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January 13, 2009Heinaman Contract Glazing, Lake Forest, Calif., will offer online training to its employees through an innovative training alliance between the State of California and the National Glass Association, McLean, Va.Heinaman becomes the latest California-based glass firm to benefit from a new Employment Training Panel contract that streamlines the process by which NGA members can qualify for, and...
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January 12, 2009Since Jerry Maycock became the boss of CSR just over 20 months ago, the beleaguered sugar, aluminum and building materials conglomerate is understood to have received a number of serious restructuring proposals - including a few put forward by one of its larger shareholders, Sir Ron Brierley's Guinness Peat Group.CSR will release its full-year results on May 13 and, barring a big turnaround in...
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January 12, 2009A glass wall wrapping around the outside of Central Library and the Hamilton Farmers' Market [Ontario] is the most striking feature of the face-lift designed by architect David Premi.The wall, with color-changing LED lights built in, will also create an indoor walkway and cafe connecting the library and market. Sliding glass panels will open the market to a widened sidewalk in summer.A new...
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January 12, 2009Al Fajer Properties has announced orders worth AED 245 million [$66.8 million] for aluminum and glass for its world class Jumeirah Business Centre towers projects.Al Fajer said in the statement that by using the latest technologies and materials, its latest towers will be in compliance with the Green Building Regulations promoting a brighter, cleaner Dubai.Work is well underway on its phase...
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January 12, 2009Bisazza S.p.A. has imbued glass mosaic tile production with a sense of contemporary fashion and, in the process, has turned around one of Italy's centuries-old manufacturing fields.In this 22nd installment in a series on the world's high-end brands, Yomiuri Shimbun Rome Correspondent Kazuki Matsuura interviews Piero Bisazza, chief executive officer of the postwar-founded firm, asking him about...
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January 9, 2009On Jan. 15, the Glaston Corp. subsidiary Tamglass Glass Processing Ltd. will initiate statutory employer-employee negotiations under the Act on Co-Determination within Undertakings (YT negotiations) in respect of the adjustment of architectural glass operations to the present market situation.Architectural glass operations currently employ around 110 people in Tampere and Lempääl...
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January 9, 2009Norwegian industrial company Vetro Solar intends to build the world's largest factory for solar glass production and processing in Thalheim, Germany, at an estimated cost of Euro 400 million [$545,672,000].Vetro Solar, a Norwegian based company says in a press release that it aims to be a world leading supplier of PV-glass to the solar industry.
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January 9, 2009Private investors sold the industrial facility at 1795 Riverview Drive in San Bernardino to Giroux Glass, Los Angeles, for $3 million, or $77 per square foot. The 38,965-square-foot distribution building was built in 1981 in the Southeast Industrial Park. The buyer, a glazing contracting company, plans to allocate $100,000 toward improving the property.
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January 9, 2009Viracon, Owatonna, Minn., communicated to its employees this week a reduction of approximately 250 positions at the company’s Owatonna facility, according to a Jan. 8 company release. This accounts for 15 percent of the Owatonna work force. This announcement comes after the company informed employees at meetings in December that workforce adjustments would be necessary in responses to...
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January 8, 2009An estimated two-thirds of the nation's non-residential construction companies are planning to cut their payrolls, according to new employment and business forecast figures released today by the Associated General Contractors of America, Arlington, Va. All told, those layoffs are forecast to result in a 30 percent decline in the number of people working on construction projects."Unless the...
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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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