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April 27, 2009On the heels of the best quarter and year in the company’s 22 year history, Doralco, Alslip, Ill., added additional column cover manufacturing equipment and skilled craftsmen to its architectural cladding division, according to an April 27 release. Tom O’Malley, vice president of sales, attributed the company's growth to: the partnerships with suppliers and...
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April 27, 2009The Protective Glazing Council International, Topeka, Kan., will host its monthly Webinar May 29, according to an April 27 PGC release. The free Webinar series for architects, building owners, specifiers, glazing contractors and others in the architectural community focuses on various industry topics and runs an hour. Scheduled for the last Friday of each month, the next...
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April 27, 2009SolFocus has opened the doors on an expansion of its Mesa facility, which makes glass reflectors for solar power plants. The company plans to add jobs and increase product output there through the end of the year.The Mountain View, Calif.-based company will be able to produce 2 million concentrated photovoltaic reflectors each year at the Mesa facility--enough to produce about 30 megawatts of...
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April 24, 2009The windows are coming for downtown Atlanta’s Westin Peachtree Plaza, but they’re not here yet. Every piece of glass on the exterior of the landmark circular hotel on Peachtree Street will have to be replaced, due to the tornado of March 2008.
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April 24, 2009Fitting of the Green Point Stadium's glass roof is expected to get underway on Monday, ahead of schedule - two months after engineers raised the inner tension ring which resembles a spoked wheel. Dave Hugo, the city council's 2010 technical director, said everything was going well, with 72 trusses already in place to support the roof.
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April 24, 2009Peter Kohler Windows and Entrance Systems is not seeing a downturn in business with the recession. In fact, the window and door manufacturer in Debert is expanding and has been approved for a government payroll rebate up to a maximum of $930,000 over five years.
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April 24, 2009C.R. Laurence Co. Inc., Los Angeles, a leading global supplier to the glazing, railing, architectural, construction, industrial, and automotive industries, is proud to announce that the company’s GRS Dry and Wet Glazed Glass Railing Systems have been Miami-Dade County certified for installations where risk of hurricane damage is highest. The GRS Systems also met and exceeded the standards...
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April 23, 2009The following companies may have unusual price changes in Japanese trading tomorrow. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are from the previous close. The information in each item was released after markets shut, unless stated otherwise.Central Glass Co. (4044 JT): The glassmaker’s net loss for the year ended March 31 totaled 4 billion yen [$40.7 million], 14 percent...
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April 23, 2009Republicans and Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee sparred Wednesday at a hearing on Rep. Henry Waxman’s (D- Calif.) proposed climate-change legislation.Out of the gate, Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) lambasted the idea of cap-and-trade--mockingly calling it ‘cap-and-tax’--as a failed policy experiment that's not worth repeating.“All one has to do is examine...
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April 22, 2009The construction industry accounts for less than one percent of all U.S. green house gas emissions according to a new analysis of federal environmental data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to an April 22 release from the Associated General Contractors of America, Arlington, Va.. The AGC of America found that all equipment used by the construction industry contributed...
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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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