Glass

News from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds

By P. Carlo Ratto / November 13, 2012

• Asahi Glass Co. has decided to shut down AGC Glass North America’s Kingsport Plant in Tennessee in order to improve the profitability of its photovoltaic cover glass operations. This…

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Video: Varshneya recounts mentor’s influence in Cooper Lecture

By Eileen De Guire / November 6, 2012

[flash http://ceramictechweekly.org/wp-content/video/varshneya_cooperlecture_12.flv mode=1 f={image=http://ceramictechweekly.org/wp-content/video/varshneya_cooperlecture_12.jpg}] Arun Varshneya delivers the Cooper Lecture titled, “Science and Technology of Chemical Strengthening of Glass,” at MS&T’12. Serendipity was smiling on Arun Varshneya when he met…

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News from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds

By P. Carlo Ratto / November 5, 2012

• Owens Corning’s furnace in its Gous-Khroustalny, Russia, glass reinforcements facility is now operational. It is the latest step the company has taken to increase its global capacity to produce…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By / November 2, 2012

Here is what we are hearing: The solar saga continues: Siemens flees solar market (GigaOm) Energy giant Siemens is leaving the solar market after investing heavily in solar technology and…

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By / October 30, 2012

This 3D image of a ceramic composite specimen imaged under load at 1,750°C shows the detailed fracture patterns that LBNL researchers are able to view using ALS Beamline 8.3.2. The…

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News from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds

By P. Carlo Ratto / October 30, 2012

• Turkish glass processor Duzce Cam is to install a second float glass line. The company, a subsidiary of Okan Group, signed a contract with Fives Stein at the glasstec…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By / October 26, 2012

Zircar Ceramics’ recent purchase of 2,000-square-meter facility in Chester, N.Y., will be used for expanding the company’s CNC Milling, Precast Refractory Shape Making and R&D capabilities. Here is what we…

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Engineered nanoglass material could clean up petro drilling, past and present

By / October 26, 2012

In one of our news “roundups” posted last week, there was a brief mention of NSF support for work being done on a family of organically-modifiable silica products that is being…

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News from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds

By P. Carlo Ratto / October 23, 2012

• PPG’s glass segment sales were $262 million for the third quarter 2012, down $11 million from the prior year. Higher flat glass volumes were offset by lower pricing and…

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Elegant and simple—stretching during spinodal decomposition aligns porosity in glass

By Eileen De Guire / October 19, 2012

Different steps of the deforming procedure: (A) initial glass block, (B) sawn glass plate, (C) and (D) stretched glass plates. Credit: Barascu; JACerS, Wiley. Stretch forming is a manufacturing process…

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