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The construction of this factory, an investment of Euro 45 million, will kick off in 2010, Gruevski said, pointing out that the new plant will employ about 300 persons at the onset.
Guardian Industries now offers Neutral 70, an easy-to-process, fabricator-friendly low-E glass that is higher performing and more aesthetically pleasing than pyrolytic low-E glass.
World’s first triple-silver–coated, low-e glass slated for hundreds of new projectsPPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has shipped its 20-millionth square-foot of Solarban 70XL glass.
Sage Electrochromics Inc., a maker of energy-efficient glass for windows, has closed on $20 million in financing, the company said Tuesday.Faribault-based Sage will put the capital toward expanding into international markets, ramping up…
A unit of Sisecam (SISE.IS), a Turkish glass manufacturer owned by Is Bankasi (ISCTR.IS), said on Monday it plans to build a sheet-glass factory in RussiaThe investment will be worth between $180 million and $190 million, Cem Kozlu, the head of a…
Auburn Hills, Mich., January 13, 2009, 2008 — SunGuard® advanced architectural glass by Guardian Industries now offers architects and designers five new performance and appearance glass options by combining its Guardian CrystalGray™ float glass with…
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) commercial coatings group has increased its involvement in the global wind turbine industry.
The glass group Schott uses photovoltaic modules and fused colored glasses together for the first time ever for the newly designed staircase of its administrative building in Mainz.
DuPont Performance Coatings (DPC) recently launched a new website -- www.pc.dupont.com. --designed to give customers quick and easy access to information about all DPC brands.
PPG Industries' (NYSE:PPG) industrial coatings business has published a new color guide for Duranar liquid coil and extrusion coatings.
As a result of the decision of NASDAQ OMX PHLX, formerly the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, to terminate its equity trading platform effective Oct. 24, 2008, PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has announced its intention to voluntarily delist from the…
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) aerospace transparencies business and Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ:GNTX) will supply electrochromic window shade systems to Hawker Beechcraft Corporation for the passenger-cabin windows of the 2010 Beechcraft King Air 350i…
Divestiture reinforces PPG focus on coatings, specialty products PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) on Oct. 1, 2008 completed the divestiture of its automotive glass and services business to a new company formed by funds managed by Kohlberg & Company,…
Glasstech Inc., Perrysburg, Ohio, will feature the following glass processing systems at Glasstech Asia 2008, Nov. 20-22, at booth H04, the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, according to a company release Sept. 16.
After torrential rains caused flooding that forced the temporary closure on Aug. 19 of PPG Industries’ (NYSE: PPG) glass manufacturing operation here, some operations have resumed.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 18, 2008 – PPG Industries (PPG:NYSE) is introducing its most popular tinted glasses with Solarban 70XL or Solarban 60 solar control, low-emissivity coatings on the second surface of the glass.
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) automotive glass and services business, which is under contract to be sold to a new company being formed by Kohlberg & Co., LLC, Mount Kisco, N.Y., and PPG, will begin using the name “Pittsburgh Glass Works,” effective…
Auburn Hills, MI (July 14, 2008) – Homeowners in colder climates can now cut down on heating costs and reap energy savings with the new ClimaGuard® 75/68 low-E glass from Guardian Industries.
PITTSBURGH, June 30, 2008 – PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) industrial coatings business has published a new guide specification for its liquid and powder coil and extrusion coatings.
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has introduced an online tool that enables architects, specifiers and building owners to compare the relative energy and environmental performance of common architectural glazings on prototypical buildings.
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG), citing higher raw material, energy and transportation costs, announced a price increase of up to 20 percent for all its precipitated silica products, including Hi-Sil silicas and Lo-Vel flatting agents, effective July 1,…
A new study from The Freedonia Group Inc., a Cleveland-based industry market research firm, Advanced Flat Glass, projects demand for advanced flat glass to increase 5 percent annually to $7.2 billion in 2012.
Guardian Industries Corp. and Sapa Fabricated Products have entered into a strategic partnership to expand the availability of Guardian ShowerGuard® throughout North America.
New facility will serve automotive coatings, industrial coatings customers PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) is planning to build its first manufacturing plant in Russia.