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March 15, 2010
In collaboration with Lauren International’s Edgetech I.G., Cambridge, Ohio, Lauren Manufacturing, New Philadelphia, Ohio, and Lauren Plastics, New Philadelphia, JE Berkowitz, Pedricktown, N.J., has spun off a new division called Renovate by Berkowitz (RbB), according to a March 15 release. RbB offers a new, patent-pending technology that uses existing single-pane units ...
March 15, 2010
Hoping to create jobs and reduce carbon emissions, lawmakers used the stimulus package to expand a tax break to encourage homeowners to make energy efficiency improvements.The change was a potential windfall for window manufacturers, because the larger break would likely spur the installation of new windows, the most popular way of accessing the credit. The break, in place since 2005, had been ...
March 15, 2010
The last sheet of glass rolled out of the furnace at Zeledyne's factory in southeast Tulsa on Friday [March 12].After 36 years of making glass for Ford Motor Co. and recently for commercial buildings, the plant's operator shut down its second furnace and ended its glass-making in Tulsa. The facility will instead focus on cutting and finishing products manufactured elsewhere.Company spokeswoman ...
March 15, 2010
Citadel Capital, the leading private equity firm in Middle East and Africa with $8.3 billion in investments under control, announced today [March 7] the start of commissioning at its 220,000-square-meter greenfield float glass factory. With a production capacity of 600 tons per day, the state-of-the-art, LE1.1 billion facility is one of Egypt's largest producers of float glass.Sphinx Glass is 51 ...
March 12, 2010
In response to the changing market and anticipated market opportunities, Viracon, Owatonna, Minn., reorganized its sales leadership team, according to a March 12 release. “Our sales team is Viracon’s front line in delivering the highest level of customer service to each of our clients,” said Brad Austin, senior vice president, Viracon, in the release. “As ...
March 12, 2010
Officials at the National Glass Association, McLean, Va., put the association's name in support of a position paper, released by the Glass Association of North America, Topeka, Kan., calling for proposed improvements for commercial windows and glazing in the Building Star Energy Efficiency Rebate Act of 2010. The paper addresses the concerns of the glass and glazing industry regarding ...
March 12, 2010
One piece of the American effort to find a way to make solar energy cheap enough that everyone will want it is unfolding in a modest redbrick building in this Midwestern city once known as one of the nation's top makers of glass.Xunming Deng, a physicist, started a solar company in Ohio eight years ago as a spinoff from his research at the University of Toledo. He's attracted $40 million in ...
March 11, 2010
Guardian Industries, Auburn Hills, Mich., supports President Barack Obama’s $6 billion Homestar program designed to create jobs and reduce home energy consumption, according to a March 11 release.Guardian is one of the country’s largest manufacturers of fiberglass insulation and energy-saving glass products.“The president has stressed the importance that Homestar products ...
March 10, 2010
The construction workforce was smaller in every state and the District of Columbia in January 2010 than it was just 12 months earlier, according to a new analysis of federal data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. The data indicated just how widespread the construction downturn is, association officials said, noting that 38 states and D.C. experienced a double digit ...
March 10, 2010
With so much focus on U-factor and solar heat gain coefficient in the fenestration industry, little attention has been paid to the third thermal performance parameter: condensation resistance. According to Tracy Rogers, technical director for Edgetech I.G., Cambridge, Ohio, condensation can lead to health concerns and affect the integrity and long-term performance of building components. Rogers ...
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