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Abraclean Launches Singapore’s First Recycled Glass Abrasive Plant

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Singapore, Feb 6, 2023 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, Ms Grace Fu, inaugurated ABRABLAST Singapore's first recycled glass abrasive manufacturing plant in Abraclean (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd at 46 Pioneer Sector 2, Singapore 628396. Present for the launch were Gurmit Singh, Chairman- Abraclean and Colonel (Ret) Lau Kee Siong- Director.From (L) Xiang Xiang, MD-Abraclean Asia Pacific Pvt LTd, Gurmit Singh, Chairman, Abrablast, Minister Grace Fu and KS Lau, Director, Abraclean at the launch of AbrablastABRABLAST is a proprietary and a registered trademark in Singapore. Abraclean holds a General Waste Disposal Facility licence issued by the National Environment Agency (NEA), to receive, store, process or treat glass waste. The facility is licensed with a design capacity of 50 tonnes per day. We are a "Social Enterprise" moving towards building a Circular Economy.Gurmit Singh, Chairman, Abraclean quips, "Sustainability is not just a vertical but also a horizontal layer that cuts across various industries. We are supporting Singapore's circular economy to ensure we recycle the glass and put it to use without harming Gaia (earth). We advo...

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Glasstech Asia and Fenestration Asia 2022 reinstates its position as the industry meeting point

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Singapore, Nov 1, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - The latest edition of Glasstech Asia and Fenestration Asia celebrates its success after its conclusion last Friday. In total more than 2000 attendees from over 28 countries were attracted to the event that held the fair alongside an all-inclusive variety of side events such as the inaugural Asia Facade & Glass Conference, Singapore facade tour, International Year of Glass (IYOG) art exhibition - Through the Looking Glass, buyer-seller meetings, and an annual networking gala dinner. The influx of exhibitors, delegates and visitors demonstrates the importance of the onsite exchanges of knowledge and the value of establishing our regional platform as the leading industry meeting place.A brief analysis of the post show statistics reflects a promising rise of international visitor and exhibitor support on having real time, in person display and sharing of new technology and innovations amongst the industry, proving an increasing confidence of the ASEAN market's role. The positive turnout at the event indicates the region's demand for a holistic space to conduct physical meetings in lieu of restrictions caused by the recent ...

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Yowie Surprises Fans with Ultra Rare Glass Frog Collectible as Part of “Animals with Superpowers” Series

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NEW YORK, NY, Jan 17, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Yowie Group eagerly announces the debut of a new, "ultra" rare collectible, the Pacific Giant Glass Frog. This figurine is the rarest collectible Yowie has ever released and is a part of the newly released "Animals with Superpowers" series. Its superpower is translucency. Native to Ecuador and Columbia, their skin is translucent showing the organs, bones and muscles that lie beneath. This spectacular amphibian is Critically Endangered in the wild. Yowie hopes that being part of this new collection in a special way will bring added awareness to their plight and how they can be helped. The odds of finding a Pacific Giant Glass Frog are one in one thousand! That's a .001 percent chance of discovering one inside of a surprise-inside Yowie chocolate. Now that Yowie collectors are aware of the Pacific Giant Glass Frog as part of the "Animals with Superpowers" series, fans throughout the U.S. and Australia will unwrap the brightly colored foil Yowie characters with anticipation, in hopes of discovering they have scored this unique animal. Among the first to discover the Pacific Giant Glass Frog in Australia is Jason Ross."I'v...

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Close shave for Punggol East home owner as glass door shatters suddenly

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SINGAPORE (THE NEW PAPER) - A mere four seconds was the difference between Mr Sito Rong Feng walking unscathed into his kitchen and being hit by a sliding glass door as it shattered into smithereens. When the wedding photographer had the close shave last month, his first thought was the safety of his 15-month-old twin sons who were playing in a playpen in the living room of the family's Punggol East flat. He found pieces of the tempered glass in the playpen, but his boys were unhurt. Glass was scattered across the living room, and Mr Sito, 38, and his wife, Ms Eldora Lie, 33, sustained minor cuts on their feet. "If I had walked slower, I would've got injured. Worse, if my boys had been sitting on their high chairs at the dining table, they could have been seriously hurt when the glass fell," he told The New Paper on Thursday (March 4). "My wife also does work at the dining table all the time. So I guess you can say it was good timing that this happened when no one was there." Footage from a closed-circuit television camera shows the door exploding with a loud sound and crashing onto the floor about four seconds after Mr Sito walked into the kitchen. Mr Sito said before they moved i...