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News to know
Worker dies after fall through skylight
A 44-year-old worker at the IPSCO Koppel Tubulars Corp. facility in Harmony, Pa., died after falling 75 feet through a skylight, according to a Mar. 3 article from WTAE TV, Pittsburgh. ... read more
Vitro America becomes DecoTherm licensee
Vitro America, Memphis, entered a licensing agreement to manufacturer glass with DecoTherm Digital, Ceramic-Frit Glass Decoration, a process from DecoTherm, Amherst, N.Y., that places graphic designs permanently on glass, according to a Feb. 27 release. Vitro America will install the image positioning system at its Greensboro, N.C., fabrication facility in early March ... read more
Viracon earns Kitemark certification for U.K. insulating glass units
Viracon, Owatonna, Minn., received certification from Kitemark for its insulating glass products specified in the United Kingdom, according to a Feb. 25 company release. Products must pass a series of tests and meet quality benchmarks to earn certification. ... read more
Saflex interlayers used to protect 500-year-old map
Solutia Inc., St. Louis, supplied its Saflex protective interlayer for the laminated glass casement for a world map created in 1507 that first labeled America “America,” according to a Feb. 19 Solutia release. Engineers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md., designed a hermitically sealed laminated glass enclosure with anodized aluminum frames to house the 12-sheet map ... read more
Diamon-Fusion International expands into Turkey
Officials from Diamon-Fusion International Inc. signed a sales representation agreement with Sampas Nanotechnology, Turkey, expanding DFI’s position in the Eastern European Union and the Middle East, according to a Feb. 22 DFI release. DFI is a developer and licensor of hydrophobic nanotechnologies that can be applied to glass; Sampas Nanotechnology is a nanotech consulting company ... read more
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