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September 15, 2009AGC Flat Glass Philippines Inc., formerly called Asahi Glass Philippines, filed a petition with the order to slap additional duties on foreign-made float and figured glass set to expire in December, according to a Sept. 15 BusinessWorld Online report.The commission will begin an investigation today [Sept. 15] after the Trade department endorsed the firm’s petition last Sept. 2.
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September 15, 2009Emirates Float Glass, wholly owned by Dubai Investments, has awarded Austria-based RHI a contract for the construction and supervision of a second float glass manufacturing facility in Abu Dhabi. The furnace will have a production capacity of 600 tonns per day, destined for the automobile and mirror industries.
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September 3, 2009On 8 September 2009, the Glaston Corporation subsidiary Tamglass Glass Processing Ltd will initiate statutory employer-employee negotiations under the act on Co-determination within Undertakings (YT negotiations) on stopping its solar energy glass manufacturing operations as the current customer hasn't placed any new orders.
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September 2, 2009Vitro Cristalglass, Vitro’s affiliate in Europe, has signed a cooperation agreement with Dream Glass to distribute in Spain its range of Intelligent Glass / Privacy Glass from this company that specializes in high technology glass products.“With this agreement we will reach the true potential for commercialization of the DreamGlass product line through new projects in which the...
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August 20, 2009Following the installation of a tempering furnace at Liberty Glass Fabricators, Corona, Calif., in August, and one in Mexico at Bode de Vidrio Sa de CV in June, Italy's Mappi International, through its North American operation Mappi North America Corp., announced two more installations will take place in the province of Quebec in eastern Canada. Lepage Millwork, Riviere du Loup, Quebec, and...
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June 22, 2009National emergency glazing company Solaglas Windowcare, U.K., has become a preferred supplier to the membership of the British Hospitality Association, according to a June 22 release.Part of the Saint-Gobain Group, the company has been granted patron supplier status by the BHA which represents some 9,000 hotels, 11,000 restaurants and 19,000 contract catering units."We are delighted to...
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June 8, 2009Giroux Glass, [Las Vegas] a glazing contractor that built a glass bridge over the Grand Canyon, has opened a new fabrication facility.Division manager Rick Lawler said Giroux's facility, which is in southeastern San Bernardino near the Santa Ana River bed, is the city's first business to be boast its own solar panels.Lawler said the rooftop panels can generate about 20 percent of the facility's...
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June 4, 2009“Considerable business improvement for second quarter is imminent despite unsatisfactory performance in the first quarter of 2009,” said Gerry Tung, CEO and managing director, Xinyi Glass, Markham, Ontario. “Production plant utilization rate has increased to 85 percent to 90 percent from previous levels of 75 percent to 80 percent. The price for float glass has risen to...
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June 1, 2009The Australian glass industry is ploughing on into the 21st century with the production of low-E glass, now manufactured after a major technology upgrade at the Viridian glass-making plant in Victoria.Following the successful commencement of glassmaking in October 2008, the final stage of the technology upgrade is the implementation of a chemical vapor deposition coater.This ensures that energy...
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May 29, 2009News of a potentially interesting development in North Africa has emerged, where the Azizia Glass Manufacturing Company has opened its new glass processing factory in Libya.Opened on May 20, 2009, the factory has installed and commissioned the latest state-of-the-art computerized glass processing technology, to meet the large demand for specialist glass requirements.gasworld understands that a...
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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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