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Glass manufacturer PG Group opened an R800-million float glass manufacturing facility at its manufacturing division, PFG Glass, situated in Springs, Gauteng, last week, and intends to invest a further R400-million in glass manufacturing facilities…
Glassrobots Oy was founded in October 1982. Today, after 25 years, the company is one of the technology leaders to the safety glass industry.
Tyneside Safety Glass says it has seen major productivity and efficiency boosts across its three production sites, thanks to a Syspro ERP system, a £5 million investment in new machinery and lean manufacturing and Kaizen initiatives.
Laminated glass windows in trains might have prevented a fifth of the deaths at seven of Britain's recent rail crashes, an industry expert has said.
While inter-city trains race past on the outer tracks of the recently-quadrupled mainline (RG 9.07 p570), since June 10 stopping trains between Utrecht and Amsterdam have been calling at a new Utrecht Zuilen station, where passengers from the…
The trend in the building and the interior designing branch shows on larger and more glazing surfaces and bigger glass sheets are required all the time.
Float glass production is underway on a fast track schedule in Ras Al Khaimah (RAK), United Arab Emirates, according to Guardian Industries and its joint venture partners, National Company for Glass Industries and Al Zamil Group.
For many buildings, glass makes up the most striking and visible part of a structure’s exterior. And as owners and tenants in office buildings and other property types seek attractive views, energy efficiency and security, glass engineering and…
More fire resistant materials will be required by law for new construction in California, including homes, beginning Jan. 1, 2008.
The Ministry of Construction has asked for the government’s permission to sell the float glass plant of the Vietnam Glass and Ceramics for Construction Corporation (Viglacera).
China's regulators aren't likely to approve new float glass projects in eastern coastal regions and central regions, given regional development strategy and ongoing industrial technology upgrades, the Shanghai Securities News reported…
Adshel Infrastructure has completed another successful shelter project for Albury Council in NSW. The Evo Walkway shelter was commissioned to cover a new taxi rank in one of the main streets outside a night club area in the centre of town.
The flexibility and style of the Pilkington Planar™ structural glazing system, and the practicality of Pilkington Activ™ self cleaning glass, have been combined for the first time in the refurbishment of superior office blocks at 54 Hagley Road,…
Rooms with smooth, rounded transitions between ceilings, floors and walls. Smooth, radiantly white surfaces and an interior design which skilfully featured just a few items of designer furniture, while it allowed the functional equipment of the…
A consortium of Vietnamese commercial banks and a finance company provided Tuesday a loan of VND845 billion (US$52 million) for building a glass factory in the central Chu Lai Economic Zone (EZ).
Since 1959, Pittsburgh Plate Glass has had an automotive glass division in Crestline.While that’s not likely to change soon, other changes, including employee layoffs, are still possible for PPG Crestline by the end of the summer.
Blue LEDs set into the road surface of the B 311, similar to those used as runway markings on airfields, show the way at night as drivers enter St.
The “four-cylinder” building located inside Munich’s Olympiapark has helped create public awareness of BMW for many years now.
GlassBuild America: The Glass, Window & Door Expo is pleased to announce that it has collaborated with the Georgia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) to bring a new architect program to its 2007 event in Atlanta.
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the worldwide glass industry is now available to its catalogue.
Ryazan region Governor Georgy Shpak and Guardian Glass Ryazan director Yanos Egud on Wednesday signed an investment agreement on the construction of a plant in the region that will produce float glass, an official from the regional government's…
In response to the strong demand for superinsulating glass on the Italian construction market, Glaverbel is to install the country’s first magnetron unit for applying low-emissivity coatings at its Cuneo plant in North-East Italy (Piedmont).
Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (“the Company”) announces that today its extraordinary Board meeting officially resolved the sale of Flat Glass Business in Australasia.
Reuters reported that Apogee Enterprises Inc. (APOG.O: Quote, Profile , Research), which makes glass for office-building exteriors and picture frames, said on Tuesday that first quarter profit more than doubled, helped by strong results in its…
Glaston is in the process of centralizing its Heat Treatment business area's R&D i.e. safety glass machine product development activities to its Finnish headquarters.