal is the lightweight steel and glass bridge that connects its two buildings.
To meet the rising demand for electronically switchable glass, SmartGlass International has emerged to become the leading supplier of smart glass in the UAE.
The Big 5 – the biggest annual building and construction trade show in the Middle East will be taking place in Dubai, UAE from the 22 - 25 November 2010.
A project with investment of total 2 billion yuan was officially inked in Fengyang on August.12. The project involves building production lines of glass used in photovoltaic(PV) industry and energy saving glass.
Emirates Float Glass (EFG), a subsidiary of Glass LLC which is whollyowned by Dubai Investments PJSC, has announced that itsstate-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Abu Dhabi has now becomefully operational, with the plant achieving 100% capacity…
GGF invited to help draft a single United Arabs Emirates standard for the glass and glazing industry and help establish a networking Forum for glass companies in the region.
Dubai has made headlines in recent weeks for its financial woes, and many are saying this once-booming desert metropolis has gone bust.
Glassman Middle East is just 1 week away and is all set to follow on from previous success in the Middle East.
Whether molybdenum glass melting electrodes, tank reinforcements or stirrer equipment; with its leading edge technologies and high performance materials PLANSEE leads the way to a more efficient glass melting process.
LASER MARKING brings state of the art benefits to glass processors.  Apart from marking of company logos, production dates for warranty purposes, and the usual fixed text like EN Standards codes, laser marking offers a range of additional benefits…
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One of the world's most famous skyscrapers - the Empire State building in New York - is going green.  A project is underway to reduce the amount of energy used in the building by more than a third, saving millions of dollars a year.
Dubai is now the regional headquarters for the regional chapter of the Society of Facade Engineers (SFE). "As a result of local pressure, we were asked to bring the society to Dubai early this month and have formed the regional chapter.
Pneumofore participates at Gulf Glass 2009, from 16th to 18th March at the Sharjah Expo Centre in UAE.
The future of more than half of the UAE’s 1,289 construction projects hangs in the balance, a new report has revealed.
AFP is the premier developer in the Dubai World DMCC Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT) community and is the only developer to include a 5 floor atrium within the lobbies of its towers.
It might be doom and gloom around the rest of the World, but the Gulf States and entire Middle East region continues to offer a wealth of opportunities for the construction industry, and in particular, the glass manufacture and processing sectors.