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25th May 2004
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TruSeal
Technologies
has introduced the second product in its new family of hot-melt
butyl and polyisobutylene IG sealants. EdgeTherm™ is a high-performance,
gun grade IG sealant for manufacturing flexibility
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Aztec
Conservatory Roof Systems, the UK PVC/aluminium roof
system manufacturer, has developed a dome option to complement
its Linear core system
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Here:
Specialist
patio door manufacturer KAT UK
has developed glazing and installation kits to make the fitting
of KAT patio doors quicker, easier and more cost effective
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Promac Window Machinery has recently launched the Urban SV430 fully Automatic Corner Cleaning Machine
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Ritec
has now introduced ClearShield Glass Protect – a new improved
formulation that offers greater surface protection for all types
of glass from the damage caused by weathering and contamination
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Float
Glass Industries (FGI) has a wealth of expertise
in the supply of quality processed and toughened safety glass
for interior fit-out design features such as balustrades
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Here:
Venture
Tape
claims that its VG100 Series Security Glazing Tapes have been
shown to increase throughput and reduce rework at window manufacturers
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Here:
In
response to demand from a number of RSL and local authority
customers, Sentinel Doors
has added a new Series 750 'narrowline' composite door to its
range
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Here:
Customers of patio door specialist
Sliders UK can forget bump stops, thanks to the company’s
latest development – a built-in patio door stop
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Sierra
Windows
installer Clive Nicholls Conservatories,
has won the contract to replace the doors and windows
during the refurbishment of Amersham Common Village Hall
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Berkshire’s
recently opened West Grange Hotel is benefiting from both
good looks and high performance with the supply and installation,
throughout the complex, of Oak finish fire doors from
the Vicaima Dekordor
range
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Here:
PVCu doors and windows from the Duraflex
Diamond Suite are providing a smart and secure solution
for tenants on the Oakwood Estate in Maesteg, South Wales
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aluplast
UK, PVCu window and door system extruder and supplier
of the Plus Plan range in the UK, has announced the appointment
of Alasdair (Dair) Hendry as its new Local Authority &
Commercial Sales Manager
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Synseal
is growing at such a rate – it now produces in excess
of 1000 conservatory roofs a week, every week – that
the systems company has decided its sales team needs some
help. 'We’ve expanded our staff in line with our growth,'
explains Kevin Harvey, Director of Sales
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PVCu
profile extrusion company Status
Systems has appointed Daryl Williams as customer
services manager
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Here:
David
Fletcher is set to take Senior Aluminium
Systems (SAS) on a ‘quantum leap’ forward
as the company’s new chairman
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Here:
London
Remade has launched its redesigned website which
has a fresh, modern look and user friendly feel with a wealth
of information on recycling and London Remade initiatives
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Synseal’s
research and development programme is acknowledged as innovative
and pro-active. A stream of new products and new developments
to existing products are being launched, and it can be hard
for customers to keep up to date. Synseal’s innovative
answer is a new, dedicated website - www.syntek.co.uk
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Usually,
staff parties result in hangovers and regrets, but Sash
UK employees, directors and suppliers partied hard
to get a much better end result: nearly £3000 raised for
local children’s charity appeal Help A Hallam Child
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Now
entering its fourth year, the Glazing
Industry Fun Charity Golf Day has become a regular
fixture in the diaries of glazing industry golfers. West Midlands
Golf Club will be playing host to the 2004 event on Thursday
29th July
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The
Construction Products Association, in partnership
with Ernst & Young, has launched Construction Products -
Working Smarter to Improve Profitability, a new publication
which looks at the issues that will influence the future development
of the industry
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here:
Orders
in the year to March 2004 fell by four per cent compared to
orders in the previous twelve month period, but orders in the
first quarter of 2004 rose by one per cent compared to the same
quarter a year earlier.
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here:
Window
and Door System manufacturer HW Plastics
recently held a training day for the drivers of the company's
20+ delivery vehicles
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Here:
The
latest GTL Newsletter includes
the news that small businesses in six areas in England are set
to benefit from £190 million, thanks to the expansion
of the Learning and Skills Council’s Employer Training
Pilots
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The
GGF’s Training Committee
is able to help its members in the following ways:
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Relationships
between industry and commerce and the public sector must strengthen
substantially before local authorities can achieve the high
recycling targets set by the government. This was a key message
from the third Industry and Public
Sector Waste Action Forum (IPSWAF) held recently
in Barnsley
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Here:
Practical
guidance on recycling domestic window waste will be the result
of a new research project by
WRAP involving
the replacement window industry
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Here:
Edgetech
reports that various configurations of PVCu windows with
hard coat low E and aluminium spacer bars struggle to get
below the required 2.0 U value
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here:
As
the new Part L looks set to come into force three years
before originally planned, Derek Hodgson, SAS
technical manager and chairman of CAB’s technical committee,
looks at why the proposed changes to Part L regulations
‘could be a change too far’ for the aluminium
industry
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here:
The
Council for Aluminium in Building
has taken steps to clarify its views about proposed changes
to Part L of the Building Regulations that are expected
in 2005, following publication of the Government’s
Energy White Paper last year
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here:
Features
now archived include:
Horst Mertes discusses the role of IT centralisation
in todays glass business
Designers
must now comply with regulations to limit solar overheating
in buildings, as Paul Littlefair of BRE explains.
Dave
Frost on the implications of CE Marking to the sealed unit manufacturer:
Phil Mundell on what Part M means to the Door Manufacturer;
Full
list here
Photovoltaics
Come of Age
We
have always been great fans of photovoltaics at The Gl@zine, which is
why we have always had a side
channel dedicated just to this market sector. We were therefore
ecstatic to see major companies such as Ubbink launching its 'plug in
and go' solar roof panels at Interbuild last month. We were also not
that surprised to read, in a market report this week from the organisers
of Glasstec (see below), that photovoltaics will enjoy 35% growth in
2004.
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Greenberg
Glass: Career Opportunities
An opportunity to join the UK's largest independent glass and glazing
contractor has arisen. The company operates a national 24-7 emergency
replacement glazing service as well as a thriving business in planned
contract work with shopfitters and building contractors. To continue
its growth and strengthen its market position in all sectors a number
ofvacancies have been created.
Details
here:
Click here or on the Logo to see the latest prime jobs from Ten Human Resources: 6 new positions!
Long
time Veka fabricator Tayside
Windows Ltd of Forfar near Dundee has achieved Secured By
Design approval from the Association of Chief Police Officers for its
newly designed ‘Kapdor’ composite door, manufactured using
Veka’s outer frame profile
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Here:
Freefoam
Plastics,
a manufacturer of roofline and rainwater systems, has been awarded the
OHSAS 18001:1999
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Companies
have been quick to register their interest in the new G
04 Awards taking place at the ICC, Birmingham in June. A
steady flow of entries have greeted the announcement earlier this year
that an industry awards scheme was to make a return to the industry
calendar.
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Video
Simulcast from TruSeal at GlassBuild America
From
the GlassBuild America 2004 trade show floor in San Diego, California,
show visitors were able to watch full-scale insulating glass unit production
in Wisconsin. The TruSeal Technologies, Inc.
booth included a 50" plasma screen that displayed a real-time simulcast
of IG production for windows from the Weather Shield® Windows &
Doors manufacturing facility.
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Titon
Provides Ventilation Solutions at PSCC
Titon
will be showcasing its latest ventilation products, including the company's
new Pax 200 series fans, and Vent Trex, a new extract and background ventilator
at PSCC, on stand 86, between 25 - 26 May 2004 at the Commonwealth Institute,
London
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Join
in the Glassex Silver Jubilee Celebrations
Glassex,
the annual centre stage of the UK
glass and glazing industry,
is approaching its 25th consecutive year!
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More Exhibition info at bottom of page.
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Calendar
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for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world
Double
glazing manufacturer Vitraseal
has invested in new livery for its fleet of delivery vehicles
which now sport the BM TRADA
Certification and Q-Mark logos, underlining the company’s
commitment to quality
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P&P
Glass
is the lucky winner of an Isuzu truck thanks to a prize draw hosted
by Ultraframe UK at the Best
Conservatory Gala Awards Dinner.
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Minster
Windows and Conservatories Ltd near York is just
one of a growing number of satisfied users of Windowlink’s
Vector Plus conservatory software, which combines a 3D presentation
facility with instant on screen pricing
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Charlie
Berry, Owner of Ayrshire based home improvement company, Andrew
Wright Windows, first got to hear about Sarnafil
Roof Assured (SRA) in the trade press.
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The
Synergebuild on line ordering system from Status
Systems is saving Norwich fabricator Pyramid
Windows up to five hours every week. This one of
the benefits that the company says it has enjoyed since changing
to the Status profile system.
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Two
CertainTeed Corporation production
facilities have been honoured by parent company Saint-Gobain Corporation
in the annual North American Health and Safety Awards
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Six
different centres around the UK are now able to provide height safety,
environmental and occupational safety courses as licensees of The
Health & Safety Training Academy.
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Here:
The
GGF’s GLASS Charter Scheme
supports its members and the industry to meet the Government’s
Revitalising Industry Programme
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Deceuninck
Ltd has recently introduced a new retail brochure
to complement the company’s existing literature suite. The ten-page
brochure is a mixture of lifestyle settings presented with a modern
contemporary feel.
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here:
Deceuninck
Ltd has introduced its step by step guide
to support the company’s E Business customer ordering system, SynergeBuild.
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here:
Hafele
has announced the release of its new 12 page glossy publication 'A Touch
of Glass'.
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here:
More
than 20 national and local environmental and regulatory groups recently
came together with Alcoa Power Generating
Inc. in an historic signing ceremony overlooking Calderwood
Lake, officially agreeing to a pact that will preserve more than 10,000
acres of land.
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We
are finding out how to combat climate change thanks to a project being
supported by the Pilkington Energy Efficiency
Trust (PEET). The Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development
(IESD) at De Montfort University, Leicester is using the records of
energy consumption in over 200 schools to identify ways of saving
energy.
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Dave Frost, managing director of CEN Solutions Ltd, has expressed concern at the recently announced delay, possibly to early next year, to the publication of EN 1279 Part 5. He says: ‘The delay itself is bad enough, but it seems that it may have been caused by a bureaucratic ‘cock-up’ and that is truly alarming.
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As
a part of glasstec 2004 in Düsseldorf,
9 - 13th November, the special glass technology live show will focus,
amongst other things, on the potential of glass in the field of solar
building components.
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January
9th, 2004 saw one of the world's largest solar power plants in Neustadt,
Germany join the grid. A total of 2 megawatts of environmentally friendly
electricity will be generated over an area of some 70,000 m2 (7 hectares)
– corresponding to the size of seven soccer fields. This is enough
to continuously power 700 households.
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Eurocell
at Windowfab
Eurocell
Profiles
will be using WindowFab 2004 to exhibit its product range.
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Here:
'Visions
of Glass' at BAU
A
special display entitled 'Visions of Glass' is being put on at BAU 2005,
in a fully restyled exhibition hall, to present the material glass.
Also, the GlasKon Congress will be integrated into BAU.
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Here:
Focus
on Glass for Internal Finishing at Glasstec04
glass technology live is to be presented from 9-13th November 2004 at
glasstec in Düsseldorf.
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Photovoltaics are about to come of age. At a star studded event last week at the Royal Opera House, leading architects were treated to a presentation of the very latest in solar electric glass. Romag has teamed up with BP Solar to offer PowerGlaz, a laminated glass that incorporates BP Solar photovoltaic cells.
At
the same event, Marley Roofing launched its solar-powered roof tiles,
which are aimed at the domestic market. The tiles are made of Romag's
laminated glass and also incorporate BP Solar cells.
Less
good news for the sharp end of the replacement window market: the OFT
has finally produced a (rather turgid) 123 page report on doorstep selling,
a market worth around £2bn a year, by far the largest chunk of
which is accounted for by double glazing and conservatories. Not to
be underestimated, as OFT recommendations have a nasty habit of becoming
enshrined in law.
For example, and forgive me if I enjoy this one, Swarovski, the manufacturer
of 'highly collectable' cut glass tat has been forced by the OFT to
stop influencing prices charged by its dealer network in the UK (this
story also below).
Tony Higgin, Publisher
tony@the-glazine.com
Steel
Curtain Walling System Cuts Contract Time
Significant
time savings have been achieved through the use of an
advanced new steel framed curtain walling system, employed
for the main elevations to a three-storey commercial
office development in Munich.
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on this Story]
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Romag
and BP Solar Unveils Photovoltaic
BIPV Glass
London's leading architects recently
gathered at the Royal Opera House
for the launch of PowerGlaz, a laminated
glass that incorporates BP Solar photovoltaic
cells. This unique British-designed
solar electric glass, which can be
incorporated into the structure of
a building to produce clean electricity,
is to go on sale in the UK later this
year and could revolutionise the use
of renewable energy in building design.
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on this Story]
Deceuninck
Sells Stake in Godiva MBO
Group Deceuninck has announced
the sale of its participation
in Godiva Windows Ltd to
the local management. Godiva
provides services to the
window construction industry
and will continue its cooperation
with Deceuninck in the future.
All 26 members of staff
of Coventry-based Godiva
will continue to be employed
by the firm.
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on this Story]
Pilkington
Merges Primary, Processing and Merchanting into a
Single Entity
Pilkington
has announced its new organisation Pilkington Building
Products UK. The company says that the move, which
was completed on 31st March 2004, will prepare the
company for future market opportunities and provide
far-reaching benefits for customers and specifiers.
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on this Story]
Titon Holdings has revealed disappointing half-year profits some 19% lower than the same period last year. The company blamed competition and the fact that sales growth came from lower margin product lines. Titon also said it expects its second half results to be broadly similar to the first.
94% of Homeowners are Unaware of Cancellation Rights in Unsolicited Visits, says OFT Report on Doorstep Selling
The OFT study on doorstep selling has found that consumer's need to be better informed of their rights and consumers who solicit visits from traders need more protection under the legislation. Doorstep selling is the practice of selling goods and services on the doorstep or in the home. It is worth at least £2.4 billion a year and covers a wide range of products from household cleaning products costing less than a pound, to home improvements costing thousands of pounds.
Vitro
Shows Growth in First Quarter, but not from Flat
Glass
Mexican company Vitro S.A., one of the world's largest
producers and distributors of glass products, has
announced 1Q04 un-audited results. Vitro posted
4.2 percent YoY growth in consolidated sales, with
all three business units contributing to the increase.
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on this Story]
Contract
Win for WSP – 'The Shard of Glass'
WSP
confirms
that it has been awarded the Civil, Structural and
Infrastructure Engineering design for Europe’s
proposed tallest building, London Bridge Tower,
'The Shard of Glass'. This prestigious contract
win confirms WSP’s leading position in high
rise building design, a skill enhanced through the
USA acquisitions made in 2000.
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on this Story]
Third
Silo Increases Compound Storage by 50 Per Cent
PVCu
systems specialist Status Systems has invested £60,000
in a third silo store at its Oldham based extrusion
plant. With growing sales and a new 70mm PVCu system
concept - zendow - the company had a real need for
additional compound storage both in terms of quantity
and material type.
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on this Story]
They’re
off…Next Stop the Desert of Dinosaur Bones
A
major challenge using wind-powered overland travel
was launched on May 12th. Three extreme sports enthusiasts
aim to ride the wind into the record books with
the first ever crossing of the Gobi Desert by kite-power,
in the Network Veka 2004 Gobi-Kites Expedition.
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on this Story]
Consumer
Interest in Home Improvement Hits all Time High
with 50% Increase, says eBuilders
Whether
it was the April showers or the recent upsurge in
the housing market, consumer interest in home improvement
doubled this April compared to the same month in
2003, according to a report by home improvement
website specialist, eBuilders.
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on this Story]
HW’s
Elite 70 Latest to be Approved with Pilkington Activ™
HW
Plastics’ recently launched Elite 70 PVC-u
window system is one of the latest products to be
approved for compatibility with Pilkington Activ™,
the self-cleaning glass. With a range of advanced
features, HW was keen that its new system should
be well-suited to a glass that also pushes back
technical boundaries.
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on this Story]
Guyson
Acquires Kerry
Guyson
International Ltd has announced its
recent acquisition of Kerry Ultrasonics
Ltd, the manufacturer of ultrasonic
cleaning equipment.
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on this Story]
D
L H Windows & Repairs Expelled from the
Federation of Master Builders
The
Federation of Master Builders (FMB), South
West Region, announced that it has expelled
D L H Windows & Repairs of Redruth, for
bringing the FMB into disrepute.
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on this Story]
Opportunities
in Eastern Europe and Asia Europe's Future
is in the Export Sector says glasstec
Research
The
trend of the past few years has continued
for the European glass machine industry. While
the glass industry in Western Europe has been
reluctant to make investments, a current revival
of the markets in North America and Russia
can be detected. In addition the sector is
hoping for growth from India, South America
and Eastern Europe.
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on this Story]
OFT
Receives Assurances from Swarovski over Retail Prices
The
OFT has accepted assurances from cut crystal glassware and jewellery
supplier, Swarovski UK Ltd, that it will make changes to its dealer
agreement with UK retailers and will not seek to influence the prices
at which retailers sell their products.
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on this Story]
Travis
Perkins Locks into Fullex
National
builders merchant, Travis Perkins, has recently opened a new architectural
ironmongery centre at its Wolverhampton branch, specifically aimed
at architects and specifiers, and has chosen to display the Fullex
range of high security door locking systems.
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on this Story]
Beauty
isn’t Only in the Eye of the Beholder
PVCu
manufacturer Sash UK says that it is so renowned for its working techniques
that it is attracting international visitors to see just how good
it actually is. A recent visitor from Russia even described the Barnsley
based company as ‘beautiful’, after viewing its factory
earlier this month.
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on this Story]
Green
Light for Schott AG - Advisory Board and Foundation Commissioner Approve
Change to Stock Corporation
At
its recent meeting the Schott Glas advisory board approved the transfer
of the foundation enterprise into the legal form of a German stock
corporation (Aktiengesellschaft). The advisory board, which includes
both representatives of the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung and also elected representatives
of the workforce, came to this decision unanimously.
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on this Story]
Alcoa
Begins Public Consultation Re Expansion of Wagerup Refinery in Western
Australia
Alcoa
World Alumina Australia is undertaking comprehensive public consultation
about a third production unit at its Wagerup refinery. Managing Director
Wayne Osborn said the Wagerup refinery was already the most environmentally
advanced alumina refinery in the world. An expansion would meet world-class
health guidelines and address community expectations on health and
the environment.
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on this Story]
SPECIAL FEATURE
Solaglas
– the Future is Clear for Soft Coat Low-E
As
one of the UK’s leading processors and distributors of glass and
glazing products, Solaglas has chosen to embrace soft coat low-E products
as a proactive move towards offering advanced technology products, which
are also in line with the ever-increasing demands of Document L legislation.
We asked MD, Alistair Higgins to tell us about his decision to use the
SGG PLANITHERM range from Saint-Gobain Glass, his experience of soft
coat low-E glass through the network and how he overcame the processing
and handling requirements.
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on this Story]
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