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The local glass manufacturing industry is under heavy siege with the surge of glass products imported from China, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, India and Korea.
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Seeking more market-rate housing in Toledo, city officials are hoping to join Pilkington North America and a yet-to-be named builder to turn 34 acres of industrial wasteland riverfront property into a condominium/townhouse development.
A decade has passed since the Monday afternoon that three top executives of the former Libbey-Owens-Ford Co. were ousted from their downtown Toledo posts and an investigation into their secret professional lives gained steam.
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG - News) has presented its Excellent Supplier Award to seven suppliers for their superior performance in 2002.
Corning to shut CRT glass plant Corning Inc. has announced plans to close its television glass joint venture with Japan's Asahi Glass Co.
Japan-based Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. has announced that it will move part of its production line in the Philippines to Thailand as a way of rationalizing its regional operations.
Directors of PPG Industries have elected Robert Ripp a member of the company's board, effective March 1. He is chairman of Lightpath Technologies, a manufacturer of optical lens and module assemblies for the telecommunications sector.
The role of Company Secretary has been strengthgened following the publication of a UK government-commissioned report on corporate governance.
Pilkington Chairman Sir Nigel Rudd has been presented with a Personality of the Year award by Brazil in recognition of the Group's record investment in that country.
Six glass manufacturing and distribution companies have formed the Flat Glass Logistics Council, which will host its first formal meeting on May 1, 2003 at the Double Tree Club Hotel in Des Plaines, Ill.
The Pilkington float plant at Lahti, Finland has been awarded the new ISO 9001:2002 certificate after a year-long project to achieve the international quality standard.The Finnish plant is only the second Pilkington Primary Products Euroope site to…
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PPG Industries has renamed its light industrial coatings initiative "PPG TrueFinish industrial coatings," and realigned and refocused it to better serve customers.
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British glass-maker Pilkington Plc PILK.L said on Thursday that trading was in line with expectations despite tough conditions in most of its major markets, sending its shares up four percent.
Providing cleaner views and tremendous homeowner convenience, Patio Enclosures, Inc., America's largest manufacturer and installer of sunrooms, is now offering SunClean self-cleaning glass by PPG Industries.
Directors of PPG Industries have elected Robert Ripp a member of the company's board, effective March 1. He is chairman of Lightpath Technologies, a manufacturer of optical lens and module assemblies for the telecommunications sector.
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Clyde Leff, group general counsel, is to become company secretary of Pilkington with effect from May 1, continuing in his role as group general counsel.
RS Cogen LLC, a cogeneration power plant that is a joint venture of PPG Industries and Entergy Corp., has begun commercial operations here.