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Day three of the 2013 Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance (IGMA) Annual Conference opened today with member recognition as well as a workplace safety presentation. David Cooper (standing), Guardian Industries, attends his final conference as…
The troubles at struggling glassmaker Pilkington deepened after a union revealed the company has a deficit in its pension fund in the region of £300million.
Glass facades are attractive, but they also have to be safe. Say if a bomb were to go off nearby, would they withstand the blast? Researchers are using a shock tube to find out, and one of their projects is a new building complex in San Francisco.
GMB has pledged to resist compulsory job losses and changes to pensions at Pilkington Glass.The union has more than 500 members in St Helens and is undertaking a consultative ballot on proposed changes to pensions that could reduce final pensionable…
Liverpool-based PVC-U and aluminium window and door fabricator Total Glass supplies and installs new products for sheltered accommodation scheme in one of the city's conservation areas.
Chris Barry had just returned from two years hitchhiking around the world when he was offered his first job with Pilkington, in Canada.
Pilkington Planar™ Crystal Connect™, powered by Dow Corning, allows architects to create continuous glass façades with no protrusions.Architects have unprecedented opportunities to bring their design visions to life with the launch of Pilkington…
Safety glass industry professionals from different companies around the globe took part a Real Technical Seminar about glass processing organized by Safety Glass Experts International Ltd in Dusseldorf on 22nd of October a day prior to Glasstec 2012…
Pilkington Planar™, structural glazing system, helps create an impressive entrance for the new Blackfriars station.With thousands of visitors descending on London in 2012, some of the city’s more aged infrastructure desperately needed upgrading.
Façade elements on the basis of Phase Change Material (PCM) for innovative and sustainable architectureMainz/Munich, January 16, 2013 – At BAU 2013, the SCHOTT technology group will be presenting SCHOTT GlassX crystal, a façade solution that…
A leading UK steel glazing company has supplied fire-rated systems to several Olympic, FIFA and other major stadiums.
With thousands of visitors descending on London in 2012, some of the city’s more aged infrastructure desperately needed upgrading.
Pyroguard EI30 INT fire resistant glazing from CGI International has been installed at a new student residence in Leicester, to deliver fire protection far superior to current building regulation requirements.
Jane Embury, a director of steel glazing company Wrightstyle, looks at fire safety in shopping centres.
Britain’s recent wintery weather may start causing some homeowners to feel the effects of the cold, experiencing draughts or cold spots because of old or poorly fitted glazing units.
Pilkington MirroView™ is ideal for concealing televisions and video screens. With its highly reflective mirror coating on a clear substrate, it gives your televisions and video screens a modern, transitional look.
The appalling fire in Bangladesh at the weekend, in which over one hundred people, mainly women, were killed, brings the total to over 500 people who have died in similar garment factory fires in the country since 2006, according to a rights group.
1988 is the year in which Helmut Kohl is German Chancellor, Steffi Graf wins all of the four Grand Slams, the GDR enters into diplomatic relations with the EC – and the trained flat glass merchant Günter Befort leaves IG producers Wolff + Meier and…
SAPULPA – The Sapulpa Fire Department responded to an electrical fire at a business early Monday.Firefighters were called to Saint-Gobain Containers, a glass manufacturing plant, at 1000 N.
A UK steel glazing company has brought together videos of its systems being tested against a lorry bomb, car bomb and ballistic attack and posted them on YouTube.
Wrightstyle Limited is one of Europe’s most innovative suppliers of integrated steel and glass systems with an international client base.
SAFTI FIRST’s 2-Hour Fire Rated Curtain Wall Passes Rigorous Dynamic Tests Fire as Prescribed by CDC
CDC (Curtain Wall Design and Consulting) is a leading independent firm providing a wide range of building envelope design, engineering, and consulting services to design professionals nationwide.
The NSG Group – manufacturers of Pilkington glass – is welcoming customers to view its new £36 million off-line coater facility, before it starts manufacture in November.
The latest results from independent tests at leading Notified Body IFT Rosenheim confirm Pilkington Spacia™ achieves a U-value of 1.1W/m2K.
If a statement sent to the Laurinburg Exchange Wednesday via its website is accurate, the Pilkington plant may have delayed a decision to lay off 75 people.