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July 21, 2009Internationally renowned Internet marketing expert Andy Beal will provide hands-on Web site analysis and marketing strategies at a clinic during GlassBuild America: The Glass, Window & Door Expo, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Sept. 30-Oct."We are thrilled to be able to offer this highly practical seminar that will dissect participants’ Web sites from top to bottom,...
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July 21, 2009John Lewis, senior manager of business and outreach for National Fenestration Rating Council, Greenbelt, Md., provided a progress report on the Component Modeling Approach on the first day of NFRC Summer Meeting, July 20-23, Baltimore.Two of the key improvements CMA offers over the Site Built Program are that 1.) Approved components do not require re-certification, and 2.) A single label...
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July 20, 2009Greenbelt, Md.-based National Fenestration Rating Council's 2009 Summer Membership Meeting kicked off at 7:30 [Monday] morning with a series of task group meetings.Attendance for the meeting is the highest it's been in the last five years. There are 125 attendees, including 25 first-timers, according to a July 20 post on NFRC News Now.
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July 15, 2009The Fenzi Group, Milan, will showcase several innovations at Vitrum 2009, Oct. 28-31, Milan, according to a July 15 release.In the stand dedicated to Glass Alliance--an international network that Fenzi belongs to and that produces and distributes worldwide items necessary for industrial production of insulating glass units--trade professionals can take a close-up view of state-of-the-...
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July 2, 2009At Vitrum 2009 in Milan, Oct. 28-31, the Bystronic glass group will present its core competencies. Besides machines for glass cutting, insulating glass manufacturing, laminated glass manufacturing, pre-processing of automotive glass and glass handling, it will feature machines for the production of photovoltaic thin-film modules, according to a July 2 release.For more than 40 years...
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July 1, 2009Exhibitor applications for glasstec 2010, International Trade Fair for Glass Production – Processing - Products and solarpeq 2010, International Trade Fair for Solar Production Equipment, are now available online at www.glasstec-online.com and www.solarpeq.com or can be ordered from Messe Düsseldorf North America, according to a June 30 release. Both events will be held concurrently...
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June 29, 2009The 11th Glass Performance Days held in Tampere, Finland, June 12-15, met the high expectations attached to this dedicated encounter between solar and glass specialists, according to a June 29 release. Attendance topped 800, an impressive figure in the current business cycle. Almost 300 professional presentations spearheaded the program that turned out to be the largest and best in the history of...
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June 23, 2009Global glass manufacturer Guardian Industries will present the newest addition to its line of solar glass products at the third annual Concentrated Solar Power Summit US, June 30-July 1 in San Francisco, according to a June 23 Guardian release. Guardian will feature its EcoGuard Solar Boost-LP, laminated parabolic mirrors for concentrating solar power applications, which provides best-in-class...
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June 22, 2009The Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance, Ottawa, Ontario, held its Summer Technical Meetings June 17-19 at the Hyatt Regency Montreal (Quebec). IGMA provided the following meeting results and comments:The Certification & Education Committee reviewed the PowerPoint presentation for TM‐4000, an introductory overview on how to use the manual and implement a quality control program for a...
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June 22, 2009Despite the ups and downs in the market, Vitrum 2009, the 16th international exhibition specializing in machinery, equipment and systems for flat and hollow glass, and glass and processed products for industry, has responded well to the economic crisis in recent months.The leading Italian glass exhibition has been enriched with new contents this year, according to a June 22 release. Vitrum Lab,...
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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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