Latest News in Fabrication Glass

  • Contractors struggle to pass on rising petroleum, metal costs

    May 12, 2011
    Contractors were only able to partially pass on the costs of rising petroleum and metals prices in April, according to an analysis of producer price index figures released May 12 by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said the resulting cost squeeze—a result of sluggish demand for construction—will push more construction employees and firms out of work...

  • Alcoa says new aluminum building coating fights smog
    May 10, 2011
    Alcoa Inc., parent company of Kawneer North America, Norcross, Ga., said it will start selling an aluminum building panel that removes smog from the air using a chemical commonly found in automobile paint, according to a May 9 Reuters report.Using a proprietary process developed with Japan's Toto, Alcoa said it turns fine grounds of titanium dioxide into a clear paste, then applies it the...

  • PPG announces executive appointments
    May 10, 2011
    PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, recently announced the following executive assignments, effective May 1:Gary Danowski, vice president, flat glass, has been named vice president, automotive refinish, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), based at the Rolle, Switzerland, headquarters of PPG Europe and reporting to John Outcalt, vice president, automotive refinish.Richard A. Beuke, vice president...

  • New name, website for HHH
    May 10, 2011
    HHH Architectural Tempering Systems, Vancouver, Wash., has launched a new website at www.hhhtempering.com, along with a new name: HHH Tempering Resources. In addition, the company has expanded its services to the glass industry, according to a May 10 release."For over 10 years, HHH manufactured cost-effective flat glass tempering furnaces, as well as serviced and supported HHH and Mrozeck...

  • Vitro sale of U.S. subsidiaries to proceed, despite objections
    May 9, 2011
    Vitro SAB won court approval last week to auction the assets of its Vitro America and Super Sky Products subsidiaries, despite objections raised by creditors and Sun Capital Partners, according to a May 6 Bloomberg report.In April, Vitro America officials announced that the company and three other U.S. subsidiaries of Vitro had entered into an agreement to sell substantially all of the assets of...

  • Construction rallies as industry spending increases 1.4 percent
    May 9, 2011
    Construction spending bounced back from an 11-year low in March, increasing by 1.4 percent to a total seasonally adjusted annual rate of $769 billion, according to analysis of new Census Bureau data by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials cautioned in a May 2 release that the industry remains weak, however, noting that total construction spending remains 6.7...

  • DFI and Cristacurva sign expansion agreement for U.S. market
    May 6, 2011
    Officials of Diamon-Fusion International, Inc., Irvine, Calif.,  announced May 5 that the company had signed a new agreement with its strategic partner Cristacurva to further expand Cristacurva's North American distribution through its new production facility in Houston, Texas. The new agreement provides Guadalajara-based Cristacurva an additional distribution channel of DFI...

  • Creditors' committee claims Vitro has secret plan to keep U.S. units
    May 5, 2011
    The creditors' committee for U.S. subsidiaries of Mexico's Vitro SAB charged in a May 4 court filing that the glassmaker didn't properly disclose how it hopes to retain an interest in the U.S. businesses after a court-approved sale, according to a May 5 Bloomberg Businessweek report.According to Bloomberg: "In its objection to Vitro's proposed procedures for auction and sale, the creditors'...

  • U.S. aluminum extruders applaud ITC vote
    May 4, 2011
    The United States International Trade Commission has reached a final determination in its antidumping and countervailing duty investigations of imports of aluminum extrusions from China. Agreeing with U.S. Department of Commerce findings that these products are subsidized and sold in the United States at less than fair value, ITC officials have cleared the way for preliminary duties imposed last...

  • Alcoa shares rise on acquisition rumor, sources deny
    May 4, 2011
    Shares of Alcoa Inc., parent company of Kawneer North America, Norcross, Ga., rose 3 percent on Tuesday, May 3, on market talk that Rio Tinto was lining up a bid to buy the U.S. aluminum company, but sources said two banks rumored to be financing the deal were not involved, according to a May 4 Reuters report.A senior banker at Santander denied the Spanish bank had secured a loan to finance...
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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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