Sacramento and Minneapolis CBS TV Stations Investigate Windshield Safety

Posted by on May 8, 2012 under Auto News | Be the First to Comment

Two television news stations aired investigative reports last night about windshield replacement safety.

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Sacramento and Minneapolis CBS TV Stations Investigate Windshield Safety

Q and A with Pilkington Automotive: Environmental Rating for Glazing

Posted by on April 26, 2012 under Auto News | Be the First to Comment

NSG Automotive Group is developing a rating system that will quantify the environmental impact of automotive products throughout their life and give an insight into how this is offset during the life of the vehicle.

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Q and A with Pilkington Automotive: Environmental Rating for Glazing

Guardian Automotive Latest Company to Add Windshield Recycling

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Guardian Automotive is the latest company in the auto glass industry to recycle windshields. Customers of four of the company’s distribution centers can return broken windshields to Guardian to be recycled.

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Guardian Automotive Latest Company to Add Windshield Recycling

Mainstreet Computers Host Glas-Avenue Advanced Training Event

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Customers from as far away as Arizona and Montana gathered today in Belleville, Mich., for Mainstreet Computers’ Glas-Avenue advanced training event.

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Trosifol Expands Production in Germany

Posted by on March 9, 2012 under Auto News | Be the First to Comment

Trosifol, manufacturer of PVB film, is planning to increase production capacity at its Troisdork, Germany facility. The company is planning to add an additional production line to answer the rising need for PVB film for laminated safety glass in the automotive industry. The total investment for the new line will be close to $26 million (EUR 20 million) and the line is expected to be up and running by the end of 2013.

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Mercedes-Benz DICE Interior Concept Hands-On

Posted by on January 30, 2012 under Auto News | Be the First to Comment

Attendees exploring CES 2012 earlier this month traveling through the automotive section of the convention would have had a difficult time not at least glimpsing the Mercedez-Benz DICE Interior Concept. While the dashboard shows off menus that included media, social, and places, each of them able to control what you’re hearing and seeing around you, who you’re contacting from the vehicle, and mapping where you want to go, it was the windshield that really showed off the state of the future.

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Mercedes-Benz DICE Interior Concept Hands-On

Guardian to Cease Operations of Auto and Truck Glass Inc.

Posted by on April 8, 2011 under Auto News | Be the First to Comment

Guardian Automotive announced today that it is ceasing operations of Auto and Truck Glass Inc. (ATG), which provides auto glass replacement and repair services primarily to rental fleets and auctions, effective May 31. Guardian’s principal automotive operations (original equipment automotive glass, aftermarket, and retail replacement businesses) are not affected, according to a company statement.

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AGRSS Standards Committee Nears Finalization of Standard Revisions

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The AGRSS Council Inc.’s Standard Committee is in the process of voting on some possible changes to the Standard, and hopes to submit the Standard to ANSI for approval in the coming months, according to committee chair Bob Beranek of Automotive Glass Consultants.

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AGRSS Standards Committee Nears Finalization of Standard Revisions

Solutia Launches New Saflex Website

Posted by on May 21, 2009 under Auto News | Be the First to Comment

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Sponsored Link: When It Comes to Glass Handling, Count on Wood’s Powr-Grip Vacuum Cups

Posted by on May 20, 2009 under Auto News | Be the First to Comment

When it comes to installing windshields and windows in a vehicle, nothing does it quite like the line-up of hand-held vacuum cups from Wood’s Powr-Grip. Those in the automotive industry have discovered dozens of applications for Powr-Grip products.

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Sponsored Link: When It Comes to Glass Handling, Count on Wood’s Powr-Grip Vacuum Cups