Latest News in Fabrication Glass

  • RavenWindow dynamic glass installed at GSA's Denver Federal Center
    September 19, 2011
    Officials of RavenBrick announced that the company has installed its dynamic window system, RavenWindow, in a test bay of Building 41 of the Denver Federal Center, in Lakewood, Colo. The federal center is operated by the U.S. General Services Administration.The GSA selected RavenWindow, along with a competing electrochromic technology, from a pool of 98 funded projects incorporating...

  • Energy efficiency policy outpacing technology
    October 5, 2009
    Many in the commercial and residential window and door industry fear energy efficiency policy is outpacing the technology itself and that buyers, particularly in the commercial market, need more education on the subject.These were just two of the concerns raised at the Energy Efficiency Town Hall Forum held in conjunction with GlassBuild America: The Glass, Window & Door Expo Sept. 29-...

  • Bystronic supplies machinery for Scheuten's 'zero fault plant'

    April 14, 2009
    Scheuten Glas company has built a 10,000-square-meter hall in its plant in Venlo, close to the border between Germany and the Netherlands, to manufacture insulating glass, according to an April 14 Bystronic release.The initial concept for this plant was made in 2006. At the time, Scheuten already manufactured laminated glass, single-lite safety glass, enameled glass and coated glass in the...

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  • The good, the bad, the suspect
    In April 2011, the U.S. International Trade Commission instituted antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum extrusion products from China, following a Department of Commerce investigation that determined 29 Chinese companies dumped some $500 million worth of extruded aluminum products into the U.S. market last year. According to the DOC, the Chinese exported their aluminum extrusions to...
  • PV Pioneers
    An increasing number of contract glaziers are getting involved in various aspects of the solar industry, from design and installation of BIPV and rooftop arrays, to product sourcing. "This is the future of where glazing is going," says Brendan Dillon, director of product marketing, Pythagoras Solar. "Solar has been developing over the last several years, and it seems like a very logical extension...
  • Between a rock and a hard place
    Cost increases have dominated the headlines the last several months, with glass and metal suppliers upping prices in response to rising raw material and operating costs. 
    Price hikesIn letters sent to customers this summer, glass and metal suppliers alike pointed to increasing raw material, fuel and operating costs as the reasons behind the price increases that took effect this June. (Visit GlassMagazine.com to see which suppliers raised prices and by how much.) Several industry representatives say prices have been deflated for years, and the increases were...