USGlass - March 2003

Volume 38, Number 3
March 2003

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Global Update
• Read international news ... a new Miami-based company, Interamerican Glazing Group L.C., is servicing the glass needs of the United States and South America; Vitro SA has purchased a large stake in Portugal’s Vidraria Chaves.

Codes & Regulations
• The latest from the codes realm: learn about the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ revised standard, Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures, SEI/ASCE 7-02, and recent developments in the
I-Codes and NFPA 5000.

Distribution & Production
• Dow Corning announces a price increase on certain products; Wausau Window and Wall Systems names new representation for Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas; Fastemp adds on Z.Bavelloni edger. These stories and more.

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