Niits - Making Glass Nails

Moscow's Technical Glass Scientific Research Institute, NIITS, whose main business is providing reinforced panes of glass for specialized uses, have found a way to make glass nails, twice as strong as normal metal, it is reported, having the advantage of not rusting. "All of our advances in the technology of strengthening glass go into the making of just one such nail," said Vladimir Snyatkov, the institute's acting research director. In the meantime, the company is looking for investors for its glass nails. The price of the nails is still high (US$1.5 to $5 each), since the laboratory is only set up to make 200/day. "If we can start mass-producing them, the price will be comparable with that of ordinary nails," he said. (whole item)