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Glass maker and major local employer AFG is becoming AGC. AFG Glass, chartered as AFG Industries Inc., is changing its name to AGC Flat Glass North America, a company official has confirmed.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (“the Company”) announces that, in the fiscal year ending 31st March 2007, the Company will incur extra-ordinary loss as below. 1.
Asahi India Glass said that the members of the company have authorized the board of directors of the company borrowing power of upto Rs 20 billion.
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo; President: Masahiro Kadomatsu) has decided to build an additional float glass furnace in Russia.
Asahi Techno Glass Corporation (Headquarters: Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture; President: Hiroshi Wakamura), a wholly-owned company of Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo; president: Masahiro Kadomatsu), has determined to close its Nakayama…
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Masahiro Kadomatsu, hereafter “Asahi Glass”) announced that Asahi Glass and its wholly-owned subsidiary AGC AX Co., Ltd., (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President &…
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (AGC) confirms that its European subsidiary, Glaverbel S.A. received a Statement of Objections* on March 13, 2007 from the European Commission with respect to alleged anticompetitive behavior in the flat glass sector in Europe.
A Yemen investor is planning to establish a flat glass factory, the first of its kind in Yemen. Procedures are currently finalized to commence the implementation of the US$40 million project, whose annual production of up to 43,800 tons would begin…
PPG Industries Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Charles E. Bunch received compensation of about $7.9 million in 2006, according to the coatings, glass and chemical products maker's proxy statement filed Tuesday with the Securities and Exchange…
Japan's Asahi Glass Co. (ASGLY) has begun supplying glass for Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp.'s (3009.TW) advanced 7.5-generation liquid-crystal-display panels, the Economic Daily News reported Monday, citing unnamed industry sources.
Pilkington Group Limited has announced the purchase of AG Glass and Glazing Limited. AG Glass and Glazing Ltd is a leading IGU manufacturer averaging more than 20,000 units per week from its state of the art manufacturing unit in Tankersley, near…
This report provides an in-depth company profile for Asahi Glass Co Ltd ranked 456th in the 2005 Fortune Global 500. All data is gathered from primary source.
US window and door demand is projected to increase 3.3 percent annually  through 2010 to $36.5 billion, a deceleration from the 2000-2005 period due to a  sharp drop in single-family housing completions.
As part of its revision to the directors’ compensation system, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (hereafter referred to as the “Company”), decided at its Board of Directors meeting held on February 5, 2007 to submit an agenda concerning “Revision of Amount of…
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. has announced the decision at the meeting of its Board of Directors on February 5, 2007 to propose an agenda to the 82nd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on March 29, 2007, to seek approval of the granting of…
Research and Markets has announced the addition of “Automotive Glass Replacement Shops: State Market Index” to their offering.
Although it has not explicitly said so, leading LCD glass supplier Corning appears willing to forsake market share in the first half of this year when demand is slow, with the company instead focusing on maintaining more stable price drops in a…
Reuters reported that Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. (5201.T: Quote, NEWS , Research), Japan's largest glass maker, said on Monday it expected its net profit to double in 2007 due to strong demand for glass used in flat panel displays and an end to…
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.  has decided to shut down the Cinnaminson Plant of AFG Industries, Inc. in the U.S., aiming to reduce costs for the flat glass business.
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) has decided to liquidate its subsidiary, as described below. 1.
Newratings.com reported that Analyst S Yamada of Credit Suisse upgrades Asahi Glass Company Limited (ticker: SHJ) from "neutral" to "outperform." The target price has been raised from ¥1410 to ¥1900.
Asahi India Glass Ltd, India’s largest glass company announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter and the nine months ended 31st December, 2006 at its Board meeting held at Roorkee, Uttarakhand, on 22nd January. AIS’s total sales…
Asahi India Glass announced a consolidated net profit of Rs 139.24 million for the quarter ended Dec. 2006 as compared with Rs 28.88 million for the quarter ended Dec. 2005.
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. decided at its Board of Directors’ meeting held on January 18, 2007, to separate Marketing and Management Divisions of domestic business of Processed Glass for Construction and then to be absorbed and succeeded on May 1, 2007…
Research and Markets has announced the addition of China Glass Industry Report, 2006.Along with the ascent of industrial profit since 2003, the glass industry became more attractive, surging up a new-round of investment from 2003 to 2005.