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  • Vitro’s first quarter sales up 6 percent
    May 8, 2007

    Officials from Mexico’s Vitro S.A.B. de C.V. announced May 2 the company’s first quarter 2007 unaudited financial results, according to a company release the same day...

  • Construction spending edges up in March
    May 1, 2007

    Although construction spending increased 0.2 percent in March compared to last month, spending still sits 2 percent less than March 2006, according to an April 30 report from the U.S. Census...

  • Construction material costs on the rise
    May 1, 2007
    Prices for construction materials increased 1.2 percent in March compared to February, and increases will likely continue for several more months, according to an April 23 article from Reed Construction Data...

  • Worker falls to death from Veterans’ Glass City Skyway
    April 24, 2007

    A 36-year-old carpenter from Curtice, Ohio, died April 19 at the site of the Veteran’s Glass City Skyway bridge project in Toledo after the platform he was working on collapsed...

  • A green focus at Glass Fabrication
    April 24, 2007
    About 170 industry representatives gathered in Pittsburgh April 16-18 for Glass Fabrication, an annual educational conference from the Glass Association of North America of Topeka, Kan. Discussions on green building, glass industry trends and emerging standards topped the agenda...

  • Chinese glass imports top $140 million in 2006
    April 24, 2007
    Last year, China ranked third among importing countries for flat glass, capturing 17 percent of the U.S. glass import market at a value of $142 million...

  • Southwall enters green partnership in China
    April 17, 2007

    Southwall Technologies, a thin film company out of Palo Alto, Calif., has joined the ranks of United States-based glass companies bringing energy-efficient glass and glazing products to China...

  • Architectural segment drives revenues for Apogee
    April 17, 2007
    Company set to complete exit of auto glass market with sale of RV and bus windshield business
    Revenues increased 17 percent in the final fiscal quarter of 2007 over the same period last year for Apogee Enterprises Inc. of Minneapolis, according to an April 11 company release. Total year revenues for the company reached $778.8 million, also 17 percent above fiscal year 2006...

  • Equity firm acquires United States Aluminum parent
    April 14, 2007
    Genstar Capital LLC of San Francisco bought International Aluminum Corp., Monterey Park, Calif., in a deal worth $228 million, according to an April 2 Genstar announcement...

  • Oldcastle focuses on hurricane market with new Atlanta facility
    April 10, 2007
    Officials from Santa Monica, Calif.-based Oldcastle Glass say its planned Atlanta facility, set to start operations in September, will help serve increasing demand for hurricane-resistant glass in the Southeastern United States...
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