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May 16, 2013The Board of the Finnish Flat Glass Association unanimously voted Jorma Vitkala as Glass Builder of the Year 2013 for his achievements as the initiator and organizer of Glass Performance Days, the world's largest glass industry conference held every other year in Tampere, Finland. The Glass Builder of the Year 2013 Award was presented to Vitkala at the Flat Glass Association's annual meeting on...
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May 3, 2013Alissa Warnemunde Schmidt, an architectural design manager for Viracon, received the 2013 Distinguished Young Alumni Award from Minnesota State University, Mankato. She is one of eleven 2013 alumni award winners, 35 years old or younger, who have reached professional achievements early in their careers and have positively impacted their communities, according to a Minnesota State press release....
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April 10, 2013Southern Wholesale Glass employees at the Governor's Award LuncheonSouthern Wholesale Glass, Americus, Ga., was recently recognized at the Manufacturers of the Year Governor’s Award Luncheon, held in Atlanta during Georgia Manufacturing Appreciation Week. The glass fabricator was nominated as a Small Manufacturer of the Year for 2013, an award given to manufacturers with 150 employees...
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March 26, 2013The American Architectural Manufacturers Association announced the launch of its Facebook page for its scholarship and partner programs The Facebook page is a resource for AAMA members and prospective applicants to receive exclusive information regarding the programs. To access the page, search “AAMA Scholarship Program” on Facebook or visit AAMAScholarshipProgram.“The Facebook page ... will be...
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January 24, 2013800 North Glebe Road in Arlington, Va., has been named the "2012 Speculative Office Building of the Year" by the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. Honored in the ‘4 Stories and Above’ category, the building features more than 78,000 square feet of Viracon glass.Designed by Cooper Carry, the 10-story, mixed-use office building has 316,000 square feet of Class A space and...
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November 29, 2012From left to right: Steve Halford, managing director, Zoom Conservatories, sponsor of the award; Andy Jones, managing director, Edgetech UK, Quanex Building Products; Charlotte Davies, marketing coordinator, Edgetech UK, Quanex Building Products; and Patrick Kielty, UK TV celebrity and radio host, and G12 HostQuanex Building Products Corp.’s insulating glass producer, Edgetech UK, was presented...
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November 16, 2012Saint-Gobain, in cooperation with the U.S. Green Building Council – Northern California Chapter, announced the winners of the NOVA Innovation Competition 2012, two of which are dynamic glass companies. The NOVA Innovation Competition rewards start-ups offering innovative solutions in the field of habitat, energy and the environment, according to a Saint-Gobain release. Competition...
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September 26, 2012Glassopolis, the fabricator and distributor of specialty glass products, has won $100,000 in The Challenge competition sponsored by The Globe and Mail and Telus. The Challenge competition invited small businesses to present their business challenge and proposed solution to a six-member panel consisting of entrepreneurs, business writers and sponsors. Glassopolis was selected as the winner from...
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June 7, 2012Scientists from PPG Industries received the Advanced Manufacturing Award at the 2012 Carnegie Science Awards in Pittsburgh for work on the development of Solarban R100 glass. Adam Polcyn, Ph.D., Andrew Wagner, Ph.D., and Paul Medwick, Ph.D., helped engineer the neutral-reflective, solar control, low-emissivity glass.“These gentlemen were honored for scientific innovation, not for the commercial...
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June 1, 2012From left: Lisec Head of R&D Leopold Mader, Minister of Technology Doris Bures, and Lisec CEO Karl GruberAustria’s Minister of Technology Doris Bures presented the State Prize2012 "Clean Technology Austria" award to Karl Gruber, CEO of the Lisec Group, and Leopold Mader, head of research and development for the machinery supplier. Lisec was awarded the first prize in "Research &...
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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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