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  • VIDEO: NeoCon 2011, Dreamwalls
    June 20, 2011
    Mandy Marxen of Dreamwalls by Gardner Glass Products introduces new glass tile at the NeoCon show in Chicago.

  • Decorative interior glass at NeoCon
    June 14, 2011
    Twenty glass suppliers are exhibiting at this year's NeoCon show in Chicago. The three-day event opened Monday, June 13, and is North America's largest design exposition and conference for commercial interiors. The annual show attracts 40,000 architecture and design professionals, according to show organizers.Arch Aluminum & Glass, Cristacurva, Dreamwalls, General Glass International,...

  • Viewpoint
    What is the next ‘big thing’ in decorative glass for residential applications, and what new products are you introducing in response?
    January 31, 2011
    Industry representatives offer their insights.

  • Residential decorative glass repertoire
    Homeowners get creative with applications
    April 20, 2009
    Homeowners are getting increasingly creative with their decorative glass applications, as shown in this private residence stairway project completed by Goldray Industries. See other project ideas in our online photo gallery. Perhaps because it is viewed as a natural, green material, or perhaps because of its design flexibility, glass is popping up in homes across the country in traditional...

  • Decorative glass wows attendees at glasstec
    November 26, 2008
    In addition to solar technology and products, the 20th glasstec was a treasure house of gorgeous and innovative decorative glass. Other than decorative glass booths that looked like pieces of art, stunning decorative glass panels—painted, acid-etched, silk-screened, sandblasted and more--surrounded the glass technology symposium area. The eye-catcher of the show was a bent bridge of cold-...

  • Speak up: New age of decorative glass
    Options and trends in the market
    April 1, 2008
    Modern architectural design demands flexibility and innovation, themes that define today’s decorative glass market. What was once a small niche in the industry has exploded to include dozens of glass manufacturers and distributors and a multitude of new products.

  • Machinery: GlassJet prints digital images directly on glass
    Machine uses solvent-based ceramic link, no screens
    April 1, 2008
    The Eiserfeld Municipal Bank in Germany has a glass façade imprinted with a satellite image of the town and its surroundings. GlassJet digital printer from Dip Tech of Israel imprinted the image on the glass. GlassJet is marketed as the first industrial direct-on-glass digital printer that uses a computer inkjet printing method with solvent-based ceramic inks.

  • Decorative Glass Jewel Box
    April Glass Magazine
    April 1, 2007
                         Click here for Decorative Glass Slide Show.          Glass jewel box legend 1. Carolina Glass & Mirror, Inc. Cast glass made with a popcorn pattern, formed in a kiln using ceramic fiber molds. 2. Ultraglas. ArchiTexture Custom Deco Dolphin piece was produced in Aqua glass. 3. GlassKote....

  • Joy of decorative glass
    Field among the fastest growing in the industry
    April 1, 2007
    It’s easy to see why people are drawn to decorative glass installations. Kiln-cast glass refracts light and reflects color. It changes with ambient light levels, surrounding colors and movement. Installing decorative glass is like putting architectural scale jewels into your projects. This glass is both durable and gorgeous. Long after resin, flooring, wall...

  • Thermal tempering with fused glass: Opportunities for fused glass designs in kitchens, baths expand
    September 1, 2006
    Artists have long decorated the surface of annealed glass with thin pieces of colored substrate and used heat to fuse them to the surface. The thermal tempering of such fused glass panes has been of great interest to users of this material—particularly glass artists—and has been extremely difficult to achieve.The challengeResearchers at Schott AG in Germany conducted tests with...
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    In April 2011, the U.S. International Trade Commission instituted antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum extrusion products from China, following a Department of Commerce investigation that determined 29 Chinese companies dumped some $500 million worth of extruded aluminum products into the U.S. market last year. According to the DOC, the Chinese exported their aluminum extrusions to...
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    Cost increases have dominated the headlines the last several months, with glass and metal suppliers upping prices in response to rising raw material and operating costs. 
    Price hikesIn letters sent to customers this summer, glass and metal suppliers alike pointed to increasing raw material, fuel and operating costs as the reasons behind the price increases that took effect this June. (Visit GlassMagazine.com to see which suppliers raised prices and by how much.) Several industry representatives say prices have been deflated for years, and the increases were...