£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...
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...
TuffX grows with factory add-on
TuffX has extended its factory by 10,000ft, making room for new machinery to support the growing production of its Infinity roof lights.
The Knowsley premises has expanded into an adjoining unit, with the additional space...
Glass Futures names designer for ‘world’s first’ research furnace
Stara Glass SpA, based in Genoa and part of the Hydra SpA group, has been appointed by Glass Futures to design the 30tonne/pd experimental research & development furnace at the heart of its planned...
Guardian and Eastman introduce UltraClear LamiGlass Neutral
Guardian Glass and Eastman are jointly announcing Eastman’s new Saflex Crystal Clear PVB interlayer, which is said to produce one of the most colour neutral, brilliant laminated low-iron glass products available today – Guardian...
TuffX grows again with £500K site addition
TuffX is planning further growth with the purchase of a an adjoining unit at its Knowsley premises in addition to an ongoing 30,000ft2 extension that is due to be completed by the end of...
More investment planned at Cornwall
Cornwall Group is set to invest £5 million in plant, machinery and IT over the next 18 months. This figure is over and above the investment in the acquisition of Forward Glass last year.
“Plant...
Glass futures appoints first Excellence site leaders
Glass Futures has begun recruiting director and other senior roles for its proposed £54million Global Centre of Excellence research, development and training facility to be built at St Helens on Merseyside.
Key managerial roles including...
Padiham Glass grows with second Super Spacer line
Padiham Glass, part of the Emplas Group, has invested in in a second automated Super Spacer application line.
In 2004, the company became one of the early adopters of warm edge technology when it purchased...
Choice of glass could save a third of energy – report
UK buildings could cut nearly a third of their energy consumption by 2030 by choosing the right types of glass, according to the latest research commissioned by Glass for Europe, and as more than...
