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  • Smart future
    Dynamic glass market poised for growth as new production capacity comes online
    October 1, 2012
    While experts have described the widespread adoption of dynamic glazing as “imminent” for the last decade, their forecasts have yet to come to fruition. However, a current confluence of market forces has the segment poised for growth in an unprecedented way.

  • Finally, is a sustained recovery in sight?
    GlassBuild America attendees say we’re one step closer
    September 19, 2012
    The overall mood at GlassBuild America 2012 was positive, with most agreeing the worst is over and suppliers reporting increased sales over 2011. Still, many remained conservative in their predictions for the coming year.

  • GlassBuild America 2012 report
    The business: Navigating an altered landscape
    September 19, 2012
    It has been an eventful few years for the glass and glazing industry, with more changes to come as it emerges from the downturn. Mergers and acquisitions, increased expectations from the building community, technological developments and personnel challenges are shaping the industry of today―and tomorrow―according to GlassBuild America attendees.

  • GlassBuild America reflects state of the industry
    A look at a quickly evolving glass and glazing marketplace
    September 19, 2012
    The glass industry of today looks significantly different than its pre-recession self, but the next 5-10 years could play an even greater role in shaping the industry of tomorrow, said glass and glazing executives attending GlassBuild America: The Glass, Window & Door Expo, Sept. 12-14, in Las Vegas.

  • GlassBuild America 2012 report
    The products: Photo galleries and videos from the show floor
    September 12, 2012
    GlassBuild America: The Glass, Window & Door Expo opened Sept. 12, with 338 companies representing 14 countries taking the show floor.

  • Great Glazing: Henryville Schools reconstruction

    September 10, 2012
    The basics: Just five months after a category F4 tornado hit this Henryville, Ind., school, students returned to a newly reconstructed facility with replacement entrance and window systems. The original elementary and secondary school buildings featured entrances and windows from Kawneer and Traco. "Of all of the window and door units throughout the buildings, only one window unit was lost in the...

  • ‘Most clicked’ news stories on GlassMagazine.com*
    September 6, 2012
    *From July 10, 2012, to press time, August 9, 2012. Primaries, fabricators announce glass price increases amidst rising costsCiting increased raw material, labor, transportation and utility costs, NSG Group-Pilkington North America, PPG Industries Inc. and Guardian Industries Corp. announced they would implement price increases ranging from 3 percent to 15 percent in August. Oldcastle...

  • Glass on-the-go
    Mobile websites target growing customer base of smartphone and tablet users
    September 6, 2012
    More than half of all local web searches are performed on mobile devices, and by 2014, mobile internet use is expected to top desktop internet use. 

  • Best sales rep
    Bryan Abrisz, president, The Snead Co.
    September 4, 2012
    Bryan Abrisz’ career in the glass industry began in 1989, when he was hired to work in manufacturing at EFCO Corp. “Because EFCO understood the importance of promoting from within, I was able to apply for a job in estimating, and was hired on as a curtain-wall and storefront estimator,” he says. “This position offered me the opportunity to learn about products and how they were utilized in the...

  • Best project manager
    John McGee, manager of safety & training, Binswanger Glass
    September 4, 2012
    McGee’s career in the glass industry began in high school, when he became involved in a vocational education program. “I attended classes for half the day and worked the other half,” he says. “The job I found was as a helper in a glass shop. I liked the challenge of performing a variety of tasks with very little repetition.”McGee says the keys to success in the glass industry are “to embrace...
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