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Saint-Gobain made its official UK exhibition debut at Ecobuild 2009 last week.  Attracting over 34,500 visitors over three days, the event was hailed as a huge success by the leading international construction materials company, which showcased over…
Group Wendel has completed the sale of warrants it intended to sell with the sale today of 25 million Saint-Gobain warrants to institutional investors at a price of 1.20 Euro each, through a private placement.
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has introduced Solarphire PV glass, a product designed to maximize solar energy transmission for photovoltaic modules. "A proprietary glass formulation gives Solarphire PV glass greater clarity than leading…
SEMATECH, a global consortium of the world’s leading chip manufacturers, today announced that it has entered into a joint development partnership to accelerate mask blankcommercialization with Asahi Glass Co. (AGC), a commercial mask blank supplier…
Saint-Gobain is organizing its second innovation competition. The contest aims to reward the European start-ups offering the most innovative solutions in the housing, energy and environment fields.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, one of the World’s largest producers of glass for the construction and automobile industries, Friday said it would sell around €1.5 billion ($1.91 billion) in new shares to bolster its capital amid the deepening global…
Saint-Gobain has been ranked in the Global 100 list of most sustainable corporations in the world, which evaluates companies according to how effectively they manage environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities relative to their…
Saint-Gobain is organizing its second innovation competition. The contest aims to reward the European start-ups offering the most innovative solutions in the housing, energy and environment fields.
Saint-Gobain is now included in the Global 100 most sustainable corporations in the world. Global 100 is a list of companies included in MSCI World - a global stock market index maintained by Morgan Stanley Capital International - that are evaluated…
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.; Head Office: Tokyo President & COO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) plans to release “PairPlus” in Japan, ecoglass designed for remodeling, through AGC Glass Products Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of AGC (Head Office: Tokyo; President:…
The events aim at presenting on the SE European market new technology, equipment and services, and attracting the public and investors attention to the practical benefits from renewables and the different means to save energy.
Indonesia’s biggest glass producer, PT Asahimas Flat Glass Tbk, a subsidiary of Japan-based Asahi Glass Co.
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. and its European subsidiary AGC Automotive Europe SA confirm (Release on February 6, 2009) that they will carry the decision of the European Commission concerning the automotive glass sector in Europe, and pay the imposed fine…
Asahi Glass announced changes in personnel as described below.Changes in personnel that will be made as of February 1, 2009.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain on Jan. 14, 2009 set the terms of its new EUR 1 billion 5 ½ year bond issue with an annual coupon of 8.25%.This bond issue will serve to refinance existing debt and will allow Saint-Gobain to increase the average maturity…
Guidance on how glass mineral wool insulation contributes to Passive House design and can help to deliver up to 30 credits in the Code for Sustainable Homes is now available in a RIBA-approved CPD from Saint-Gobain Isover.
Pilkington NSG Group Flat Glass Business, 300 Northridge Drive, sent an e-mail to employees on Thursday, advising them that the plant will close for two weeks for approximately 180 of 263 employees from Jan. 19 to Feb. 2 due to slow sales and…
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) has revised the outlook of consolidated operating results announced on October 31, 2008, for the fiscal year 2008 (January 1 through December 31,2008), as described below.
Following the recommendation of the Nominating Committee, and approval at the Meeting of the Board of Directors that was held today, Asahi Glass announced a set of changes in the members of the Board of Directors, Corporate Auditors and Executive…
Under the Glass Power Campaign, a corporate disaster-prevention activity, Past activities under the Glass Power Campaign have been internationally recognized and were introduced as advanced disaster-prevention activity by a private company in a…
 Nippon Sheet Glass said Wednesday it would lay off its Finnish workforce for five to eight weeks.NSG subsidiary Pilkington employs about 450 people in Finland.
PARIS -(Dow Jones)- Construction materials group Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA's (12500.FR) Chief Executive Pierre Andre Chalendar said Monday he has seen a "worrying" drop in new construction in Europe and expects the fourth quarter…
More substantial funding and less bureaucratic procedures are a must to overcome the gap that distances from the rest of Europe Gathered at a round table within the PV Tech Milan 2008, the showroom entirely devoted to solar photovoltaic energy, all…
AGC (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., Head Office: Tokyo; President & COO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) has successfully developed of a new photosensitive insulating film.
Portland, ME - Building on the success from the 2008 edition, IntertechPira is pleased to announce that the 4th annual Photovoltaics Summit 2009 is set for June 1-3, 2009 at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco, CA, US.