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2024
- Sungate ThermL™ Glass by Vitro Earns Top 75 Products of 2024 Honors from Building Design + Construction
Vitro Architectural Glass, the largest glass manufacturer in the Western Hemisphere, is pleased to announce one of its newest products, Sungate ThermL™ glass, was named one of the “Top 75 Products of 2024” by Building Design + Construction (BD+C).
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, December 18, 2024 - VacuMax™ Vacuum Insulating Glass (VIG) by Vitro Earns Best Architectural Products of 2024 Honors from Architectural Record
Vitro Architectural Glass is pleased to announce that its refined VacuMax™ Vacuum Insulating Glass (VIG) was honored by Architectural Record as one of the Best Architectural Products of 2024.
PITTSBURGH — Monday, December 16, 2024 - Vitro’s Mark Seeton Named to National Glass Association Board of Directors
Vitro Architectural Glass, a leader in sustainability known for its energy-efficient and low embodied carbon glass used in projects worldwide, is pleased to announce that Mark Seeton, Vice President of Sales, has been appointed to the National Glass Association (NGA) Board of Directors.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - Vitro Architectural Glass Welcomes Matthew Pryor as Commercial Account Manager
Vitro Architectural Glass, renowned as the largest glass manufacturer in North America, is pleased to announce the appointment of Matthew Pryor as Commercial Account Manager of the Texas region.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, December 3, 2024 - Eight Projects Featuring Vitro Architectural Glass Earn 2024 AIA Award Honors
Vitro Architectural Glass is pleased to announce that its energy-efficient, low-embodied carbon glass is featured in eight award-winning projects recognized by the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The AIA Awards honor projects that establish new standards of excellence and celebrate impactful, exemplary work in architecture and design.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - Solarban® 90 Glass Atrium and Windows Daylight Children's of Mississippi Hospital
As Mississippi’s only medical facility devoted exclusively to children, the 340,000-square-foot Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower expansion at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson features a 40-foot curtain wall atrium with Solarban® 90 glass from Vitro Architectural Glass.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, November 12, 2024 - Birmingham Opens Up Brutalist Arena Facade with Curtain Wall featuring Solarban® 72 Acuity® Glass by Vitro Architectural Glass
Serving as an important sports and entertainment venue since 1976, it was time to update Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex’s (BJCC) Legacy Arena to better serve the community and compete with other cities in the region.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - Lafayette College’s Renovated Hugel Welcome Center Boasts VacuMax™ Vacuum Insulating Glass by Vitro Architectural Glass
The recently renovated Hugel Welcome Center in Markle Hall on the Lafayette College campus offers a bright and warm reception to students, faculty, staff, alumni, and visitors.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, October 9, 2024 - Vitro Architectural Glass Joins Pittsburgh Glass Center to Commemorate Completion of Landmark Expansion Project
Vitro Architectural Glass joined the Pittsburgh Glass Center (PGC) in celebrating the completion of PGC’s remarkable renovation, welcoming elected officials, partners, and community members for a unique hot glass ribbon cutting ceremony.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, September 25, 2024 - VacuMax™ Vaccum Insulating Glass (VIG) Earns The Architect’s Newspapers “Best of Product” Honors
Vitro Architectural Glass is pleased to announce one of its highest-performing products, VacuMax™ Vacuum Insulating Glass (VIG), received a 2024 Best of Products Award from The Architect’s Newspaper’s (AN) Building Materials + Facades: Glass Category.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, September 11, 2024 - Vitro Architectural Glass Promotes Daniel Plotnick to Manager of International Sales
Vitro Architectural Glass, the largest glass manufacturer in the Western Hemisphere, whose industry-leading, high-performance products grace countless structures globally, has announced the promotion of commercial account manager Daniel Plotnick to Manager of International Sales.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, September 10, 2024 - Vitro Architectural Glass Announces Andre Kenstowicz's Promotion
Vitro Architectural Glass, an industry leader that continually raises the bar for sustainability with its energy-efficient and low embodied carbon products, announced the promotion of longtime team member Andre Kenstowicz to Manager of the Vitro Certified® Network and Key Projects.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, August 28, 2024 - Vitro Architectural Glass and the National Aviary Extend Partnership
Continued collaboration reaffirms Vitro’s commitment to the community and environmental protection
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, August 6, 2024 - Solarban® 60 Starphire® Glass by Vitro Architectural Glass Supports User-Focused Biophilic Design for Midwest Fire Station
Embracing biophilic design principles for the Marion Fire Station in Marion, Iowa, daylighting and views were a major aspect of OPN Architects’ vision for the project.
PITTSBURGH — Thursday, July 25, 2024 - Vitro Architectural Glass Celebrates 60-Year Evolution of Solarban® Glass
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) is marking 60 years of evolution and innovation of Solarban® glass, the flagship brand for one of the industry’s most environmentally advanced lines of solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) glasses.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, July 17, 2024 - Vitro Architectural Glass Introduces VitroVerse™ Glass Tools Mobile Hub
Vitro Architectural Glass has unveiled the VitroVerse™ Glass Tools Mobile Hub. This digital platform consolidates all Vitro digital tools into one easily accessible mobile site to support architects, building owners, fabricators, glaziers and end users.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, June 26, 2024 - Vitro Architectural Glass Upgrades Video Content for its Glass Education Center
Vitro Architectural Glass has updated its online Glass Education Center website with over 10 refined educational videos and a new piece on Glass Distortion & Anisotropy
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, June 19, 2024 - Solarban® 72 Starphire® Glass Helps Amazon Meet their HQ2’s Daylighting Goals in Arlington, Virginia
A pair of gleaming glass-clad towers, Amazon’s second headquarters are not only reshaping the Arlington skyline, but also generously contributing to the neighborhood with its open-to-the-public ground-floor lobbies and adjacent Metropolitan Park renovation and expansion.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, June 11, 2024 - Vitro and Steelers Leadership Meet in Pittsburgh to Celebrate Partnership
Vitro, North America's largest glass producer headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico, joined the Pittsburgh Steelers in Western Pennsylvania to officially kick off their recently announced partnership. Vitro is the first partner of the Steelers in Mexico as part of the NFL Global Markets Program.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, May 28, 2024 - Vitro Architectural Glass Announces New Low Embodied Carbon Projects, Updates on Sustainability Objectives
Vitro Architectural Glass, the largest glass producer in the Western Hemisphere whose products continually raise the industry standard for sustainability, hosted the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at its plant in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to announce low embodied carbon (LEC) progress, its sustainability objectives and its work to improve environmental performance.
PITTSBURGH — Thursday, May 16, 2024 - Large Solarban® 60 Acuity® Glass Vertical Windows Deliver Daylighting and Transparency at Penn State University’s New Innovation Hub
As Penn State’s first ground-up building in downtown State College, Pa., the new LEED® Gold-targeting Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub, formerly known as the James Building, maximizes daylighting with precisely sized openings and a ground-floor curtainwall system.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, May 14, 2024 - Solarban® 72 Acuity® Glass by Vitro Architectural Glass Highlights 20 Mass Renovation
Completed in October 2023, 20 Mass, the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and F Street NW has transformed into Capitol Hill’s go-to destination thanks to Solarban® 72 Acuity® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass.
PITTSBURGH — Thursday, May 2, 2024 - Vitro Architectural Glass Introduces Additional Low-e Option, Solarban® 65 Glass
Vitro Architectural Glass has added a new option, Solarban® 65 glass, to its family of high-performance, solar control, low-e glasses.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - VacuMax™ Vacuum Insulating Glass by Vitro Architectural Glass Awarded Prestigious Recognition by Environment+Energy Leader
Vitro Architectural Glass is pleased to announce that one of its highest-performing products, VacuMax™ Vacuum Insulating Glass (VIG), has been distinguished with a coveted Top Product of the Year Award in the Environment+Energy Leader Awards program.
PITTSBURGH — Monday, April 22, 2024 - Vitro Architectural Glass Updates Environmental Product Declarations to Meet Low Embodied Carbon (LEC) Standards
Vitro Architectural Glass announced it has updated its third-party verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) so that its architectural glass products all meet the Top 20% Low Embodied Carbon (LEC) material category based on standards set by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - The “Crown Jewel” of Pittsburgh’s Skyline, PPG Place, Turns 40
For 40 years, One PPG Place – a shimmering neo-gothic 635-foot tower with iconic spires designed by world-renowned architect Philip Johnson – has defined and shaped Pittsburgh's skyline, becoming an integral part of the city's identity.
PITTSBURGH — Thursday, April 11, 2024 - Leading Glass Manufacturer in North America, Vitro, Announces Partnership with the Pittsburgh Steelers
Vitro Architectural Glass, a Vitro business unit, roots originated in Pittsburgh in 1883
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, April 10, 2024 - Vitro Architectural Glass Unveils Refined VacuMax™ Vacuum Insulating Glass (VIG)
The ultimate in thermal glazing, VacuMax™ VIG, features improved performance, aesthetics
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, April 3, 2024 - Vitro Architectural Glass Announces New GlassFinder™ Tool
Vitro Architectural Glass has added to its digital tool collection, introducing GlassFinder™, a new tool to help architects identify the best glass products to achieve their aesthetic and performance goals for their next project.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, March 26, 2024 - The Unique Adaptive Reuse of Pittsburgh’s RIDC Mill 19 Features Windows with Solarban® 60 Glass and Skylights with Solarban® 70 Glass
Once a 1950s steel mill, the bones of Pittsburgh’s Regional Industrial Development Corporation RIDC Mill 19 have been transformed into multi-tenant tech buildings.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, March 14, 2024 - Reflecting the Ocean, Solarban® R100 Solarblue® Glass Contributes to Daytona Beach’s Post Hurricane Revival with New Corporate Mid-Rise
Converting a brownfield site with demolished buildings and abandoned parking lots into a sleek curtainwall and metal paneled mid-rise, Brown & Brown’s new 11-story headquarters is a classic architectural tale of a phoenix rising from the ashes in downtown Daytona Beach.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, March 5, 2024 - Low Embodied Carbon, Energy-Efficient Low-e Glass from Vitro Architectural Glass Chosen for Powell Courthouse and Annex Renovations
As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) recently awarded over $10 million to select windows made of low embodied carbon (LEC) glass to be featured in an existing renovation project at the Lewis F. Powell Jr. U.S. Courthouse and Annex buildings in Richmond, Virginia.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, February 28, 2024 - Vitro Architectural Glass Promotes Fernando Diez to Vice President of Marketing
Vitro Architectural Glass has announced the promotion of Fernando Diez to Vice President of Marketing.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, February 13, 2024 - Vitro Architectural Glass Unveils New Interior Low-Emissivity Coating, Sungate ThermL™ Glass
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has launched Sungate ThermL™ glass, a new low-emissivity (low-e) coating engineered for use on the interior surface of a typical one-inch insulating glass unit (IGU) that reduces heat transfer and dramatically improves U-values when paired with a Solarban® solar control low-e glass by Vitro on the second surface.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, February 7, 2024 - Solarban® 70 Glass by Vitro Architectural Glass Remains Industry’s Most Proven Low-Emissivity Coating
Since its debut in 2006, Solarban® 70 (formerly Solarban® 70XL) solar control low-emissivity (low-e) glass by Vitro Architectural Glass has reshaped how architects and designers think about sustainable construction by permitting them to meet today's ever-growing and increasingly stringent building energy codes without altering daylighting or the natural connection to the outdoors.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, January 23, 2024 - Vitro Architectural Glass Launches Vitro emissions™ Carbon & Energy Calculator
Vitro Architectural Glass has unveiled a new digital tool called the Vitro emissions™ Carbon & Energy Calculator, which models energy consumption and embodied and operational carbon emissions in various standard buildings.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, January 16, 2024 - Low-Emissivity Glass from Vitro Architectural Glass Plays a Vital Role in Biophilic Design
As North America’s largest glass manufacturer, whose products are the most specified brand of commercial glass in the industry, Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) recognizes the vital role its low emissivity (low-e) glass plays in contemporary architecture and building construction, particularly the growing trend of biophilic design.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, January 9, 2024
2023
- Vitro Architectural Glass Earns Two Innovation Awards from Architectural Products
For the second consecutive year, Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) products – VacuMax™ Vacuum Insulating Glass (VIG) and Solarvolt™ Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) glass – were selected as Product Innovation Award winners by Architectural Products magazine.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, December 19, 2023 - Solarban® 70 Glass Helps DPR Construction Earn a COTE Top Ten Award and Net Zero Status for its Sacramento Office
As DPR Construction continues to build a portfolio of its own net-zero offices around the country, Sacramento is the sixth and latest.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, December 13, 2023 - Vitro Architectural Glass Introduces Suzanne Donohue as Commercial Account Manager
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has appointed Suzanne Donohue as commercial account manager for the Southeast region, covering Florida, Georgia and Alabama.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - COTE Award Winning UC San Diego’s Living Learning Neighborhood Taps Solarban® 70 Glass for Daylighting, Views and Occupant Comfort
Earning a prestigious American Institute of Architects (AIA) COTE® Top Ten Award, the North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Neighborhood’s (NTPLLN) 915,500 sq. ft. campus at the University of California, San Diego is daylit with Solarban® 70 glass from Vitro Architectural Glass.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, November 29, 2023 - Solarban® and Optiblue® Glasses Shine at The Quincy in Austin, Texas
Standing high above the Rainey Street Historic District in Austin, Texas, The Quincy is a vibrant, modern, 30-story high-rise. Completed in 2021, the 700,000-square-foot luxury tower is home to offices, retail and residences.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, November 8, 2023 - Vitro Architectural Glass Expands MSVD Coating Capabilities with Launch of Coater 8
To meet the growing demand for magnetron sputtered vacuum deposition (MSVD) products in North America, Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has launched a new MSVD coater, Coater 8, at its Planta Mexicali facility in Baja California, Mexico.
PITTSBURGH — Thursday, October 25, 2023 - Vitro and First Solar Expand Contract to Provide High-Tech Glass Front Sheets for Solar Panels Made in North America
The contract expansion is expected to generate, approximately, additional sales of $1.3 billion dollars on top of the initial 1.2 billion-dollar contract over the next 10 years.
Monterrey, N.L. — Thursday, October 23, 2023 - Solarban® 70 Glass by Vitro Architectural Glass Elevates Solar Control and Aesthetics at 510 Vermont in Los Angeles
Completed in 2021, 510 Vermont is a 15-story complex with 468,000 square feet of offices above a parking podium, 10,000 square feet of street-level retail and an amenity deck. This modern high-rise serves as the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health headquarters.
PITTSBURGH — Monday, October 16, 2023 - Historic BancFirst Tower Renovation Glazed in Solarban® R67 Optiblue® Glass by Vitro Architectural Glass
For over 50 years, the BancFirst Tower has stood as a landmark fixture of Oklahoma City’s downtown skyline and remains the second-tallest building. Originally constructed in 1971, the 500-foot, 36-floor structure began major renovations in early 2020, which included upgrades to its exterior windows, plaza, and landscaping areas.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - AIA Award-Winning Healthcare and Educational Facility Design Projects Don Solarban® Glass by Vitro Architectural Glass
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has announced that two American Institute of Architects (AIA) award-winning projects in the healthcare and educational facility categories feature their Solarban® high-performance solar control low-e glass.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, October 3, 2023 - Vitro Architectural Glass Welcomes Will Elman as Commercial Account Manager
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has appointed Will Elman as commercial account manager for the Great Lakes Region.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, September 26, 2023 - Solarban® 60 Starphire® Glass Replaces the National Aquarium’s Glass Pyramid Overlooking Baltimore’s Inner Harbor
A famous landmark in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor since 1981, the National Aquarium showcases Beluga whales, a simulated rain forest, coral reef, shark tank, 4D theater and fish from the Amazon to the Atlantic.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, September 19, 2023 - Solarban® Glass by Vitro Architectural Glass Featured in Six of the 2023 COTE Top Ten Award-Winning Projects
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has announced that six of the ten buildings selected by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) as the top sustainable design projects of 2023 don their Solarban® high-performance solar control low-e glass.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, September 12, 2023 - VitroSphere® Digital Glass Simulator Earns R&D World 100 Award Honors
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced its VitroSphere® Digital Glass Simulator won a 2023 R&D 100 Award from R&D Magazine.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, August 29, 2023 - Solarban® 90 Acuity® Glass Gleams at Parkland Moody Outpatient Center
Large expanses of Solarban® 90 Acuity® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass don the 484,000-square-foot Parkland Moody Outpatient Center in Dallas, Texas.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, August 22, 2023 - Vitro Architectural Glass Names Matias Reyes as National Architectural Manager
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has appointed Matias Reyes as national architectural manager for the Ontario/Quebec Region.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, August 15, 2023 - Vitro Architectural Glass Publishes New Glass Catalog
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has published its new glass catalog, which includes product details, performance data and inspiring project photography.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, August 9, 2023 - Modernized Midtown Manhattan Office Building Features Solarban® 60 Starphire® Glass
Located in one of New York City’s most iconic districts, 135 West 50th Street has transformed into the ideal community-oriented bright, daylit, energy-efficient space.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, August 2, 2023 - High-Performance Solarban® 70 Glass Lends High-Tech Look to the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Cyber Security Center
In creating a building befitting of the cutting-edge, high-tech research and cyber security programs taking place at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) National Security Collaboration Center, a combination of red brick, limestone masonry, metal and high-performance glass were selected for the modern façade.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, July 26, 2023 - Solarvolt™ Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Glass System Earns Top Product of the Year Honors from Environment + Energy Leader
Vitro Architectural Glass announced that its Solarvolt™ BIPV glass system was honored with the prestigious Top Product of the Year Award in the Environment + Energy Leader Awards program.
PITTSBURGH — Monday, July 24, 2023 - Vitro Architectural Glass Names Tracey Qualteri as National Architectural Manager
In her role, Qualteri will coordinate and manage high-profile construction interests in the northern California and northern Nevada regions and all of Utah and Colorado.
PITTSBURGH — Thursday, July 20, 2023 - Vitro Architectural Glass Introduces New Advanced Low-Emissivity Glass Sample Kit
The new Advanced Low-Emissivity (Low-e) Glass Sample Kit features Vitro’s wide range of high-performance Solarban® solar control, low-e glass products for convenient, hands-on comparison.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, June 28, 2023 - Vitro Architectural Glass Appoints Mark Pano as National Architectural Manager
Vitro Architectural Glass announced the appointment of Mark Pano as national architectural manager for the New England region.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, June 20, 2023 - Vitro Architectural Glass Lowers Embodied Carbon Further, Releases NEW Environmental Product Declarations
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has published updated versions of its Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for both flat and processed glass.
PITTSBURGH — Thursday, June 15, 2023 - Vitro Architectural Glass Announces Spencer Green as Commercial Account Manager
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced the appointment of Spencer Green as commercial account manager for the Ontario/Quebec region.
PITTSBURGH — Thursday, May 25, 2023 - Vitro Architectural Glass Announces Second Vitro X™ Innovation Partnership with ClearShield® Technologies
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has announced its second Vitro X™ Innovation Partnership with ClearShield® Technologies, LLC in Chicago, Ill., continuing its new strategic partnership program focused on identifying and developing inspired solutions to existing and future challenges in the glass industry.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, May 16, 2023 - National Aviary’s Wetlands Habitat with Bird-Friendly Glass Named Best Commercial Institutional Building
The National Aviary’s Wetlands habitat recently earned Quebec's most prestigious architectural award, taking home best Commercial Institutional Building honors at the Prix Lumières, organized by the Association de vitrerie et fenestration du Quebec (AVFQ).
PITTSBURGH— Thursday, May 11, 2023
- Karina Fuentes Joins Vitro Architectural Glass as a National Architectural Manager
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Karina Fuentes has been appointed as a national architectural manager for the Southeast region, covering Florida, Georgia and Alabama.
PITTSBURGH— Wednesday, May 3, 2023 - Vitro Enters into Agreement with First Solar for the Manufacture of Glass for American-Made Solar Panels Glass by Vitro Architectural Glass
Vitro S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV:VITROA), through its Vitro Architectural Glass business headquartered in Cheswick, PA, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with America’s largest fully vertically integrated solar manufacturer, First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR), to manufacture glass for the company’s advanced thin film photovoltaic (PV) solar panels.
MONTERREY — Tuesday, April 26, 2023 - Historic Art Deco-Style Theater is Restored and Expanded with Solarban® 70 Optigray® Glass by Vitro Architectural Glass
The Alberta Bair Theater in Billings, Mont., is the sole performing arts center in the Northern Rockies region with the capacity to present shows by major touring theater companies and artists, and its role as a home for the theater arts is nothing short of essential.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, April 19, 2023 - Vitro Architectural Glass Appoints Erin Casci Product Manager, MSVD Coated Products
”Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Erin Casci has been appointed product manager for MSVD coated products, a product group that includes Vitro’s signature Solarban® family of solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) coatings.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, April 11, 2023 - Vitro Architectural Glass Celebrates Pittsburgh Glass Center Groundbreaking
"Marks another milestone in the long history of glass in the Pittsburgh region"
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, April 4, 2023 - Solarban® R100 Optiblue® Glass Helps Mexico’s Second Tallest Skyscraper Reduce Energy Costs by $600,000 per year
Proving that a high-performance glass façade can yield a strong return on investment, Vitro Architectural Glass released detailed results of an extensive post-occupancy energy-performance study titled, “True Story of a Successful Façade: A Proven Case of Savings, Comfort and Aesthetics.”
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, March 28, 2023 - Vitro Architectural Glass Launches Vitro X™ Innovation Partnerships Program, Announces First Partnership with AERAS
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has announced the launch of Vitro X™ Innovation Partnerships, a new strategic partnership program focused on identifying and developing inspired solutions to existing and future challenges in the glass industry.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, March 21, 2023 - Shawn Winn joins Vitro Architectural Glass as a Commercial Account Manager
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Shawn Winn has been appointed as a commercial account manager for the Central Plains Region.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, March 14, 2023 - Vitro Architectural Glass Champions Landmark Pittsburgh Glass Center Expansion
As a longstanding partner of Pittsburgh Glass Center (PGC) – a nonprofit, public-access glass education center and studio in Pittsburgh’s East End – Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that it will be donating glass PGC’s landmark expansion set to begin on March 23, 2023.
PITTSBURGH — Thursday, March 8, 2023 - Solarban® 70 Glass by Vitro Architectural Glass Encircles the University of Texas at Austin Moody Center Arena’s 360-Degree Curtainwall Design
To enable Gensler’s sweeping 360-degree curtainwall design for the University of Texas at Austin’s 15,000+ seat Moody Center arena, the architects selected Solarban® 70 clear glass with smaller portions of Solarban® 70 Solargray® glass from Vitro Architectural Glass.
PITTSBURGH — Thursday, March 2, 2023 - Vitro Architectural Glass Announces Ryan Berrios as a Commercial Account Manager
Ryan Berrios has joined Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) as a commercial account manager for Northern California, Northern Nevada, Utah and Colorado.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, February 22, 2023 - Clad in Solarban® 90 Starphire® Glass, The Epic I Mid-Rise Serves as an Important Gateway Between Historic Deep Ellum and Downtown Dallas
Serving as an important bridge between the low-rise, pedestrian-scaled Deep Ellum historic neighborhood and Dallas’ downtown high-rises, the new Epic I office building is creatively stacked in two to five-story blocks to mediate the two urban scales.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, February 15, 2023 - Vitro Architectural Glass Earns 2022 Design Award from USGlass Magazine for Duquesne University’s Sports Complex Renovation
On the second anniversary of its grand opening to the public, Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse in Pittsburgh, Pa., which features Solarban® R67 (formerly Solarban® 67) Starphire® glass from Vitro, was given a 2022 Design Award from USGlass Magazine.
PITTSBURGH — Thursday, February 2, 2023 - Nick Tanos joins Vitro Architectural Glass as a Commercial Account Manager
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Nick Tanos has been appointed as a commercial account manager for Southern California, Southern Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona.
PITTSBURGH — Thursday, February 2, 2023 - University of Arizona’s New Solarban® 90 Starphire® Glass-Covered Building Consolidates its Health Sciences Programs into One High-Tech, Daylit, Amenity-Filled Building
With its distinct strips of terracotta panels and expansive glazed curtainwall, the new 230,000-square-foot Health Sciences Innovation Building (HSIB) at the University of Arizona features an expansive ground floor forum, daylit student lounges and study spaces, state-of-the art simulation laboratories and more.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, January 24, 2023 - Vitro Architectural Glass Debuts Continuing Education Course on Vacuum Insulating Glass (VIG) Technologies
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that it has introduced a new Continuing Education (CE) course on the science and development of vacuum insulating glass (VIG) to its collection of CE resources.
PITTSBURGH — Thursday, January 19, 2023 - Vitro Architectural Glass Earns 2022 Best of Design Awards Editors’ Pick from The Architect’s Newspaper for California’s SoFi Stadium
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that it received a 2022 Best of Design Awards Editors’ Pick from The Architect’s Newspaper for the SoFi Stadium project in Inglewood, Calif., which features Starphire® low-iron glass from Vitro.
PITTSBURGH — Friday, January 13, 2023 - Vitro Architectural Glass Announces Organizational Updates
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced organizational updates to its Marketing and Innovation division.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, January 10, 2023 - Vitro Architectural Glass Announces New Names for Three Solarban® Glass Products
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that it will be renaming three of its signature Solarban® solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) glass products at the beginning of 2023.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, January 4, 2023
2022
- VacuMax™ VIG by Vitro Architectural Glass Earns Building Design + Construction “Top 75 Products of 2022” Award
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that VacuMax™ Vacuum Insulating Glass (VIG) has been named as one of the “Top 75 Products of 2022” from leading architectural publication Building Design + Construction (BD+C).
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, December 14, 2022 - VacuMax™ VIG and Solarvolt™ BIPV Glass by Vitro Architectural Glass Earn Architectural Products Product Innovation Awards
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that it received two Product Innovation Awards (PIA) from Architectural Products magazine for two of its recently-launched innovative products: VacuMax™ Vacuum Insulating Glass (VIG) and Solarvolt™ Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) glass.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, December 13, 2022 - High-performing enclosure of 663 S. Cooper Street boasts Solarban® 90 Glass by Vitro Architectural Glass
663 S. Cooper Street, located in Memphis, Tennessee, can be found at the intersection of progressive and environmentally responsive.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, December 6, 2022 - Solarban® 72 Starphire® Glass Curtain Wall and Glass Handrail Balconies Distinguish Office Mid-rise in SoMa San Francisco
Making its own unique contribution to San Francisco’s South of Market (SoMa) building boom is a seven-story, mixed use office building with exterior vertical sunshades framing a high-performance curtain wall at 345 4th Street.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, November 29, 2022 - Vitro Announces the Passing of Veteran Employee Joe Sennese
It is with great sadness that Vitro Architectural Glass announces the passing of longtime colleague and friend Joe Sennese on November 7 at the age of 55 after a long battle with cancer
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, November 15, 2022 - Solarban® 70 Glass by Vitro Architectural Glass Lights the Way for Earvin "Magic" Johnson Recreation Area Community Center
Spread across 100+ acres in the Willowbrook neighborhood of Los Angeles County, Calif., the Earvin "Magic" Johnson Recreation Area, named after the basketball Hall of Famer and Los Angeles Lakers legend, is a go-to area for outdoor activities, gatherings and festivals.
PITTSBURGH — Thursday, November 10, 2022
- Vitro Glass Featured in Reopening of National Aviary Wetlands
When the National Aviary on Pittsburgh’s North Side began planning the renovation of its Wetlands habitat, Vitro Architectural Glass, a longstanding partner, was ready, willing, and able to contribute to this historic restoration project.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, November 1, 2022 - Award-Winning San Francisco High School Achieves Daylight, Transparency and Occupant Comfort Goals with Solarban® 70 Glass
Seeking to introduce more transparency and daylight into San Francisco’s industrial arts-focused Lick-Wilmerding High School, architect EHDD chose Solarban® 70 glass from Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) for new skylights and a curtainwall addition to the existing building.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, October 25, 2022 - Vitro Architectural Glass names Brad Boone as Sales Director, Advanced Glazings and Architectural Government Sales Liaison
Guillermo Martinez also named as Manager, Key Accounts and Business Development
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, October 11, 2022 - Vitro Architectural Glass to present innovative products and sustainable design at GlassBuild America 2022
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) will be presenting several new products and technologies at GlassBuild America 2022, which returns in person in Las Vegas, Nev., from October 18-20. Vitro’s range of products on display will represent some of its most recent technological innovations and enhancements as well as the brand’s ongoing commitment to sustainable manufacturing and design.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, September 27, 2022 - Vitro Architectural Glass names Annissa Flickinger and Chris Fronsoe as Managers of Architectural Market Development
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Chris Fronsoe and Annissa Flickinger have been named managers of architectural market development, with Fronsoe serving the West Region of the United States and Flickinger serving the East Region.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, September 20, 2022 - Given Joins Vitro Architectural Glass as National Architectural Manager
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Bryce R. Given has been appointed national architectural manager for Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska in the United States and British Columbia and Alberta in Canada.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, September 13, 2022 - Vitro Appoints David Linhart and Sarah Ward as Sales Managers for the West and East Regions of the United States
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that David Linhart has been appointed manager of sales, West Region and Sarah Ward manager of sales, East Region.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, August 23, 2022 - Glass Act: Vitro Architectural Glass Installed in Aviary Wetlands Renovation Project
The National Aviary on Pittsburgh’s North Side has begun to install 20,000 square feet of glass donated by Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) as the renovation of its Wetlands habitat moves toward its planned late 2022 completion.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, August 16, 2022 - Solarban® Glass by Vitro Architectural Glass Clads Four 2022 Top 10 Green Buildings
AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) honors three renovated buildings with additions and one new build featuring high-performance solar control low-e glass by Vitro Architectural Glass
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, August 9, 2022 - Vitro Appoints Heather Brion as Director of Architectural Development for the United States
Joe Sennese also promoted to business development role at Vitro
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, July 26, 2022 - Vitro Architectural Glass Updates Glass Education Center Website with New Sustainability Content
Vitro Architectural Glass has updated its online Glass Education Center website with a series of three new articles that address trending topics relating to sustainability, including a comprehensive review of embodied carbon, a discussion of biophilia and biophilic design and a review of green building codes and code organizations.
PITTSBURGH — Thursday, July 28, 2022 - Vitro Architectural Glass Celebrates 50-Year Anniversary with Tree Planting
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) planted two trees on July 15, 2022, at its manufacturing plant located at 400 Park Drive in Carlisle, Pa.
PITTSBURGH — Thursday, July 21, 2022 - Vitro Appoints Dan Stipetich as Director of Commercial Sales for the United States
Cary Topham and Glenn Davis also gain increased responsibilities at Vitro
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, July 19, 2022 - Portland Courthouse Delivers Crisp Views and Unrivaled Transparency with Solarban® 72 Starphire® Glass
Strips of Spanish limestone and curtainwall alternate to create a visually interesting façade for Portland’s new 17-story Multnomah Courthouse.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, July 12, 2022 - Vitro Glass Announces Partnership to Advance the Interactivity of Glass
Vitro Glass (formerly PPG Glass), the largest glass manufacturer in the Americas, is joining VueReal, a leader in micro printing technology, to advance the interactivity and functionality of glass.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, June 28, 2022 - Solarban® 70 Glass Saves Energy, Protects Against Hurricane-force Winds, and Provides Stunning Vistas atop Pikes Peak
The newly constructed Pikes Peak Summit House visitor center in Cascade, Colo., was designed to provide a seamless, immersive visitor experience.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, June 28, 2022 - Award-Winning Austin High-Rise Delivers Amazing Views and High Performance with Solarban® R100 Glass by Vitro Architectural Glass
Supported by tall concrete columns that emerge from a 9-story parking block, Austin’s new 34-story 70 Rainey houses 164 condos featuring floor-to-ceiling Solarban® R100 glass from Vitro Architectural Glass.
PITTSBURGH — Thursday, June 14, 2022 - Vitro Architectural Glass Helping Restore Aviary Wetlands
At a groundbreaking event, Vitro Architectural Glass and the National Aviary announced that Vitro Architectural Glass is a contributing sponsor to restoration of the historic Wetlands exhibit on Pittsburgh’s North Side. Vitro is donating more than 20,000 square feet of Starphire Ultra-Clear® glass for the project, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2022.
PITTSBURGH — Thursday, June 9, 2022 - Hall joins Vitro Architectural Glass as National Architectural Manager
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Trevor Hall has been appointed national architectural manager for southern California, Las Vegas, Arizona, New Mexico and Hawaii.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, May 24, 2022 - Solarban® R67 Solexia® Glass Maximizes Daylight for a Southern California Higher Education Mixed Use Facility
Striking the ideal balance between maximized daylighting and controlled heat gain, Mithun architects selected Solarban® R67 Solexia® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) for the LEED® Platinum-certified Middle Earth Expansion for the University of California, Irvine’s (UCI) living-learning community.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, May 17, 2022 - Solarban® R67 Starphire® glass supports transformative renovation of UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse at Duquesne University
As part of a dynamic renovation of an historic athletic facility at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pa., developers selected Solarban® R67 Starphire® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass to create a stunning curved façade that brings new life – and more light – to the newly-named UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse.
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, May 11, 2022 - Alvarez joins Vitro Architectural Glass as Product Manager
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Jemssy Alvarez has been appointed Product Manager for Advanced Glazing.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, May 3, 2022 - Vitro Architectural Glass Launches New VitroSphere® Digital Glass Simulator Design Tool
New virtual tool lets users visualize Solarban® glass on five building types with a range of aesthetics
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, April 26, 2022 - Vitro Architectural Glass Celebrates Earth Day with Updates on Sustainable Products, Projects, and Education
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) operates with the mission of continually raising the industry standard for sustainability.
PITTSBURGH — Thursday, April 21, 2022 - Solarban® 70 Glass Helps Lafayette College Rockwell Integrated Sciences Center Advance Sustainability Standards
Transparent, color-neutral glass maximizes daylighting and enhances aesthetics for state-of-the-art science, research space
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, April 12, 2022 - Starphire® Glass by Vitro Architectural Glass Shines at Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium
Advanced low-iron glass offers spectacularly clear views at events inside LA’s newest stadium
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - Gateway Towers Upgrades to Windows Made with Solarban® 60 and Solarban® 72 Acuity® Solar Control, Low-e Glasses
Exceptionally clear glass provides transparency, energy savings to Pittsburgh high-rise
PITTSBURGH — Wednesday, March 9, 2022 -
Pigney joins Vitro Architectural Glass as National Architectural Manager
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Brian Pigney has been appointed national architectural manager for the Great Lakes region.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, February 15, 2022 - Solarban® 60 glass highlights first net-zero fast food eatery in U.S.
Advanced low-e glass helps McDonald’s at Disney World generate more energy than it uses
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, February 1, 2022 - Vitro Architectural Glass Reinforces Commitment to Sustainability by Partnering with Organizations, Initiatives
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) partners with various organizations and industry initiatives to reinforce its commitment to the environment. Vitro also establishes new product brands to realize the full potential for environmentally friendly glass innovation on a global scale.
PITTSBURGH — Tuesday, January 19, 2022 - The Garden Room at the National Aviary Achieves LEED® Gold Certification
The state-of-the-art, 9,000-square-foot event space is highly rated for its sustainability features and innovative design that promote human and environmental well-being
PITTSBURGH — Friday, January 7, 2022 - Solarban® 70 glass helps University of California’s new interdisciplinary science building maximize sustainability
The University of California, Irvine’s new Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) was designed with three major performance and aesthetic goals in mind: natural lighting, energy efficiency and sustainable design.
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, January 4, 2022
2021
- Solarvolt™ BIPV and Solarban® R77 Glass by Vitro Architectural Glass Receive Architectural Record’s “Best Architectural Products of 2021” Awards
Building integrated photovoltaic lites and neutral-reflective low-e glass receive honors
PITTSBURGH – Wednesday, December 15, 2021 - Sutton Named Product Manager for Value Added Products
Vitro Architectural Glass announced that Daniel Sutton has been named product manager for value added products at Vitro Glass.
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, November 30, 2021 - Vitro Architectural Glass Earns Top 25 Product Recognition from retrofit
Vitro Architectural Glass announced that Titan glass, a new oversized glass product for large-scale exterior insulating glass units (IGUs), will be included in retrofit’s Top 25 Products special.
PITTSBURGH – Wednesday, November 24, 2021 - Solarvolt™ BIPV by Vitro Architectural Glass Earns Architect’s Newspaper “Best of Products” Award
Building integrated photovoltaic technology generates power and doubles as a building component
PITTSBURGH – Wednesday, November 17, 2021 - Vitro Glass Integral to Colorful Five City Center façade in Allentown, Pennsylvania
Solarban® 60 glass combines with four performance-tinted glasses by Vitro Architectural Glass to create brightly patterned mosaic
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, November 9, 2021 - Solarban® Glass Adorns Three 2021 Top 10 Green Buildings
AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) honors three university projects featuring high-performance solar control low-e glass by Vitro Glass
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, October 19, 2021 - Solarban® 60 Starphire® Glass Highlights the Jewel Box Addition to Boston’s Redesigned Congress Square
Adding a seven-story curtainwall to three 1900s-era bank buildings in downtown Boston, local architect Arrowstreet sought a lightweight material to contrast the structures’ original granite and limestone facades.
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, October 5, 2021 - Vitro Architectural Glass Enhances Educational Offerings with Updates to its Glass Education Center Website
Redesigned website features a restructured homepage and precise search results for improved access to educational content
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, September 28, 2021 - Vitro Architectural Glass Launches Intercept LiteLock™ System
New extruder tip and sealant bead application system for Intercept® technology improves efficiency and quality
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, September 14, 2021 - Vitro Architectural Glass Showcases Innovative, Sustainable Products at GlassBuild America 2021
Vitro Architectural Glass will be showcasing several new products and innovative technologies that offer enhanced sustainability and advanced solutions to pressing industry challenges at GlassBuild America 2021, which returns in person in Atlanta, Ga., September 13-15.
PITTSBURGH – Thursday, September 9, 2021 - Vitro Architectural Glass Launches VacuMax™ Vacuum Insulating Glass (VIG)
New capability provides extraordinary R-values
PITTSBURGH – Wednesday, September 8, 2021 - Solarban® Glass Enhances Sustainable Design of Swarthmore College Buildings
Vitro Architectural Glass products promote daylighting, energy performance for buildings at Swarthmore College
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, August 31, 2021 - Solarban® R67 Glass Adds Sustainability, Views to New Portland Civic Center Devoted to Social Equity
As Oregon’s first project to pursue LEED® certification at the Platinum level, the Meyer Memorial Trust in the heart of Portland’s urban community combines investments in social equity and sustainability through building elements that include a saw-toothed photovoltaic (PV) roof, textured metal cladding and large, inviting windows fabricated with Solarban® R67 glass by Vitro Architectural Glass.
PITTSBURGH – Wednesday, August 18, 2021 - Bird-Safe Glass at the National Aviary Earns Top Project of the Year Award from Environment + Energy Leader
Vitro Architectural Glass has announced that two bird-friendly glass installations at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, PA, have received a Top Project of the Year Award in the elite Environment + Energy Leader Awards program.
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, August 10, 2021 - Solarban® 60 Glass Supports Living Building Challenge Petal Certification for Seattle Office Building
Pursuing Seattle's aggressive Living Building Pilot Program (LBPP) certification, the sleek new 7-story Watershed mixed-use building features high-performance glazing, red-list-compliant products, enhanced indoor air quality and rainwater reuse.
PITTSBURGH – Wednesday, August 4, 2021 - Vitro Architectural Glass Launches Titan™ Oversized Glass
New oversized glass product offers larger sizes and heavy thicknesses for large-scale facades
PITTSBURGH – Thursday, July 29, 2021 - Vitro Architectural Glass Reaches Exclusive Agreement to Market Leading Tempered Vacuum Insulating Glass (VIG) Product in North America
Vitro acquires exclusive rights from LandGlass and VIG Technologies, LLC, to sell their tempered vacuum insulating units.
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, July 20, 2021 - University of Washington’s Life Sciences Building Earns Accolades from American Institute of Architects’ Committee on the Environment (AIA-COTE) for Beauty, Sustainability and Energy Performance Driven by glasses from Vitro Architectural Glass
The University of Washington Life Sciences Building features building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) windows and a highly transparent glass façade fabricated with Solarban® 72 Starphire® glass.
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, July 13, 2021 - Vitro contributes to Weber State University’s Solar Decathlon Success
Advanced solar control glazings contribute to team’s energy performance win
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, June 29, 2021 - Vitro Board of Directors Approve Construction of New Float Furnace at Vitro’s Garcia Plant
Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: VITROA), today announced that its Board of Directors has approved construction of a third float furnace at the company’s García plant near Monterrey, Mexico.
San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, Mexico – Tuesday, June 22, 2021 - Solarban® Glass with Acid-Etched Panels Help University Building Function as Mini-City
Consolidating housing, childcare, classrooms, study spaces, food and student services into one 14-story, 335,000 square-foot building, the Peter George Centre for Living and Learning (PGCLL) at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, is a true hybrid building.
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, June 15, 2021 - Vitro Architectural Glass Launches New Sample Order Web Application
New system streamlines order process, features new evaluation tools and mobile-friendly design
PITTSBURGH – Thursday, June 10, 2021 - AviProtek® and Solarban® Glasses Deliver a Bird-Friendly, Science-on-Display Façade for the University of Saskatchewan’s Collaborative Science Research Building
Embracing a “science-on-display” theme, the state-of-the-art Collaborative Science Research Building at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada delivers an integrated, sustainable environment for the school’s biology and agricultural departments
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, May 25, 2021 - Solarban® 90, Starphire® Glasses Transform 60-Year-Old Bank Building into Dallas Icon
Ultra-Clear, Low-E Glass Inside an Artistic Mosaic Frame Creates a Hip Mixed-Use Space
PITTSBURGH – Wednesday, May 19, 2021 - Funyak Named Director, Vitro Certified® Network and Project Management at Vitro Architectural Glass
In this new role, Funyak will oversee the Vitro Certified® Network, which provides high-performance coated glass through regional fabricators and glass manufacturers who are dedicated to delivery of quality fabricated glass with short lead times.
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, May 4, 2021 - Vitro Architectural Glass Celebrates Commitment to Sustainability in Recognition of Earth Day
In observance of Earth Day, Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) is recognizing its growth as an environmentally-focused business and ongoing commitment to meeting the standards of sustainability certification programs through its introduction of new, sustainable products.
PITTSBURGH – Thursday, April 23, 2021 - Solarban® 70, Acuity® Low-Iron Glasses Shine at Revitalized Pittsburgh Produce Terminal
Located in the heart of the city’s popular Strip District neighborhood, the Pittsburgh Produce Terminal sat vacant and ignored for decades. But today, the historic five-block structure—now rehabilitated with Acuity® low-iron glass and Solarban® 70 glass with an Acuity® glass interior lite—is a beacon of creativity and innovation in the Steel City.
PITTSBURGH – Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - Di Cesare Named Manager of Architectural Quality Assurance at Vitro Architectural Glass
In his new role, Di Cesare will oversee Vitro’s field service team and contacts and provide technical services and field support across commercial construction, residential window and specialty markets.
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - Vitro Architectural Glass Hosts “Vino with Vitro” Wine Education Series
Vitro Architectural Glass has introduced its “Vino with Vitro” wine education series, a bimonthly virtual drink-and-learn event that pairs an expert-guided wine tasting class with key themes related to specifying glass products.
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, March 23, 2021 - Vitro Architectural Glass Launches Solarvolt™ Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Glass Modules
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that it has launched Solarvolt™ building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) glass modules, which combine the aesthetics and performance of Vitro Glass products with CO2-free power generation and protection from the elements for commercial buildings.
PITTSBURGH – Monday, March 15, 2021 - Solarban® Glasses Promote Healing at Jersey Shore University Medical Center’s Healing Outpatient Experience (H.O.P.E.) Tower
The patient-centric Healing Outpatient Experience Tower (H.O.P.E. Tower) at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune City, New Jersey, embraces core healing principles with daylighting and views of a living wall in a garden courtyard made possible by environmentally friendly, floor-to-ceiling windows.
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, March 9, 2021 - Vitro Architectural Glass Launches LUMAX® Reflective Vision Glass for Latin America
Products designed to bring affordable, energy-efficient glazings to developing market segments
PITTSBURGH – Friday, March 5, 2021 - Walters Named Strategic Account Manager at Vitro Glass
Vitro Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Randyl Walters has been appointed a strategic account manager for the Northeast region.
PITTSBURGH – Thursday, March 4, 2021 - Vitro Architectural Glass Inspires Design Possibilities with New Starphire Ultra-Clear® Glass Website
Redesigned website connects interior designers and architects with creative ideas, qualified fabricators
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, March 2, 2021 - Solarban® 70 Glass Supports Net-Zero Energy Design of Newport Beach's Environmental Nature Center
Solarban® 70 Atlantica® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass is among the advanced products that helped the Environmental Nature Center and Preschool (ENC) in Newport Beach, California, earn a coveted spot on the 2020 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE®) Top Ten Awards list.
PITTSBURGH – Thursday, February 25, 2021 - Vitro Architectural Glass Renews Cradle to Cradle® Certification
Innovative architectural glasses recognized for sustainability, transparency in production
PITTSBURGH – Thursday, February 18, 2021 - Solarban® 70 Glass Helps Converted Recycling Center Earn Top Green Building Award
Sun-filled space merges indoors, outdoors for creative office space in Austin, Texas
PITTSBURGH – Thursday, February 11, 2021 - Holland Named Strategic Account Manager at Vitro Glass
Vitro Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Emarie Holland has been named a strategic account manager for the southern U.S.
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, February 9, 2021 - Vitro Architectural Glass Launches Solarban® R77 Glass
Neutral-reflective glass features subtle silver-blue aesthetic, code-friendly solar control
PITTSBURGH – Monday, February 1, 2021 - Solarban® Glasses Enhance Sustainable Design of Award-Winning John W. Olver Design Building
Vitro Glass products promote daylighting, energy performance for new design center at University of Massachusetts
PITTSBURGH – Thursday, January 21, 2021 - Solarban® Glass Adds Drama, Performance to Westin Irving Convention Center Hotel
Ideally located in the heart of Dallas-Fort Worth, between DFW International Airport and Love Field, the new 13-story Westin Irving Convention Center Hotel at Las Colinas features a distinctly angled rectangular form clad in curtainwall.
PITTSBURGH – Thursday, January 7, 2021 - Solarban® 90 Glass Puts Science on Display at the New University of Texas at Arlington’s Science & Engineering Innovation & Research Building
Large expanses of Solarban® 90 solar control, low-e glass by Vitro Architectural Glass showcase interdisciplinary research in action at the University of Texas at Arlington’s (UTA) new $125 million Science & Engineering Innovation & Research (SEIR) building in northern Texas.
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, January 5, 2021
2020
- Solarban® 60 glass meets the historic landmark, energy efficiency demands for historically accurate renovated windows at the Old Chicago Post Office
Once a bustling center of mail-in orders shipped by catalog companies in their heyday, such as Sears, Roebuck and Company and Montgomery Ward, the formerly shuttered historic Old Chicago Main Post Office has been brought back to life as a large office and retail complex.
PITTSBURGH – Friday, December 18, 2020 - Solarban® 70 glass helps California health pavilion earn LEED® Gold certification
Triple-glazed, two-story façade enables daylighting, views, energy efficiency
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, December 15, 2020 - Steve Marino named The Construction Specifier Article of the Year Award Winner
Steve Marino, manager, technical services, Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has been named The Construction Specifier’s Article of the Year Award winner for 2020.
PITTSBURGH – Thursday, December 10, 2020 - Vitro Glass specified for five of AIA’s top 10 green buildings for 2020
Solarban® glass used on four buildings honored by AIA Committee on the Environment
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, December 8, 2020 - Solarban® R67 Optigray® glass helps new Rolex Tower harmonize with nature
Dallas tower features rotating shape that rises from natural environment
PITTSBURGH – Thursday, December 3, 2020 - Fronsoe joins Vitro Architectural Glass as National Architectural Manager
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Chris Fronsoe has been appointed national architectural manager for the Northwest region.
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, December 1, 2020 - Starphire Ultra-Clear® glass provides pristine ocean views at Asbury Ocean Club
Luxury hotel and condo’s floor-to-ceiling windows and balconies glazed with premium low-iron
PITTSBURGH – Monday, November 23, 2020 - Clark joins Vitro Architectural Glass as National Architectural Manager
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Ashley Clark has been appointed architectural manager for northern California, Nevada and Utah.
PITTSBURGH – Thursday, November 19, 2020 - Vitro Glass introduces new Tinted Glass Kit
New environmentally friendly sample kit previews range of blue, green, gray and bronze glasses
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, November 17, 2020 - Solarban® R100 glass delivers energy efficiency, serene reflectivity to Waterford at Blue Lagoon
Vitro glass maximizes daylighting, views, solar control for LEED-certified office building
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, November 10, 2020 - Solarban® 90 glass helps convert historic Chicago building into boutique hotel
Neglected historical structure finds new life with new six-story glass-clad crown
PITTSBURGH – Friday, November 6, 2020 - Vitro Glass celebrates 10 years of acclaimed industry newsletter
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) is celebrating ten years of its acclaimed Glass Insider newsletter program.
PITTSBURGH – Monday, November 2, 2020 - Vitro Glass-clad Calgary Central Library continues to earn accolades
Solarban®, Starphire® glasses integral to one of world's "most stunning" libraries
PITTSBURGH – Thursday, October 29, 2020 - New Garden Room at National Aviary opens with bird-safe glass
New addition showcases acid-etched, solar control low-e glass by Walker Glass and Vitro Glass to provide views, bird-safety, energy performance
PITTSBURGH – Monday, October 26, 2020 - Vitro Glass donates Starphire® low-iron glass to Fallingwater window restoration project
Historic masterpiece was among first to be specified with ultra-clear glass in the 1930s
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, October 20, 2020 - Vitro donates Solarban® 70 glass to Weber State’s Solar Decathlon team
Advanced solar control glazings help reduce energy costs in team’s net-zero-energy home
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, October 13, 2020 - Solarban® Acuity® glass wins “Best of Products” award from The Architect’s Newspaper
Affordable low-e, low-iron glass honored in Glass category of annual product awards
PITTSBURGH – Friday, October 9, 2020 - Laraia named commercial account manager for Vitro Flat Glass for Midwest U.S.
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Mike Laraia has been appointed senior account manager for the company’s residential/specialty (RESP) glass business segment.
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, October 6, 2020 - Vitro Glass updates popular Glass Design Handbook
Pocket-sized design resource offers up-to-date information on designing with glass
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, September 28, 2020 - Energy-Efficient, Bird-Safe Glass Installed at National Aviary’s New Garden Room
Walker Glass and Vitro Glass technologies combine to protect venue’s local bird habitat
PITTSBURGH – Thursday, September 24, 2020 - Shettler named Mid-South commercial account manager for Vitro Architectural Glass
Shettler will provide sales and service coverage to the non-residential, commercial construction market for Vitro Architectural Glass.
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - Vitro Glass introduces new sample kit for Solarban® low-e glass
Compact, environmentally friendly design showcases multiple products, substrates
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, September 15, 2020 - Kenstowicz named Pacific-Mountain commercial account manager for Vitro Architectural Glass
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Andre Kenstowicz has been appointed commercial account manager for the Pacific-Mountain region, which covers Northern California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado.
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Brion named Western national architectural manager for Vitro Architectural Glass
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Heather Brion has been appointed the Western region national architectural manager team leader, replacing Dan Adams, who recently retired.
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Solarban® R67 Glass Aids “Wayfaring” at North Carolina Transit Center
FAST Transit Center in Fayetteville features glass walls, light-filled atrium
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Vitro Architectural Glass names Martin Bracamonte Vice President, Marketing and Innovation
30-year industry vet to lead company-wide value creation, innovation initiatives
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Vitro Architectural Glass announces integration of Construct tool with FenestraPro façade design platform
The Vitro Construct tool simplifies the process of configuring, comparing and specifying Vitro Glass and even competitive glass products. It can be accessed without a login at construct.vitroglazings.com.PITTSBURGH – Thursday, August 13, 2020
- Plotnick named commercial account manager for Vitro Architectural Glass for Metro New York, New England and Europe
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Daniel Plotnick has been appointed as commercial account manager for the New England/Metro New York City region in the U.S. as well as all of Europe.
PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, August 4, 2020 - Solarban® R100/Bronze glass helps Charlotte’s Capitol Towers earn LEED® Gold
Inspired by classical pavilion architecture, using Doric Order and monumental half-round column design, Capitol Towers in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a newly iconic office building combining old-world Roman influence with high-performance glazing and modern energy efficiency.
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Vitro introduces two new sample kit options for Solarban® Acuity® low-e, low-iron glass
Vitro Architectural Glass announced that it has introduced two Solarban® Acuity® glass sample kits, each offering architects and building designers a different way to compare and evaluate these products during the specification process.PITTSBURGH – Thursday, July 9, 2020
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Dishmon named Mid-Atlantic region commercial account manager for Vitro Architectural Glass
Dishmon will provide sales and service coverage to the non-residential, commercial construction market for Vitro Architectural Glass.PITTSBURGH – Monday, June 15, 2020
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New technical document from Vitro Architectural Glass addresses safety, cleaning and decontamination of glass surfaces
Vitro Architectural Glass has published a new glass technical document titled “Decontaminating Glass Surfaces” (TD-154).PITTSBURGH – Wednesday, June 3, 2020
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Wansack named Southeast commercial account manager for Vitro Architectural Glass
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Sarah Wansack has been appointed as commercial account manager for the Southeast region.PITTSBURGH – Tuesday, May 26, 2020
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Vitro Architectural Glass Launches Live Chat Support for Architects and Glazing Contractors on VitroGlazings.com
Vitro Architectural Glass announced that architects, designers and glazing contractors can now access a new live chat service available throughout www.vitroglazings.com.PITTSBURGH – Monday, April 20, 2020
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Solar carving, Solarban® 60 glass create dimension, energy savings for Chicago’s Solstice on the Park
When an apartment building features the word “Solstice” in its name, capitalizing on the benefits of sunlight is likely to be a key component in its design—especially when it’s built to thrive in the harsh winters and sunny summers of the Windy City.PITTSBURGH – Thursday, March 5, 2020
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Vitro Architectural Glass names Martin Bracamonte Vice President, Operations
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Martin Bracamonte has been named vice president, operations.PITTSBURGH – Thursday, February 20, 2020
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Acuity® low-iron glass named a top 2019 product by BD+C
Acuity® low-iron glass by Vitro Architectural Glass was selected as an Editor’s Pick of Building Design + Construction (BD+C) magazine’s 101 Top Products of 2019.PITTSBURGH – Wednesday, February 19, 2020
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Vitro Glass's Fresno Plant Wins USGLASS Green Award
Vitro Architectural Glass announced that its Fresno, California facility won a 2019 Green Award from USGLASS Magazine in the Glass Manufacturing Plant category.PITTSBURGH – Monday, February 10, 2020
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181 Fremont Tower, with Vitro Glass, named San Francisco’s top building of decade
181 Fremont, a 57-story office and condominium tower sheathed in Solarban® 70 glass by Vitro Architectural Glass, was named San Francisco’s top building of the decade by the San Francisco Chronicle.PITTSBURGH – Thursday, January 30, 2020
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Vitro Architectural Glass publishes new glass catalog
Vitro Architectural Glass announced today that it has published its largest-ever and most comprehensive glass catalog.PITTSBURGH – Thursday, January 23, 2020
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Vitro Architectural Glass launches new website
Vitro Architectural Glass announced that it has launched a new website featuring an array of architect-guided enhancements designed to make it more user-friendly and easier to navigate.PITTSBURGH – Thursday, January 9, 2020
2019
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Vitro Glass to supply bird-safe glass to new National Aviary attraction
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that it will sponsor the installation of bird-friendly glass on the new Garden Room under construction at the National Aviary located in Pittsburgh and continue to financially support the National Aviary's 2020 school field trip program.PITTSBURGH – Friday, December 20, 2019
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McGonagle joins Vitro Architectural Glass as National Architectural Manager
Vitro Architectural Glass announced that Tim McGonagle has joined the company as national architectural manager for the Mid-South region—covering North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky.PITTSBURGH – Monday, December 16, 2019
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Trautman joins Vitro Architectural Glass as National Architectural Manager
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that David Trautman has joined the company as national architectural manager for the Mid-Atlantic region—covering Eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and Washington DC.PITTSBURGH – Monday, December 9, 2019
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Solarban® 60, Optigray® glasses set tone for “future-forward” living at 3Eleven
Solarban® 60 and Solarban® 60 Optigray® glass provide the right combination of energy and aesthetic performance for 3Eleven, a modern living space for Chicago’s millennials.PITTSBURGH – Thursday, December 5, 2019
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Saunders joins Vitro Architectural Glass as National Architectural Manager
Vitro Architectural Glass announced that David Saunders has joined the company as national architectural manager — southeast, covering territories in Florida, Georgia and Alabama.
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Solarban® 60 glass a key component in sustainable mixed-use Seattle building
Vitro Glass coating, other energy-efficient features make 9th and Thomas a model for sustainable building design
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Sutton named National Architectural Manager for Vitro Architectural Glass
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Daniel Sutton has been named a national architectural manager for the Great Lakes region.PITTSBURGH – Thursday, October 24, 2019
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Vitro Glass Education Center adds three updated videos
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that it has added three updated videos to its newly rebranded Vitro Glass Education Center.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, October 3, 2019
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Vitro Architectural Glass names Stipetich Sales Director – Eastern Region
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Dan Stipetich has been named sales director, eastern region, where he will lead a team of commercial account managers in the Eastern U.S. serving the commercial construction industry.PITTSBURGH - Monday, September 23, 2019
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Vitro Glass to debut new corporate brand, expand glass wall at GLASSBUILD America 2019
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Glassbuild America 2019 will be the first major U.S. trade show featuring its new corporate branding, and that the company's exhibit will include several new additions to its signature "glass wall", as well.PITTSBURGH - Tuesday, September 10, 2019
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Vitro Glass makes Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore sparkle
Vitro Architectural Glass announced that Solarban® 72 Starphire Ultra-Clear® and Solarban® 70 solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) glasses were specified for Jewel Changi airport in Singapore.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, August 22, 2019
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Vitro Glass renames Solarban® 70XL glass to Solarban® 70 glass
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has changed the name of Solarban® 70XL solar control low-emissivity (low-e) glass to Solarban® 70 glass, formally dropping the “XL”.PITTSBURGH - Monday, August 12, 2019
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Vitro Architectural Glass names Hammond technical support manager
In his new position, Hammond will provide technical support and direction to members of the Vitro Certified® Network program, primarily in the areas of product application and process training.PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, July 31, 2019
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Solarban® glass products by Vitro Glass featured in Urban Union
Two solar control low-emissivity (low-e) glass products from Vitro Architectural Glass make up the unitized and site-built curtain wall systems featured in Urban Union, a 268,000-square-foot, 12-story office building that is part of Amazon's downtown Seattle headquarters expansion project.PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, July 24, 2019
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McKenna named marketing manager for Vitro Architectural Glass
In his new post, McKenna will provide marketing support for Vitro Glass’s residential, commercial and specialty divisions. He also will oversee the company’s marketing plans and support its architectural teams throughout the United States and Canada.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, July 11, 2019
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Vitro Glass, Walker Glass products create metallized look for walls at AECOM
Contemporary office design bears little resemblance to the cubicles, conference rooms and work areas of even just a decade ago.PITTSBURGH - Tuesday, June 25, 2019
- Vitro Architectural Glass products add color, energy efficiency to office addition
Multiple solar control low-emissivity (low-e) Vitro Glass products were used in the construction of 4545 Roosevelt, a six-level addition to University Center, a mixed-use complex in Seattle’s University
PITTSBURGH - Thursday, June 6, 2019
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Boone named director of OEM residential and specialty glass segment for Vitro Architectural Glass
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Bradley P. Boone has been appointed director, OEM (original equipment manufacturers) segment, for residential glass and specialty glass markets.PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, May 29, 2019
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Herculite® tempered glass, a pioneer in keeping the action on the ice
Advancing through the professional hockey playoffs is truly a Herculean effort, as is keeping the puck and playerson the ice. With the speed and physicality that will mark this year’s championship games, its hard to imagine that dasher boards were once topped with a chicken wire mesh barrier to keep play on the ice.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, May 23, 2019
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Vitro Architectural Glass names three vice presidents
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced the appointment of three vice presidents: Paul Bush, vice president, quality and technical services; Patrick J. Kenny, vice president, marketing; and Mark Seeton, vice president, sales.PITTSBURGH - Friday, May 17, 2019
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Vitro Glass to promote American Bird Conservancy and reducing bird-glass collisions at AIA Conference on Architecture
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that it will devote its presence at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Conference on Architecture, to advocating for and educating architects about the principles of bird-friendly glass and building design.PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, May 8, 2019
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Solarban® 60 glass featured in award-winning Seattle skyscraper
In a city renowned for its edgy lifestyle and unique neighborhoods, Kinects Tower seems to fit right in.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, April 25, 2019
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The Architect’s Newspaper names Sungate® 400 glass a top 10 façade product for 2018
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Sungate® 400 glass was recognized by The Architect’s Newspaper as one of the best façade products of 2018.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, April 18, 2019
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Bird-friendly Starphire® glass named a top 2018 product by readers of BD&C
Bird-friendly Starphire Ultra-Clear® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass— specified for the renovated Tropical Rainforest exhibit at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh—was selected by readers of Building Design + Construction (BD+C) magazine as one of the 101 Top Products of 2018.PITTSBURGH - Monday, April 15, 2019
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Two new glass sample kits available from Vitro Glass online fulfillment center
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that two new glass sample kits, featuring 10 samples each of transparent and tinted low-emissivity (low-e) glass, can now be ordered through its online literature and fulfillment center.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, April 4, 2019
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ARCHITECT magazine cites Acuity® glass for functionality, beauty
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Acuity® low-iron glass was one of six new products highlighted by the editors of ARCHITECT magazine that showcase the beauty and functionality of glass.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, March 14, 2019
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Vitro Glass’s Fresno plant first of its kind to earn ENERGY STAR® certification
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that its Fresno, California facility is the first float glass manufacturing plant in the United States to earn the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR®.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, February 28, 2019
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Solarban® 60 glass by Vitro Glass used in Vulcan Block 45
An all-glass façade featuring Solarban® 60 solar control low-emissivity (low-e) glass by Vitro Architectural Glass that was custom-fabricated to match opaque metal panels is a major component of Vulcan Block 45, part of Amazon’s downtown Seattle headquarters expansion project.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, February 28, 2019
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Vitro officially launches new brand, “Together, We See Further”
The leading glass producer in North America, Vitro, S.A.B. of C.V. (BMV: VITROA), has announced the launch of a new brand identity rooted in the tagline “Together, We See Further.”MONTERREY - Tuesday, February 19, 2019
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Solarban® R100/Solarblue® glass helps Daimler Trucks North American HQ achieve LEED® Platinum certification
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) Corporate Headquarters, featuring Solarban® R100 on performance-tinted Solarblue® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass, is a testament to energy efficiency.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, January 31, 2019
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Solarban® 60 Starphire® glass by Vitro Glass brightens new medical learning facility
Solarban® 60 Starphire® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) is featured on the Tandy Education Center, a technologically advanced training facility for the University ofPITTSBURGH - Thursday, January 24, 2019
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Solarban® 70 glass with Walker Textures acid-etching transforms historic Humber College building
Altering historic buildings—even in the name of progress—can be a challenging endeavor. Fortunately, when it designed a modern addition to connect to an 1880s-era cottage at Toronto’s Humber College, Moriyama & Teshima had experience on its side. The Toronto-based architectural firm had collaborated with the school earlier to restore several other older buildings that comprised a defunct hospital on its Lakeshore campus.PITTSBURGH - Friday, January 11, 2019
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Acuity® glass samples with Solarban® coatings now available
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced Acuity® low-iron glass samples can be ordered with Solarban® solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) coatings at samples.vitroglazings.com. Available samples sizes are 4-by-6 inches and 12-by-12 inches.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, January 3, 2019
2018
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Amazon Spheres with Vitro Architectural Glass selected as “Best of Design Award” winner by Architects’ Newspaper
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that The Spheres, Amazon’s new glass-domed headquarters in downtown Seattle, has won a Best of Design Award in the “Facades” category from Architects’ Newspaper. The 650,000-square-foot structure was constructed with Solarban® 60 and Starphire Ultra-Clear® glasses by Vitro Architectural Glass.PITTSBURGH - Monday, December 10, 2018
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Maiz named president of Vitro Architectural Glass
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Ricardo Maiz has been named president of the company effective January 1, 2019, succeeding Richard Beuke, who has held the post since 2016.PITTSBURGH - Monday, December 3, 2018
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181 Fremont with Vitro Architectural Glass wins USGLASS Green Design Award
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that 181 Fremont, a new skyscraper in San Francisco featuring Solarban® 70 solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) glass, has won a USGlass Green Design Award.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, November 15, 2018
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General contractors cite price, lead times, on-time delivery as top priorities in working with façade/glass industry suppliers
General contractors want glass suppliers to deliver products faster, on time and at the right price, according to a first-of-its-kind survey commissioned by Vitro Architectural Glass.PITTSBURGH - Monday, November 12, 2018
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Solarban® 70 glass with Walker Textures acid-etching adorns Oregon Zoo Education Center
Dr. Dolittle learned a lot from his friends. The fictional character in a series of 1920s children’s books used his abilities to speak with his pet parrot Polynesia and other animals to understand their unique habits and learn more about nature.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, November 8, 2018
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Solarban® 60 glass helps SLATE Portland achieve LEED® Gold certification
From the outside-in and inside-out, Slate, a new LEED®-certified mid-rise tower in Portland, Oregon, featuring Solarban® 60 glass by Vitro Architectural Glass, is designed to please the eye and harmonize with the environment.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, October 25, 2018
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Vitro Glass names Estes regional architectural manager
Vitro Architectural Glass has appointed Michelle Estes as the regional architectural manager for south central Texas.PITTSBURGH - Friday, October 12, 2018
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Vitro Architectural Glass introduces Acuity® Glass sample kit
The kit contains a pair of insulating glass units (IGUs) – one featuring Acuity® glass with a Solarban® 60 solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) coating and another with conventional clear glass and the same coating. A brochure complete with performance data and information about production sizes, fabrication and availability also is included.PITTSBURGH - Monday, October 1, 2018
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Vitro Architectural Glass updates two AIA continuing education courses
Two updated American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System (AIA CES) registered courses can be accessed via Vitro Architectural Glass’s online “Continuing Education” portal.PITTSBURGH - Friday, September 28, 2018
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Vitro to highlight architectural, automotive, container glass solutions at glasstec 2018
Vitro S.A.B. de C.V., North America’s largest glass producer, will highlight its full range of architectural, automotive, and container glass products and technologies at glasstec 2018, the international trade fair for glass, in Düsseldorf, Germany, Oct. 23-26.PITTSBURGH - Friday, September 14, 2018
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Vitro Architectural Glass formally introduces Acuity® low-iron glass
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) officially launched Acuity® low-iron glass, a competitively priced upgrade to conventional clear glass that offers superior clarity for vision glass applications and truer rendition of colored spandrel glass panels.PITTSBURGH - Monday, September 10, 2018
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Vitro Architectural Glass to feature two new glasses, highlight jumbo coater start-up at GlassBuild America 2018
Vitro Architectural Glass will debut samples of Acuity® glass low-iron glass, preview the launch of durable Sungate® 700 passive low-emissivity (low-e) glass, and highlight the recent start-up of its jumbo coater, at GlassBuild America 2018 in Las Vegas, Sept. 12-14.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, September 6, 2018
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Vitro Architectural Glass to sponsor Living Product Expo 2018
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that it is a sponsor of Living Product Expo 2018, an industry gathering of more than 700 leaders in sustainable design, healthy materials, green design, and health and wellness. Hosted by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI), the conference will be held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Sept. 11-13.PITTSBURGH - Monday, September 3, 2018
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Vitro Architectural Glass publishes literature, performance data for Acuity® low-iron glass
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has published a brochure featuring Acuity® low-iron glass, a new product that offers better clarity and color fidelity than conventional clear glass at an affordable cost. The new brochure can be downloaded at www.vitroglazings.com/acuity.PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, August 29, 2018
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Health education building at University of Kansas glazed with Solarban® 70, Solarban® 72 Starphire® glasses by Vitro Glass
Solarban® 70 solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) glass and Solarban® 72 on Starphire® low-iron glass by Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) are key components in the University of Kansas (KU) Medical Center Health Education Building (HEB), an interdisciplinary, multipurpose academic facility.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, August 23, 2018
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Line 1 at Vitro Carlisle Plant Restarts Production
Vitro Architectural Glass today announced that Line 1 at its Carlisle, PA plant has restarted production. The line experienced a glass leak on August 17, 2017, resulting in a complete cold repair of the line.PITTSBURGH - Monday, July 30, 2018
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Main Library at Mexico’s Tecnológico de Monterrey University, featuring Solarban® 90 glass, earns honor
Libraries are made for learning; treehouses are built for socializing and communion with nature. Recently, with the help of Solarban® 90 glass, the new library at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico united the charms of both dwellings to earn a prestigious award from the American Library Association (ALA) and International Interior Design Association (IIDA).PITTSBURGH - Thursday, July 26, 2018
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Innovative bird-friendly glass featuring Starphire® glass among highlights of renovated Tropical Rainforest
Covered by a new bird-friendly glass canopy featuring laminated Starphire Ultra-Clear® glass by Vitro Glass, the Tropical Rainforest exhibit at the National Aviary reopened on July 13 following a four-month-long renovation.PITTSBURGH - Friday, July 13, 2018
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Goldray’s laminated pattern on Starphire® glass showcases colorful corporate design trend
The shift from austere, impersonal office settings to welcoming environments that encourage treamwork and creativity has led to an infusion of color, non-traditional building materials and art in the corporate world.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, June 28, 2018
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Vitro Architectural Glass to debut Acuity® low-iron glass, sample kit available for pre-order
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that it will introduce Acuity® low-iron glass in September and that customers can pre-order sample kits for the product at www.vitroglazings.com/acuity beginning immediately. The glass will be produced with the full range of Solarban® high-performing low-e glass coatings to optimize energy savings.PITTSBURGH - Tuesday, June 19, 2018
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Installation of new bird-friendly glass at National Aviary nears halfway point
With just over a month to go before the grand reopening, workers at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh have installed nearly half of a new bird-friendly glass canopy that will cover the facility's historic Tropical Rainforest exhibit.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, June 14, 2018
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Vitro Glass appoints Deron Patterson architectural market manager in Mexico
Vitro Architectural Glass has named Deron Patterson as architectural market manager in Mexico.PITTSBURGH - Tuesday, June 12, 2018
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Vitro Glass names Guillermo Martinez manager of general marketing
Vitro Architectural Glass has appointed Guillermo Martinez to manager of general marketing for architectural glass operations in Mexico.PITTSBURGH - Tuesday, June 12, 2018
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Vitro Glass names Paul Bush director of quality & technical services
Vitro Architectural Glass announced that it has named Paul Bush as director of Quality; Technical Services.PITTSBURGH - Tuesday, June 12, 2018
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Starphire® glass enhances UV transmittance, vegetation in renovated Tropical Rainforest
Under a canopy featuring more than 3,100 panes of laminated Starphire Ultra-Clear® glass by Vitro Glass and bird-friendly AviProtek® Velour acid-etched finish by Walker Glass, workers at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh have begun to move hundreds of exotic plants and trees back into the venue’s popular Tropical Rainforest habitat.PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, June 6, 2018
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Vitro Glass to sponsor Greenbuild Mexico 2018
Vitro Architectural Glass announced that it is a Platinum Sponsor of Greenbuild Mexico 2018, reported to be the world’s largest conference for the green building community. The event will be held June 19-21 at the Camino Real Polanco Mexico, Mexico City.PITTSBURGH - Tuesday, June 5, 2018
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Vitro Architectural Glass to display large units of Solarban® low-e glass at AIA 2018
Vitro Architectural Glass will preview a new glass product and display seven large insulating glass units (IGUs), as well as a dramatic glass wall featuring an array of tinted, etched and painted glasses in a 600-square foot exhibit at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Conference on Architecture 2018 in New York, June 21-23.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, May 24, 2018
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Bird-friendly glass reviving popular Tropical Rainforest exhibit at National Aviary
Workers have begun to install more than 3,100 panes of laminated Starphire Ultra-Clear® glass by Vitro Glass, featuring AviProtek® bird-friendly Velour acid-etched finish by Walker Glass, over the Tropical Rainforest exhibit at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh.PITTSBURGH - Tuesday, May 22, 2018
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Vitro Architectural Glass expands online photo gallery
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has added nearly 100 photos of new buildings to its interactive online project gallery at www.vitroglazings.com, including landmark structures such as the new Amazon headquarters building in Seattle (also known as Amazon Spheres) and the award-winning Grove at Grand Bay in Coconut Grove, Florida, designed by renowned architect Bjarke Ingels.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, May 10, 2018
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Vitro Architectural Glass to sponsor rainforest habitat restoration at National Aviary
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that it is a contributing sponsor to restoration of the historic Tropical Rainforest exhibit at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, and that it will supply 19,600 square-feet of Starphire Ultra-Clear® glass, featuring AviProTek® bird-friendly Velour acid-etched finish by Walker Glass, to the $1.2 million project.PITTSBURGH - Monday, April 23, 2018
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Solarban® 72 Starphire® Glass by Vitro Glass featured on award-winning residential high-rise
Grove at Grand Bay, an upscale 98-unit Florida condominium featuring an innovative hurricane-resistant design and Solarban® 72 Starphire® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass), was named the 2017 Building of the Year, U.S. Southeast Region, by The Architect’s Newspaper.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, April 12, 2018
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Health care facility featuring Solarban® 70 Starphire Ultra-Clear® glass by Vitro Glass wins two awards
Solarban® 70 solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) glass on Starphire Ultra-Clear® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) is a key component on the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Health Jacobs Medical Center, which received two prestigious architectural awards in 2017.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, March 29, 2018
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Vitro Architectural Glass launches online hub for glass customers and glass industry professionals
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has launched VitroGlassHub.com, a website designed exclusively for glass customers and glass industry professionals.PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, March 7, 2018
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Solarban® 90 glass by Vitro Glass used in “transformational” arts facility
Solarban® 90 solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) glass by Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) is a defining feature on the Ent Center for the Arts, the first purpose-built performing and visual arts center on the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs’ (UCCS) 550-acre campus.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, February 15, 2018
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Vitro Architectural Glass launches website for Clarvista® shower glass
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has launched clarvista.com, a new website dedicated to educating consumers, designers, specifiers and other building professionals about Clarvista® glass, a premium shower glass that, with proper care, looks newer longer than other shower glass products.PITTSBURGH - Monday, February 5, 2018
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Goldray’s technographic interlayer film, Starphire® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass combine to create stunning glass canopy
Sometimes, an artist’s vision can be so subtle that you don’t realize you’ve become part of the picture.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, January 18, 2018
2017
- Opaque finish acid-etched on low-iron glass by Vitro Architectural Glass lights up H&M flagship store in Toronto’s “Times Square North”
Multinational clothing retailer H&M wants people to “stop in their tracks” when they see the company’s first flagship store in Canada. To achieve that goal, Petroff Partnership Architects (PPA) specified Walker Textures® acid-etched Opaque on Starphire Ultra-Clear® low-iron glass by Vitro Architectural Glass. The result is a stunning visual of glass and illumination at the bustling intersection of Yonge and Dundas streets in Toronto, also commonly known as “Times Square North.”
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Restored Glass House Sculpture Gallery features Solarcool® Solargray® tinted glass
Vitro Architectural Glass announced that its Solarcool® Solargray® reflective coated glass was used to restore the Sculpture Gallery at the Glass House, designed by renowned architect Philip Johnson, and now a site designated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, December 21, 2017
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Texas home featuring Solarban® 60 glass by Vitro Glass wins two design awards
Solarban® 60 solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) by Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) is featured in Winnwood Residence, a LEED Platinum-certified, energy-positive private home in Dallas that received two prestigious architectural awards this year.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, December 14, 2017
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Solarban® glass specified for Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that Solarban® 70XL and Solarban® 72 solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) glasses and Starphire Ultra-Clear® glass have been selected for the Jewel Changi Airport (Jewel) complex in the heart of Singapore Changi International Airport.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, December 7, 2017
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Vitro Architectural Glass launches online ENERGY STAR® information guide for residential windows
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has launched an online “Guide to ENERGY STAR® Criteria” page at vitrowindowglass.com to help consumers understand the ENERGY STAR program, select windows to maximize energy savings in their homes and find Vitro Glass residential window dealers in their area.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, November 30, 2017
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Sentinels at Fort Calgary constructed with Starphire Ultra-Clear® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass
The Fort Calgary Edges landscaping project, designed to create a respectful delineation between Calgary’s East Village district and Fort Calgary, a national historic site representing the city’s birthplace, features five scarlet red sentinels that present a striking contrast to its prairie surroundings.PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, November 22, 2017
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Vitro Glass’ Fresno plant marks 50 years of glass-manufacturing operations
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that its Fresno, California, float glass manufacturing plant is celebrating its 50th anniversary.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, November 16, 2017
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Vitro Architectural Glass publishes Glass Design Guidelines pocket guide
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that it has published “Glass Design Guidelines,” a pocket-size resource that architects can review with colleagues, engineers, glazing contractors, glass fabricators and other building professionals when drafting or reviewing glass specifications for building projects.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, November 9, 2017
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Solarban® 70 glass performance contributes to AIA top-ten green building project
Solarban® 70 solar control low-e glass by Vitro Architectural Glass was specified for Chatham University’s Eden Hall Campus, located near Pittsburgh, which was named one of the top ten building projects of 2017 by the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE).PITTSBURGH - Thursday, November 2, 2017
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Award-winning academic building features Solarban® 70 glass by Vitro Glass
Solarban® 70 solar control low-e glass by Vitro Architectural Glass is featured on the University of Kansas’ Capitol Federal Hall Business School, which received a 2017 Rethinking The Future (RTF) Award in the Institutional category for its transformational design.PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, October 25, 2017
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Vitro Glass names Diep architectural manager for West Coast
Vitro Architectural Glass announced that Tan Diep has accepted a position as West Coast Architectural Manager.PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, October 18, 2017
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Solar Roadways pilot project features Starphire® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass
The pursuit of safer, more environmentally friendly roadways and sidewalks shifted into another gear with the first public installation of low-wattage, energy-producing tempered glass solar panels manufactured by Solar Roadways topped with low-iron Starphire® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, October 12, 2017
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Vitro Glass names William Davis productivity manager and technical services engineer for INTERCEPT® Spacer System
Vitro Architectural Glass announced that it has hired William Davis as productivity manager and technical services engineer in support of the company’s Intercept® stainless steel spacer system technology.PITTSBURGH - Tuesday, October 10, 2017
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Goldray’s award-winning “fish icon sculpture” fabricated with Vitro Architectural Glass
Capturing the tradition of a community while reflecting its history are vital to successfully designing culturally significant artwork. The Fish Icon Sculpture, located on native Tsawwassen land at Tsawwassen Mills Mall in Vancouver, British Columbia, does just that, thanks to the vision of local artists Ken Zawislak and Jeremy Gascho and the design of JPRA Architects.PITTSBURGH - Friday, September 29, 2017
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Vitro Architectural Glass adds online trademark and logo usage guidelines
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has launched an online “Trademarks” page at vitroglazings.com that enables customers to download authorized artwork for logos, logo usage guides and trademarks attribution rules for popular Vitro Glass products and services for use in their own marketing materials.PITTSBURGH - Monday, September 18, 2017
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Vitro Architectural Glass debuts specialty glass design kit for architects, designers
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has unveiled its Specialty Glass Design Kit for interior and exterior applications, featuring Starphire Ultra-Clear® glass, Clarvista® shower glass, and earth- and ocean-inspired performance tinted glasses, together with an exclusive array of acid-etched and painted glass products from Walker Textures® glass and ICD High Performance Coatings, respectively.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, August 31, 2017
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Vitro Glass names Thomas Meston employee communications and engagement manager
Vitro Architectural Glass announced that it has hired Thomas Meston to fill the newly created position of manager of employee communications and engagement.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, August 24, 2017
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Chicago O’Hare Airport’s Terminal 5 Expansion Features Starphire Ultra-Clear® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass
Chicago O’Hare Airport’s Terminal 5 was designed more than 20 years ago, so when it recently underwent a renovation and expansion, architects specified Starphire Ultra-Clear® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass to enhance the original building’s existing architecture and continue it through the mezzanine renovation and expansion.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, August 17, 2017
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Vitro Glass names Dritz national architectural manager
Vitro Architectural Glass announced that it has promoted Emily Dritz to the position of national architectural manager. In her new post, Dritz will market Vitro Glass products to architects and help them manage the glass selection process, from initial building design and specification through production scheduling, fabrication and final installation.PITTSBURGH - Friday, August 11, 2017
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Vitro Glass publishes North America’s first third-party-verified Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for architectural glass
Vitro Architectural Glass has published third-party-verified, product-specific Type III Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for its flat glass and processed glass products, becoming the first architectural glass manufacturer in North America to do so.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, July 27, 2017
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Toronto Raptors training center unites bird-friendly Walker Glass with tinted and low-e glasses by Vitro Architectural Glass
When the architectural team at Guernsey, Oklahoma City, was tasked with designing BioSteel Centre, a world-class training facility for the NBA’s Toronto Raptors, they had to address several competing demands. In addition to providing high levels of privacy and security for players and staff, the goal was to maximize views of nearby Lake Ontario while meeting local bird-safety and energy-efficiency mandates established by the city of Toronto.PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, June 21, 2017
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Vitro Architectural Glass debuts online guide to LEED certification
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has launched an online guide to help architects understand how their projects can earn LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) credits when they use products by Vitro Glass.PITTSBURGH - Monday, June 5, 2017
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Solarban® 70XL glass featured in one of Architectural Record’s top 2016
Solarban® 70XL solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) glass by Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) is a key component in VIA 57 West, which Architectural Record named one of the top 10 projects of 2016. The three-sided, 32-story high-rise was designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG).PITTSBURGH - Tuesday, May 23, 2017
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Vitro Architectural Glass adds three topics to online Glass Education Center
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that it has launched the online Vitro Glass Education Center, which previously operated as the PPG Glass Education Center, and added three new topics to the site.PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, May 17, 2017
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Vitro Architectural Glass launches The Architect’s GPS tool on vitroglazings.com
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has launched The Architect’s GPS, an online navigation tool that uses the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Five Stages of Design as a platform to guide architects, designers and specifiers to the Vitro Glass product information, specification tools and other online resources that are most pertinent to them at each phase of the design process.PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, May 10, 2017
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Vitro Architectural Glass breaks ground on jumbo MSVD coater at Wichita Falls
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) broke ground today on construction of a $55 million jumbo magnetron sputtered vacuum deposition (MSVD) coater at its Wichita Falls, Texas plant.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, May 4, 2017
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Vitro Architectural Glass helps launch country’s first Living Product Hub in Pittsburgh
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) joined the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) and Pittsburgh-based Green Building Alliance (GBA) to launch the country’s first Living Product Hub in Pittsburgh on April 18. The event took place at the Center for Sustainable Landscapes at Phipps Conservatory, which was constructed with energy-saving Vitro Glass.PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, April 26, 2017
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Vitro Architectural Glass to be founding sponsor of Pittsburgh’s Living Product Hub
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has been named the first founding sponsor of the Living Product Hub in Pittsburgh, opening April 18. The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) and Pittsburgh’s Green Building Alliance (GBA) are establishing the hub to accelerate the development of regenerative buildings and manufacturingPITTSBURGH - Wednesday, April 12, 2017
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Vitro Glass Wichita Falls plant cited as national model for water reclamation
The Wichita Falls, Texas plant operated by Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has been cited as a national model for water reclamation in a case study published by the Water Environment & Reuse Foundation (WE&RF).PITTSBURGH - Thursday, April 6, 2017
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Vitro Architectural Glass launches new website at vitroglazings.com
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has launched a new website at vitroglazings.com, which retains all of the most popular and heavily trafficked features on the legacy PPGIdeaScapes.com website, including the CONSTRUCT tool, online sample order system, and thermal stress analysis tools; as well as links to product literature, architectural glass specifications, design resources and technical information.PITTSBURGH - Tuesday, March 28, 2017
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Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) to exhibit extra-large glass units at AIA 2017
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) will display two extra-large insulating glass units (IGUs), a glass wall and multiple large panels of glass to showcase its products and expanded technical, service and production capabilities at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Conference on Architecture 2017 in Orlando, Florida, April 27-29.PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, March 15, 2017
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Vitro Architectural Glass introduces Solarban® 90 glass to residential market
Vitro Architectural Glass has introduced Solarban® 90 solar control low-emissivity (low-e) glass, a high-performance product previously available only for commercial applications, to the residential window market.PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, March 8, 2017
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Vitro Glass launches Vitro GlassNET site for online glass ordering, tracking
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has launched Vitro GlassNET, an updated and rebranded version of PPG’s legacy online order entry, inventory review and shipment tracking system for clear, tinted and coated glass products.PITTSBURGH - Monday, February 27, 2017
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Vitro Architectural Glass to build jumbo MSVD coater in Wichita Falls, Texas
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has selected its Wichita Falls plant to be the site of a new jumbo magnetron sputtered vacuum deposition (MSVD) glass coater, expected to be the largest of its kind in North America.PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, February 15, 2017
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Vitro Architectural Glass adds 3-part spec feature to “Construct” Tool
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has added a new feature to the Vitro Glass “Construct” tool that enables users to quickly generate 3-part specifications in the Construction Specifiers Institute (CSI) format.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, February 9, 2017
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Solarban® 90 glass earns 2016 Readers’ Choice Award from USGlass magazine
Solarban® 90 solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) glass by Vitro Architectural Glass has won a 2016 Readers’ Choice Award from USGlass magazine in the category of primary glass products.PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, February 8, 2017
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Vitro Architectural Glass introduces Sungate® 460 glass for residential windows
Vitro Architectural Glass has introduced Sungate® 460 glass, a clear passive low-emissivity (low-e) glass that enables window manufacturers to achieve “Equivalent Energy Performance Values” for residential insulating glass units (IGUs) in the ENERGY STAR® 6.0 certification standard.PITTSBURGH - Tuesday, January 31, 2017
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Solarban® 90 glass among 2016 Product Innovation Award winners
Vitro Architectural Glass has earned a 2016 Product Innovation Award and a special citation for industry leadership from Architectural Products magazine.PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, January 25, 2017
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Langone Medical Center makes creative use of textured Starphire Ultra-Clear® glass
A rooftop canopy featuring Walker Textures® Velour on Starphire Ultra-Clear® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass creates an ideal marriage of form and function on New York University’s Langone Medical Center.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, January 5, 2017
2016
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2929 Weslayan, luxury high-rise in Houston glazed with Solarban® R67 glass
Designed by RTKL Associates, Dallas, 2929 Weslayan is one of the first major buildings glazed with Solarban® R67 solar control low-emissivity (low-e) glass by Vitro Architectural Glass.PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, December 7, 2016
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Vitro Architectural Glass launches Vitro Certified® Network
Vitro Architectural Glass has launched the Vitro Certified® Network, which retains members, products and services of certified fabricator programs formerly operated by PPG’s flat glass business unit, which Vitro Glass acquired on Oct. 1.PITTSBURGH - Sunday, November 27, 2016
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Solarban® 90 glass by Vitro Architectural Glass wins R&D 100 Award
Vitro Architectural Glass won an R&D 100 Award from R&D Magazine for the development of Solarban® 90 glass, the first product to feature its proprietary “quad-silver” coating technology.PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, November 9, 2016
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Solarban® 70 glass by Vitro Architectural Glass celebrates 10 years of transforming, enabling sustainable design
When The Terry Thomas opened in Seattle in 2008, it earned architecturalfirm and building owner WeberThompson numerous accolades for its climate-responsive designand extraordinarily transparent connection to the surrounding streetscape.PITTSBURGH - Tuesday, October 25, 2016
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Solarban® 90 glass available on performance-tinted glasses from Vitro Architectural Glass
Vitro Architectural Glass announced that Solarban® 90 solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) glass is now available on a wide array of performance-tinted glasses, including Atlantica®, Azuria®, Pacifica®, Solarblue®, Solarbronze®, Solargray® and Solexia® glasses.PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, October 12, 2016
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Vitro completes acquisition of PPG’s flat glass business and announces investment in new jumbo MSVD coater
• Vitro has closed the acquisition of PPG’s flat glass business.
• Vitro also announced an investment in a jumbo magnetron sputtered vacuum deposition (MSVD) coater for the newly acquired business, which will be the largest coater in North America.SAN PEDRO GARZA GARCÍA, NUEVO LEON - Monday, October 3, 2016
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Vitro to acquire PPG’s Flat Glass business
Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: VITROA), hereinafter “Vitro” or the “Company”, the leading glass producer in Mexico, announced the signing of a contract to acquire the assets of the flat glass business from PPG (NYSE: PPG).
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PPG reaches agreement with Vitro for sale of flat glass operations
PPG (NYSE: PPG) today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell the assets of its flat glass manufacturing and glass coatings operations to Vitro S.A.B. de C.V., a leading producer of flat glass and specialty products.PITTSBURGH - Thursday, July 21, 2016
- PPG debuts new web content for SageGlass on ppgideascapes.com
PPG (NYSE:PPG) has posted new content to ppgideascapes.com highlighting products and technology available from its new alliance partner SageGlass®, a Minnesota-based manufacturer of the world’s smartest electrochromic glass.
PITTSBURGH - Monday, May 16, 2016