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The leading manufacturer of machines and plants for the insulating glass and glass processing industry, LISEC AUSTRIA, boasts a complete overview of integrated software controlled fully automatic i.g. production, including cutting and spacer bending…
Vom 28. Oktober bis zum 1. November 2002 präsentiert sich SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS auf der glasstec 2002 in Düsseldorf mit einem völlig neuen Messestand.
Insulating “warm edge” spacer for IG Units, made by glass fibre reinforced polymerInsulating glass units have been manufactured so far using metal spacers, usually in Aluminium.
G.F.P.M. has been engaged in the construction of machines and plants for cutting flat glass for over 20 years. It manufactures automatic tables for straight and shaped cutting and automatic tables for laminated glass.
The largest conference in the global glass industry, Glass Processing Days (GPD), will take place on June 15–18 2003 in Tampere, Finland.
When Paris-based architect Franck Hammoutene won a design competition held by the city's Catholic diocese to build a church for the city's downtown La Defense business area that is workplace to around 100,000 people, two questions were…
French glass and construction materials firm Saint-Gobain foresees no sign of any vigorous economic rebound before the end of 2002 and confirmed its outlook for earnings growth of up to 4 percent.
Zhejiang Glass Co Ltd said it intends to use 100 mln yuan which was a part of net proceeds raised from its listing of H shares to invest in an ultra-thick float flat glass production line.
The Pilkington plc website, www.pilkington.com, has won a major award just four weeks after re-launch – for best practice in investor relations.
Central Glass Co. of Japan is tying up with Compagnie de Saint-Gobain of France to strengthen its global business of making glass for Japanese automakers.
Traditionally, when bathing, the Japanese wash and rinse off and only then get into their bath. This is filled with extremely hot water, between 40 and 50°C, which is usually used by all the members of the family.
Netegrity, Inc., the leading provider of solutions for securely managing e-business relationships, today announced that Guardian Industries Corp. has selected Netegrity SiteMinder(R) product to secure access to several business applications across…
At its meeting of Thursday, March 28, 2002, the Board of Directors of Saint-Gobain reviewed theGroup's consolidated financial statements for 2001.
With savvy consumers demanding greener automobiles and government agencies raising the fuel-economy bar, Guardian Industries' SilverGuard(TM) infrared reflective glass is engineered to help meet today's tough vehicle standards.
The Glaverbel Group closed its financial year 2001 with record performances, confirming the correctness of the strategy which the Group has followed for the past 10 years, namely profitable growth through geographical diversification and increased…
Grupo Vitro, Mexico's largest glass manufacturer, has assured that the volatility in gas prices for industrial use will not affect its operations.
Joe Farcus of Joseph Farcus Architects PA (Miami Beach) works with the Fincantieri shipyard of Trieste, Italy to fit luxury cruise ships from US company Carnival Cruise Lines with an abundance of laminated glass applications for reasons of dramatic…
The Galleries Victoria shopping mall in Sydney (completed: August 2000) designed by Crone & Associates of Sydney, reintroduces the winding laneways and alleyways known to the city 150 years ago - but in a modern contextual form, with the…
Auto-glass maker Asahi India Safety Glass has increased its stake to nearly 80 per cent in its subsidiary Float Glass India, through a recent open offer and said it might merge the ailing company with itself.
In 1997, Thailand legislated the use of laminated glass for facades in buildings over 23 m in height, when the total internal area is over 10,000 m2, or if the building is over 15 m in height and the total internal area is greater than 1,000 m2.
Glassrobots Finland delivers a flat laminated safety glass processing line to Vietnam. This is the first line of its kind in the country.
World demand for flat glass is forecast to rise more than 4 percent per year to nearly 4 billion square meters in 2004, with a market value of over $40 billion.
Saint-Gobain, the French materials and packaging group has finally begun to reap the rewards of its cost-cutting and refocusing strategy.
As a part of strategy in Asian Region, Saint-Gobain Renforcement recently made an investment in China by forming a Joint Venture company with Xinxing Glass Fiber Plant Division of Hangzhou Glass Group Co.
Demand for flat glass in the United States is forecast to rise three percent per year to almost seven billion square feet in 2005, valued at $9.1 billion.