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  • GlassBuild America breaks records at opening
    September 11, 2007

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    The largest glass show in North America opened Monday with a record number of exhibitors at the second largest convention center in the United States ...

  • GlassBuild America to open with record number of exhibitors
    September 4, 2007

    GlassBuild America: The Glass, Window & Door Expo will set new records when it opens its doors next Monday in Atlanta, organizers report. Running from September 10-12 at the Georgia World Congress Center, the event will feature more than 500 exhibitors for the first time ...

  • Glass Magazine announces Crystal Achievement Award winners
    September 4, 2007

    Glass Magazine announces the winners of its 2007 Crystal Achievement Awards program. The awards recognize significant achievements in architectural glass technology, manufacturing and marketing ...

  • Glass companies make the ranks of fastest growing companies
    September 4, 2007
    More than 20 glass industry companies earned places on the Inc. 5,000 list of fastest growing private companies in the United States. The companies number among the 1,076 construction and manufacturing business to make the list, a higher than expected percentage of the list ...

  • Chinese flat glass demand to outpace that of the rest of the world
    August 21, 2007
    Driven by a booming construction economy and strong growth in vehicle production, the demand for flat glass in China is expected to surpass demand in all other parts of the world by 2011, according to a forecast released Aug. 7 from the Bharat Book Bureau in Mumbai, India ...

  • Seeing green at GPD
    June 19, 2007
    Energy efficiency tops conference agenda in Finland


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    Glass suppliers, architects, equipment makers and everyone else in between seemed to have one thing on their minds during this year’s Glass Performance Days: energy efficiency ...

  • Chinese glass production increases 25 percent in 2006
    May 29, 2007
    The Chinese building material industry saw big production gains in 2006 as manufacturing facilities country-wide implemented efficiency changes, according to a May 22 report from China Economic Net ...

  • More consolidation possible for aluminum
    May 15, 2007

    Alcoa-Alcan merger could increase prices
    Officials from the world’s second largest aluminum producer, Alcoa of Pittsburgh, announced May 7 the company planned to issue an unsolicited bid of almost $27 billion for rival Alcan Inc. of Montreal ...

  • What's in and what’s out for bath glass
    January 23, 2007
    In an informal poll of glass shop owners specializing in shower enclosure installations, e-glass weekly compiled a "what's in, what's out" list in the bathroom...

  • Companies strive to keep up with changing aluminum prices
    December 5, 2006
    Demand could drive costs up in 2007
    Cash prices for aluminum experienced major fluctuations in 2006, with the lowest price of $2,271 per ton recorded on Jan. 1 and the highest price of $3,275, a 44 percent increase, recorded on May 11. On Nov. 30, cash price closed out at $2,685 per ton, 18.2 percent higher than Jan. 1...
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  • Viracon to invest $30 million in new coater at Owatonna facility
    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...