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Glassmaker Pilkington has warned it will close its Denbighshire factory by the end of April unless a buyer can be found.
South Korea plans to impose tariffs on Chinese glass sold below local prices, aiming to protect domestic producers such as KCC Corp. and Hankuk Glass Industries Inc. from cheaper imports.
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…
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.
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.
Fuyao Group Glass Industries Co Ltd (600660.SS: Quote, Profile, Research), China's top automotive glass maker, said on Monday it plans to raise more than 3 billion yuan ($420 million) by selling additional shares to fund expansion.
PPG Industries’ (PPG:NYSE) aerospace transparencies business has received approval by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to overhaul and repair framed aircraft cockpit windows, and it has begun operations in Suzhou to serve airlines…
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.
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…
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (the Company) hereby announces that, at the Board of Directors meeting held on February 12, 2008, it has resolved that the Company would purchase the Company’s stock in accordance with Article 156 of the Corporation Law…
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. and its European subsidiary AGC Flat Glass Europe SA (formerly Glaverbel) decided to pay the fine imposed by the European Commission in its decision dated November 29, 2007, concerning anticompetitive behavior in the flat glass…
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (Head office: Tokyo; President & CEO: Masahiro Kadomatsu) has decided to enhance glass production facilities for solar cells.
Gains will be fueled by strong building  construction activity and increasing production of products that incorporate insulation  materials, such as refrigerators and freezers.
1. ContentsNippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. ( “the Company” ) confirms that Pilkington Group Limited ( “Pilkington” ), a subsidiary of the Company, has decided that it will not file an appeal against the Decision by the European Commission to levy a…
Europe and China will create a network to share information among their ports as they fight product counterfeiting that poses a growing threat to public safety, a European Union official said Monday.
Pilkington North America will pay $60,000 to settle violations of its Rossford plant’s state air pollution permit, according to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
The new HQ of tyre manufacturer Yokohama Italia S.p.A has used Pilkington Eclipse Advantage™ EverGreen with Pilkington Optilam™ Phon Therm SN for a simple - and silent - solution.
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. has decided  to boost its production capacity of LUMIFLON®, a high-weatherability fluoropolymer for coatings.
Asahi India Glass said that the company reported a standalone net loss of Rs.3.15 crores in the third quarter ended December 31, 2007 compared to a net profit of Rs.13.36 crores posted in the same quarter last year.
Gross sales and operating profit for the nine months period amounted Rs. 87188 lakhs  and Rs. 17271 lakhs respectively.
On January 15th, the first batch of investment projects in Africa by the China-Africa Fund was signed in Beijing; the cooperative agreement totals over 90 million dollars.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to revive a $25.1 million award won by Japanese glassmaker Asahi Glass Co. in a patent suit against rival Cardinal IG Co.
For the first time in 18 years, the production line at Guardian Industries shut down on Sunday, allowing for an $80 million dollar expansion project to get underway.
Bloomberg reported that Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., Sony Corp., Asahi Glass Co. and other Japanese companies are wooing Middle Eastern investors to bolster their declining share prices, the Nikkei English News reported today.
Asahi Glass Fine Techno Korea reported that one employee of a subcontractor was killed and that two others were injured when an explosion occurred during repair work on a hydrochloric acid storage tank that is part of the water treatment system at…