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One piece at a time
 Dec. 30, 2008 - Beta Max Hoists were used to give the CNN building in Atlanta, GA a desperately needed facelift after being damaged by a 135 mph tornado that ripped through the city’s commercial center in March.
Glass industry forecasts slow times for 2009
Dec. 30, 2008 - With 2009 only days away, USGNN.com has asked a number of glass
industry professionals about the challenges that they predict the
new year will hold.
Smart bottles reduce glass breakage
 Dec. 29, 2008 - Glass container maker Ardagh Glass, as well
as Coca-Cola, Coors and other beverage companies, are using facsimile
bottles with built-in active RFID tags and sensors to identify sites on
assembly lines that subject the glass to damaging pressure or
collisions.
PPG publishes new sustainable building products brochure
Dec. 22, 2008 - PPG Industries has published EcoLogical Building Solutions, a new brochure highlighting its sustainable architectural glass, coatings and paint products.
Creating sustainable products and materials
Dec. 22, 2008 - Alcoa announced that its Kawneer North America business, the leading manufacturer of architectural aluminum products and systems for the commercial construction industry, has been awarded Cradle to CradleSM environmental product certification.
CRL introduces new transaction and security hardware catalog
 CR Laurence Co., Inc. (CRL), has published a brand new Transaction and Security Hardware Catalog – the TH10. This full-colour, 208-page catalog is available online at crlaurence.com, as well as in print.
Project director appointed for Glasstec
 Dec. 22, 2008 - Birgit Horn, has been appointed as project director for Glasstec, the international trade fair for the glass industry.
Glass feature honours waterfalls and gorge's rock formations
Dec. 16, 2008 - Niagara - The city's new convention centre will be designed and built by the
Toronto-area construction company responsible for Niagara College's
Glendale campus and the new plaza at the Queenston-Lewiston bridge.
Glass making to stop six weeks before planned
Dec. 15, 2008 - Owen Sound's glass making plant will cease operations Monday, six weeks sooner than was originally planned. PPG managers had announced to employees that the plant would
stop making glass on Jan. 31, but decided this week to push that
deadline forward.
Window repairers are a glass apart
 Dec. 15, 2008 - Repairing a broken window is usually not too taxing an affair. But it took a crane and four men four days to replace a broken pane in the world’s largest single-span glasshouse.
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