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PARIS -(Dow Jones)- French glass giant Saint Gobain SA (SGO.FR) plans to boost its yearly sales related to solar power up to EUR2 billion in five years, and the company is likely to make acquisitions in the sector, Chief Executive Pierre-Andre de…
Saint-Gobain has been recognised as one of the UK’s leading business to business brands. Saint-Gobain, world leader in the design, production and distribution of materials for the construction industry, has been recognised as one of the UK’s leading…
On 1st October 2009, Germany’s new Energy-saving Ordinance (EnEV) came into effect. It means more stringent requirements for window and façade components.
Previously many of PV module manufacturers had to queue at solar test institutes, waiting for months before their module testing could begin.
TROY, N.Y. - Cityscapes of glass-clad buildings gleaming in the sun make Anna Dyson think about wasted energy. Dyson heads the Center for Architecture Science and Ecology, or CASE, a research consortium that wants to turn office windows into…
VALLEY FORGE, Pa., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second year in a row, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (http://www.epa.gov) has named Saint-Gobain as an ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year (http://www.energystar.gov) for outstanding…
The market leader in the field of sorting systems for glass now also offers customer-specific solutions for the solar industry.
At its meeting of February 25, 2010, the Board of Directors of Saint-Gobain unanimously decided to recommend to the Annual General Meeting on June 3, 2010 the renewal of the term of office as director of Pierre-André de Chalendar, which expires at…
ST. LOUIS, Feb 23, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Saflex, a business unit of Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA), announces the launch of a new encapsulant designed specifically to improve solar panel throughput and processing costs for solar module…
Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Asahi Glass Co. rose the most in nine months in Tokyo trading after the company forecast profit to increase more than fourfold this year. The shares rose 7.2 percent to 949 yen as of 9:21 a.m. on the Tokyo Stock Exchange,…
French construction materials and solar equipment producer Saint Gobain has bought the remaining 70% of shares it did not already own in solar panel manufacturer Solarwood Technologies for an undisclosed sum.  Solarwood Technologies manufactures PV…
From the Middle Ages right into the 18th century, the guards on the “Neustädter Tor” decided who was allowed to enter the town of Gießen.
Solar panels are generally big, ugly things that you stick on a building not for beautification purposes, but for ecological purposes.
NSG Group announces that new bank facilities totaling approximately JPY 35bn were signed with a number of institutions on 29 January 2010.
DuPont is investing $175 million at the Circleville, Ohio, site to complete a multi-phase expansion of high-performance DuPont™ Tedlar® PV2001 series oriented film production line.
New thin gauge encapsulant reduces material use by 33%!ST. LOUIS, Jan 19, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- As solar module manufacturers strive to realize cost structures meeting grid parity, Saflex(R), a unit of Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA), recently…
Town and city streetscapes which generate their own ‘green’ electricity have become a reality thanks to a collaboration between façade specialist Telling Architectural and glass attachment systems supplier SFS intec.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (NSG Group) announces that it has agreed a share exchange transaction with China Glass Holdings Ltd under which NSG Group will acquire 100 percent control of Taicang Pilkington China Glass Special Glass Limited in return…
Monday, January 4 is scheduled as the official opening of the Burj Dubai in the United Arab Emirates – the world’s tallest building at 800 meters or 2,650 feet high.
Whether as protection against injuries, burglary or violence: safety glass optimally fulfils all the requirements and is used on in the construction of both commercial and residential buildings.
Kyocera Corporation announced that it has supplied roughly 190,000 solar modules, equivalent to approximately 40 megawatts (MW), for two newly completed large-scale solar power plants in Spain.
Following the recommendation of the Nominating Committee, and approval at the Meeting of the Board of Directors that was held today, AGC (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.) announced changes in theRepresentative Directors as described below.
Please be advised that one of our affiliate subsidiaries in China made following announcement. Jiangsu Pilkington and SYP Glass Co., Ltd (JSYP) is delighted to announce the successful start up of its 'on line' coating facility which came…
The global manufacturer of building materials Saint-Gobain is showing and building world’s first low energy playhouse in the centre of Copenhagen during the UN climate change conference.
BAODING, China, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), one of the world's leading vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV…