Product News
Denver, Colorado-based Radiant Glass Industries (RGI) and sister company Busick Insulated Glass have collaborated to develop a revolutionary product that is not only energy-efficient, it is energy generating. Using Power*e™ Glass designed and developed by RGI, Busick manufactures insulating glass (IG) units that use safe, low voltage DC power to warm the inside of the glass pane – creating a system that is nearly 100 percent efficient. CONTINUE READING
If you deal with energy saving regulations, you should visit the Sika expert team at the Fensterbau / Frontale trade fair. Structural window bonding is an efficient way to implement energy saving regulations in practice. In addition, bonded windows yield cost savings of up to 40% in installation and maintenance. Existing systems can be reasonably optimized to comply with stringent energy saving regulations, such as EnEV 2012 in Germany. CONTINUE READING
The U.S. Patent Office has issued a notice of allowance to Denver-based RavenBrick for all 54 of its patent claims for the RavenWindow solar heat blocking window filter technology, a system installed by insulating glass fabricators during the fabrication process. The company produces what it says is the industry’s only automated, intelligent, market-ready window filter, which automatically blocks solar heat when the outside temperature is too hot, while allowing solar heat inside when the outside temperature is cold. CONTINUE READING
Edgetech I.G. in Cambridge, Ohio, has entered into an agreement with Helsinki, Finland-based Sparklike Ltd. to be the exclusive distributor for the Gasglass argon and krypton gas detector and Spyglass glass analyzer in the Americas, Europe and Australia. CONTINUE READING
Arch Aluminum & Glass is pleased to announce the addition of a state of the art blast impact storefront system. The Arch IFG5100 is a 2-1/2” x 5” storefront was tested in accordance with ASTM, GSA, & UFC methods and passed those strenuous tests showing a high level of protection with a peak positive pressure of 7.61psi and a positive phase impulse of 44.5 psi. In addition, the IFG5100 also can be used in applications that call out for “Anti-Terrorism (AT/FP)” standards. The testing was done using the open arena method at the HTL facility in Lubbock, TX. CONTINUE READING
Company News
Quanex Building Products Corp. in Houston will close its Barbourville, Ky., location and let go approximately 200 employees, says George L. Wilson, general manager of Quanex Insulating Glass Systems. The equipment used to manufacture the company’s single-seal warm-edge spacer system at the Barbourville plant will be relocated to the company’s Cambridge, Ohio, facility. There will be a few salaried employee jobs created in Cambridge, and “we anticipate most will be filled locally,” Wilson says. “In … CONTINUE READING
Steve Howes, chief executive officer of Glasslam in Pompano Beach, Fla., in a partnership with Pat Argento, owner of Hurricane ImpactGlass and Aluminum, has purchased Florida Powder Coating in Lantana, Fla., and formed a new company: Cirrus Powder Coating. The facility will include two automated spacer manufacturing systems that will produce Air-Tight™ S silicone spacer. “Because of the size of the facility, we decided to expand our spacer manufacturing with our new in-line technology spacer … CONTINUE READING
The Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance (IGMA) announced the publication of ISO 20492, Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 for insulating glass units. The ISO/TC 160/SC 1-WG4 Insulating Glass convened for the first time in 1995 and, according to IGMA, the standard’s publication represents years of dedicated effort by the industry. CONTINUE READING
Glasslam N.G.I. Inc., headquartered in Pompano Beach, Fla., says it has approved the investment for three manufacturing facilities to manufacture its insulating glass foam spacer products. CONTINUE READING
Hartung Glass Industries of Seattle and AGC Flat Glass North America Ltd., a subsidiary of the Tokyo-based Asahi Glass Co., today announced that the companies have signed a definitive agreement under which Hartung has acquired the Metro Vancouver location of AGC Flat Glass. The location will operate as Hartung Glass Canada, effective immediately. CONTINUE READING
Project News
Sustainability and energy efficiency have become monikers for many of today’s retrofit and new construction building projects, and the Empire State Building is no exception. More than 6,500 windows in the iconic building are being upgraded by Serious Materials as part of an energy-efficiency retrofit project, which was announced last April. Johnson Controls, a provider of energy efficient and sustainable products, services and solutions, selected Serious Materials to “super-insulate” the windows. Read Article
The jury of the Emporis Skyscraper Award named Aqua, an 81-story residential and hotel tower in Chicago, the winner of its 2009 Skyscraper of the Year. The award, now celebrating its tenth year, is given annually to a building at least 100 meters tall and completed within the award year. The second place winner is O14 in Dubai and third place went to The Met in Bangkok. All winners were selected from 305 eligible buildings … CONTINUE READING
Dow Corning silicones were used to help protect the Burj Khalifa Tower in Dubai from the harsh desert climate and also to promote its energy efficiency. “We’ve been involved in many of the landmark buildings around the world for more than 60 years, through curtainwall structural glazing, assembly and weather proofing, insulating glass assembly and interior sealing. That experience and the proven performance of our silicone technologies played a critical role in this project,” says … CONTINUE READING