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Glass Performance Days Conference is heading towards its 25 Year Anniversary in June 28-30, 2017. GPD can look back at an impressive record of collecting and sharing glass industry essentials.
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Engineers have created a new material with an unusual chemical structure that makes it incredibly hard and yet elastic.
Glaston Corporation will hold its Annual General Meeting in Helsinki today, Tuesday 5 April 2016, at 3 p.m.
Buildings and glass share a special relationship. The various properties of glass make it the perfect material to be used in a variety of applications and spaces.
Glaston has closed a machinery deal worth approximately EUR 4 million with a leading glass fabricator in the United States. The deal includes flat tempering and laminating equipment representing Glaston’s latest technology as well as a Glaston Care…
Overview of Heat Soak Glass: Tempering process increases the strength of glass many folds, offering a greater resistance to breakage.
Along with the energy policy development and people mind about energy saving is increasing, the usage of Low-E take more and more percentage in the construction, and argon gas filling to insulated glazing become more and more common.
Specialist toughened safety glass manufacturer TuffX often grabs the headlines for supplying the glass on high profile commercial projects, but its expertise is equally often called on for domestic projects.
“It’s perfect timing,” says John Tierney, Operating Directorof TuffX Glass, as his third and newest Glaston furnace, the FC500™ is starting to roll out glass.
Second Glaston FC500™ soon in operation - “I’d say we’ve always been informed opportunists,” states Tim Kelley, owner of TriStar Glass. “What sets us apart is being able to move fast, to adapt quickly to change.
Teardrop Architectural Glass, part of Nathan Allan’s exclusive Josiah J Collection, is an exciting, new, and the first “texture less” kiln formed glass in our industry.
Sparklike introduced a groundbreaking laser technology last year to measure argon fill of triple glazed units - even those with specific coatings such as Low-E. To discuss the new technology and product, we are participating actively to events and…
Here's an explanation of how bent and laminated glass is made, courtesy of Standard Bent Glass in East Butler, PA. First, large sheets of glass are scored into a range of end-use sizes.
The National Glass Association (NGA) and Glass Magazine, the official magazine of NGA, are pleased to announce the launch of WorldofGlassMap.com , a new interactive website that allows users to search globally for float glass manufacturing companies…
Over a 3 year period, Nathan Allan provided a substantial number of large, kiln formed textured glass panels to Lakeview Glass, for the Shellcreek project in Houston TX. Panels ranged in sizes up to 5’6 wide x 11’0 high.
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Specialist toughened glass manufacturer TuffX has just had a third glass toughening furnace installed.
Coventry, UK - Vetrotech Saint-Gobain - the world's leading manufacturer of fire resistant glass - is pleased to announce the launch of a new on-going training initiative – Vetrotech Academy – which will provide a learning platform for all…
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