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PVB films for solar modules – Façade-integrated photovoltaics or “Building-integrated photovoltaics” (BIPV) making use of thin-film technology facilitate the efficient use of the building envelope, enabling it to generate electricity.
Higher, further, faster: increasingly complex major international construction developments under strong pressure to maintain quality and deadlines while reducing costs are steadily raising the demands on building design and construction technology.
BEng Civil & Structural Engineering undergraduate Paul has been investigating the effect of lateral torsional buckling of glass fins.
 A British company that specialises in designing glazing systems to withstand terrorist attack has put video footage of a successful and groundbreaking test against a lorry bomb on YouTube.
A British glass company that specialises in designing systems designed to withstand terrorist attack has welcomed new advice from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
Charlotte, NC January 28, 2010 – Biesse, the leading manufacturer of high-tech machinery and systems for wood, glass and stone, is now the exclusive distributor of Bacci machinery in Canada.
Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, 828 meters, was inaugurated on Jan 4, 2010. The tower accomplished a world record for the highest installation of aluminium and glass façade, at a height of 512 meters.
A landmark building in the heart of London with historic links to Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper has been refurbished, using the latest in steel glazing technology to maximise natural daylight and meet modern security requirements.
Company to team with TRACO, DuPont to replace 319 windows PITTSBURGH, Dec. 9, 2009 – PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) will donate more than 1,900 square feet of Starphire ultra-clear glass to restore 319 windows at Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s…
Please be advised that one of our affiliate subsidiaries in China made following announcement. Jiangsu Pilkington and SYP Glass Co., Ltd (JSYP) is delighted to announce the successful start up of its 'on line' coating facility which came…
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 6, 2009 – PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) will showcase its expanded residential low-emissivity glass portfolio at the 2010 International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas, Jan. 19-22, including two new residential glass products.
On October 16, 2009, Hebei Yingxin Glass Group (HYGG) in Shahe City, Hebei Province, announced the official commercial operation of the largest on-line Low E glass production line in China with the capability to produce more than 7 million sq.…
Pilkington is the proud winner of two awards at the glittering G09 Awards. Taking place at the home of football, Wembley Stadium, Pilkington were top of the league in the Glass Project of the Year and Health and Safety Initiative of the Year…
Wrightstyle supplies advanced and specialist fire, ballistic and blast glass and glazing systems internationally, and the UK company is a leader in the development of new systems to meet emerging threats.
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Recently, CSG ordered the jet heating furnace from Landglass again for the processing of off-line flat/bent LOW-E glass and other products.  CGS mainly deals in the production and sale of flat glass, engineering glass, silicon materials and…
Glass façades specialist Solaglas Contracting has been shortlisted by Contract Journal magazine in its prestigious Construction Industry Awards for the second year running, fending off stiff competition from a host of major competitors across a…
Taiwan Glass Ind. Corp. was founded in 1964. Through over four decades’ development, Taiwan Glass has become a world famous manufacturer of float glass.
The new bi-directional Kalzip FC Façade System is stylish, non-penetrative and extremely costeffective. Installed on vertically fixed modular click rails, each lightweight panel is simply hooked at the top and then clicked into place at the bottom…
Wrightstyle is one of Europe’s most innovative steel glazing specialists, and operates internationally.
The modern science of nanotechnology, the highly-advanced manipulation of matter at a molecular level, and which is set to revolutionise every aspect of our lives in the next decade or so, was in fact invented by a medieval glazier.
Edgetech I.G. and Dow Corning present two lectures that focus on utilizing the latest silicone technologies for commercial facades.