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At the Rokin in Amsterdam Ivy Group is developing two luxury department stores, together with the architectural firm Rijnboutt and main contractor Van Wijnen.
A wall of glued glass bricks that is ten times as strong as a regular brick facade.
Bohle has said that it received significant interest in its balustrading and internal door ranges as installers tapped into new opportunities.
As a partner of de Vijfde gevel, XSPlatforms recently contributed to a workshop titled build-up of the fifth facade, with a clear but concise clarification of fall protection for roofs.
XPAR Vision and Novaxion joined forces, in the commercialization of the SR200 Swabbing Robot. This robot, that effectively replaces manual swabbing, was originally developed within a exclusive partnership of the French company Novaxion, together…
Two innovative features on Winlet glazing robots are proving so popular with operators that they are contributing greatly to the Winlet Wow Factor.
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Increasingly more attention is now paid to the total U-value of the window including the glazing.  The edge of the insulating glass and the window is also included in this value.
At the end of 2015, Scheuten supplied 1,040 Optisol® BIPV panels for the building of the Farwaniya Courts Complex Kuwait.
Saint-Gobain Glass, one of the world leading glass production companies, is currently testing HyGear’s Hy.REC® system in its facility in Herzogenrath. 
In June 2015 the fully renovated Museum Vlaardingen reopened its doors. The Easy Glass Pro glass balustrade stars in this spectacular ‘past-meets-present’ project.
Developed by the same company as the Burj Khalifa, the Fountain Views Towers are scheduled to be completed in 2017.
The motto of Bystronic glass at Fensterbau / Frontale 2016 in Nuremberg is “Take it easy in the field of window manufacture”.
Thai Glass Industries (TGI), container glass manufacturing subsidiary of Berli Jucker in Thailand, and XPAR Vision from the Netherlands, join forces in a strategic partnership, providing leading Hot End sensor technology to the global container…
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The Winlet 350 TH telehandler attachment – the glazing robot that leaves the competition far behind on the ground – has wowed visitors to the Executive Hire Show.
The demand for CNC work has increased over the last few years. Customers are now asking for glass in more bespoke shapes and larger sizes that both need to be processed using our CNC machines. Over the xmas break we have added a new Intermac to our…
In a Facade XS solution, self-hoisting gondolas use the XSClimber – an electrical self-reeving traction hoist, designed and manufactured by XSPlatforms to take any gondola to the desired height safely and without any noise.
Sika Corporation, Target Market Industry announces the following personnel appointment. Mr. Mike Rea is appointed to the position of Senior Product Engineer for TM Industry, with main responsibilities for Aftermarket Auto Glass Replacement and Flat…
A ground-breaking counterbalance floor crane developed according to specifications drawn up by Hird is on its way to the UK.
A wall of glued glass bricks that is ten times as strong as a regular brick facade. Experiments conducted by the Glass & Transparency research group proved this could be true. Their test results are being used to make Chanel’s historic…
An ultrathin staircase is being realised in the lobby of ABT Velp. This eye-catcher has an unprecedented thinness and brings many innovations together.  The staircase was designed by JHK Architects and will be executed in the form of a Jacob’s…