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March 15, 2010
Hoping to create jobs and reduce carbon emissions, lawmakers used the stimulus package to expand a tax break to encourage homeowners to make energy efficiency improvements.The change was a potential windfall for window manufacturers, because the larger break would likely spur the installation of new windows, the most popular way of accessing the credit. The break, in place since 2005, had been ...
March 15, 2010
The last sheet of glass rolled out of the furnace at Zeledyne's factory in southeast Tulsa on Friday [March 12].After 36 years of making glass for Ford Motor Co. and recently for commercial buildings, the plant's operator shut down its second furnace and ended its glass-making in Tulsa. The facility will instead focus on cutting and finishing products manufactured elsewhere.Company spokeswoman ...
March 15, 2010
Citadel Capital, the leading private equity firm in Middle East and Africa with $8.3 billion in investments under control, announced today [March 7] the start of commissioning at its 220,000-square-meter greenfield float glass factory. With a production capacity of 600 tons per day, the state-of-the-art, LE1.1 billion facility is one of Egypt's largest producers of float glass.Sphinx Glass is 51 ...
March 12, 2010
Officials at the National Glass Association, McLean, Va., put the association's name in support of a position paper, released by the Glass Association of North America, Topeka, Kan., calling for proposed improvements for commercial windows and glazing in the Building Star Energy Efficiency Rebate Act of 2010. The paper addresses the concerns of the glass and glazing industry regarding ...
March 11, 2010
Guardian Industries, Auburn Hills, Mich., supports President Barack Obama’s $6 billion Homestar program designed to create jobs and reduce home energy consumption, according to a March 11 release.Guardian is one of the country’s largest manufacturers of fiberglass insulation and energy-saving glass products.“The president has stressed the importance that Homestar products ...
March 10, 2010
The construction workforce was smaller in every state and the District of Columbia in January 2010 than it was just 12 months earlier, according to a new analysis of federal data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. The data indicated just how widespread the construction downturn is, association officials said, noting that 38 states and D.C. experienced a double digit ...
March 10, 2010
With so much focus on U-factor and solar heat gain coefficient in the fenestration industry, little attention has been paid to the third thermal performance parameter: condensation resistance. According to Tracy Rogers, technical director for Edgetech I.G., Cambridge, Ohio, condensation can lead to health concerns and affect the integrity and long-term performance of building components. Rogers ...
March 10, 2010
Melting vinyl siding is getting its share of media attention in Charlotte, N.C.That’s where homeowners have experienced warped and melted vinyl siding, which caught the attention of Charlotte’s WCNC Newschannel 36.Reporter Stuart Watson did not respond to an e-mail request for comment. WCNC’s I-team was asking viewers to contact the team if they, too, had melting vinyl ...
March 10, 2010
Sun Bear Solar Sdn Bhd will invest RM5.2 billion in Malaysia to produce solar glass for the photovoltaic industry, said its chief executive officer/chairman, Lee Holt Judd.Judd said an initial investment of RM2.2 billion would be utilized under phase one to produce float and pattern line in the middle of this year, as well as for the construction of the plant and equipment, according to a March ...
March 10, 2010
Fuyao Group Glass Industries Co. said 2009 net income rose 354 percent to 1.1 billion yuan as the company cut costs, according to a filing to Shanghai’s stock exchange.Sales last year increased 6.3 percent to 6.08 billion yuan, according to the statement. The maker of glass for automobiles said it targets sales of 6.94 billion yuan this year, according to the statement.
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