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More low cost, high volume vehicles offering technology DETROIT, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Numerous vehicles that were on display at the 2009 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) tout laminated glass as standard or optional equipment in applications beyond the windshield, reports the Enhanced Protective Glass Automotive Association (EPGAA). Those window positions include driver and passenger side windows, rear windows and roof glass. New adoptions of laminated glass demonstrate...

As Midpoint of Winter, Groundhog Day Can Serve as Annual Driver Safety Check HOUSTON, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- A report released in June 2008 concluded that nearly a quarter of all automobile accidents occur in rainy and wet weather(1). According to Rain-X, accidents in wet weather may in part be attributed to the nearly 78 percent of motorists that only change their wiper blades after the blades begin to impair visibility and become a potential safety hazard(2). "Ninety percent of...

NEW YORK, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- To help drivers that don't have the luxury of parking their vehicle in a garage during the cold weather months, Prestone Lab Technician Rebecca Marshall has literally spent the last four and a half years developing and testing Prestone(R) Ice & Frost Shield Vehicle Glass Treatment's winter ice-fighting capabilities, often in temperatures well below freezing. (See video from Honeywell (NYSE: HON) at: http://inr.mediaseed.tv/Prestone_36159/) "We put...

DETROIT, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The re-engineered Ford F-150 pickup, announced January 11 as the winner of the 2009 North American Truck of the Year award, achieves part of its cabin comfort thanks to a highly engineered Carlite(R) windshield. The F-150 beat two other finalists, the Dodge Ram and the Mercedes-Benz ML320 BlueTEC, to take the award. In other NAIAS Carlite news, the upcoming 2010 Lincoln MKT and redesigned 2010 Ford Taurus will be fitted with Carlite's...

Joseph Regenstein invented the window envelope. Richard Drew invented Scotch Tape. And a man named Robert Kearns invented the intermittent windshield wiper. It's an unheralded bit of technology, but one that makes our lives more pleasant. Before the intermittent windshield wiper, in a light rain we had to turn the wipers on and off, on and off. Although the device itself holds a certain technological geek interest, the story of its invention is not typically the stuff of movies. It's what...

PPG Industries Inc. of Pittsburgh is negotiating with the United Steelworkers Local 12-G, which represents about 230 workers at the company's Creighton glass plant in East Deer. The USW and the company are negotiating on the effects of the pending change in ownership of the plant, said James Watt, a staff representative for the United Steelworkers. The Creighton plant was affected by PPG's decision to sell 60 percent of its ownership of its automotive glass and related services businesses to...

Aging drivers may soon get an improved view of the road, thanks to innovative research underway at General Motors. The technology combines lasers, infrared sensors and a camera to take what's happening on the road and enhance it, so drivers with vision problems are able to see a little more clearly.The high-tech windshield is only in the research stage, but it could prove extremely useful as the 65 and older population in the U.S. will nearly double in about 20 years. GM's new windshield...