Tag Archives: Guardian Industries
Glass: Protecting National Treasures
Following up on the news that glass encasement at the Louvre Museum in Paris protected Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” from a pastry-wielding bandit, Koch Industries, which owns Guardian Industries, issued a statement about the incident. It’s Guardian Clarity glass … Continue reading
New Guardian Glass Training Center Offers Glass Knowledge, Skills and Training
Guardian Industries has launched the new Guardian Glass Training Center to help the glass community of fabricators, processors, wholesalers, architects and specifiers learn more about the medium and the role it plays as a design and building material. According to the … Continue reading
Koch Industries to Close Glass Plants in Russia

Koch Industries, the parent company of Guardian Glass, is calling for employees to shut down its two glass plants in Russia as a number of factors related to the invasion of Ukraine have made continued operations “untenable.” However, employee safety … Continue reading
Leadership Changes Occur at Guardian Glass as President Exits Company

Ron Vaupel, President and CEO of Guardian Industries, has assumed leadership of the company’s glass business in the wake of the departure of Kevin Baird, who had served as president and CEO of Guardian Glass since 2014. In further C-level … Continue reading
U-M Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning and Guardian Industries Announce Research Partnership
The University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning and Guardian Industries are collaborating on a research partnership in advanced glass materials. An award from Guardian will result in two architectural research studies as a part of the … Continue reading