| March 11, 2008 | Vol 3, Num 10 |
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Last week's poll results:
Which candidate would help the industry most as president?
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John McCain |
54% |
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Barack Obama |
17% |
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Mike Huckabee |
16% |
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Hillary Clinton |
13% |
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News to know
More top stories
Pilkington might close Denbighshire factory
Pilkington officials say they will close the company’s Denbighshire, United Kingdom, facility by the end of April unless a buyer can be found, according to a Mar. 4 article from BBC News. The facility employes 20 people and has been in operation since 1957, according to the article … read more
Global Solar Energy opens full-scale thin film facility
Global Solar Energy opened a headquarter production facility in Tucson, Ariz., for thin film solar cells that will have a full production capacity of 40 megawatts, an industry record, according to a March 6 company release. The company also is breaking ground on a 750 kilowatt solar field and commissioning a 35 MW plant in Berlin, to open fall 2008 … read more
International Glass Products plans manufacturing facility in Robinson
International Glass Products LLC, Ambridge, Pa., will set up a manufacturing facility in Robinson, Pa., adding 130 jobs over three years, according to a March 6 article from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. The company currently employs 85 workers … read more
Denari designs all-glass condo, wider on upper floors
Los Angeles architect Neil Denari designed an all-glass, 14-story building for the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan’s lower west side. The structure, featuring floor-to-ceiling clear-glass facades will occupy a small footprint and become wider on higher floors, like a reverse wedding cake, according to a March 5 article from the Los Angeles Times … read more
Columbia city hall to get laminated glass keyhole sculpture
The Columbia, Mo., Standing Committee on Public Art approved a large glass art installation to stand outside of the new city hall building, according to a March 8 article from the Columbia Tribune. Artist Howard Meehan, Santa Fe, N.M., designed the installation that features a wall of laminated glass with images and dates from the city’s history with a keyhole shape cut out of it … read more
Side-hinged door proposal going back to drawing board
The industry may get another shot at developing a compromise for the sided-hinged door proposal currently on the table at the International Code Committee hearings, according to door industry representatives at the American Architectural Manufacturers Association’s annual meeting. ... read more
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