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PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE: PPG), on  March 14, 2008 announced that it priced $1.55 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior notes.
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The glass substrate industry is witnessing rapid growth in technological innovation driven by the market demand for larger size glasses.
Revolutionary optical fiber, cable, hardware and equipment solution based on Corning nanoStructures™ technology PARIS, February 26, 2008 – Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today unveiled its ClearCurve™ optical fiber-based product suite optimized for…
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: APOG), which provides distinctive value-added glass solutions for the architectural and picture framing industries, today announced that Gregory A.
Glassmaker Pilkington has warned it will close its Denbighshire factory by the end of April unless a buyer can be found.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. (NSG) said on Thursday it would aim to cut the number of managers in Japan to help pay down debt taken on for its $4 billion acquisition of British glassmaker Pilkington in 2006 by implementing an "Enhanced Early…
In this prototype vacuum-insulated glazing panel, the pillars holding the panes of glass apart (the dots) are readily visible due to the low viewing angle. (The grid visible on the glass is a reflection of ceiling tiles.) Guardian Industries, one of…
The NSG Group has published its first Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report. The new format replaces the Environmental Social Activity Report the Group has produced since 2004.
PPG Industries announced that Solarban 70XL glass, the industry's highest-performing solar control, low-emissivity (low-E) glass, is now available as a laminated glass through members of the PPG Certified Laminator Program (PPG/CLP).
Vitro S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: VITROA; NYSE: VTO) one of the world's largest producers and distributors of glass products, announced on 26 February 2008 4Q'07 unaudited results.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. is set to pull the plug on the production of liquid crystal display glass substrates for television panels by selling its entire stake in a fifty-fifty joint venture with Hoya Corp. to a U.S. buyout fund, it was learned…
Drs. James Thiel, Paul Medwick, and Andrew Wagner (on photo left to right) senior research associates of PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG), were named winners in the Advanced Manufacturing category for the 2008 Carnegie Science Awards.
Discoveries in glass that now shape our world Glassmaker Pilkington will participate in a monumental glass exhibit called The Glass Experience at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois.
PPG) announced that Chrysler LLC named it the top-performing supplier of exterior systems in the automaker's 2007 Supplier Pentastar Awards.
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Key features are: · Strong improvement in cumulative sales and profits (reflecting consolidation of Pilkington for the full nine months, against only six months in the equivalent period last year).
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PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) will begin work on the next phase of a project to remediate and re-route the water discharge canal at its facility here.
Guardian launches new campaign for commercial glass program Auburn Hills, Mich., February 18, 2008 – Guardian has launched “Build With Light™,” a new marketing campaign to highlight its SunGuard® advanced architectural glass program.
Two NSG quality experts are leading major improvement projects at UK downstream sites. Masaki Mamiya and Tamaki Horisaka are both on a six-month secondment from Japan.
The PPG Industries Foundation has donated $7,500 to the Carnegie Museum of Art for the exhibition “Ecology.
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Following the enormous success of St Helens Rugby League team – Saints – in reaching both the Challenge Cup Final and Super League Grand Final bearing the Pilkington Activ™ legend across their shirts in front of millions of fans, Pilkington has…