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  • Ace Glass, a leading automobile, residential, and commercial glass company in Richmond, is working with automobile insurance providers and is able to offer free windshield replacement to many of its clients.With the new program in place and the relationships that have been built with the insurance companies, Ace Glass is able to pay the deductible for their clients and handle the entire process...
  • The producers of Eye on America, an educational television series, will feature Glass America, Chicago, in a segment called, “Proper Windshield Installation and Repair” as part of the “Insider’s Guide to Automobile Safety” series, according to a Dec. 15 Glass America release. The segment will air on news networks regionally and nationally to spread awareness...
  • Marv Degerness is the glass doctor. He fixes your panes. That’s the marketing slogan for his business, Harmon Glass Doctor, which has stores at 1100 2nd Ave. S., Moorhead, 1220 23rd St. S., Fargo, and in Grand Forks, N.D.Each store has three employees.The Fargo-Moorhead franchise was named the 2008 Small Business of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce of Fargo Moorhead, according to a...
  • The calls started early this morning as dozens of East Texans scrambled to get their shattered car windows repaired. Last night we told you more than 50 people in Smith County had their cars vandalized by juveniles who police say were up to no good. Now, that number has increased to 75.As KLTV 7's Molly Reuter shows us, auto glass repair shops were the place to be today, according to a Nov. 24...
  • Officials at the National Glass Association, McLean, Va., have joined an industrywide effort to combat the revised Z26.1 Automotive Glazing Standard, urging members and those involved in the repair and replacement of automotive glass to submit comments to the American National Standards Institute recommending against its approval. All comments are due to ANSI by Dec. 24, 2007. Specifically,...
  • Executives at the National Glass Association, McLean, Va., announced the Repair of Laminated Automotive Glass Standard (BSR/NGA R1.1-2007) has been approved by the American National Standards Institute, New York. ROLAGS is a joint product of the NGA, an ANSI-accredited standards developer, and the National Windshield Repair Association, Garrisonville, Va. NGA served as the secretariat for ROLAGS...

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  • Viracon, Inc. officials announced that the glass fabricator will make an investment of more than $30 million at its Owatonna, Minn., facility, to install a new coater. The company decided to install the new coating technology in Minnesota because the Owatonna facility is centrally located and has the most extensive product capabilities and technical talent, according to a release....
  • Officials of PPG Industries announced several executive appointments, February 21, that are effective immediately.Michael McGarry, PPG executive vice president, has assumed leadership responsibility for the company’s flat glass businesses. He will also lead PPG's architectural coatings businesses in the Americas and Asia Pacific, as well as the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region....
  • As the prognosis for the design and construction industry continues to improve, the Architecture Billings Index is reflecting its strongest growth since November 2007, according to the American Institute of Architects. The January ABI score was 54.2, up sharply from a mark of 51.2 in December.“We have been pointing in this direction for the last several months, but this is the strongest...