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The Insulating Glass Certification Council, sponsor of the IGCC/IGMA certification program, North America's leading IG certification and quality assurance organization, is currently testing a pilot program that would enable IG manufacturers to…
A major project to transform the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics media centre into a creative hub is nearing completion, with fire-resistant glazed atriums supplied by Devizes-based Wrightstyle, utilising specialist glass from Pyroguard.
POLFLAM’s innovative technology for production of fire-resistant glass has, in no time, won the company a considerable market share in Poland.  The company’s target for growth is to expand onto foreign markets.
Pyroguard is pleased to announce the completion of a >£1m investment programme into its manufacturing facilities in Haydock, UK and Seingbouse, France.
Gas filling and testing and glass handling systems developer Integrated Automation Systems (IAS) has purchased a building in this suburb east of Cleveland and moved headquarters, development and production facilities here.
Wrightstyle, the leading steel and aluminium advanced glazing specialist, has been appointed by Secco Sistemi as a fabricator and supplier of their systems in the UK.
A wall of glued glass bricks that is ten times as strong as a regular brick facade.
Curtain walls made of fire-resistant glass have taken contemporary architecture to a whole new level. They opened the space giving it more natural light in places where opaque curtain walls had formerly been used.  Nevertheless, the requirements are…
Vetrotech Saint-Gobain North America, a leading manufacturer of fire-rated glass and fire-resistant door, frame, window, and curtain wall systems in the United States, announced today the launch of Keralite® extended-sized fire-rated glass ceramic…
The recently held FENSTERBAU-FRONTALE exhibition in Nurnberg is a most renowned glass industry event in Europe. The product brought out by POLFLAM has been a true hit of the prestigious fair.   When conceiving its exhibition, POLFLAM focused on the…
SAFTI FIRST, leading USA-manufacturer of fire rated glass and framing systems, is pleased to announce the addition of SuperLite II-XLB, the largest tested and approved fire resistive glazing product on the market today.
Romag will be launching a new range of architectural fire resistant glass at Security and Counter Terror Expo 2016 (stand E20).
POLFLAM® fire-resistant glass proves its value in most requiring applications. The glass’s technology follows state-of-the-art architectural trends.
Bill O'Keeffe: I don’t know of any fire rated product that doesn’t have its limitations.
Lucideon has extended its construction services to include testing of curtain wall systems.  The new service provides testing to BS EN 13830 and CWCT standards, to help ensure the safety and consistency of curtain wall systems.
Wrightstyle is a specialist steel and aluminium glazing company and supplies its fire-rated systems internationally. Jane Embury, the company’s marketing director, looks at the impact of arson.
California has a long history of experiencing major, catastrophic earthquakes, and is predicted to experience more in the future.
Vetrotech UK has supplied glass for a landmark installation by steel and aluminium fabricators, Arkoni.
Fire resistant glazing manufacturer Pyroguard announces exciting changes at the company with the recent appointment of Neil Tilsley as Chief Executive, who joined the company on 1st January 2016, and a major investment programme into its…
Although most are likely to be familiar with shatter-proof glazing and its use in vehicle windscreens to protect drivers and passengers, the concept of a type of glass that is fire resistant may take a little more understanding.
Fabricator and installer, Anders Glass, has made a £60,000 investment in a state-of-the-art Diamantking saw, an automatic machine designed to saw thick, laminated glass sheets to high output rates with precision and quality.
Curtain walls using the system EFEKT are a state-of-the-art solution with POLFLAM fire-resistant glass and still another construction technology product to let the designers spread their wings.
Architects across the commercial and domestic construction industries are specifying an increased amount of glass in their designs.  Fire-resistant glazing plays a vital role in ensuring the safety of buildings and their occupants, and as such we…
The funny thing about good design is it’s easy to miss. The best designs simultaneously add more than the sum of their parts and fade into their surroundings.
The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) continues to raise concerns based on feedback from companies in the glass and glazing industry, that all is not entirely well in the provision of fire safety measures in buildings.