Obeikan Glass and Chinese technology company Liaoning Zhongyuan signed an agreement to launch a second float glass line in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. Currently, the company has a manufacturing capacity of 800 tpd and produces clear float glass from 3 to 12 mm thick. The new float glass line will have a capacity of 650 tpd.
NovaSklo signed an agreement with Pilkington Technology Management to support the construction of a float glass production line in Kyiv, Ukraine. The plant’s launch, scheduled for 2028, will establish local glass production, reduce import dependence, and stimulate the development of the country’s construction industry by adopting new quality standards.
POSCO International, a subsidiary of POSCO Holdings signed a memorandum of understanding with Indiana-based ReElement Technologies to build a production complex for rare earth elements and permanent magnets in the United States.
The Dashixia Water Conservancy Project in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has officially begun storing water, signaling the completion of the world’s tallest concrete-face rockfill dam. The dam is 247 meters high, roughly the height of an 80-story building.
Housed within the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science, Virginia Tech Made will cultivate cross-campus collaborations, expand partnerships with industry and government, and train manufacturing professionals based on Virginia Tech’s expertise in advanced materials, manufacturing technologies, computational design, data analytics, and digital infrastructure.
A team of Boise State University faculty are amplifying Idaho’s semiconductor workforce potential with a new $7.4 million U.S. National Science Foundation award, the largest NSF award in Boise State history.
The U.K. and U.S. are set to sign an agreement called the Atlantic Partnership for Advanced Nuclear Energy. The key focus of the agreement is to halve the time it takes to gain regulatory approval for nuclear projects. In practice, it means that if a reactor has already passed safety checks in one country, that work can be used to support the work of the other.
The University of Texas at Dallas and Argonne National Laboratory agreed to collaborate on research to accelerate U.S. battery innovation and strengthen domestic supply chains for battery manufacturing.
Colorado State University Global is collaborating with the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers on the new Broadband Operations Management Certificate, an online and asynchronous program that includes a hands-on, work-based experience course.
The Trump administration canceled nearly half a billion dollars in federal funding for California’s largest offshore wind project. The state is staying the course with voter-approved funding from the California climate bond and other efforts to support wind development.
Japan’s subsea cable champion NEC is set to receive government support to buy the ships needed to put it on a par with U.S., French, and Chinese rivals as the vital communications infrastructure increasingly becomes a national security concern. Currently, NEC charters its vessels, while the other three major global players all own cable-laying fleets.
Two of the major European solar trade associations, the European Solar Manufacturing Council and SolarPower Europe, sent a joint letter to the European Commission and Ministers of the Competitiveness Council calling for additional measures to support European solar manufacturing beyond the EU’s Net Zero Industry Act that was passed last year.
Mexico has the potential to become a global solar superpower, according to a new report from global energy think tank Ember. The study finds that falling battery costs have brought round-the-clock solar electricity within reach in sunny countries such as Mexico, which could meet up to 90% of its electricity demand with solar and batteries.
Ashoka Rao Manikala, former president of operations at PGP Glass and AGI Greenpac, wrote a container glass manufacturing guide. The book, titled “Excellence in Container Glass Manufacturing,” was written in collaboration with the All India Glass Manufacturers’ Federation. For more information on the book, visit https://aigmf.com/excellence-container-glass.
