The Federal Association of the German Glass Industry (BV Glas) and the GWI research institute in Essen (GWI) have...
The Federal Association of the German Glass Industry (BV Glas) and the GWI research institute in Essen (GWI) have...
The Federal Association of the German Glass Industry (BV Glas) and the GWI research institute in Essen (GWI) have...
International Year of Glass: Glass network calls for active participation
It plays many important roles in our everyday lives, in research and science, in modern architecture and in future sectors.
Glass is a material with a 9000 year history. Unlike bronze and iron, no epoch has been named after glass.
Nevertheless, it is a material with prehistoric beginnings which was later produced in traditional craft and manufacturing establishments, and is now mass produced. Today, glass is a material with vast innovative potential that our everyday lives would be impossible to conceive without.
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