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  • Commercial construction up 12 percent over 2010; employment stalled, AGC says
    December 5, 2011
    Construction spending increased for the third straight month in October as private activity grew while public spending shrank, the Associated General Contractors of America reported Dec. 1. The second-largest private nonresidential segment — commercial construction (retail, warehouse and farm) — was up 0.4 percent for the month and 12 percent from a year earlier. Association officials...

  • Solar industry facing "grim price competition" according to new Research and Markets report
    November 16, 2011
    Research and Markets announced the availability of the "Global and Chinese Advanced Flat Glass Industry Report, 2011."  Advanced flat glass in the report is defined as low-E glass, solar glass, automotive glass and electronic display glass.According to the report, low-E glass and solar glass are among the "hottest investment topics at present," but their gross margin is less than that...

  • Better Buildings Initiative could mean the end of the commercial construction downturn, NGA officials say
    February 4, 2011
    Officials of the National Glass Association, McLean, Va., issued a release, Feb. 4, welcoming President Obama's Better Buildings Initiative. Association officials believe that the proposed incentives, designed to spur a 20 percent improvement in commercial building energy efficiency by 2020, are an important step toward addressing the current downturn in the construction industry,...

  • Construction spending drops to 2002 levels
    April 2, 2010
    Construction spending tumbled in February by $11.6 billion, or 1.3 percent, to $846 billion, a low last recorded in 2002, according to an analysis of new federal figures by the Associated General Contractors of America, Arlington, Va. Declines occurred relative to both the month before and February 2009 in most categories of private residential and nonresidential construction, as well as public...

  • PPG Industries to close plants, slash 2,500 jobs
    March 12, 2009
    PPG Industries Inc., which makes paints and coatings, said Thursday it will slash 2,500 jobs and close more facilities as part of a new cost-cutting effort designed to save an additional $140 million a year.PPG plans to close a paint manufacturing operation at the company's plant in Saultain, France; shutter several smaller facilities across its operations; and reduce staff generally across its...

  • Rounding up 2008
    January 1, 2009
    As we say farewell to 2008 and greet 2009, Glass Magazine editors take a look back at the events that impacted the glass industry the most last year.The economy, clearly, influenced all industry segments in 2008. Wall Street rang out its worst year since the Great Depression on Dec. 31, 2008, leaving shareholders $6.9 trillion poorer, according to an article in The Washington Post. The S...

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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...