Glass

Huge sheets of glass are guided by robotic arms, sliding and turning in a towering germ-free plant, the world's first making giant "10th generation" panels for flat screen TVs. Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp.'s futuristic-looking plant doesn't have a single worker on the floor. Read More

With an aim to further strengthen its leadership position in the container glass industry, the city-based Rs 1,500 crore HNG Group on Monday entered the float glass segment with the firing up of its first float furnace in Halol, Gujarat. Read More

THE Glasshouse will hold a bumper sale of glass panels, bowls and jewellery in Michael Gannon's photography shop at the top of Bridge St, Westport, from 7pm to 9.30pm on Saturday, December 5 next. Read More

CUT glass crystal has returned to Wordsley's historic Red House Glass Cone as part of its annual 'All I want for Christmas' showcase. Read More

By any reckoning, the "Barlow Shed" in London's St Pancras International was an extraordinary feat of Victorian engineering when the station was first opened in 1868. Read More

SHANGHAI, China, November 29, 2009, Praxair China has signed a contract with Hainan China Aviation Special Glass Materials Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Aviation Sanxin Co., Ltd. (CAS), to supply oxygen and high purity nitrogen for a 100% oxy-fuel float glass furnace, the first of its kind in China. Read More

Vyas Giannetti Creative (VGC) has anounced having been appointed by Borosil Glassworks Ltd, maker of specialty glass, to create a brand new corporate identity and strategic communication plan and develop the brand's design language. Read More

The city-based Rupees 1,500-crore glass manufacturer HNG group has forayed into the float glass segment by setting up its first float furnace at Halol in Gujarat, a company statement Monday said. Read More

Coimbatore, Nov 30 (PTI) In the second such incident in two days in Tamil Nadu, window panes of a church on the outskirts of Coimbatore were found broken, leading to tension in the area. Read More

The Tiffany stained-glass windows at St. Paul's Episcopal Church are in desperate need of repair. Read More