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A raft of orders from the Middle East and Asia has propelled London based security glazing business, Advanced Glass Technology (AGT) into the global arena for the first time.
Pilkington Pyrostop® and Pilkington Optiphon™ have been specified in a comprehensive, multi million pound refurbishment of the William Penn Leisure Centre in Rickmansworth, which provides state of the art leisure facilities to the local area.
One of Europe’s leading suppliers of high-performance steel glazing systems is to supply its systems to a company in Australia, underlining the increasingly global nature of this specialist market.
Saint-Gobain organizes its third « Saint-Gobain & Start-ups » Competition to reward innovations from start-up companies in the habitat, energy and environment fields.
Regional specialist Exeter Glass Centre has teamed up with one of the most recognised world names of the glass industry to become the local stockist in the south west of Pilkington’s range of fire-resistant glass products.
Ideally suited to meet government buildings’ high-security and green goals, Wausau Window and Wall Systems combines blast mitigation, energy performance and recycled content in the Blast Hazard Mitigation (BHM) windows – the newest to join its…
Wrightstyle Ltd supplies specialist glazing systems internationally, and the company’s systems were recently chosen for the nationally-prestigious US Marines Memorial Chapel in Virginia.
Fairview Behavioral Services serves Minnesota as the largest, hospital-based mental health and chemical dependency program in the state.
A UK steel glazing specialist has helped to transform an Olympic media hub into one of Greece’s foremost retail centres, providing a good example of legacy planning for future Olympic Games.
After a first quarter affected by very cold winter weather in Europe, trading rebounded sharply overall in the second quarter of 2010, with the Group reporting 3.9% organic growth.
Business Exchange Twitter Delicious Digg Facebook LinkedIn Newsvine Propeller Yahoo! Buzz Print Volvo Car Corp. sued a Nippon Sheet Glass Co. unit in London over its involvement in a car-glass price-fixing cartel that ended two years ago with…
Façades with a high share of glass are a particularly hotly discussed topic from the point of view of energy efficiency.
Saint-Gobain’s consolidated sales for first-quarter 2010 came in at €8,737 million, versus €8,782 million in the first quarter of 2009, representing a decline of 0.5% on an actual structure basis and of 2.0% at constant exchange rates*.
A new addition to the Warsaw diplomatic quarter: glass from the CLIMAplusSECURIT partners Glaskontor Erfurt and KINON Porz provides optimal energy efficiency and security in the new British Embassy, built according to plans of London’s Tony Fretton…
GREENDALE, Ind. -- Firefighters are investigating the second fire in three weeks at a local glass plant. Fire crews said the fire broke out at about 4 p.m.
Solaglas’ new consumer brochure on its market leading sealed unit SGG EcoClear®+ is now available to customers.
In April, Saint Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C., welcomed patients and staff into a new, mental health care facility.
Considered the most expensive building of its kind, the $437 million Los Angeles Police Administration Building also is among the greenest, thanks in part to Wausau Window and Wall Systems.
Saint-Gobain shareholders responded favorably to the dividend reinvestment option, with 72.1% of the total dividend to be paid in stock.
The NSG Group and Saint-Gobain Glass have announced plans for the construction of a new float glass plant in Jacarei, close to São Paulo, in Brazil.
Saint-Gobain has signed an agreement for the sale of its “Advanced Ceramics” business to the US company CoorsTek, for a total (enterprise value) of 245 million US dollars (about 200 million euros).
ELKHART, Ind. -- Indiana officials say Pennsylvania-based Santelli Tempered Glass Inc. will invest $3.7 million in a new 32,500-square-foot plant in Elkhart.
As part of its solar power growth strategy, Saint-Gobain has announced that its subsidiary Avancis, will be building a new plant to produce photovoltaic (PV) modules to cover the roofsof residential, industrial and commercial buildings as well as…