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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.
About 100 glass and metal companies will participate in V Fenavid - Glass and Aluminum National Fair, that will happen in September 7 to 9 at the Centro Sul Pavillon, in Florianópolis (Santa Catarina), Brazil.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. (NSG), the world's sixth-largest glass maker, will move alongside front-runner Asahi Glass Co., in terms of sales, after the 616 billion yen acquisition of third-ranked British glass maker Pilkington PLC, by the end of…
Russia announced that it would return to Germany six 14th-century stained glass windows taken from a church by the Red Army during World War II, AFP reported.
The contribution to business success in the shape of technology comes in many forms. For Pilkington it came with the help of a washing up bowl.Alastair Pilkington, then technical director of the "family" business, conceived the idea of…
In the past half-century, scientific and technological advances have transformed our world. PM convened a panel of 25 experts to identify innovations that have made the biggest impact, from the hospital to outer space to the kitchen.
International trade fair for window and facade fensterbau/frontale 2006, which takes place together with Holz-Handwerk in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from 22-25 March 2006, has two premières to offer this year.The first one is expert discussion…
EMAP Maclaren, organiser of Glassex, has announced advanced sales for the 2006 event are well ahead of the previous event year-on-year.
Diamon-Fusion International, Inc. (DFI Nanotechnology), global developer and exclusive licensor of the Diamon-Fusion® patented hydrophobic nanotechnology, is the recipient of multiple marketing annual awards as announced by the prestigious US Glass…
Viet Nam’s glass-makers are now in an ideal position to step up exports of construction-grade glass, according to Viet Nam Glass Association.
Emirates Float Glass (EFG) LLC, founded by Dubai Investments PJSC has announced that the ground breaking ceremony of its 320,000 square meters plot at Industrial City of Abu Dhabi (ICAD 2), will be held on February 14, 2006.
Saudi Guardian International Float Glass Co., Ltd. (GulfGuard), along with its joint venture partners, Guardian Industries Corp., National Company for Glass Industries Ltd. ("Zoujaj") and Al Zamil Group will hold a groundbreaking ceremony…
Baltic Glass Company, the subsidiary of Russian Soda Company from St.-Petersburg and American PPG Industries, Inc. agreed on concerted efforts in the implementation of the sheet glass project in St.-Petersburg.
GlassTech Asia, the 5th International Glass Products, Glass Manufacturing, Processing & Materials Exhibition and Conference, gave Thailand’s and the region’s glass makers convenient access to relevant glass making technology and equipment from…
Saint-Gobain Vetrotex has created a Specialty Reinforcements Group (SRG) for the North American market, as a part of a strategy to move closer to the market.
Bekaert, the premier supplier of rotatable sputtering technologies delivering lower cost of ownership and higher coater throughput, has announced that Lance Sides has joined the company as the Market Manager for North American Operations.
Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) together with Conference & Exhibitions Management Services Pte Ltd, Singapore Glass Association and Thai Glass Dealers Association will organise “GLASSTECH ASIA 2005” for the first time in…
Johns Manville plans to build a new nonwoven glass mat production line, capable of producing one billion square metres of glass mat per year, at its facility in Etowah, in the US.
Sevasa, amongst the leading companies of high quality satined and engraved glass, has presented its new design CriSamar® ICE at the glass’ international exposition Vitrum 2005, held in Milan this past October.
Grenzebach Corporation, the US subsidiary of Grenzebach Maschinenbau GmbH of Hamlar, Germany, a global manufacturer of production equipment for the flat glass and construction material industries, has announced the introduction of its high speed…
Dubai Investments PJSC has announced that the construction of Emirates Float Glass, the first ever float glass plant in the UAE, is set to commence in October 2005 at the Industrial City of Abu Dhabi.
On 15th July, 2005, Pilkington announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the US assets of Autostock Distribution, with an asset value of around $US 18 million.
Zhejiang Glass, the second-largest Hong Kong-listed mainland glassmaker by market value, will probably postpone its 920 million yuan (HK$864.24 million) investment in ultra-thick and low-emissivity coated glass production lines, first mooted early…
The largest auto glass maker in China, the Fuyao Glass Industry Group, is celebrating the launch of three new float glass production lines, which is expected to help ease the nation's lack of production technology of float glass, a kind of…
BOC has secured a 15-year, multi-million pound contract with international glass manufacturer Pilkington for the continued supply of nitrogen and hydrogen to the company's main UK manufacturing facility at St Helens, Merseyside.