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NSG Group has announced that the decision to cease the production on a float line at the plant in Weiherhammer, Germany, a year ahead of a scheduled cold repair.
Recently, two all-glass boxes have been rising 305 metres above the fourth tallest skyscraper in New York. Josef Gartner from the Permasteelisa Group was responsible for the construction.
Manufacturer masson is now introducing switchable ConverLight glass for its residential conservatories. This has now been sealed by the partnership with GGW and ChromoGenics. The first conservatory to be realised with switchable glass is now located in an exclusive villa suburb of Hamburg. The glass was manufactured by the Hero Group.
Since establishing their presence in the US through an acquisition, Poland-based glass fabricator Press Glass, also active in Europe and the UK, has continued its brisk growth. To support this, the company has recently invested in a Glaston ProL convection control upgrade at its plant in Ridgeway, Virginia.
This new office building in Stuttgart, Germany, known as OWP 12 referring to its address, was created using the newest planning and building methods in accordance with the Cradle to Cradle principle and it shows what energy-plus architecture can do today thanks to the slimline, high performance facade with BIPV.
Lithuanian glass processor Glassbel Baltic is integrating the (switchable) Halio interlayer into its product portfolio with immediate effect. From now on, customers of Glassbel and Halio will be able to purchase the switchable Halio insulating glass (Halio Smart Glass) from Glassbel's production in Lithuania.
For the new development centre at the German headquarters of gauge manufacturer WIKA, the architects attached great importance to a flexible and transparent office structure. Multifunctional triple IG units with the solar control glass Gewe-therm sun from Schollglas provide maximum daylight.
Interpane Sicherheitsglas GmbH produces more than just standard laminated safety glass and toughened safety glass products. Such as interior and exterior glass with complex shapes. Find out here how the AGC subsidiary managed to stay at the cutting edge:
Ravensby Glass is a glass company based in Dundee, Scotland, specializing in products such as double and triple glazed units, interior glass and facades. With over 150 employees and 7,000 square metres of production space, the company distributes its products throughout the UK.
The installation of the spherical-curved facade at the MOL Campus in Budapest called for special equipment. With their flexible glass mounting solutions, Heavydrive was able to provide exactly what was needed.
Everyone wants safety, but no one should see it. This is a high requirement, especially when it comes to high-security glass and fire-resistant glass. Sebastian Dengg explains how this can nevertheless be achieved.
Pyroguard's fire-resistant glass was recently specified for the Boijmans Van Beuningen depot in the Netherlands, the world's first publicly accessible art storage facility. The depot is an 40m high egg-shaped building with a surface covered in reflective mirrors.
The German family business Lamilux can look back on a successful 2022 financial year. Despite numerous challenges, turnover increased by 17 per cent last year and was the highest in the company's history. Read the details here.
Super Spacer can lay claim to some world premieres in facade technology solutions. Here are some very spectacular examples in museum spaces.
For the construction site at Frankfurt Airport’s new Terminal 3, Heavydrive has been commissioned to provide the equipment to install the facade glass. To make sure that everything goes smoothly when it counts, the company has now performed a test run in Austria.
A new furnace for XXL curved glass, new headquarters in Brazil, better IG units thanks to strict quality control and the Opening Ceremony of the IYOG. These are our top stories of the week:
sedak is expanding its production capacity in the field of curved glass. With the commissioning of a new 18-metre bending furnace, is underpinning its position in thermal bending of large-format facade glass.
A redesigned hotel exterior, a colourful glass sculpture, architectural glass produced with hydrogen and a provider of BIPV solutions given a new lease of life. Here is the week in review:
For the first time ever, Pilkington Ltd. of the UK, part of the NSG group, has successfully manufactured architectural glass using hydrogen power. Find out here how that was done:
From June 16th to June 18th 2021, Glaston is organizing the first ever Glaston Innovation Days (GID), a virtual customer event on the latest innovations and trends in architectural, automotive and display glass processing.
Satinal’s technical team has spent the 2020 pandemic-year successfully installing the second EVA film production line in Italy. At the same time, new products were developed.
