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Current Issue: October 2025

Q+A with Huntsman | Clear Demand for Safety Glazing Solutions

Thermoplastic polyurethane interlayer films are evolving to meet the dual demands for design and safety.

Dual Protection: The New Standard for Bullet and Forced-Entry Resistant Fenestration Systems

With different standards addressing different threat scenarios, the most effective approach is often not choosing one test over another, but ensuring that glazing and framing systems are proven under both ballistic and forced-entry conditions.

Product Solution | Mira, A+W Software’s Order Entry AI

See Mira at GlassBuild America in Orlando—Booth #12041—and discover how AI can make your everyday work faster, smarter and easier. 

GlassBuild America 2025

GlassBuild America: The Glass, Window & Door Expo, the biggest glass industry trade show in North America, will welcome 550 exhibitors Nov. 4-6 in Orlando, Florida, this year. 

Appearance of IGU Edges at the Time of Fabrication

The appearance of vision and spandrel insulating glass unit edges is a function of the materials and the fabrication process. Excerpted from NGA Glass Technical Paper FB27-15 Considerations for the Appearance of Insulating Glass Unit Edge at…

Selecting the Right Security Glazing for Education Environments 

Glaziers are on the front lines of every school hardening project, striving to achieve the delicate balance between creating a secure, open learning environment, realizing the architect’s design vision, and managing tight budgets and timelines.…

Navigating Legal Uncertainty

How harnessing the power of prescribed adjustment clauses bring flexibility and stability to contracts.

Plan Ahead to Get the Most out of GlassBuild

When I asked exhibiting companies what their advice was for attendees preparing for GlassBuild this year, the main takeaway was: plan your trip to get the most out of the show.

A New Reflection

An interview with NGA’s new CEO Lakisha A. Woods on leadership, industry and the future of glass.

What’s Next in Automation?

Fall tradeshows allow glass professionals to see the latest in automated equipment.

By Joe Erb

The Insider’s Playbook for GlassBuild 2025

Most people walk into trade shows and walk out with a backpack full of catalogs and a few business cards they’ll never follow up on. Here’s how to walk out with momentum.

Interior Partitions

Division 10, known as “specialties” by building professionals, bridges the gap between finishes and furnishings, addressing smaller, but critical, building components.