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A new year brings a different trade advertising campaign for Pilkington - 'A Passion for Glass'. Based around the Pilkington logo and what it portrays, the campaign is set to re-emphasise the benefits of the Pilkington brand and its values.
Pilkington has launched an improved website for trade customers which now offers an area designed exclusively for householders.
A huge fire flared up on Saturday 27th, shortly after 9 am, inside the Pilkington plant in San Salvo - Italy. Still to verify the reasons, even if, on first assumptions, it could have originated from overheating of a cooling engine in the laminated…
The innovative Galway Marine Institute has the technology to harness the power of the ocean, and what better way to protect this centre than Pilkington Pyrostop™.
The organisers of Glassex, the UK’s leading trade event for buyers and specifiers of glass and glazing-related products, are sending out a strong message to the public sector that it is ‘more than just a plastic windows show’.
It has taken more than six years in the planning process, but the five tower blocks that make up the Chalcots Estate in Swiss Cottage, North London are finally receiving a long awaited multi-million pound make-over.
Leviev Boymelgreen Marquis Developers of Florida has commissioned renowned artist Tom Patti to create a monumental wall sculpture for the garage façade of the Marquis luxury condominium – adding art and flair to Miami’s new cultural arts district.
Select International, a global provider of human resource assessment solutions, was selected by Guardian Industries Corp. to assess prospective entry-level production and maintenance employees at plants in DeWitt, Iowa and Carleton, Michigan.
Pilkington's newest advances in automotive glazing went on show at an Innovation Day at DaimlerChrysler's Technology Centre at Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart.
Pilkington Middlesbrough is celebrating a triple safety win with two national awards and the achievement of Level 5 in the European safety programme.
The Premier of Victoria Steve Bracks and State Treasurer John Brumby visited Dandenong for the announcement of Pilkington's A$130 million investment in the DA2 float plant.
Toledo pavilion boasts impressive display, also allows visitors to view glass-making process.Leonard Marty pulled a glowing glass bulb out of the fiery furnace and spun it around on a pole.
Boston's tallest skyscraper, the John Hancock Tower, was sold to a New York real estate firm as part of a $3.3 billion deal for a package of buildings in four cities.
The Historical Glass Museum raised $6,000 during its parking lot sale and from sales at its gift shop Dec. 9. The event will help maintain operating costs for the museum.
"Incredibly tough but looking weightless, almost invisible!" This is how laminator Cristacurva describes the complex, curved laminated glass balustrade containing DuPont™ Butacite® that is an interior design centerpiece at the Ford Dealers…
The chief executive of Pilkington is to take on a beefed-up executive role at its Japanese parent months after steering the British glassmaker through its £2.2bn takeover.
Diamon-Fusion International, Inc. (DFI Nanotechnology), recently announced that its flagship patented nano-coating, Diamon-Fusion®, is being applied at a NEW residential project in New York City designed by the Pritzker Prize-winning Swiss duo of…
Developers unveiled the design for a soaring, curving skyscraper Monday that will be the centerpiece of a redevelopment of La Defense, the business district west of Paris, and will rival the Eiffel Tower in height.
Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (Adnec) said glazing work was nearing completion on Phase 1 of its state-of-the-art exhibition and conference centre currently under construction in the UAE capital.
Forbes reporthed that speciality chemicals group Sika AG said it is to acquire German company Proxan Dichtstoffe GmbH for an undislcosed price.
Pilkington France has supplied more than 6,000 metres square of glass façades for a stunning renovation of the historic St Charles station in Marseilles.
Kristina Milanovic from Withington Girls' School in Manchester and Gerrard Weale from Trinity Sixth Form Centre in Carlisle, are this year's Pilkington Arkwright Scholars.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Nippon Sheet Glass Co. said group net profit for its first half grew more than fivefold because of a strong contribution from its purchase of Pilkington PLC of the U.K. earlier this year.
Starnewsgroup.com reported that Australia's largest glass manufacturer and the State Government have combined to fund a $130 million upgrade to a Dandenong plant to create a self-cleaning glass that all but eliminates water use.
The Board of Pilkington Group Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Mike Powell as Group Finance Director for Pilkington Group Limited, in succession to Iain Lough, who will retire on 31 January 2007.