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  • GlassRenu partners with ABC Window Cleaning
    March 24, 2011
    Officials at GlassRenu, Pacheco, Calif., announced a sales partnership with ABC Window Cleaning Supply, Lakewood, Colo., effective immediately, according to a March 23 release.In response to a growing demand for scratch removal and glass restoration tools in the window cleaning community, GlassRenu’s appointment of ABC Window Cleaning Supply provides the manufacturer a wider distribution channel...

  • Bud Glasberg, industry publisher, passes away
    March 23, 2011
    The retired publisher of Glass Digest magazine, Oscar S. (Bud) Glasberg passed away last week at the age of 87. He was involved in the glass industry for more than 30 years, joining New York-based Ashlee Publishing Co. in 1959 as editor and publisher.During his time at Glass Digest in the 1960s and 1970s, Glasberg worked actively with the National Glass Dealers Association, now the National Glass...

  • YKK issues update following Japan’s devastation
    March 23, 2011
    Most of the 17,000 YKK Group employees in Japan are safe, and have survived the earthquake and tsunami that occurred off the northeast coast of Japan on March 11, according to a March 16 release. The company is quickly working to confirm the safety of all of its employees, including a number of second and third shift employees at the YKK AP Tohoku plant.YKK's Fastening Group facilities in...

  • China rare earth prices explode as export volumes collapse
    March 23, 2011
    China's exports of rare earth metals burst through the $100,000-per-tonne mark for the first time in February, up almost ninefold from a year before, while the volume of trade stayed far below historical averages.Cerium oxide, one of the 17 elements that compose rare earth minerals, is the most efficient polishing material for glass, float glass manufacturers also use cerium oxide as a raw...

  • Shanghai Xiehua Glass installs Bystronic machine
    March 21, 2011
    Xiehua Glass Co., Shanghai, China, installed Bystronic's compact’line, in summer 2010, according to a March 21 release. In addition to the low capital costs, features of the line include the compact plant layout, diverse expansion possibilities, as well as a smooth material flow that ensures optimal results. WuJi Wang, production planner at Xiehua Glass, is particularly impressed by the press...

  • GPD China registration now open
    March 21, 2011
    The participant and invited guest registration for Glass Performance Days China 2011, May 9-10, in Shanghai, is now open, according to a March 21 release. This is  the 9th edition of GPD China that will focus on technological novelties in architectural and solar glass.Click here to register. Click here for program highlights.The deadline for the lower participant...

  • Industry gathers in Vegas for Glass Week, BEC and IGMA meetings
    March 18, 2011
    Industry members will gather at the Paris Las Vegas Resort this week to attend Glass Week, the Building Envelope Contractors Conference and the Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance Annual Conference.Glass Week, an annual Glass Association of North America event, features meetings of GANA's seven divisions, including Technical, Marketing, Energy and more, and will run March...

  • Vidrios Lirquen float line resumes production
    March 18, 2011
    Vidrios Lirquén, the NSG Group's float glass joint venture in Chile, has resumed production and has reaffirmed its commitment to the Chilean market, according to a March 17 release.The Vidrios Lirquén float tank in the Concepción region of Chile has resumed production just over 12 months after being put out of action by the earthquake which struck the region in February 2010.Vidrios Lirquén is...

  • Vitrum Industries welcomes new sales manager
    March 17, 2011
    Vitrum Industries, Langley, BC, hired Bruce Robinson as sales manager. He will lead the sales and customer service team throughout Western Canada. With more than 11 years of experience in the glass industry, he will be a central part in Vitrum's continued growth in the years to come.“We are very pleased to have Bruce leading our sales team," said Thomas Martini, president, Vitrum Industries, in...

  • NSG Group reports effects of Japan earthquake
    March 16, 2011
    NSG Group facilities in Japan did not sustain any significant damages from the strong earthquake that struck off the coast of northeast Japan March 11, according to a March 14 release. None of NSG's employees are missing or were injured.Read the full release.
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