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Officials from Asahi India Glass say the company’s architectural segment grew by 50 percent in the 2008 fiscal year, according to a Sept. 6 Reuters report.
New AGC invention can help in fighting hospital-caught infectionsAGC Flat Glass Europe, formerly Glaverbel, presented its new AntiBacterial GlassTM.
Glaverbel today announced that it has changed its name to AGC Flat Glass Europe and has adopted a new corporate logo, aligning branding of Glaverbel’s operations with that of the AGC group globally.
Although net sales increased just 2.2 percent for Japan’s Asahi Glass Co. for the first half of the year, the company reported operating profits of more than $760 million, up 37 percent compared to last year, according to an Aug. 6 Asahi Glass…
Reuters reported that Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. (5201.T: Quote, Profile, Research) is selling its unit Asahi Fiber Glass Co. Ltd. to the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ), as it slims down to better compete with Corning Inc. (GLW.N: Quote, Profile,…
A consortium of Vietnamese commercial banks and a finance company provided Tuesday a loan of VND845 billion (US$52 million) for building a glass factory in the central Chu Lai Economic Zone (EZ).
Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (“the Company”) confirms the provisional amount of extra-ordinary gain arising from the sale of shares of a subsidiary, and announces the revisions made to its previous forecast of operating results for FY 2008 ( April…
Asahi Glass Co. , Japan's largest glass maker, booked a bigger-than-expected growth in first-half profit, buoyed by strong demand for liquid crystal display glass substrates.
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. announces that it resolved at the Board of Directors’ Meeting held on August 6, 2007 to increase the interim dividend per share for the fiscal year ending December 2007, and to revise the dividend payment forecast per share for…
Sharp, the second-largest Japanese maker of liquid crystal displays, will invest ¥380 billion, or $3.2 billion, on an LCD factory to help narrow the gap with Sony in the $56 billion global flat-panel market.
Asahi Glass Company Ltd. (AGC) of Japan has committed to continue expanding the capacity of its local unit’s solar glass cover plant up to 2010 to fully meet the demands of the region’s demand being its regional export hub for solar panels.This was…
GlassBuild America: The Glass, Window & Door Expo is pleased to announce that it has collaborated with the Georgia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) to bring a new architect program to its 2007 event in Atlanta.
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the worldwide glass industry is now available to its catalogue.
Ryazan region Governor Georgy Shpak and Guardian Glass Ryazan director Yanos Egud on Wednesday signed an investment agreement on the construction of a plant in the region that will produce float glass, an official from the regional government's…
In connection to the sale of the flat glass business in Australasia announced on 29th June 2007, Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (“the Company”) announces the revisions made to its forecast of operating results published on 31st May 2007 and the…
AGC Flat Glass Philippines Inc. (AGPH), formerly Asahi Glass Philippines Inc., is solidifying its status as Asia’s production hub for solar glass cover even as it eyes to be the regional production center of other high value-added products like flat…
In response to the strong demand for superinsulating glass on the Italian construction market, Glaverbel is to install the country’s first magnetron unit for applying low-emissivity coatings at its Cuneo plant in North-East Italy (Piedmont).
Japan-based Asahi Glass is considering changing the site where it will establish its fifth Taiwan-based glass substrate plant since construction of related facilities may be postponed due to a recent government environment assessment team report…
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (“the Company”) reached the decision at its meeting of the Board of Directors on June 13, 2007, to establish the terms and conditions regarding the offering stock acquisition rights as stock compensation-type stock options to…
Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (“the Company”) announces that today its extraordinary Board meeting officially resolved the sale of Flat Glass Business in Australasia.
Asahi Glass, Suzuki local subsidiary Maruti Udyog Ltd. and others, will build an automotive glass plant on Delhi's outskirts that will come online in September.
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo; President: Masahiro Kadomatsu) has succeeded in  the development of a modified perfluoropolyether (PFPE) for hard disk lubricant.
Please be informed that Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (“the Company”) reached the decision at its meeting of the Board of Directors on June 13, 2007, to establish the following terms and conditions regarding the offering stock acquisition rights as stock…
Shortly after participating at the GPD in Shanghai, Bekaert has now also been invited as a guest speaker at the Glass Processing Days convention, taking place from 15-18 June in Tampere, Finland.
Some 400 people from around the world will gather in Corsicana this weekend to commemorate the retirement of Wally Palma, manager of the Corsicana Guardian Industries glass manufacturing plant for the past 27 years.