Glass

Guardian now offers health product declaration

Jan. 19, 2015 - Guardian Industries Corp. has announced that the company is now offering Health Product Declaration (HPD) information for its flat glass and coated glass products.

Flat Glass Showcase

The newest edition to PPG’s collection of performance tinted glasses, Optigray glass is an ultra-neutral, warm-light-grey glass designed to maximize light transmittance and clarity.

PPG to commemorate 50th anniversary of SOLARBAN glass

June 25, 2014 - PPG Industries is commemorating the 50th anniversary of SOLARBAN glass, a product line that was launched in 1964 under a name that continues to serve as the flagship brand for one of the most advanced lines of solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) glasses.

Guardian introduces SunGuard Spandrel HT

June 12, 2014 - Guardian now offers SunGuard Spandrel HT, a new glass product designed for building façade spandrel applications that benefits both architects and fabricators.

Glass products becoming increasingly functional

Feb. 7, 2014 - Thanks to on-going research and development efforts glass products can take on ever new functions. Even today, glass panes can be transformed at the press of a button, upscaled to radiant media glazing or – in wafer-thin versions – be used as high-performance displays.

Flat Glass Showcase

Pilkington Optitherm S1 Plus is the latest in its low-E range offering ultra-low emissivity and achieving a U-value of only 1.0 W/m2K when incorporated in a double glazed insulating glass unit.

Pilkington's product line now compatible with BIM software

NEWS HIGHLIGHT Pilkington's product line now compatible with BIM software Pilkington Building Products North America now offers its full product line, including 77 pyrolytic and uncoated glass products, compatible with Building Information Modeling (BIM) software.

Nanotech now

Whether glass is featured indoors or out, in commercial, institutional or residential buildings, it should be protected.

For the Glass Market

Oldcastle Glass now offers architects and designers the ability to have any image they can imagine printed on glass in full colour with i-Glass decorative glass. Imagine famous works of art or graphic imagery, even replicate the look of real wood or marble printed so realistically on glass you will have to look twice.

COATED GLASS: April 2009

PPG Industries has shipped its 20-millionth square foot of Solarban 70XL glass since it was introduced in 2006 as the world’s first triple-silver-coated, solar control low-E glass. Solarban 70XL glass is a high-performing environmental glass measured by its light-to-solar gain (LSG) ratio.

Industry News

Celebrating 125 years of innovation PPG introduces glass tints with second-surface MSVD low-E coatings As PPG Industries celebrates its 125th anniversary, the company continues to expand its product line by introducing Solarban 70XL and Solarban 60 solar control, tinted glass with low-emissivity coatings on the second surface.

Celebrating 125 years of innovation

Sept. 25, 2008 - PPG introduces glass tints with second-surface MSVD low-E coatings.

SKYLIGHTS: The Glass Roof

Atriums with sloped glazing allow light into large floor plates. The widespread implementation of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accreditation for such designs is prompting architects and designers to include vertical glazing and sloped glazing systems into their building designs.

PPG introduces glass tints with second-surface MSVD low-e coatings

Aug. 22, 2008, Pittsburg – PPG Industries is introducing its most popular tinted glasses with Solarban 70XL or Solarban 60 solar control, low-emissivity coatings on the second surface of the glass.

The new age of glass

Low-E glass has evolved considerably since its inception spawning new variations of itself in high performance and reflective glass. After flattening out in the late 1990s, the rejuvenation of low-E glass in commercial glazing projects has been evident in several high profile buildings in both Canada and the US.