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April 18, 2013Viracon recently launched a corporate rebranding initiative to include a new corporate website and product guide, in addition to a series of marketing investments to be made throughout 2013. The glass fabricator recently revealed its new logo as part of the rebranding campaign. The logo, complete with a new typeface, is intended to graphically represent the company’s expertise with large-scale...
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April 18, 2013PPG Industries reported first quarter 2013 net sales from continuing operations of $3.3 billion, equal to that of first quarter 2012. First quarter 2013 adjusted net income was $235 million, compared to $216 million for the same period last year, according to a release. Glass segment sales were flat compared to first quarter 2012, coming in at $256 million. Higher flat glass volumes were more...
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April 16, 2013The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Trainor Glass Co. has filed more than 140 "Complaints" against companies Trainor Glass paid during the 90 days prior to filing for bankruptcy in March 2012. The committee is looking to avoid and recover payments made during the pre-filing period. The payments include transfers of "property, either by checks, cashier checks, wire transfers, direct...
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April 15, 2013Tubelite Inc. appointed Mike Kwasny as a client development manager serving Utah and southern Colorado.Most recently, Kwasny worked as a sales representative for Manko Windows Systems in Colorado. Prior to that, he dedicated 28 years to Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope as a sales representative for The Vistawall Group in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. "I see strong potential for assisting the...
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April 15, 2013glasstec 2014 will take place Oct. 21-24, 2014, in Düsseldorf, Germany. Exhibitor applications will be available online beginning June 2013. The event will once again run concurrently with solarpeq, International Trade Fair for Solar Production Equipment.For further information on visiting or exhibiting at glasstec 2014, contact Messe Düsseldorf North America.
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April 11, 2013Glass Performance Days China 2013 will be held May 22-23 at the Kunlun Hotel in Beijing. Session topics will include glass manufacturing, architectural challenges and solutions, solar glass and energy efficiency, trends and standards. GPD Finland 2013, which will be held June 13-15, will showcase architectural and solar glass. The program includes 200 paper presentations by international industry...
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April 10, 2013Apogee Enterprises, parent company of Viracon, Harmon, Wausau Window and Wall Systems, Linetec, and Tubelite, announced that fiscal 2013 full-year revenues of $700.2 million were up 6 percent over FY2012. During fiscal 2013, architectural segment revenues grew 6 percent, led by the installation, storefront and window businesses, and operating income improved by more than $20 million, driven...
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April 10, 2013Tredegar Corp. named W. Brook Hamilton president of its Bonnell Aluminum subsidiary, effective June 1, 2013. Hamilton joined Bonnell in 2005, serving as plant manager of the Newnan, Ga., facility from 2006 to 2012, when he was promoted to director of business planning. He will succeed current Bonnell president Duncan A. Crowdis, who is retiring.Prior to joining Bonnell, Hamilton worked for...
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April 9, 2013Seloy Oy, a Finnish insulating glass fabricator, and Lasiliiri Oy, a Finnish architectural glass manufacturer, will implement FeneVision ERP software into their company operations, according to a FeneTech Europe SARL release. Seloy Oy produces IG units on two TPS spacer lines and one metal spacer line, and serves local window and door manufacturers, steel construction firms and glazing companies...
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April 9, 2013The 2013 forecast for construction-put-in-place is up 8 percent―$918 million―over 2012, according to consulting and investment firm, FMI. Even with the strong improvement, however, FMI does not expect annual construction to go above the trillion-dollar mark until 2015.Residential buildings have shown the biggest improvement. While the single-family sector grew 23 percent in 2012, multifamily...
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Viracon, Inc. officials announced that the glass fabricator will make an investment of more than $30 million at its Owatonna, Minn., facility, to install a new coater. The company decided to install the new coating technology in Minnesota because the Owatonna facility is centrally located and has the most extensive product capabilities and technical talent, according to a release....
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Officials of PPG Industries announced several executive appointments, February 21, that are effective immediately.Michael McGarry, PPG executive vice president, has assumed leadership responsibility for the company’s flat glass businesses. He will also lead PPG's architectural coatings businesses in the Americas and Asia Pacific, as well as the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region....
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As the prognosis for the design and construction industry continues to improve, the Architecture Billings Index is reflecting its strongest growth since November 2007, according to the American Institute of Architects. The January ABI score was 54.2, up sharply from a mark of 51.2 in December.“We have been pointing in this direction for the last several months, but this is the strongest...
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