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February 9, 2012The Mid-Atlantic Glass Association announced its 2012 elected officers and board of directors for 2012 at its annual awards dinner meeting, Jan. 18. Officers are: President Matt Dalbke of Maryland Glass & Mirror Co.; Past-President L.B. Kline of Amco Metal Products; President-Elect Brian Novak of Miles Glass Co.; Secretary Ed Turner of Hawkins Glass; and Treasurer Bill Paolucci of Chillum...
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February 9, 2012In a report detailing the company's financials for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2011, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. said net sales for its glass operations for the fiscal year were 554.4 billion yen (about $7.3 billion), down 0.8% from the year before.In the architectural glass business, shipments in Japan for the full year increased from the previous fiscal year due to strong demand,...
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February 9, 2012The Glass Association of North America announced Feb. 9 that Valerie Block of DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions has been elected chair of the GANA Laminating Division. Block will assume her new role at GANA’s upcoming Annual Conference, Feb. 20-24, in Sarasota, Fla.“I am honored to serve as the GANA Laminating Division Chair,” Block said, in a release. “I look forward to working with current...
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February 9, 2012Viracon officials announced that Garret Henson has been promoted to vice president of sales. Henson served as director of sales for the past five years and will continue to report to Kelly Schuller, president of Viracon, according to a Feb. 8 release.“I’m humbly accepting this position, and the continued opportunity to work with some of the greatest sales talent and character in the...
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February 8, 2012Mexican glassmaker Vitro SAB said a judge in Monterrey gave final approval to restructure $1.5 billion of defaulted debt over the objections of U.S. creditors, according to a Feb. 7 Bloomberg report. The approval by Judge Sandra Lopez concludes a three-year legal battle in Mexico that began when the nation’s largest glassmaker defaulted on debt, including $1.2 billion of U.S. bonds.
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February 7, 2012Officials of KL megla America announced the company will host a public sale of CHMI inventory at its online store, shop.kl-megla.com. KL megla America purchased the assets of purchased CHMI in July 2011 after the supplier closed in late 2009 due to financial problems. “Not only is KL megla offering bottom dollar pricing on standard and discontinued items, customers...
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February 7, 2012Trulite Glass & Aluminum Solutions, LLC has finalized construction of its newest super center in Atlanta. With more than 250,000 combined square feet of production space for both glass and aluminum, it will be one of the larger facilities in the region, according to a Feb. 7 Trulite release.According to the release, state-of-the-art aluminum fabrication equipment, as well as a second furnace...
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February 7, 2012Dariush Arasteh, a leading researcher in energy efficient window technologies at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, passed away February 3 after an eight-year bout with cancer. Active in the formation of the National Fenestration Rating Council and its earliest window rating methods, Arasteh served as a staff scientist, principal investigator and deputy group leader in LBNL’s Building...
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February 6, 2012AGC Glass Europe recently earned the Cradle to Cradle label for float glass and magnetron coatings, making it the first and only European glass producer to receive this honor, according to a Feb. 6 AGC release.According to company officials, AGC products are made from widely available raw materials, such as sand, soda and dolomite. In addition, AGC incorporates 25 percent to 31percent...
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February 6, 2012Employees at Guardian’s DeWitt, Iowa, float glass facility “pulled the ribbon” and resumed production, Feb. 3, following a small glass leak on Monday. The furnace leak, which occurred the afternoon of Jan. 30 while Guardian DeWitt employees were completing routine maintenance, forced a temporary halt to glass production.Well-trained employees and a coordinated response from the local fire...
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Update: Following the announcement of its purchase of Binswanger, Grey Mountain Partners announced it had also acquired Custom Components Co., the Tampa, Fla., manufacturer, fabricator and supplier of aluminum, stainless steel and glass architectural engineered products including interior and exterior railing systems, interior aluminum office fronts, and stile and rail doors. Read more......
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Officials from Solutia Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Southwall Technologies for an aggregate equity purchase price of about $113 million, according to an Oct. 7 Solutia release. The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies, and the acquisition will be funded by Solutia from existing cash on hand."This acquisition positions Solutia as the world...
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Officials from Viracon named Kelly S. Schuller as president, according to an Oct. 5 company release. Schuller, who served as Viracon senior vice president, sales and marketing since 2010, reports to Joseph F. Puishys, chief executive officer of Apogee Enterprises, parent company of Viracon."Since joining Viracon last year, Kelly has led development of its strategic plan which focuses on the...
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