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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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March 1, 20112010 was challenging for Glaston, Finland, said President and CEO Arto Metsänen in a March 1 release. "Demand for our products remained at a low level and the company's profitability was very weak," he said. "Our operating year was marked by extensive efficiency measures to reverse the trend in profitability. Despite the subdued market, our net sales remained at the previous year's level. Our...
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March 1, 2011Effective Feb. 25, Greg Silvestri, president, Viracon, Owatonna, Minn., and executive vice president, Apogee Enterprises, Minneapolis, has left the organization, according to a March 1 Viracon statement. In the interim, Apogee CEO Russ Huffer will lead Viracon. "I would like to thank Greg for his dedicated service to Viracon and Apogee over the past three and a half years, and wish him...
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February 28, 2011[U.S. economic] growth in the fourth quarter of 2010 was slower than initially reported, at an annual pace of 2.8 percent rather than the previous estimate of 3.2 percent, according to data released on Friday [Feb. 25] by the Commerce Department. Economists had been predicting an upward revision, to about 3.3 percent, according to a Feb. 25 article in The New York Times.
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February 25, 2011Saint-Gobain, France, published the results of its sales for the fourth quarter of 2010 and for the year ended Dec. 31, 2010."In 2010, in a global economy still recovering from the crisis, our sales volumes got back on an upward trend, and our priority focus on sales prices paid off," said Pierre-Andre de Chalendar, chairman and CEO, Saint-Gobain, in a release. "We delivered a sharp upswing in...
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February 25, 2011Researchers have developed an unlikely candidate that tops steel in strength and toughness – a metallic glass they say is the most damage-resistant material in existence.“Strength is hardness of materials, toughness is resistance to fracture,” said Robert Ritchie, the materials scientist who led the team at the U.S. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in a joint research project with the...
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February 25, 2011Officials at Glaston Corp., Finland, signed a financing package to secure approximately EUR 84 million to refinance the company's current short-term syndicated loan facility, to increase financial flexibility and to strengthen equity, according to a Feb. 25 release.Read the full release.
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February 21, 2011Urmilla Sowell, technical director, Glass Association of North America, Topeka, Kan., will present at Glass Performance Days in Tampere, Finland, June 16-20. This will be Sowell’s first presentation at the bi-annual event, according to a Feb. 21 release.“I am very excited to have the opportunity to go to Glass Performance Days to learn about the new technologies and...
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February 21, 2011Frank A. Archinaco, former president and chief executive officer of Pittsburgh-based PPG’s automotive glass and services business, and senior executive vice president of PPG, passed away Feb. 17 at his home in Sewickley, Pa., surrounded by family. He was 67, according to a release. “PPG has lost one of its most beloved leaders,” said Chuck Bunch, PPG chairman and CEO, in the release. “Throughout...
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February 15, 2011At the beginning of December 2010, the Bystronic glass Technology Center of Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH commissioned the first TPS insulating glass line in China, according to a Feb. 15 release. The privately run Dalian Huaying Glassware Products Co. Ltd. is the first Chinese producer of insulating glass units using TPS thermoplastic spacer material.The delivery and installation of the line took...
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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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