Latest News in Fabrication Glass
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May 2, 2013MGS Distributing, a national supplier of glass, metal and sealant products, opened a 110,000-square-foot fabrication facility in Des Moines, Iowa, and hosted a grand opening open house April 25-26 to celebrate. The open house featured a tour of the facility, product representatives, demonstrations and training. The new facility serves as the company's main hub for production and distribution. MGS...
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May 2, 2013During lunch on May 2 at Wolfgang Puck's Spago in Beverly Hills, a skylight cracked and glass fell on at least two customers, including chef Bernhard Mairinger, according to The Hollywood Reporter."I was literally sitting right underneath it," Mairinger said to the Reporter. "It’s two glasses on top of each other. The bottom one cracked...and fell down on [my girlfriend and me]. It was the two of...
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May 2, 2013The Green Building Advisory Committee recommended the General Services Administration use the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standard as its primary means of measuring the overall efficiency of agency buildings, particularly in terms of energy and water. According to a FederalNewsRadio.com report, the committee made the recommendation after studying more than 160 tools and...
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May 2, 2013The American Architectural Manufacturers Association released an interim procedural guide that will provide a documented, optional process to extend current, unexpired AAMA product certification to any edition of AAMA/WDMA(/CSA) 101/I.S.2(/A440), North American Fenestration Standard/Specification for windows, doors, and skylights for a period of two years for products that have had no changes....
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May 2, 2013JE Berkowitz LP installed a new tempering furnace at its 200,000-square-foot facility in Pedricktown, N.J. The double-chamber and triple-quench convection oven can temper 4 millimeter to 19-mm-thick glass and heat strengthen high-performance coated applications up to 10 mm thick, according to a JEB release.
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May 1, 2013Vetrotech Saint-Gobain recently added Advanced Architectural Products as an independent sales representative for Oklahoma and Arkansas. Tim Cooper is the firm's key contact, representing the Vetrotech Saint-Gobain line of fire-rated glass systems and solutions. Cooper has nearly 30 years of experience in the architectural building and design industry, according to a Vetrotech release.
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April 30, 2013The National Glass Association's Glass Management Institute will launch a series of six webinars, June 25, led by distinguished leaders of the glass and glazing industry. The online, interactive classes will cover the following topics:Leadership. Russell Huffer, former Apogee CEO, will provide attendees insight into how to lead their companies during challenging economic times and gain leverage...
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April 30, 2013Vitro announced plans to invest more than $1.7 billion pesos (about $140 million) this year to increase furnace capacity and upgrade its plants. Eighty-nine percent of the investment will be directed to operations in Mexico.“The amount shall represent an increase of 65 percent with respect to the investment achieved in 2012 and shall be directed towards increasing the melting capacity in glass...
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April 30, 2013The final program for Glass Performance Days Finland 2013, taking place June 11-15 in Tampere, is now available. The theme of this year's event will be "glass performance, design and sustainability."Among the workshops to be held is GPD's Coating Technology and Applications session, which will feature presentations on the latest in coating materials, process and equipment technology. According to...
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April 30, 2013The European Commission has initiated an anti-subsidy investigation into imports of solar glass from China, according to an April 29 Solar Power Portal report. The complaint was lodged by EU ProSun Glass, led by GMB Glasmanufaktur Brandenburg, and claims solar glass from China is being subsidized in China and then sold in the EU at prices below market value, causing material injury to the EU...
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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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