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Though the financial performance of Asahi India Glass in the last few quarters has not been very impressive, recent initiatives will help it get back into the growth trajectory.
Research Frontiers Incorporated announced today that the Asahi Glass Company, Ltd. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 5201: JP) has acquired a worldwide non-exclusive license to use Research Frontiers' patented SPD-Smart light-control technology for…
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. (NSG), the world's sixth-largest glass maker, will move alongside front-runner Asahi Glass Co., in terms of sales, after the 616 billion yen acquisition of third-ranked British glass maker Pilkington PLC, by the end of…
Asahi Glass Fine Techno Taiwan (AFT), a 100% owned subsidiary of Japan-based Asahi Glass, on April 7 broke ground for its third glass substrate plant in Taiwan.
Digitimes.com reported that Asahi Glass Fine Techno Taiwan, a 100% owned subsidiary of Japan-based Asahi Glass, is set to add two glass substrate production lines, including one sixth-generation (6G) and one 7.5G line, in Taiwan, with volume…
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. announced Monday it agreed to acquire 80 percent of British glassmaker Pilkington plc in a strategy to expand its global production capacity.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. said Monday that it will acquire the 80 percent stake it doesn't have of Britain's Pilkington PLC in a deal worth 358.5 billion yen (US$3 billion; euro2.6 billion).
Pilkington's chairman, Sir Nigel Rudd, stands to make £4.25m if, as expected, Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass returns with an agreed £2.2bn takeover offer this month.
Industrial Development Bureau, Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), indicated that Taiwan panel makers will invest NT$260 billion (US$8.04 billion) this year, with the overall industry value to exceed NT$1 trillion (US$30.1 billion) in Taiwan…
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Deutsche Bank hikes target price on Asahi Glass (5201.TO) to Y1,900 from Y1,470, affirms "buy" rating; analyst says downward revision to last FY group profit estimates due mainly to temporary factors; adds large profit growth expected this…
As a result of last year's heavy flooding in the Western States, Asahi India Glass (AIS) has reported a 89.89 per cent drop in its net profit at Rs 2.47 crore for the quarter ending December 31 as compared to Rs 24.44 crore in the corresponding…
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Ltd., creator of the Selfoc lens and a supplier of gradient index lenses, has partnered with Optical Zonu, a Van Nuys, Calif., manufacturer of fiber interface modules.
Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass is unlikely to agree to buy Pilkington Plc for several more weeks as it continues to plough through the glassmaker's books, sources familiar with the situation said.
PPG Industries has begun construction of a facility in Taiwan that will apply the company's electrocoat and dip-spin coatings to fasteners and small parts.
Bekaert, the premier supplier of rotatable sputtering technologies delivering lower cost of ownership and higher coater throughput, has announced that Lance Sides has joined the company as the Market Manager for North American Operations.
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Analyst Lalita Gupta of Morgan Stanley maintains her "overweight" rating on Nippon Electric Glass (ticker: 5214).
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Asahi Glass of Japan won a $25.1 million jury verdict against Eden Prairie-based Cardinal Glass Industries in a patent-infringement suit over window coatings that keep summer heat from entering homes.
Japan's largest glass maker Asahi Glass said on Thursday its affiliate will spend nearly six billion rupees ($140 mn) to build a new plant in India as the growing economy there sees a boom in construction and cars.
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