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August 26, 2010Inst-I-Glass LLC, Louisville, Ky., opened its newest franchise, Inst-I-Glass of Cincinnati. The Ohio company offers on-site insulating glass fabrication and same-day glass replacement services for homes, offices and light commercial buildings using proprietary mobile technologies created by the Inst-I-Glass founders, according to an Aug. 26 release.Inst-I-Glass of Cincinnati specializes in...
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August 25, 2010The Glass Guru, headquartered in Roseville, Calif., opened six new Glass Guru franchises in second quarter 2010. The new locations are in Saginaw, Mich.; Indianapolis; Denver;and Redding, Calif. In July, the company added its first Canadian franchise with a Canadian Master Franchise based in Abbotsford, British Columbia. The new Master Franchise owners have extensive experience in the glass...
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August 24, 2010Glaston Corp., Tampere, Finland, released an interim report for the January-June 2010 time period. According to the Aug. 24 report, net sales are expected to be at the 2009 level; officials expect the operating result to improve significantly in comparison to last year."The cautious recovery of the market continued in the second quarter of the year, in particular in Asia and South...
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August 24, 2010Industry sources say the recent uptick in construction jobs will likely be fleeting since it is based on federal stimulus dollars that will soon dry up."There are few signs of life in privately funded construction, and state and local budget deficit projections are forcing further cuts in non-stimulus public projects," said Ken Simonson, chief economist at the Associated General Contractors of...
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June 21, 2010Price increases on tinted and coated float glass products go into effect this month as primary float manufacturers look to pass on increased operational costs. Pilkington North America, Toledo; PPG Industries, Pittsburgh; and Guardian Industries Corp., Auburn Hills, Mich.; recently announced price hikes, citing increased material, transportation and labor costs as reasons behind the increase...
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June 16, 2010PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, announced June 16 that it expects its second quarter earnings, excluding unusual items, to be in the range of $1.40 to $1.50 per share. Adjusted earnings per share were 91 cents per share in the second quarter 2009 and 70 cents per share in the first quarter 2010.“We are continuing to experience year-over-year demand improvements in the second quarter...
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May 7, 2010Officials at C.R. Laurence Co., Los Angeles, today [May 6] announced that the company has entered into an agreement to purchase Jackson Corp., also of Los Angeles. Jackson has been a manufacturer of door hardware for the aluminum and tempered glass door industry for more than 50 years.“We are very pleased to announce this agreement.” said Lloyd Talbert, president of C. R....
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April 5, 2010Officials of the National Glass Association, McLean, Va., and Consulting Collaborative, Dallas, announced April 1 the availability of a new NGA member service: business development consulting. The consulting is aimed at increasing sales and profits, as well as other initiatives that contribute to creating a successful company in the glass and glazing industry.The NGA has...
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April 1, 2010Sejal Architectural Glass Ltd. has announced that the production activities from the company's newly set up float glass manufacturing at Jhagadia, Bharuch, have been suspended temporarily on account of certain teething issues which have occurred in the glass manufacturing plant at the initial stage of production.The technical team of the equipment supplier, M/s. Fives Stein [France], along with...
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April 1, 2010A 40-year-old Windsor [Canada]-based glass company is almost doubling the size of its local manufacturing space by adding to its existing plant on Sprucewood Drive on the city's far west side.Chlumecky Holdings Inc., on behalf of Contract Glaziers Inc. and Windsor Glass Co., has applied for site plan approval to add almost 14,000 square feet to its 18,000-square-foot building, along with 56...
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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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