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Address Change for Sika’s FFI Business Group
Sika Industry has announced a new web address for its Fenestration, Facades and Insulating Glass (FFI) Business Unit at www.sikausa.com/FFI. The new web address offers customers quicker access to the FFI web page, which the company says provides a comprehensive view of its full range portfolio of structural glazing, insulating glass, weather sealing and other adhesives, sealants and solutions for the FFI industry. www.sikausa.com/FFI
Quanex to Close Kentucky Plant, Restructure IG Operations
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
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Two Companies Team Up to Purchase Florida Powder Coating
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
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IGMA Continues Harmonization with ISO Standard for Insulating Glass
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
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Glasslam to Open Three New Locations, Close One, in 2010
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
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Hartung Glass Industries Acquires AGC’s Vancouver Facility
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
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