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February 12, 2013Viracon, Inc. announced today that it will temporarily close its St. George, Utah, facility, for approximately two years beginning in mid-April 2013. The plant closing will impact 222 employees. The temporary closure will better align overall capacity with the demand expected over the next two years, which can be served from Viracon’s two other U.S. locations, officials said in a...
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February 7, 2013The Dodge Momentum Index rose 2.7 percent in January, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies. The Momentum Index is a monthly measure of the first report for nonresidential building projects in planning, which have been shown to lead construction spending for nonresidential buildings by a full year.The January increase for the Momentum Index marked its...
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February 7, 2013Pleotint, LLC, has announced a distribution agreement with Prelco, Inc. that will enable the fabricator to incorporate Pleotint’s Suntuitive interlayer technology into its proprietary Prel-Shade thermochromic window offering. The agreement grants Prelco exclusive rights to market Prel-Shade windows with Suntuitive interlayer technology in eastern Canada, including Quebec, Ontario and the...
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February 6, 2013Walker Glass announced that Brian Wiles has joined the sales and architectural promotion team for Walker Textures acid-etched glass and mirror products. His territory consists of the greater Toronto area.Wiles has more than two decades of experience in the glass industry, having worked for several glass fabricators in southern Ontario, most recently at ProTemp.“We are very excited to have...
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February 6, 2013FeneTech, Inc., creator of FeneVision ERP software, recently relocated to a new 16,000-square-foot greenfield facility. “While the launching of our Luxembourg office in 2010 demonstrates our long-term commitment to doing business around the globe, the new office at 260 Campus Drive in Aurora, Ohio, demonstrates our commitment to keeping all of the development activities here locally,” said...
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February 4, 2013NSG Group continued to feel the effects of an uncertain European economy in third quarter FY2013, with gross profit down 9 percent for the quarter compared to the same period a year ago."Economic difficulties in Europe continued to depress construction and refurbishment activity, and, consequently, architectural volumes were significantly below the previous year," according to an NSG release. The...
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February 4, 2013World demand for flat glass is forecast to rise 6.3 percent per year through 2016 to 8.3 billion square meters, according to a new Freedonia study. Analysts anticipate the global market value of fabricated flat glass will exceed $100 billion by 2016.The "World Flat Glass Industry" report, available through reportlinker.com, predicts U.S. demand for flat glass will continue to recover through 2016...
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February 4, 2013Constellation Software Inc. announced, February 4, that it has completed the purchase of Albat+Wirsam Software GmbH, acting through its Friedman Operating Group subsidiary. Headquartered in Linden, Germany, A+W develops and markets ERP, production planning and scheduling, and optimization software solutions for the glass, window, door and curtain-wall industries. Going forward, A+W will...
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January 30, 2013Saint-Gobain SA’s record 896 million-euro ($1.2 billion) cartel fine may be reduced by European Union regulators within weeks as officials seek to correct a calculation error, according to a Jan. 30 Bloomberg report. Regulators will make small reductions in the penalty because they made a mistake in the way they evaluated auto glass sales, said two people familiar with the decision, according to...
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January 29, 2013At approximately 3 a.m on Tuesday, Jan. 29, a leak from a glass furnace was reported at PPG’s Carlisle, Pa., flat glass plant. Molten glass leaked from the furnace into the plant’s basement area. The PPG emergency response team worked to contain the leak, and they called the local fire department to assist. The leak was stopped and contained, and the incident is under investigation,...
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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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