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  • Finnish Companies to Implement FeneVision ERP Software

    April 9, 2013
    Seloy Oy, a Finnish insulating glass fabricator, and Lasiliiri Oy, a Finnish architectural glass manufacturer, will implement FeneVision ERP software into their company operations, according to a FeneTech Europe SARL release. Seloy Oy produces IG units on two TPS spacer lines and one metal spacer line, and serves local window and door manufacturers, steel construction firms and glazing companies...

  • Preference North America forms Building Envelope Software Technologies Division
    May 2, 2011
    Preference North America Inc., Toronto, announced the formation of the Building Envelope Software Technologies Division. The new division will focus on providing building envelope software tools to the glazing industry for estimating, fabrication and management of curtain-wall and storefront projects, according to a May 2 release.Preference North America Inc. and Orgadata AG of Germany also...

  • Vitro America glass systems now available in BIM
    January 12, 2010
    Vitro America, Memphis, now offers building information modeling data on a range of its glass systems, according to a Jan. 12 release. Architects, specifiers, glaziers and other building industry professionals can easily access Vitro America's library of BIM objects through the ARCAT Web site.BIM product models are available for Vitro America's Envision glass systems, including all-glass...

  • PPG debuts Web-based BIM module for architects
    May 11, 2009
    PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, has created Building Information Modeling files for its Duranar coatings, Pittsburgh Paints, Porter Paints and architectural glass products, according to a May 11 release. They are housed on the McGraw Hill Construction Sweets Network and Reed Construction Data’s SmartBIM Web sites.The files, which are found on the PPG Ideascapes Web site, enable architects to...

  • Oldcastle Glass partners with Reed to offer BIM objects
    May 1, 2009
    Oldcastle Glass, Santa Monica, Calif., offers high quality, realistic Building Information Modeling objects for select engineered architectural aluminum products through Reed Construction Data’s proprietary SmartBIM Library, according to an April 30 release. Oldcastle Glass SmartBIM Objects were developed in partnership with Reed Construction Data, a division of Reed Business...

  • FeneTech to launch French Web site
    April 7, 2009
    Ohio-based FeneTech Inc. has launched its Web site in French to better serve its European clients, according to an April 7 company release. Additional languages will follow this year.FeneTech Inc. has only recently started its marketing and sales activity in Europe, starting with the participation at glasstec 2008 in Dusseldorf, Germany.“FeneTech is moving quickly to become a global and...

  • GTS attains Microsoft Business Solutions Competency

    January 2, 2009
    GTS, Portland, Ore., a division of Pittsburgh Glass Works LLC, attained Microsoft Business Solutions Competency for Microsoft Dynamics GP in the Microsoft Partner Program, according to a Jan. 2 company release. The company is now a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. The Microsoft Business Solutions Competency is designed for partners with expertise in designing and/or...

  • New design simulation tool for window system energy performance to be released
    December 12, 2008
    Kerry Haglund, research fellow, Center for Sustainable Building Research, University of Minnesota, and Nils Petermann, project manager, Alliance to Save Energy, Washington D.C., made a presentation on Design and Simulation Tools for Window System Energy Performance on the last day of the Ecobuild & AEC-ST Fall conference. The conference started Dec. 8 at the Washington Convention Center,...

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  • Viracon to invest $30 million in new coater at Owatonna facility
    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....
  • PPG announces executive appointments; McGarry to lead flat glass businesses
    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....
  • ABI sees strongest growth since November 2007
    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...