You may have seen the news lately that the NGA announced the formation of a new event called GFAB; NGA Glass Fabricator Conference, coming to Chicago next April. This is big. There has always been a gap in the market for a comprehensive fabricator gathering, similar to BEC for glaziers, and now we’ve got one.
One of the most important sessions for our industry, maybe ever, will come this fall at the Glazing Executives Forum and GlassBuild when Connor Lokar of ITR takes the stage. This year has been unlike any other, and trying to figure out the marketplace/forecast/economy has been perilous to say the least.
Hope everyone had a good holiday week! New podcast for you covering two ends of the spectrum. I’ve got a company that is almost 100 years old, and another that is just getting going. It was very cool stuff.
I have been pretty salty lately regarding the economy, so I guess I need to set aside that negativity to note that the latest indexes did show some signs of life. The Dodge Momentum Index had a nice May, up 13% from April. Also included here is the third interview in the Summer Interview Series.
Students from the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering program visited k-Space Associates Inc. to see firsthand how to build automated visual inspection solutions for the glass industry and to test a new kind of tempered glass detection solution.
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Canada should consider establishing its own float glass production within the next several years due the need to reduce its dependence on the U.S. and ensure stable domestic supplies.