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Record antitrust fines levied by European Union competition authorities on four glass groups last week could lead to higher glass prices by stifling capital investment, according to the head of one of the penalised glassmakers.
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. confirms that, on November 12, 2008, its European subsidiary AGC Automotive Europe SA received a decision from the European Commission concerning anticompetitive behavior regarding the sales of automotive glass to vehicle…
Cie. de Saint-Gobain SA, Asahi Glass Co., and a Nippon Sheet Glass Co. unit were fined a record 1.38 billion euros ($1.7 billion) by the European Union over claims the companies fixed the price of car windows.
Polytron Technologies, Inc, the leading electronic and optical version glass supplier wordwide will announce to launch their newly-developed product “Liteglow Luminous Glass” during Glasstec 2008.
New Technology Greatly Improves Visibility and Durability over Conventional Film/Glass Touch Panels KYOTO, Japan — Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO) (TOKYO:6971) (President: Makoto Kawamura) announced today that it will begin mass producing glass/glass…
AGC (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., Head Office: Tokyo; President & COO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) announced the introduction of its Fluon® PTFE E-SERIES, a new line of PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene) products to be used in applications such as, wire &…
Shares of Nippon Electric Glass (5214.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Asahi Glass Co (5201.
Vancouver BC: Pangaea Ventures Ltd. announced on August 4,2008  that Asahi Glass, Umicore and Bekaert have invested in Pangaea Ventures Fund II, LP.
Asahi Glass Co. Tuesday reported a double-digit rise in its group operating profit for January-June as the company was able to offset soaring materials and fuel prices with its cost reduction efforts.
Asahi Glass Co., Asia's largest glassmaker, said first-half profit fell 9 percent as demand waned from builders and carmakers and without the benefit a one-time gain earned the previous year.
Asahi India Glass Ltd (AISG.BO: Quote, Profile, Research) posted a quarterly loss, hurt by foreign exchange fluctuations and a hike in fuel prices, it said in a statement on Wednesday.
By Masumi Suga July 23 (Bloomberg) -- Asahi Glass Co. shareholders, shortchanged by a struggling U.S. auto industry, may have a brighter future in television as consumers switch to flat-panel sets even as the economy cools.
3G Privacy Film, a new generation of liquid crystal switchable film, for switchable window industry is available now. A breakthrough, called NPD-LCD technology, totally solves major problems, such as serious haze in transparent state, high driving…
TOKYO, July 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Asahi Glass plans to start building a fifth LCD glass-making factory in Taiwan next month to meet growing demand for TV panels and PC monitors, but it was mum on any further expansion plans.
TOKYO, Jul 01, 2008 - Leading Japanese glassmaker Asahi Glass Co. will change its name to AGC in the future, company President Kazuhiko Ishimura said Tuesday.
There appears to be no constraint on TFT LCD panel production for PC and TV applications this year or next, as 20 tanks of TFT LCD glass substrate capacity will come on-line in 2008, according to DisplaySearch.
CORNING, N.Y., June 20, 2008 – Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today said that strong U.S. liquid crystal display (LCD) TV sales reported through the first five months of the year reinforces the company’s belief that the 2008 global LCD glass market…
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Tokyo; President & COO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) has started negotiation to increase the price of automotive glass.
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.
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…
New glass designed for customer applications in which high strength is critical Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) announced on May 15, 2008  that it will be featuring its recently introduced Gorilla™ glass at SID Display Week 2008, May 19-23 in Los…
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.
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…