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IGE Glass Technologies Partners with Schirmer Maschinen
IGE Glass Technologies, a provider of glass fabrication machinery, service and supplies, announced that it signed a distribution agreement with Schirmer Maschinen, a provider of automated profile processing centers. IGE says that it will now distribute the Schirmer product line, … Continue reading
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New Furnaces Could be the Start of Something Big for Press Glass
The first half of 2022 brought some big changes for Press Glass’ U.S. operations, based in Ridgeway, Va. Gregg Vanier, director of operations, started less than a month ago but is already thinking about major plans for the company. Two … Continue reading
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Congressional Budget Office Points to Possible Fallouts from Increased Minimum Wage
As the administration presses for raising the federal minimum wage, a nonpartisan analysis issued by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) examines how the Raise the Wage Act of 2021 would impact facets of the national budget. The same report delves … Continue reading
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Robots Could Soon Be Our Co-Workers
Robots are being widely used in many industries today, including the manufacture of glass and glazing products — and many more are coming. In fact, a new study shows that 79 percent of top executives expect their employees to be … Continue reading
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It Seems So Simple
“Explain this to me like I’m a 2-year old, because there’s an element to this thing that I can’t get through my thick head.” Those somewhat paraphrased words were from Denzel Washington’s character Joe Miller in 1993’s movie, Philadelphia. For … Continue reading
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