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SWISSPACER warm edge spacer bar has been specified in windows for Devonshire Homes’ luxury housing development near Bristol. Bracken Hill is an exclusive development of townhouses and coach houses in Leigh Woods, Bristol, on the site of the former…
Gov. Jay Nixon was joined today by leadership from CertainTeed Corporation at a groundbreaking ceremony for the company’s new $100 million manufacturing and distribution center in Jonesburg, Mo.
Leading UK glass processor and distributor Glassolutions Solaglas is growing with the opening of a new branch in Gateshead to enhance its service to the door and window industry and building trades in the North East of England.
Since 1st March 2013, Saint-Gobain Glass Deutschland (SGGD) has been the first flat glass manufacturer to become a member of the DGNB (German Sustainable Building Council).
Saint-Gobain shareholders responded favorably to the dividend reinvestment option, with 72.5% of the total dividend to be paid in stock.
Pennsylvania’s Grove City College is using dynamic glass from SAGE as its showpiece feature in a new sustainably-designed building for science, engineering and mathematics education, known as STEM Hall.
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Saint-Gobain Glass has launched SGG DECORGLASS, a range of clear patterned glass. Providing an alternative to what is currently available on the market, this exclusive range offers six new designs creatively named WATERDROP, ENTRELAZADO,…
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/ research/d335hb/global_automotive) has announced the addition of the "Global Automotive Glass Market 2012-2016" report to their offering.
As key components of the hospitality sector, there’s more to hotels & restaurants than just ambience and aesthetics.
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) released education courses on curtain wall design, aluminum storefronts and entrances, as well as energy and the architectural fenestration industry, as part of the association’s…
In conjunction with its parent company Saint-Gobain, CertainTeed Corporation is dispatching a powerhouse of Building Knowledge experts to Denver for the 2013 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Convention, June 20-22.
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As an option, the new VW Golf can be fitted with a year-round windscreen, which can be offered for the first time in its class. The new windscreen combines the advantages of the infra-red reflecting windscreen with those of wire heating to…
We would like to notify you that the Egyptian government and Cairo International Convention Center had declared postponing all the exhibition including GLASS WORLD - ALU GLASS WORLD 2013 during 28 th - 30 th June 2013 and this is due to the…
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Stephen Gold, president and CEO of Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI), delivered a keynote presentation on the recovery of the U.
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In the protection of plants and buildings in the public, military or institutional area like embassies, government buildings or prisons, composite safety glasses are used which are shatterproof and impede bullets.