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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.

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…

The shareholders of Asahi India Glass Ltd (AIGL) and Floatglass India Ltd (FIL) have approved the merger of the two companies, according to a AIGL release.

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.

Asahi Glass Philippines, the local unit of Japanese glass maker Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. (J.AHG or 5201) said Thursday it will phase out its Philippines automotive glass operations this year, but may recall that decision if domestic car sales improve.

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.

The Pilkington Group Management Committee has been replaced by an Executive Board and two new Business Line Boards for Building Products and Automotive have been created.

Specialist fire protection glass from Pilkington UK has been used for the stunning redevelopment project, The Tun, in Edinburgh.

Standard & Poor's Corp (S&P) said Thursday it has revised the outlook on the long-term corporate credit rating on Asahi Glass Co, one of the world's largest flat-glass makers, to negative from stable.

Paolo Scaroni has resigned from the Board of Pilkington plc and relinquished the post of non-executive deputy chairman of the Group.

In a bid to avoid possible anti-dumping charges by the U.S. and other countries, a major Chinese autoglass maker has set up a factory in Hong Kong, bucking the decades-long drift of manufacturers from the territory to the mainland.

Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd's glass packaging division is looking towards China as its area of growth for the next 10 years, said general manager Sim Kuang Meng.

The squeeze-out offer of Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., for the remaining Glaverbel shares closed on 16 December. Asahi Glass thus fully holds 100 percent of the capital of Glaverbel. 34,552 shares and 175 bonds were tendered.

Pilkington Aerospace has recieved a $4m order for windscreens for the Mikoyan MiG-27 jet fighter from Hindustan Aeronautical Laboratories (HAL Nasik), located in India.

The main thing Pilkington Laurinburg used to make 355,000 tons of glass last year was heat."This is the heart and the lungs," said Jeff Mercer, human resources manager, looking at one of the four mammoth furnaces in the plant.

After a year under construction, the new Bergen City Parkinghouse in Norway is now complete and is proudly displaying Pilkington glass.

Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. (J.AHG) said Wednesday that it has gained full control of Belgium's Glaverbel SA (B.GLA) following a squeeze-out offer.

Finland's second largest independent glass processing firm has become part of the Pilkington Group.The acquisition of KP Lasi will give Pilkington Processing and Merchanting 15 per cent of the buoyant Finnish IGU market.

Taiwan-based China Optoelectronics Technology Corporation (COTC) recently began trial production of STN LCD glass substrates and plans to shortly send samples to Cando and other customers for approval.

Pilkington Polska is celebrating five years without a single lost time accident.Said managing director of Pilkington Polska, Marek Grabowski: "This is a great achievement which makes me very proud and happy.

A new, more flexible solar-control windscreen product attracted visitors to the Pilkington stand at the recent FIAA bus and coach exhibition in Madrid.

An electro precipitator has been installed at the San Salvo float plant in Italy in order to meet current and future EU environmental pollution legislation.

Pilkington Aerospace has received an emergency order for 100 sets of canopies for the F-14 Tomcat, the Naval attack fighter immortalised by actor Tom Cruise in the movie Top Gun.

Asahi Glass Company Ltd said it will launch a bid for all the remaining shares of Glaverbel SA at 140.86 eur per share. The company said the Belgian Banking and Finance Commission approved the operation, which it said will run from Dec 3-16.

Moody's Investors Service lowered the rating for senior long-term debt of Pilkington plc to Baa2 from Baa1.