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April 23, 2013Hugo Tapia of Windsor, Calif., was killed by falling sheets of glass while working at Thermalsun Glass Products Friday morning, according to an April 20 article from North Bay News.Preliminary reports indicate Tapia and two other workers were moving an A-frame rack on rollers that contained seven 100-pound sheets of glass, according to the report.Sheriff's Lieutenant Tim Duke said in the report...
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April 23, 2013The $200 million U.S. corporate headquarters of Hyundai Motor America is nearing completion as installation of final perimeter panels of exterior glass on the project's main office tower is underway, according to an April 19 release from Gensler, the project architect. The building includes translucent glass office floors floating over a precast concrete base and a high-performance exterior glass...
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April 22, 2013Wausau Window and Wall Systems named Russell Williams architectural sales representative serving customers in upstate New York, Connecticut, western Massachusetts, Vermont, southern Quebec and southern Ontario. Williams previously worked with Wausau’s long-time customer, Colorado-based glazing contractor J.R. Butler Inc. As a project manager, plant manager and project engineer, Williams developed...
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April 19, 2013Tubelite Inc. hired Greg Hall as a product development engineer working in the Dallas/Fort Worth facility.Prior to joining Tubelite, Hall worked for 10 years with Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope as a senior product development designer. Previously to that, he worked as a design engineer at International Aluminum and U.S. Aluminum. Hall is an active member of the Glass Association of North America...
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April 18, 2013Viracon recently launched a corporate rebranding initiative to include a new corporate website and product guide, in addition to a series of marketing investments to be made throughout 2013. The glass fabricator recently revealed its new logo as part of the rebranding campaign. The logo, complete with a new typeface, is intended to graphically represent the company’s expertise with large-scale...
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April 18, 2013PPG Industries reported first quarter 2013 net sales from continuing operations of $3.3 billion, equal to that of first quarter 2012. First quarter 2013 adjusted net income was $235 million, compared to $216 million for the same period last year, according to a release. Glass segment sales were flat compared to first quarter 2012, coming in at $256 million. Higher flat glass volumes were more...
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April 16, 2013The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Trainor Glass Co. has filed more than 140 "Complaints" against companies Trainor Glass paid during the 90 days prior to filing for bankruptcy in March 2012. The committee is looking to avoid and recover payments made during the pre-filing period. The payments include transfers of "property, either by checks, cashier checks, wire transfers, direct...
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April 15, 2013Tubelite Inc. appointed Mike Kwasny as a client development manager serving Utah and southern Colorado.Most recently, Kwasny worked as a sales representative for Manko Windows Systems in Colorado. Prior to that, he dedicated 28 years to Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope as a sales representative for The Vistawall Group in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. "I see strong potential for assisting the...
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April 15, 2013glasstec 2014 will take place Oct. 21-24, 2014, in Düsseldorf, Germany. Exhibitor applications will be available online beginning June 2013. The event will once again run concurrently with solarpeq, International Trade Fair for Solar Production Equipment.For further information on visiting or exhibiting at glasstec 2014, contact Messe Düsseldorf North America.
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April 11, 2013Glass Performance Days China 2013 will be held May 22-23 at the Kunlun Hotel in Beijing. Session topics will include glass manufacturing, architectural challenges and solutions, solar glass and energy efficiency, trends and standards. GPD Finland 2013, which will be held June 13-15, will showcase architectural and solar glass. The program includes 200 paper presentations by international industry...
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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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