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NGA President Joins Council of Manufacturing Associations (CMA) Board

Nicole Harris to represent trade associations within the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Nicole Harris, NGA president & CEO, and two other trade association executives, were appointed to the CMA’s Board of Advisers for 2022. Made up of 260 industry-specific manufacturing associations representing...

Mappi and NGA Glass Conference, 24-26 january 2022, Long Beach

Once again wishful to partecipate, proud to sponsor! There are events that are eagerly awaited, which make sense of being part of a compact and motivated community like that of glass. One of these is the NGA Glass Conference which takes place at the beginning of the year, which we are sure also this year will be a...

The Need for Flat Glass Recycling

European flat glass manufacturers promotes the dismantling, collection and recycling of end-of-life building glass (from windows, glazing and other products) to ensure that end-of-life flat glass does not end up in landfill. Glass for Europe was in Long Beach, California for the NGA Glass Conference. The event...

24th Annual BEC Conference 2022

24 years of tradition begins again this March. Head to Nashville to join hundreds of glazing contractors, fabricators and suppliers for education, tabletop displays and plenty of networking. Face time is the name of the game at the Building Envelope Contractors (BEC) Conference! Included with your BEC Conference...

Decorative Glass GTP and Thermal Bridging Design Guide

NGA has published two new resources – Types of Decorative Glass Glass Technical Paper (GTP) and Thermal Bridging Considerations at Interface Conditions Design Guide. Task groups comprised of member volunteers within the Fabricating and Installing Committees worked to develop these brand-new resources that standardize...

Thirsty Thursday: Standards for Laminated Glass with Julia Schimmelpenningh

Join NGA next Thursday, December 9, at 1:00 pm ET for their Thirsty Thursday session, Standards for Laminated Glass, presented by Julia Schimmelpenningh of Eastman Chemical Company and NGA laminating technical liaison. Sign up for a free webinar with National Glass Association (NGA) on December 9th, 2021 from 1:00...

New Information on Mirror Products in Two Updated Glass Technical Papers

Two NGA Glass Technical Papers (GTP) related to mirror products have undergone review and update, and are now available for download in the NGA Store. REUSABILITY AND RECYCLABILITY OF MIRROR PRODUCTS This GTP (formerly Green Aspects of Mirror) updates the document last published in 2012. As the mirror...

NGA Announces New Commercial Fenestration Systems 2021 Manual

NGA is proud to announce the publication of the Commercial Fenestration Systems Manual, an authoritative resource on the complete fenestration system for the glass and glazing community. “The Commercial Fenestration Systems Manual was written in order to address many of the foundational elements of window and wall...

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