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“The Customer is King”. Nowhere else has this statement been truer than in the case of Saint-Gobain. Established in 1665, Saint-Gobain’s first customer was Louis XIV, the King of France.  And his order? To make glass for the Hall of Mirrors in the…
With SGG COOL-LITE XTREME 70/33, II Saint-Gobain Glass is expanding its range of highly selective solar control glass to another, annealed variant.
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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.
A new structural glazing system from GLASSOLUTIONS has been specified for Hiscox’s new landmark underwriting and customer experience centre in York, part of the insurance company’s £19 million investment to create its largest office outside London.
Global tempered glass market is expected to reach USD 54.31 billion by 2022. Growing automobile demand on account of rising disposable income is expected to be the major driver for tempered glass market growth.
Glassolutions has introduced in the UK an e-commerce platform to facilitate the order process for building professionals – glaziers, joiners, plumbers, and kitchen and bathroom fitters.  With MyGlassolutions, users can choose their glazing solutions…
The potential uses of a conservatory are as diverse as the designs available. Some are looking to add extra living space that can be used year round as a dining room, children’s playroom, home office or similar.
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.
Westcountry Glass is making the biggest investment in its 37-year history, with a move to a 40,000sq ft factory housing new state-of-the-art toughening and CNC lines as well as creating approaching 40 skilled jobs within the group.
In partnership with 3.0 University Place, SageGlass® is supplying 4,600m² of the façade of a huge commercial office building that will be under construction in Philadelphia’s University district (USA) in 2016.
On January 29, Saint-Gobain opened its new cross-functional Research Centre, Saint-Gobain Research India (SGRI), in Chennai, in the State of Tamil Nadu (India).
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.
New technologies such as electrochromic glass are challenging traditional methods of solar control such as blinds and shades.
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.
SGG COOL-LITE XTREME 70/33 II is the latest product from Saint-Gobain Glass to target the premium commercial market, offering specifiers and glass processing companies a thermally efficient ‘to be toughened’ option that features high light…
The UK’s largest glass processor GLASSOLUTIONS is creating 12 new jobs at its Dudley factory as part of a major investment programme designed to increase capacity and improve manufacturing efficiency.
Successfully assessed for the ranges E 30 to E 90 and EI 30 to EI 60 - SCHOTT’s fire-resistance glass products PYRAN® S and PYRANOVA® received UK approval for use in the timber doors of six major door blank manufacturers.
“The Customer is King”. Nowhere else has this statement been truer than in the case of Saint-Gobain. Started in 1665, Saint-Gobain’s first customer was Louis XIV, the King of France.  And his order? To make glass for the Hall of Mirrors in the…
SageGlass®, the world’s smartest electrochromic glass, was installed in an office suite at the Syracuse Center of Excellence (SyracuseCoE) headquarters.
Saint-Gobain Sekurit and Corning Incorporated today announced that they have signed an agreement to establish an exclusive joint venture, equally owned by Saint-Gobain and Corning, to develop, manufacture and sell lightweight automotive glazing…