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May 31, 2011Officials of Bohle America, Charlotte, N.C., announced the formation of the new Bohle Industrial Automatic Glass Cutting Technology and Chemicals Department in Harwinton, Conn. The new department, led by Dana Barberet, director of Cutting and Chemicals, will focus on the development and introduction of new glass cutting technology from the Bohle Group's manufacturing headquarters in...
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May 31, 2011Holcam Sales Inc., a Seattle, Wash., division of Hartung Glass Industries, launched a new website at www.holcam.com, in addition to introducing an English/Spanish bilingual brochure. According to a company release, the reference material includes new features and tools to make it easier for glass companies and their customers to compare, learn, shop and save.Updates include: a 'where to buy...
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May 31, 2011Organizers of Glass Performance Days 2011, to be held June 17-20 in Tampere, Finland, announced the event's keynote and opening speakers. U.S. Ambassador to Finland Bruce Oreck will be the keynote speaker, giving a presentation titled, "Glass in the Built Environment." The opening speakers for the event will be Russell Ebeid, president of the Guardian Flat Glass Group; Ralf Christian,...
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May 31, 2011As of June 1, 2011, Glaston Corp.'s head office will be located in Helsinki. The address for the new location is Yliopistonkatu 7, 00100 Helsinki, Finland. Previously, the company headquarters was located in Tampere. All telephone and fax numbers remain unchanged.
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May 26, 2011Officials from the Vitro Architectural Products mirror manufacturing facility in Grenada, Miss., announced a silver surcharge that will apply to all mirror products, according to a May 26 letter to customers. "The prices of precious metals have increased significantly, including the price of silver, which is a major component of manufacturing mirror," said Grenada Plant Manager Wayne Smith, in...
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May 24, 2011Edgetech I.G., a division of Quanex Building Products Corp., celebrated the official opening of its Heinsberg, Germany, manufacturing plant on May 19 with more than 150 guests, including local dignitaries, media, customers, suppliers and other industry representatives from around the globe. U.S. attendees included David Petratis, Quanex chairman, and Mike Hovan, senior vice president of sales and...
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May 20, 2011Guardian Glass Group President Russell Ebeid at the groundbreaking ceremony for Guardian's newest float glass manufacturing plant, to be located in Krasny Sulin (Rostov region), Russia.Guardian Industries Corp., Auburn Hills, Mich., held a groundbreaking ceremony in Krasny Sulin (Rostov region), Russia, on May 13 with local and state government officials to kick off construction of...
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May 19, 2011The National Institute of Building Sciences and the American Institute of Architects showed their commitment to the importance of building enclosures May 18 when they signed a new Memorandum of Agreement to support existing Building Enclosure Councils (BECs) and develop new ones in cities across the United States.BECs are a network of affiliated architects, engineers, contractors, manufacturers...
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May 17, 2011Richard Wilson, a past customer of Barber Glass, is now the new owner of the former Barber plant in Collingwood, Ontario, with plans to re-open the facility within the next 30 days, according to a May 16 article in the Barrie Examiner.Wilson had been involved when Barber established the Collingwood facility, a state-of-the-art plant capable of manufacturing architectural glass to a size of...
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May 17, 2011Officials of Nippon Sheet Glass Co. said May 17 that the company will spend about $200 million to build a factory in Peru's capital of Lima to make glass for construction and cars, with operation slated to begin in 2014, according to a same-day Nikkei.com report.
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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....
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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....
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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...
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