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Pilkington Chairman Sir Nigel Rudd has been presented with a Personality of the Year award by Brazil in recognition of the Group's record investment in that country.

Paolo Scaroni has resigned from the Board of Pilkington plc and relinquished the post of non-executive deputy chairman of the Group.

Finland's second largest independent glass processing firm has become part of the Pilkington Group.The acquisition of KP Lasi will give Pilkington Processing and Merchanting 15 per cent of the buoyant Finnish IGU market.

Glasstech, Inc., the world leader in the manufacturing of glass bending and tempering equipment, will feature key architectural and automotive technologies at glasstec 2002 in Dusseldorf, Germany, October 28 – November 1, 2002.

Tamglass has launched a new technology concept of convection heating for Low-E tempering in order to provide higher production capacity and better optical quality for the glass processors in North America.

The glazing industry of the 21st century uses these days increasingly float glass integrated with special coating materials.

The P&C clothes store in the German city of Dsseldorf is one of the largest projects ever taken on by Tambest.

Nippon Sheet Glass, a large Japanese manufacturer, has increased its holding in Pilkington, the UK glass group, from 10 to 21 per cent over the past fortnight, but has ruled out mounting a full bid.