In recent years, consumer preferences have shifted towards more sustainable and eco-friendly products.
The AGC Glass Europe facility in Seingbouse, France, is now producing low-carbon Planibel Clearlite, a float glass whose CO2 footprint has been reduced by more than 40%,
PPG announced a $44 million investment to upgrade five powder coating manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Latin America.
Saint-Gobain has partnered with UK contractor McLaren Construction and Powerday on a glass recycling effort. McLaren supplies glass recovered from an ongoing apartment refurbishment in Camden and Powerday collects and crushes the glass; the resulting cullet (crushed glass) will then be recycled back into window glass manufactured by Saint-Gobain, which will support glass production with high recycled content.
Architecture firm billings remained soft for the fifth consecutive month in February, according to the American Institute of Architects' latest Architecture Billings Index. An ABI score of 48.0 indicates softer business conditions than in January. However, while overall billings have declined every month since October 2022, the pace of the decline remains relatively modest and has not accelerated dramatically.
While architecture firm billings declined for the fourth consecutive month in January, the pace of the decline continued to slow. The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score of 49.3 for the month indicates that fewer firms reported softening conditions this month than in December. In addition, inquiries into new projects and the value of new design contracts both strengthened in January, as firms reported an uptick of interest in new projects.