The panels are made with blocks more than an inch thick and placed into metal frames that can be wheeled into places where they're needed. The acrylic is also easy to sanitize.

Contradicting the industry trend, Hy-Lite/U S Block Windows recently moved all their Hy-Lite vinyl extrusion purchases and acrylic block manufacturing out of China and back into the United States.

Captured lightning: The artist who traps 'fossilised' bolts of electricity inside acrylic blocks By MAIL FOREIGN SERVICE Updated: 07:55 EDT, 3 December 2009 ...

Looking for an unusual Christmas present? How about giving someone a bolt of lightning? Bert Hickman creates stunning sculptures by blasting an acrylic block with a 2.5 million volt particle ...

The video was created by the Nutek Corporation in California. In it a beam of electrons is fired into an acrylic block. When the charge builds up enough, 'lightning' shoots through (shown in image).

Captured Lightning: fractal-like Lichtenberg figures frozen in acrylic blocks by Bert Hickman Fractal-like Lichtenberg figures frozen in acrylic blocks by Bert Hickman. 02 December 2009 • 12:27am ...