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March 4, 2013Tempco Glass Fabrication will officially open its 20,000-square-foot facility, March 22, with a grand opening ceremony at it headquarters and factory in Flushing, N.Y. The new start-up company will provide glass processing services such as tempering, cutting, edging, polishing and drilling to glass shops, glaziers and other fenestration trade customers in the New York City, Long Island and...
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February 27, 2013DORMA announced the appointment of Chuck Sarkis as director of sales for the Western region, responsible for the territory west of the Mississippi River. In this position, he will focus on developing new opportunities with design-build firms, creating and sustaining brand loyalty, assisting customers in the architecture and design fields, and maximizing services for government contracts,...
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February 27, 2013Unicel Architectural announced new sales representation for key U.S. regions tosupport an increasing demand for its Vision Control louvered glazing solution. Vision Control is a hermetically sealed glass unit combining louvers within glass that delivers unprecedented control of vision, light, temperature and sound, according to the company.Mark Cox and his team at Custom Aluminum Systems...
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February 26, 2013Albat+Wirsam Software GmbH announced it has changed its name to A+W Software GmbH. The name change is part of a new corporate identity for the software provider, which launched a redesigned website at glasstec last year.“The company name of Albat+Wirsam was well known and highly esteemed but has also always been a lingual stumbling block likely to produce confusion because of wrong...
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February 25, 2013Dash Door & Closer Service, Inc. announced a new strategic alliance with Klein USA, a global manufacturer of interior sliding door solutions. Dash Door will be the exclusive Klein distributor for Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties in Florida.“We are aggressively looking for strategic partners like Dash Door in the United States,” said Paul Witherby, Klein USA sales manager, in a...
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February 25, 2013Viracon, 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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February 21, 2013Officials 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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February 21, 2013As 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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February 19, 2013Safti First announced the addition of Monroe Architectural Concepts as an architectural sales representative for Southern California. “We are excited to add MAC to our team of professional sales representatives. Their experience and reputation within the industry speaks for itself,” said Tim Nass, VP of national sales for Safti First, in a release. “With Craig [Monroe, president...
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February 19, 2013Registration is now open for GPD Finland 2013, to be held June 11-15 in Tampere, Finland. Final program details will be available soon, according to GPD organizers. To register, visit www.gpd.fi.
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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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