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September 29, 2010Phoenicia America-Israel (Flat Glass) Ltd. will dedicate a new glass factory for solar power panels in the next few days. The company invested $60 million in the new factory in Nazareth Illit's Tziporit Industrial Zone. Most of the production of the glass panels will be for export. According to company president Oded Tyra, when the new plant is operating at full capacity it will generate $120...
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September 28, 2010Officials at Architectural Testing Inc., York, Pa., announced Sept. 28 they will postpone the "Xtreme Xperience" event originally scheduled for Oct. 5-6. To be held in Spring 2011, the event will still feature "live-fire" demonstrations of cutting-edge performance tests and discussions related to current regulatory and code issues, according to a release. Officials attributed the postponement to...
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September 28, 2010On opening day at glasstec 2010, Lisec unveiled new equipment that builds a coil-fed warm-edge spacer directly on the glass. Infinite Edge Technologies, the White Bear Lake, Minn., company founded by Eric Rapp, partnered with Lisec, Austria, to build the new IG warm-edge applicator featuring a flexible metal spacer made of ultra-thin stainless steel and a corrugated I-beam construction. The...
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September 27, 2010A group of accredited investors has invested $825,000 in new capital in addition to the $2.5 million in expansion capital raised by Research Frontiers Inc., Woodbury, N.Y., earlier this month. Research Frontiers is the developer and licensor of patented SPD-Smart light-control film technology.
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August 30, 2010
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August 30, 2010Max Perilstein will join Vitro America, Memphis, as chief marketing officer for all Vitro America divisions, according to an Aug. 30 statement from Alice Dickerson, director of sales and marketing for Vitro America's Architectural Products Division. Previously, Perilstein was vice president of marketing for Arch Aluminum & Glass Co., Tamarac, Fla.
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August 26, 2010Inst-I-Glass LLC, Louisville, Ky., opened its newest franchise, Inst-I-Glass of Cincinnati. The Ohio company offers on-site insulating glass fabrication and same-day glass replacement services for homes, offices and light commercial buildings using proprietary mobile technologies created by the Inst-I-Glass founders, according to an Aug. 26 release.Inst-I-Glass of Cincinnati specializes in...
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August 24, 2010Vitro America LLC, Memphis, announced that it has acquired substantially all production and inventory assets of glass fabricator, Desert Glass Products LLC, Las Vegas. Vitro America will assist Desert Glass in fulfilling certain customer commitments, and plans to offer employment to qualified employees of Desert Glass, according to an Aug. 20 release."This acquisition allows the...
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August 24, 2010Glaston Corp., Tampere, Finland, released an interim report for the January-June 2010 time period. According to the Aug. 24 report, net sales are expected to be at the 2009 level; officials expect the operating result to improve significantly in comparison to last year."The cautious recovery of the market continued in the second quarter of the year, in particular in Asia and South...
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August 24, 2010Industry sources say the recent uptick in construction jobs will likely be fleeting since it is based on federal stimulus dollars that will soon dry up."There are few signs of life in privately funded construction, and state and local budget deficit projections are forcing further cuts in non-stimulus public projects," said Ken Simonson, chief economist at the Associated General Contractors of...
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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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