Technology

Corning to Work With Hyundai on Gorilla Auto Glass for Blue2

November 30, 2011

If the name Corning rings a bell, the tune would most likely be one coming from a smart phone.  The American company is known for its Gorilla Glass product, which is basically a very robust yet thin type of sheet glass currently used as the screen cover glass for many smart phones, laptops, and tablets. [...]

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How to Defrost Your Windshield Without Risking a Windshield Replacement This Winter

November 28, 2011

Winter generally heralds the time of frosted and iced-over windshields, and people deal with this problem in various ways.  There are some whose cars already have defrosting technology: for instance, some of Ford’s cars have something the auto maker calls “Quickclear”, a defrosting system engineered into the windshield during production.  However, for the vast majority [...]

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Inchcape Fleet Solutions Opens Contract with Auto Glass Repair Company Auto Windscreens

November 18, 2011

Auto Windscreens has just been selected by yet another automotive distributor: early this month, Inchcape Fleet Solutions announced that it would be opening a contract with the auto glass repair company to make it one of their preferred auto glass service providers. The contract marks yet another coup for the Chesterfield-based auto glass repair company.  [...]

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Asahi Reports 3rd Quarter Increase in Auto Glass Shipments

November 10, 2011

The Japan-based AGC, better known as the Asahi Glass Company, has just released information pertaining to its 3rd quarter performance and reported that it had to increase auto glass shipments during that period, in response to the restructuring and swift recovery of the auto manufacturing industry around that time. Asahi specialises in both auto glass [...]

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Is the Sunroof the Future of Auto Glass Development?

October 4, 2011

If there is anything one may say of the automobile manufacturing industry as a whole, it would be that it never genuinely takes a pit stop.  Auto manufacturers are constantly on the lookout for the next best thing or latest technological tweak to add to their automotive designs, and every now and then, the lookouts [...]

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Crossing Deer Goes Through Auto Glass on Montana Highway Accident

October 4, 2011

Recently this month, a stunning accident occurred on the Montana Highway that saw two cars damaged—one beyond repair—and a deer dead.  The gruesome accident took place on the 21st of September in the dark hours before daylight, and started when one of the drivers involved in the accident, Seth Campbell, found a deer leaping in [...]

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Auto Glass Repair Provider Safelite Announces Transfer of Kansas Location

September 30, 2011

The famous auto glass repair and replacement provider, Safelite AutoGlass, just recently announced that it would be moving from its current location at 701 E. Murdock in Wichita, KS.  The new location shall be far to the east, at a huge 25,000 sq. ft. depot in 8804 East 34th Street.  The transfer shall be taking [...]

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Oregon Man Acquitted of Assault Charges, Including That of Breaking Auto Glass on Wife’s Car

September 28, 2011

An Oregon man recently found himself accused of various crimes by a court case filed against him by the State of Oregon, which alleged that he was guilty of assault and had even gone so far as to punch his estranged spouse’s car windows in an intense encounter that led to the auto glass breaking. [...]

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Changes to ROLAGS Discussed in Auto Glass Week

September 28, 2011

This year’s Auto Glass Week in Memphis saw a panel discussion discussing possible changes to be made to the ROLAGS, also known as the Repair of Laminated Auto Glass Standard.  The panel was drive by members of the Auto Glass Replacement Safety Standards Council (AGRSS Council) and by members of the committee for the ROLAGS.  [...]

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AGRSS Council Will Change Name to Auto Glass Safety Council

September 21, 2011

The AGRSS Council, also known as the Auto Glass Replacement Safety Standards Council, just announced this September 2011 that they shall be changing their name to the Auto Glass Safety Council on the first day of the next year, the 1st of January 2012.  The current president of the AGRSS Council Debra Levy, spoke of [...]

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