Latest News in Commercial Glass

  • Code council strikes down alternative thermal performance rating procedure again
    June 6, 2007
    During last week’s meeting of the International Code Council, a committee voted against a proposal that would have allowed for an alternative thermal performance rating procedure...

  • IGMA and AAMA hold meetings together
    June 6, 2007

    Globalization is moving faster than we realize, but the U.S. economy remains one of the most vibrant in the world, said Stuart Varney, a financial journalist with Fox News Network ...

  • Global energy trends at China Glass Show
    May 29, 2007
    Energy saving products and production process efficiency were the key issues at the 18th China International Glass Industrial Technical Exhibition May 16-19 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre...

  • Chinese glass production increases 25 percent in 2006
    May 29, 2007
    The Chinese building material industry saw big production gains in 2006 as manufacturing facilities country-wide implemented efficiency changes, according to a May 22 report from China Economic Net ...

  • Construction starts up 21.7 percent in April
    May 22, 2007
    Nonresidential construction starts for January to April reached $97.6 billion, with April alone reaching the highest in 18 months, according to a May 10 release from Reed Construction Data ...

  • Viracon, Benson, win Freedom Tower contract
    May 15, 2007
    When the 1,776-foot tall Freedom Tower opens at Ground Zero in New York, it will feature about a million square feet of glass and glazing from fabricator Viracon of Owatonna, Minn., and curtain wall company Benson Industries of Portland, Ore...

  • More from AIA
    May 15, 2007

    Daylighting helps schools do more than save energy
    Innovative Design Inc., Raleigh, N.C., builds new high performance sustainable schools, incorporating daylighting. Michael H. Nicklas, one of the owners of Innovative Design, said that the schools his company builds have the highest attendance in their counties, and absenteeism is about half of what it is in other schools ...

  • More consolidation possible for aluminum
    May 15, 2007

    Alcoa-Alcan merger could increase prices
    Officials from the world’s second largest aluminum producer, Alcoa of Pittsburgh, announced May 7 the company planned to issue an unsolicited bid of almost $27 billion for rival Alcan Inc. of Montreal ...

  • Glaston’s net sales up 26.8 percent in first quarter
    May 15, 2007
    Officials from Finland’s Glaston Corp., formerly Kyro Corp., announced the company’s net sales reached $78.9 million from January to March...

  • PPG sale still on the table
    May 8, 2007
    PPG Industries’ Director of Investor Relations Vince Morales confirmed April 19 the Pittsburgh-based company is still looking into the possible sale of its automotive original equipment manufacturer glass and automotive replacement glass and services businesses...
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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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