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PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE: PPG), on  March 14, 2008 announced that it priced $1.55 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior notes.
Glassmaker Pilkington has warned it will close its Denbighshire factory by the end of April unless a buyer can be found.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. (NSG) said on Thursday it would aim to cut the number of managers in Japan to help pay down debt taken on for its $4 billion acquisition of British glassmaker Pilkington in 2006 by implementing an "Enhanced Early…
The NSG Group has published its first Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report. The new format replaces the Environmental Social Activity Report the Group has produced since 2004.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. is set to pull the plug on the production of liquid crystal display glass substrates for television panels by selling its entire stake in a fifty-fifty joint venture with Hoya Corp. to a U.S. buyout fund, it was learned…
Discoveries in glass that now shape our world Glassmaker Pilkington will participate in a monumental glass exhibit called The Glass Experience at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois.
Key features are: · Strong improvement in cumulative sales and profits (reflecting consolidation of Pilkington for the full nine months, against only six months in the equivalent period last year).
Two NSG quality experts are leading major improvement projects at UK downstream sites. Masaki Mamiya and Tamaki Horisaka are both on a six-month secondment from Japan.
Following the enormous success of St Helens Rugby League team – Saints – in reaching both the Challenge Cup Final and Super League Grand Final bearing the Pilkington Activ™ legend across their shirts in front of millions of fans, Pilkington has…
SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS launches a toughenable version of its SGG COOL-LITE® SKN 165, the latest addition to the widely-specified high performance SGG COOL-LITE® SKN solar control glass range.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. said it will pay a fine of 140 million euros (about 22.5 billion yen) to the European Union for its British subsidiary Pilkington Group Ltd.'s role in an international price-fixing cartel.
1. ContentsNippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. ( “the Company” ) confirms that Pilkington Group Limited ( “Pilkington” ), a subsidiary of the Company, has decided that it will not file an appeal against the Decision by the European Commission to levy a…
Air Products is to ship a cold box, key equipment for an air separation unit (ASU), to reach the port of Abu Dhabi at the end of February 2008.
Pilkington North America will pay $60,000 to settle violations of its Rossford plant’s state air pollution permit, according to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
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The major breakthroughs in the technological development of glass are – thanks to the company's R&D Centre – closely intertwined with the history of AGC Flat Glass Europe (formerly Glaverbel).
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Gross sales and operating profit for the nine months period amounted Rs. 87188 lakhs  and Rs. 17271 lakhs respectively.
For the first time in 18 years, the production line at Guardian Industries shut down on Sunday, allowing for an $80 million dollar expansion project to get underway.
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The Board of NSG Group has approved the appointment of Mike Powell, currently Group Finance Director for Pilkington Group Limited, as NSG Group Finance Director, with effect from 1 January 2008.
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) today announced that it had completed the acquisition of SigmaKalon Group, a worldwide coatings producer based in Uithoorn, Netherlands, from global private investment firm Bain Capital.
The British glassmaker Pilkington, with annual sales of over 4 billion pounds globally (about Rs 32,000 crore) is planning an entry into India.
With effect from April 2007, NSG established an integrated global Flat Glass business, covering all of the Group's Building Products and Automotive operations worldwide.