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To meet the increasing demand of its Indian customers, Saint-Gobain has announced plans to build a new flat glass plant in this country.
CHENNAI: The Indian arm of French float-glass manufacturer Saint-Gobain is setting up a 300,000 tonne plant at Bhiwadi in Rajasthan with an investment of Rs.10 billion ($250 million), top company officials said.
Asahi Glass Co., Japan's largest glassmaker, said it has reduced U.S. output of automotive glass by about 10 percent as a slump in new vehicle sales in North America crimps demand.
With the price of furnace oil, used by sheet glass makers to fire kilns, rising in line with that of crude oil, most firms have reported falling profits or losses in the quarter up to March 2008.
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Saint-Gobain's Construction Products sector has gained a foothold on the Japanese insulation market through its acquisition of the 43.64% stake held by Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG) in MAG.
To meet the needs of the fast-growing photovoltaic (PV) solar energy market, DuPont on June 9, 2008 announced that it will expand production of DuPont™ Solamet® thick film metallization pastes at its Electronic Materials DuPont Dongguan Ltd. (EMDD)…
The additional cost of building to Passive House standards can be recouped in just a couple of years according to the UK’s insulation giant Saint-Gobain Isover.
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Through its subsidiary La Veneciana de Saint-Gobain, the Flat Glass Sector of Saint-Gobain has decided to extend its presence on the solar mirrors market.
May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Nippon Sheet Glass Co., the world's biggest maker of car windows, forecast its first profit decline in five years on energy costs and falling prices in Europe, its largest market following the 2006 acquisition of…
Window installers looking to benefit from the boom in renewable energy systems by installing energy-efficient technology will find that Ecofirst Limited, a company established in 2006 by sustainable housing pioneers, ZeroC (formerly Cornhill Estates…
Once again setting the pace in energy ratings, Lister Trade Frames have just unveiled their improved Elitis energy rated windows, having included fully reinforced foiled and solid coloured frames to the range.
SIA GroGlass opens a unique hi-tech factory at Katlakalna Street 4B in Riga today, May 19, 2008. The factory will manufacture large area optical vacuum coatings on glass substrate.
Asahi Glass (Head office: Tokyo; President: Kazuhiko Ishimura) has decided to acquire SCHOTT Processing Korea Co., Ltd. (Head office: Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea; hereafter, “SPK”), a wholly owned Korean subsidiary of Germany’s SCHOTT AG…
The Carlyle Group, a U.S. buyout fund, said Friday that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in a fifty-fifty joint venture between Nippon Sheet Glass Co. and Hoya Corp. that makes glass substrates for liquid crystal displays.
The NSG Group is pleased to announce that its Pilkington Building Products business in North America is proposing an investment of around $100 million in its float glass facility in Lathrop, California.
Business review of the first quarter of 2008 During the first quarter of fiscal 2008 (January 1 through March 31, 2008), prices of raw materials and fuels such as oil continued to rise worldwide.
By Masumi Suga May 7 (Bloomberg) -- Nippon Sheet Glass Co., the world's biggest supplier of car windows, said it will book a 12.5 billion yen ($119 million) charge for 220 Japan-based managers who took early retirement.
Space and hot water heating accounts for almost 90% of a household’s energy costs but coincidentally 90% of that could be saved if the home was insulated to Passive House standards, according to Saint-Gobain Isover UK.
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Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) has decided to liquidate its subsidiary, as described below. 1.
Asahi Glass, a Japanese glass substrate maker, is enhancing its investment in Korea’s LCD business. It tries to expand its glass substrate business in Korea, which is emerging as the world’s largest LCD panel maker.
With regard to its flat glass business in North America, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Tokyo; President & COO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) has decided to stop operations on three float glass production lines and two architectural coating lines from…