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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas). Cardinal FG Company has begun operation at the newest float glass plant in North America.
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Saint-Gobain SEFPRO offers the widest range of electrofused and high grade sintered refractories. It is as well an active actor in the field of unshaped refractories, expendables (including lip stones for patterned glass production) and regenerator…
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The U.S. Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Florida Tampa Division has confirmed Anchor Glass Container Corp.'s proposed reorganization plan.
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