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  • Architects want energy savings, strength in glass
    October 9, 2007
    Energy efficient and impact resistance seemed to become the mantra for many of the near 30 presenters during the Engineered Transparence: Glass in Architecture and Structural Engineering conference ...

  • Glass professionals talk technology and trends with architects and engineers
    October 2, 2007
    The Engineered Transparency conference, Sept. 26-28 at Columbia University in New York, provided a rare opportunity for members of the glass industry to discuss innovations and trends in glass with architects, engineers and consultants...

  • Construction starts down 11 percent from 2006
    October 2, 2007
    After falling 11 percent in July, new construction starts partially rebounded in August, increasing 6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $624.3 billion, according to a Sept. 27 release from McGraw-Hill Construction in New York. Starts for the first eight months of the 2007 reached $424.9 billion on an unadjusted basis, down 11 percent from the same period last year...

  • Glass shops fight fraud
    September 25, 2007
    Tips to identify ordering scams
    In August, Alpine Glass and Mirror in Avon, Colo., was targeted in an ordering scam that could have cost the company upward of $3,500 if employees hadn’t caught it in time ...

  • South Korea proposes action against dumped Chinese float glass
    September 25, 2007

    The South Korean trade commission instituted provisional antidumping duties on Chinese float glass that domestic manufacturers say is undercutting prices ...

  • Members discuss scrapers, fire-rated glass during GANA’s fall conference
    September 18, 2007
    The construction subcommittee of the Tempering Division and the Insulating Division of the Glass Association of North America, Topeka, Kan., addressed a continuing problem of the use of metal scrapers by window cleaners ...

  • Show demonstrates globalization, changing market
    September 18, 2007

    About 9,500 industry professionals from 54 countries attended GlassBuild America: The Glass, Window & Door Expo, held Sept. 10-12 in Atlanta. More than ever, attendees faced a large number of international exhibitors, as about one-third of the record 538 exhibitors came from outside of the United States ...

  • PPG sells auto glass and chemicals businesses
    September 18, 2007
    Sept. 13, officials from PPG Industries of Pittsburgh announced the company is selling its automotive glass business for $500 million. Yesterday, company officials announced it will sell its fine chemicals business for about $65 million ...

  • European building materials industry hit by weak U.S. market
    September 18, 2007
    Saint-Gobain and CRH affected
    Financial analysts from Fitch Ratings in New York say they expect the European building industry to see modest growth through the end of 2007. However, the residential building slowdown in the United States will have negative effects on the U.S. divisions of the European companies ...

  • IGMA grows in the international market
    September 11, 2007

    Organization hosts educational seminar in Atlanta
    One of the largest areas of growth for the Ottawa, Ontario-based Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance is taking place outside of North America ...

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