£54m sustainable glass excellence centre goes to planners
A proposed £54million Global Centre of Excellence for glass research has taken a step nearer to becoming reality with the submission of a formal planning application for the 160,000 sqft St Helens site.
The Centre...
Govt adds £15m to Glass Futures excellence centre plan
Plans for a Glass Futures Global Centre of Excellence in glass research have received a further boost with a £15million investment from central government as part of UK Research and Innovation Transforming Foundation Industries...
Glasscraft acquires Hytech Glass
West Yorkshire based sealed glass unit manufacturer, Glasscraft, is delighted to announce that it has acquired Hytech Glass.
Liverpool based Hytech has been established for over 20 years and Glasscraft’s management team saw a great...
AGC adds more features to Glass Configurator
AGC Glass Europe has unveiled an updated version of its Glass Configurator with more functionality plus new features including acoustic calculations and photorealistic renderings.
The Glass Configurator is a tool that glass processors, facade and...
Glass Conference rescheduled to run alongside FIT Show 2025
Following the announcement last week that the Glass Conference, a joint venture between the organisers of FIT Show, the Glass and Glazing Federation and FENSA, is to be postponed and rescheduled to run alongside...
Guardian achieves 6% reflectivity with Clarity Neutral
Guardian Glass has introduced Clarity Neutral anti-reflective glass with a reflectivity of 0.6% a successor to its existing Clarity glass at 0.7%.
Clarity Neutral provides even higher transparency by reducing the bluish reflections that remain...
Inagas confirmed official UK Distributor for Sparklike
Inagas, provider of manual IGU gas filling and testing equipment has announced it is now the official UK & Ireland distributor for Sparklike, manufacturer of equipment for measuring IGU gas content.
Inagas director Chris Kemp...
Pilkington claims a first with hydrogen powered glass trial
Pilkington is claiming a world’s first after successfully manufacturing architectural glass using hydrogen power at its St Helen’s site in a trial it says could lead to a transition to hydrogen power for all...
AGC introduces Stopray Vision-70
AGC has introduced Stopray Vision‑70 and toughenable Vision‑70T solar control glass.
Colour neutral at Ra,D = 97 with a transmission of TL = 70% and solar factor of 35%, the product is said to reduce the air conditioning requirements...
Saint-Gobain assures long-term UK supply with £30m Eggborough rebuild
Saint-Gobain Glass this week began work on £30m rebuild of its Eggborough manufacturing unit, including a new float glass furnace, which it says will secure the long-term supply of its glass products in the...
