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August 20, 2009Following the installation of a tempering furnace at Liberty Glass Fabricators, Corona, Calif., in August, and one in Mexico at Bode de Vidrio Sa de CV in June, Italy's Mappi International, through its North American operation Mappi North America Corp., announced two more installations will take place in the province of Quebec in eastern Canada. Lepage Millwork, Riviere du Loup, Quebec, and...
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June 8, 2009Giroux Glass, [Las Vegas] a glazing contractor that built a glass bridge over the Grand Canyon, has opened a new fabrication facility.Division manager Rick Lawler said Giroux's facility, which is in southeastern San Bernardino near the Santa Ana River bed, is the city's first business to be boast its own solar panels.Lawler said the rooftop panels can generate about 20 percent of the facility's...
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June 4, 2009“Considerable business improvement for second quarter is imminent despite unsatisfactory performance in the first quarter of 2009,” said Gerry Tung, CEO and managing director, Xinyi Glass, Markham, Ontario. “Production plant utilization rate has increased to 85 percent to 90 percent from previous levels of 75 percent to 80 percent. The price for float glass has risen to...
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June 1, 2009The Australian glass industry is ploughing on into the 21st century with the production of low-E glass, now manufactured after a major technology upgrade at the Viridian glass-making plant in Victoria.Following the successful commencement of glassmaking in October 2008, the final stage of the technology upgrade is the implementation of a chemical vapor deposition coater.This ensures that energy...
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May 29, 2009News of a potentially interesting development in North Africa has emerged, where the Azizia Glass Manufacturing Company has opened its new glass processing factory in Libya.Opened on May 20, 2009, the factory has installed and commissioned the latest state-of-the-art computerized glass processing technology, to meet the large demand for specialist glass requirements.gasworld understands that a...
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May 29, 2009Land allotment for the ambitious Rs 1,000 crore Saint-Gobain greenfield float glass making plant slated to come up in Bhiwadi [India] has been completed. If the state industries department is to be believed the project will take off in three months' time. However, head finance T Bhaskaran, Saint-Gobain India, refused to specify a date for the beginning of the plant and said, "We have...
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May 26, 2009CMS/Brembana will host an international open house July 23-25 at the company’s Grand Rapids, Mich., location to show off their new “ASSET” line--Automated Shower-door System with Enhanced Technology--a fully automatic shower door production line, according to a release. Clean cut glass pieces are loaded automatically onto the system. The glass pieces are transferred to a...
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May 26, 2009Due to a disappointing December half and following a review of unaudited management accounts for the three months to March 31 and forecast results for the June quarter, Flat Glass Industries Ltd. (ASX:FGI) [Australia] has downgraded its expectations of earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization for the year ending June 30.Given a slowdown in sales and normal seasonality...
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May 26, 2009The controling shareholder in China's Xinyi Glass Holdings Co. (0868.HK) is selling up to $111.3 million worth of shares in the company at a discount of 1.3 to 7.6 percent to its last closing price, according to a term sheet, according to a May 26 Reuters report.
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May 21, 2009Float glass production is underway at Guardian Industries’ newest facility in Tatui, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Tatui plant will produce 800 tons per day and create 300 new jobs, according to a May 21 release.It is the second Guardian plant to serve fast-growing Brazil, building on the success of a plant established a decade ago. That plant in Porto Real, Brazil, has added a state-of-the-art...
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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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