Others also read

The UK winner of an international architectural competition to design a school along Passive House lines is expected to be announced by the organiser, leading insulation manufacturer Saint-Gobain Isover UK, early next month.
Owens-Illinois, Inc. reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ending December 31, 2007.
Owens-Illinois, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has declared the quarterly dividend of $0.59375 on each share of the Company's $2.375 Convertible Preferred Stock, payable on February 15 to holders of record as of February 1.
Residents and office workers can now enjoy panoramic views in the bright and inspiring Bauhaus development on Quay Street in Manchester, thanks to glazing from Pilkington.Approximately 1200m2 of Pilkington Suncool features in the second phase of the…
Glass Polish of US on Tuesday announced its entry into India. It is the world’s largest glass, windscreen, plastic and acrylic repair company.
Vitro S.A.B.  de C.V. (BMV: VITROA; NYSE: VTO) announced today that Alfonso Gomez  Palacio, President of the Glass Containers business unit, retired on June 30  2007 after an outstanding 23 year career and performance at Vitro.
Lifts in The Shires shopping centre in Leicester have been created using 400 metres square of Pilkington Planar™/Sentry Glas Plus with Pilkington OptiWhite™ .
Rexam, the global consumer packaging group and the world’s leading beverage can maker, is pleased to announce that it has completed the divestment of its Glass business to Ardagh Glass Group which was initially announced on 12 March 2007.
Glassex-GP&T 2008 will be promoted by CIB, the current Construction Marketing Awards “Agency of the Year”.
Britain is now home to two of the world’s most advanced plaster and plasterboard manufacturing plants following a £120-million investment in production capacity by British Gypsum.
Top brands, bottle manufacturers, retailers and technology experts have teamed up under a UK-government programme to cut 20,000 tonnes of glass from beer, cider and spirit packaging.
Rexam, the global consumer packaging company and the world’s leading beverage can maker, has formed a joint venture with Envases Universales, the leader in the Mexican packaging market, with regard to a new beverage can plant in Guatemala.
Winemakers and retailers will learn this week how to reduce their impact on climate change by bottling imported wines within the UK – and boost recycling as they do so.
Glaziers in Yorkshire will be able to recycle their waste glass, wood and plastics, across a network of depots in the region - believed to be one of the first networks of its kind.
Vitro S.A.B. de C.V. one of the world's largest producers and distributors of glass products, announced 1Q'07 unaudited results.Year over year consolidated sales increased 6.0 percent and EBITDA rose 30.0 percent.
North East glassmakers are heading out to the United Arab Emirates as they look to break into the Gulf’s lucrative glass market.
The Portfolio Analysis - Toughened & Laminated Glass is a comprehensive evaluation of the UK market. The revised and updated 2007 edition analyses the financial performance of the companies important to the success of your business.
Fraser and Neave Holdings Bhd's (F&N) glass containers division has invested RM130 million to build two new furnaces at its facilities in China and Malaysia, towards becoming a leading glass packaging solutions provider.
Following the search for strategic partners for its specialty bottles business, the Saint-Gobain Group has selected the project of a consortium of two investment funds, Sagard and Cognetas.
Pilkington Planar™ structural glazing system has been used to stunning effect at a new library in the southwest seaport town of Turku, Finland.
The annual amount of glass recycled to make new bottles and jars has increased to a record 756,000 tonnes according to estimates from British Glass.
The 18th China International Glass Industrial Technical Exhibition (China Glass 2007) will be staged at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre on 16-19, May 2007.
The average price of manufactured products in the U.K. recorded an increase of 0.3 per cent in February, the Office for National Statistics said a report Monday.
BBC reported that union officials say the announcement that St Helens Glass has gone into liquidation, leaving hundreds of workers jobless, is tragic.  Rumours of the announcement were circulated before staff were given official confirmation at…
Pilkington Group Limited has announced the purchase of AG Glass and Glazing Limited. AG Glass and Glazing Ltd is a leading IGU manufacturer averaging more than 20,000 units per week from its state of the art manufacturing unit in Tankersley, near…