glassmaking
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Lalique, who lived from 1860 to 1945, has been linked to Wingen-sur-Moder since opening a glassmaking factory in the town in 1921.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
This heat, often created using natural gas — plus other emissions from the chemical reactions that occur in glassmaking — creates an estimated 86 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2023
WE Soda, a major producer of a key glassmaking component, plans to go public on the London Stock Exchange, bucking a trend of companies shunning the British stock market.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
Yet the European economy has the added worry of a potential cutoff of Russian natural gas that is used to generate electricity, heat homes and fuel energy-intensive industries such as steel, glassmaking and agriculture.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2022
They have already begun to build a glasshouse a little way from our fort, with a large furnace for glassmaking.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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