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June 13, 2011Glass Performance Days 2011, will kick off this Friday, June 17, in Tampere, Finland. According to organizers, more than 800 people have registered to attend the event, which runs through Monday, June 20. The final conference program can be found here. To register, click here.For general information regarding registration, contact the registration office at gpd2011@confedent.fi or 358...
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June 13, 2011During the American Architectural Manufacturers Association National Summer Conference in Minneapolis, Marc LaFrance of the U.S. Department of Energy provided an update on the key research and development areas at the DOE regarding high performance, energy efficient windows. LaFrance, manager for Building Envelope and Windows R&D programs at the DOE in the Office of Building Technology,...
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June 8, 2011Organizers of Glass Performance Days 2011, to be held in Tampere, Finland, June 17-20, announced a "final call" to register for the event. The final conference program can be found here. To register, click here.For general information regarding registration, contact the registration office at gpd2011@confedent.fi or 358 50 325 4729. For special requests regarding registration, contact Doina...
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May 6, 2011Registration for 2011 GlassBuild America: The Glass, Window & Door Expo is now open. The event will take place Sept. 12-14 in Atlanta. Visit GlassBuildAmerica.com to view the floor plan, convention program and educational offerings. Site visitors can also register for the event, in addition to securing hotel reservations.
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March 25, 2011This year, GPD Finland, June 17-20, in Tampere, Finland, will offer a new workshop: "The Future of the Architectural Glass Industry," according to a March 25 release.This innovative workshop is targeted at top management, factory owners, and professionals of product development, sales and marketing interested in discovering what mega-trends will shape the architectural glass...
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March 1, 2011The Glass Performance Days Organizing Committee has released the final program for the June 17-20 conference in Tampere, Finland, according to a March 1 release. The main theme of the conference is Glass and Solar in Sustainable Development. The organizers expect some 1,000 participants from 60 countries and have prepared the usual GPD quality program ranging from expert presentations to pre-...
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January 13, 2011Glasspex India, the 2nd International Exhibition for Glass Production, Processing and Products, took place at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Hall 6, Mumbai, Jan. 12-14. Show organizers Messe Düsseldorf and its Indian subsidiary confirmed 176 exhibitors before the show opened. Last year, 137 exhibitors and 3,000 visitors attended the first Glasspex India in New Delhi.The first Solar...
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November 15, 2010Exhibition stand bookings by two of the Middle East’s leading float glass manufacturers, namely Emirates Float Glass and Arabian Float Glass, have once again reinforced the growing importance of the Gulf Glass exhibition series as a place where “business gets done,” according to a Nov. 11 release."We are clearly seeing a rise in the amount of float glass interest for next year’s show” says Derek...
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November 11, 2010Greenbelt, Md.-based National Fenestration Rating Council's Component Modeling Approach Ratings Subcommittee met late this afternoon [Nov. 11] and discussed a ballot concerning the NFRC 705, which addresses various requests to make the label certificate more useful and representative. NFRC is hosting its Fall Membership Meeting Nov. 8-11 in San Francisco.The CMA Labeling Task Group...
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November 10, 2010Greenbelt, Md.-based National Fenestration Rating Council's Fall Membership Meeting continued for the second day Nov. 9 at the Hilton San Francisco Financial District Hotel, San Francisco.The Research Subcommittee completed its work this afternoon [Nov. 9] by considering three ballots associated with CMA: CMAST Feedback on Usability Study Summary Page, CMA Impact on HVAC Sizing Study...
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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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