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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.
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.
Southwall Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: SWTX) announced first quarter 2007 revenue of $10.5 million, up 5% from the first quarter of 2006 and up 14% from the fourth quarter of 2006.
The American Ceramic Society and NYS College of Ceramics at Alfred University will hold the 2007 Glass & Optical Materials Division Meeting & 18th University Conference on Glass in Rochester, New York, May 20-23, 2007.
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.
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 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…
In a major coup for the event, Pilkington Activ™ has demonstrated its commitment to the new-look Glassex with the announcement that it will sponsor the popular Conservatory Design Competition next March.
April 4 - 5, 2007, Munich (Germany) It will present manufacturing equipment for making solar silicon, ingots, wafers, cells, solar modules and necessary materials for their production.
Bystronic Glass UK has developed a seminar programme that will be introduced at Glassex but will be extended beyond the arena of the exhibition.
Conference in Munich University of Applied Scienses08-09 March .2007Topics:Glass in the constructive civil engineering Planning and building laws and regulations Combined layers for the building and construction industry Results of the latest…
The conference program has been further developed and case intensity has been broadened. One of the unique presentations to be shared is the Bevelite of Australia experience on how to improve and master process control in the production.
The GPD Conference has released the Final Program for the top glass summit of June 15-18th 2007. As before the versatile, modular agenda offers the latest information and visions of the glass world in a condensed executive format.
Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) Senior Vice President - Finance, Katherine A. Asbeck will address investors at the 9th Annual Needham and Company Growth Conference in New York tomorrow, Jan. 9 at 9:30 a.m.
The conference program has been further developed and case intensity has been broadened. One of the unique presentations to be shared is the Bevelite of Australia experience on how to improve and master process control in the production.
Pilkington and NSG issued a statement on 16 June confirming that the acquisition of Pilkington by NSG has been completed and that Pilkington is now a member of the NSG Group.
The 10th GPD conference is scheduled 15-18 June 2007. This leading forum for trendsetters and decision-makers of the glass industry has traditionally attracted an audience of some 800 and has featured some 200 professional presentations.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. announced Monday it agreed to acquire 80 percent of British glassmaker Pilkington plc in a strategy to expand its global production capacity.