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February 9, 2012The Mid-Atlantic Glass Association announced its 2012 elected officers and board of directors for 2012 at its annual awards dinner meeting, Jan. 18. Officers are: President Matt Dalbke of Maryland Glass & Mirror Co.; Past-President L.B. Kline of Amco Metal Products; President-Elect Brian Novak of Miles Glass Co.; Secretary Ed Turner of Hawkins Glass; and Treasurer Bill Paolucci of Chillum...
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February 9, 2012In a report detailing the company's financials for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2011, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. said net sales for its glass operations for the fiscal year were 554.4 billion yen (about $7.3 billion), down 0.8% from the year before.In the architectural glass business, shipments in Japan for the full year increased from the previous fiscal year due to strong demand,...
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February 9, 2012GGI announced it will be a sponsor of the New York Façade Symposium entitled “Creating the 21st-Century Façade: How Architects and Fabricators are Advancing Curtain Wall Design in the Digital Age.” The two-day event takes place Feb. 16-17, 2012, and will feature various speakers and roundtable discussions about advancements in fabrication technology as it pertains to the building...
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February 9, 2012The Glass Association of North America announced Feb. 9 that Valerie Block of DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions has been elected chair of the GANA Laminating Division. Block will assume her new role at GANA’s upcoming Annual Conference, Feb. 20-24, in Sarasota, Fla.“I am honored to serve as the GANA Laminating Division Chair,” Block said, in a release. “I look forward to working with current...
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February 9, 2012Viracon officials announced that Garret Henson has been promoted to vice president of sales. Henson served as director of sales for the past five years and will continue to report to Kelly Schuller, president of Viracon, according to a Feb. 8 release.“I’m humbly accepting this position, and the continued opportunity to work with some of the greatest sales talent and character in the...
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February 8, 2012Mexican glassmaker Vitro SAB said a judge in Monterrey gave final approval to restructure $1.5 billion of defaulted debt over the objections of U.S. creditors, according to a Feb. 7 Bloomberg report. The approval by Judge Sandra Lopez concludes a three-year legal battle in Mexico that began when the nation’s largest glassmaker defaulted on debt, including $1.2 billion of U.S. bonds.
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February 7, 2012Winner of the 2011 Crystal Achievement Award for "Most Innovative Nonresidential Retrofit Project," the 101 North Wacker Drive Building in Chicago's central business district was also recently named Office Building of the Year in the Renovated Building category of the TOBY Awards, sponsored by the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International.The building underwent an...
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February 7, 2012The Center for Sustainable Research, in conjunction with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the Alliance to Save Energy and the U.S. Department of Energy, officially launched www.CommercialWindows.org to provide critical information and performance data on the energy efficiency, interior environment and technical considerations that influence commercial window design decisions....
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February 7, 2012Trulite Glass & Aluminum Solutions, LLC has finalized construction of its newest super center in Atlanta. With more than 250,000 combined square feet of production space for both glass and aluminum, it will be one of the larger facilities in the region, according to a Feb. 7 Trulite release.According to the release, state-of-the-art aluminum fabrication equipment, as well as a second furnace...
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February 7, 2012Dariush Arasteh, a leading researcher in energy efficient window technologies at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, passed away February 3 after an eight-year bout with cancer. Active in the formation of the National Fenestration Rating Council and its earliest window rating methods, Arasteh served as a staff scientist, principal investigator and deputy group leader in LBNL’s Building...
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Update: Following the announcement of its purchase of Binswanger, Grey Mountain Partners announced it had also acquired Custom Components Co., the Tampa, Fla., manufacturer, fabricator and supplier of aluminum, stainless steel and glass architectural engineered products including interior and exterior railing systems, interior aluminum office fronts, and stile and rail doors. Read more......
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Officials from Solutia Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Southwall Technologies for an aggregate equity purchase price of about $113 million, according to an Oct. 7 Solutia release. The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies, and the acquisition will be funded by Solutia from existing cash on hand."This acquisition positions Solutia as the world...
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Officials from Viracon named Kelly S. Schuller as president, according to an Oct. 5 company release. Schuller, who served as Viracon senior vice president, sales and marketing since 2010, reports to Joseph F. Puishys, chief executive officer of Apogee Enterprises, parent company of Viracon."Since joining Viracon last year, Kelly has led development of its strategic plan which focuses on the...
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