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Statement from Steve Rice, GGF Technical Director: The United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union and British companies need to be aware of what this means to our market and how we will conform to technical standards in the future.
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Reconstruct its float line, the company intends to apply her methods of glass processing, has not been used in any plant in the world.
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Etienne Schneider, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy and Foreign Trade of Luxembourg, joined Guardian leadership for the formal opening of the company’s new European Headquarters in Bertrange, Luxembourg on 23 March 2016.
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