Glass TEXpo 2014 will be held April 10-11 in San Antonio. The event, co-sponsored by the Texas Glass Association, and DWM sister publications USGlass magazine, USGNN and WINDOW FILM magazine, will be held at the Crowne Plaza San Antonio Riverwalk. Watch usglassmag.com for more information as it becomes available.
During the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) Summer Conference, Dr. Tom Gloria, managing director of Industrial Ecology Consultants, will present information on conducting product life cycle assessments (LCAs) and developing Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) using AAMA’s Product Category Rules (PCR) guidance document. The PCR document is scheduled to be completed by fall 2013. “Gloria’s presentation [...]
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) will hold its Summer Conference in Rosemont, Ill., June 9-12. The event will include keynote speaker Stephen Gold, who will address the outlook for the U.S. manufacturing industry; a commemoration of the association’s Gold Label 50th anniversary; recognition of the AAMA scholarship program and partner program recipients; and committee [...]
Registration for the Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance (IGMA) 2013 Summer Conference is now open on the IGMA website. The conference is scheduled for August 7-10, 2013 at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel and Resort. The major focus of the conference is product quality, specifically through certification, testing and in-house quality systems. This will include a [...]
The fourth annual Fenestration Day™, sponsored by DWM magazine, will take place October 31, 2013, in Schaumburg, Ill. Fenestration Day brings together door and window manufacturers and dealers for some joint educational sessions as well as individual sessions tailored to those groups. For dealers wanting to learn more about the manufacturing process, DWM has added [...]
Quanex Building Products will exhibit at the 24th China Glass Expo (China Glass Expo 2013), organized by the Chinese Ceramic Society (CCS), taking place at the China International Exhibition Center (CIEC) later this month. “We are excited to continue to establish partnerships in the Chinese fenestration market,” says Ramsey Bader, director of international sales and [...]
Scott Thomsen, president of Guardian Industries Global Flat Glass Group, will speak at the upcoming Glass Performance Days (GPD) Finland June 11-15 in Tampere. Thomsen, who oversees the worldwide operations of Guardian’s flat glass manufacturing, marketing, distribution and product development, will discuss the challenges facing the glass industry and propose solutions for reconstructionist strategic thinking [...]
The Australian Window Association (AWA) will join forces with the Window Film Association of Australia and New Zealand (WFAANZ), Skylight Industry Association (SIA) and Australian Institute of Surface Finishing (AISF) to host the Fenestration Australia 2013 exhibition and conference in Canberra, Australia, October 3-5. “Prevailing trends in architecture, design and building sustainability place an unprecedented [...]
Quanex Building Products’ Tracy Rogers, director of industry relations and advanced technology, will present at Glass Performance Days (GPD) in Beijing May 22-23 and Finland June 11-15. Rogers will discuss methods IG manufacturers are using to achieve R5 performance, especially the use of hard-coat, pyrolytic low-E coatings on surface #4. “We want to share our [...]
Quanex Building Products’ business development director for Asia, YK Park, recently spoke at the 2013 China Glass Industry Annual Conference and Technical Forum, held March 26-28. Park’s presentation was titled “Super Spacer® for High Performance IGU Fabrication and High Productivity.” “The conference exceeded our expectations in many ways with some of the top suppliers and [...]
