Glass

Glass processors and IGU manufacturers have been warned to prepare now for increased prices and lower availability of product caused by the global shortage of shipping containers amid reports of price increases of as...

Pilkington UK is celebrating nearly two centuries of history with the creation of a new online heritage hub with images of the company and the people who worked there. The hub recognises the seminal contributions...

Eyrise dynamic solar shading glass has transformed a Grade II-listed London building’s new rooftop dome.  The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), an independent security and defence think tank, worked with bespoke structure design and build...

AGC Glass Europe has announced a new collaboration with Eastman to integrate the innovative Saflex™ LiteCarbon™ Clear interlayer into its Low-Carbon Stratobel laminated safety glass. This collaboration underscores the growing interest in and recognized...

Glass Futures has announced that Bowmer + Kirkland has been appointed to build the £54million Global Centre of Excellence at Saints Retail Park in St Helen’s. The contractor will begin construction at the former United...

Construction has begun on a flood defence wall in Kendal, Cumbria, using a 35mm thick glass/interlayer laminate using Optiwhite and Activ glass from Pilkington UK as part of a scheme to protect more than...

Guardian Glass is set to complete a six-month furnace rebuild the at its Goole float glass plant with new technologies to expand its melting capacity by 20% to 825 metric tons per day. The Goole...

NSG Group has announced it is to close its Pilkington merchanting site in Birmingham. The site, one of 11 in the UK run by the company’s architectural glass operation, is due to close later this...

Warnings have been issued of ‘severe and immediate disruption’ to the global supply of laminates, leading to likely shortages this summer. The message came from glass merchanting business Mackenzie Glass, which said major disruption to...

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...