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glasstec 2010 now offers exhibitors and visitors a comprehensively revised structure. As the only international trade fair reflecting the entire value chain of glass in all its facets glasstec will convey this USP in future under the new sub-heading…
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The UK’s only dedicated Warm Edge Technology manufacturer, Edgetech, is featured in a podcast produced at Glasstec by the Glass Association of North America, which is now live.
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We left Glasstec 2008 with a feeling that is probably shared by the majority of those who took part: there is no doubt that the economic crisis exists.
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