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Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has reported a 6% rise in sales for the first half of 2007, on an actual structure basis, to €21.78bn (US$29.75bn).

SALES: up 6.0% to €21,779 million up 6.9% like-for-like*OPERATING INCOME: up 15.3% to €2,093 million up 16.6% like-for-like*RECURRING NET INCOME**: up 31.2% to €1,067 millionNet income amounts to €465 million, taking into account the €650 million…

Saint-Gobain has announced the acquisition of the Norandex group in the United States from Owens Corning. Norandex has 2,200 employees and delivered sales of $866 million in 2006 split into two activities: building materials distribution and vinyl…

Saint-Gobain announces that definitive agreements to sell its Reinforcements and Composites activities to Owens Corning were signed on the 27th of July, 2007.

SALES: up 6.0% to EUR21,779 million up 6.9% like-for-like(*) - OPERATING INCOME: up 15.3% to EUR2,093 million up 16.6% like-for-like(*) - RECURRING NET INCOME(**): up 31.2% to EUR1,067 million Net income amounts to EUR465 million, taking into…

The “four-cylinder” building located inside Munich’s Olympiapark has helped create public awareness of BMW for many years now.

Davis Polk & Wardwell is advising Compagnie de Saint-Gobain on its acquisition of Owens Corning’s Siding Solutions business.

Alumcon LLC, a specialised aluminium facade contractor and major glass manufacturer, has announced the start of its new Dh55 million glass processing factory located in the Dubai Investments Park.

Saint-Gobain announces that discussions regarding the plan to merge its Reinforcements and Composites activities (part of the entity Vetrotex) with the Reinforcements business of Owens Corning, are now focusing on a sale project of Saint- Gobain’s…

CNN reported that Sales Intended to Address Regulatory Concerns Associated with the Previously Announced Joint Venture with Saint-Gobain's Reinforcement and Composites BusinessOwens Corning also in Discussions with Saint-Gobain to Convert the…

This September, the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition will be taking place for the 22nd edition.

Glaston Corporation has received the second-largest One-Stop-Partner (OSP) order, a combination of pre-processing machinery and safety glass machinery, in its history.

Glaston Corporation has closed the acquisition, by which it purchases the entire share capital of the glass industry software company, A+W Software AG Group, according to the agreement signed on 31 May 2007.

Glaston Corporation's most significant subsidiaries Tamglass and Bavelloni have changed their names to Glaston. While Tamglass and Bavelloni corporate identities are no longer in use, their well-known names will remain as strong, leading…

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Glaston is in the process of centralizing its Heat Treatment business area's R&D i.e. safety glass machine product development activities to its Finnish headquarters.

This week crews poured the 60th and last residential floor at One Rincon, the condominium atop San Francisco's Rincon Hill.

Apogee Enterprises, Inc. announced that Russell Huffer, chairman and chief executive officer, will host the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Apogee Enterprises, Inc., on Wednesday, June 27, at 9 a.m.

Glaston has received its biggest order of all time. Coming from the EMEA area, the order is a One-Stop-Partner (OSP) package deal worth 15.5 million euros.

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.

Saint-Gobain Isover is launching an unrivalled programme of insulation training for merchants and distributors that kicks off in the classroom.

After months of planning, work is ready to begin next week on the installation of the new curtain wall at Indiana Square.

The Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of Compagnie de Saint-  Gobain was held in Paris on Thursday, June 7, 2007.

Glaston Corporation, a leading maker of glass processing machines, expanded its footprint in China with the inauguration of a production facility in Tianjin on Friday.

Glaston acquires German Albat + Wirsam Software AG Group (“A+W Group”) - A+W Group is the global leader in production management and ERP software for flat glass, window and door industries - A+W Group net sales amounted to 23.1 MEUR in 2006, up by…