Japanese Researchers Have Produced A Glass That Is Almost As Strong As Steel
Imagine a window with glass that is about as strong as steel, yet is thin and light. Thanks to Japanese researchers this has come one big step closer. Young's Modulus [...]
Saint-Gobain Turns 350 This Week
When it comes to talking about the history of most companies in this industry, many of us talk in years. Some talk in decades. A few talk in half centuries. [...]
Corning: The Glass Age
If you're reading this very article on your smartphone, it's highly likely that the glass your finger is on right now is made by the very same company who have [...]
Saint-Gobain Turns 350
This year marks the 350th anniversary of one of the industry's biggest glass companies, Saint-Gobain. Let me take this opportunity to congratulate the company on such a long history on [...]
Tower Bridge’s Amazing New Glass Walkway
Here's a story that's been doing the rounds on the internet over the past week or so, the amazing new glass walkway unveiled at Tower Bridge in London. The 42 [...]
The Exciting Possibilities Of Glass Technology
Something a little different for today's post, a video. I found this small Israeli company, based in Tel Aviv, who specialise in glass technology. They are called Gauzy and this [...]
Reader Question: Faulty Sealed Units?
Another post, another question from a homeowner. You can see why I need to build a consumer section to this site! Anyway, this time round it is a homeowner who [...]
Is There Any Money Left In Glass?
That might sound like a bit of an odd question to ask, seen as though we all need glass throughout all parts of life. It's an essential material we simply could [...]
Where’s The Glass?
Usually, there's not much discussion on a Friday night on twitter about our industry that is worth talking about. But when @glassmanjamie asked me if I knew of any specialist [...]
A Day Made Of Glass 2
Remember when I posted the video on this blog of the Corning Glass inspired life we all might living in the near future? If not, here's the link to that [...]
Lots Of Leads, Lots Of Glass
I'm happy to report today that the busy period after the Summer Slump has continued this week. Plenty of leads made and sales completed. But it is the nature of [...]
London Is The Tail, Wagging The British Dog
I have just spent a fantastic early Valentines weekend with my girlfriend down in London! Its has been a few years since I was there last to stay over, and [...]
The Shard: The Glazing Industry’s Showpiece
Rarely does glass get to show itself off in such a dramatic and permanent way. The Shard, London's newest and the EU's soon-to-be tallest skyscraper, displays glass to city of [...]
Pilks To Close A Third Of It’s UK Lines
This looks like the first bit of major bad news for the glass area of our industry. Pilkington have announced that they are to shut one of it's three UK [...]
>Energy Efficient Windows 2.0?
>Some very smart people in South Korea have produced a new type of 'smart glass', which has the potential be cheaper and be more reliable than the current market offering.How [...]
>No More Price Increases?
>I don't want to tempt fate here, but has everyone noticed that the steady stream of price increase letters from suppliers seems to have dried up a little?During the spring [...]
>Pilkington To Open £36 Million Energy Efficient Glazing Line
>More good news has been released from Pilkington, with their announcement that they are to open a new energy-efficient coating facility at their current base in St Helens, worth £36 [...]
>Polymer Prices Set To Rise Further
>Due to the recent Japanese Earthquake, Toray Fine Chemicals Company Ltd, producer of polysulphide polymer, has had to cease production for an unspecified period of time. The plant was damaged [...]
>Pilkington To Reopen Operations
>Pilkington have announced that they are to reopen one of their float lines in St Helens. This is intended to produce glass for the solar energy market.This is obvious good [...]
>How Hard Is It To Produce Shaped Sealed Units?
>A job I have just recently finished pricing involved trying to produce some very intricate sealed units to fit into the stone work frames of an old chapel being converted [...]
>Star Product: Uni-Blind
>I might do more of these types of posts to help highlight some of the better individual products that are around in our market.We have been using the Integral/Uni-Blind system [...]