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Şişecam, a global player in the glass and chemicals industries met with its investors at its 89th Annual General Assembly to share its financial and operational results.
With production operations spanning 14 countries across four continents and sales in over 150 countries, Şişecam achieved consolidated net sales of 186 billion TL in 2024.
The Glazing Executives Forum drew more than 220 attendees on Sept. 30 for discussion of artificial intelligence, risk forecasting, estimating best practices and more.
Şişecam reported TRY 4.3 billion capital expenditures in the first 3 months of 2024
Glaston is taking proactive steps to adapt to ongoing market challenges and ensure long-term competitiveness.
Glaston Corporation’s Annual Review 2024 has today been published in Finnish and English on the company’s internet pages at www.glaston.net.
The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) continues to weaken posting a score of 45.5 for February, indicating that a majority of firms are still experiencing declining firm billings.
In the message below, Nicole Harris addresses the current landscape, the challenges ahead, and the resilience that continues to define our industry.
Architecture firms reported another decline in billings in January as the AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) was 45.6. Any score below 50.0 indicates decreasing business conditions.
Steady development in comparable EBITA in soft market environment
Glaston Corporation will publish its January−December 2024 Financial Statements Bulletin on Friday, 14 February 2025 at around 8.30 a.m. Finnish time.
British Glass has shared an update on the industry’s route to net zero, publishing the latest progress since the 2021 strategy release.
For the first time in 20 months, architecture billings have reached a point of stability, according to the October AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI), which posted a score of 50.3.
Şişecam announced its financial results for the first nine months of 2024.
With a stronger team and a new year ahead, the Council for Aluminium in Building has laid out its planned event support for members in a new document.
Another solid quarter despite an uncertain environment

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Industrial manufacture of solar building components and their integration into the building planning process
Analysis of worldwide glass industry developments and trends.
In the European Union, Member States are allowed to set minimum performance requirements to construction products available on their market.
A clean, safe and sustainable source of energy, solar continues to power the world at a faster pace than ever before.
This article is dedicated to dynamic glazing in the façade. This is an update of the articles on smart products in the façade I and II published in March 2019 and May 2020.
Best Practices in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and the Philippines.
glassonweb.com contacted the major players in the flat glass industry, asking for their statements regarding the Brexit vote results and how they see it affecting the near future of the European glass and construction markets.
A new method of manufacturing glass could lead to the production of ‘designer glasses’ with applications in advanced photonics, whilst also facilitating industrial scale carbon capture and storage.
A new report has confirmed that the World Health Organization has warned that a post-antibiotic era, where basic healthcare becomes far more dangerous due to risk of infection during routine operations, could arrive this century unless something drastic is done.
Was Fukushima like Chernobyl? There are those who say yes, and those who lean toward no. That is, from a purely technical point of view. But, in the eyes of the media, or of people’s awareness in general, the difference is huge.
In the design of interior spaces, glass is taking on an increasingly prevalent role. Offering numerous new products, innovative refining techniques and stepped-up information activities, the glass industry has successfully opened the door to this major market segment.

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