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Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. announces that it resolved at the Board of Directors’ Meeting held on August 6, 2007 to increase the interim dividend per share for the fiscal year ending December 2007, and to revise the dividend payment forecast per share for…
A number of organisational changes within Pilkington Building Products UK and Ireland and Pilkington Building Products Europe have taken effect.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has reported a 6% rise in sales for the first half of 2007, on an actual structure basis, to €21.78bn (US$29.75bn).
The ‘Palazzo Tendenza’, the shopping wing of the NET Center in Padova, Italy, now boasts the country’s tallest fin-supported glazing system, thanks to the installation of the latest glass technology from Pilkington.
Sharp, the second-largest Japanese maker of liquid crystal displays, will invest ¥380 billion, or $3.2 billion, on an LCD factory to help narrow the gap with Sony in the $56 billion global flat-panel market.
SALES: up 6.0% to €21,779 million up 6.9% like-for-like*OPERATING INCOME: up 15.3% to €2,093 million up 16.6% like-for-like*RECURRING NET INCOME**: up 31.2% to €1,067 millionNet income amounts to €465 million, taking into account the €650 million…
Saint-Gobain has announced the acquisition of the Norandex group in the United States from Owens Corning. Norandex has 2,200 employees and delivered sales of $866 million in 2006 split into two activities: building materials distribution and vinyl…
Asahi Glass Company Ltd. (AGC) of Japan has committed to continue expanding the capacity of its local unit’s solar glass cover plant up to 2010 to fully meet the demands of the region’s demand being its regional export hub for solar panels.This was…
Saint-Gobain announces that definitive agreements to sell its Reinforcements and Composites activities to Owens Corning were signed on the 27th of July, 2007.
SALES: up 6.0% to EUR21,779 million up 6.9% like-for-like(*) - OPERATING INCOME: up 15.3% to EUR2,093 million up 16.6% like-for-like(*) - RECURRING NET INCOME(**): up 31.2% to EUR1,067 million Net income amounts to EUR465 million, taking into…
Shaded Pilkington green and wearing a beaming smile, the cheery windscreen man is believed to be the first ever mascot figure employed by a Pilkington business."We are expanding into far-flung regions of Europe and dealing with small…
Davis Polk & Wardwell is advising Compagnie de Saint-Gobain on its acquisition of Owens Corning’s Siding Solutions business.
Saint-Gobain announces that discussions regarding the plan to merge its Reinforcements and Composites activities (part of the entity Vetrotex) with the Reinforcements business of Owens Corning, are now focusing on a sale project of Saint- Gobain’s…
CNN reported that Sales Intended to Address Regulatory Concerns Associated with the Previously Announced Joint Venture with Saint-Gobain's Reinforcement and Composites BusinessOwens Corning also in Discussions with Saint-Gobain to Convert the…
Ryazan region Governor Georgy Shpak and Guardian Glass Ryazan director Yanos Egud on Wednesday signed an investment agreement on the construction of a plant in the region that will produce float glass, an official from the regional government's…
A prestigious leisure complex in Athens has combined the qualities of the Pilkington portfolio to produce a visually stunning and practical venue.
AGC Flat Glass Philippines Inc. (AGPH), formerly Asahi Glass Philippines Inc., is solidifying its status as Asia’s production hub for solar glass cover even as it eyes to be the regional production center of other high value-added products like flat…
A sail boat and a sports car with a stained glass roof have earned the two top prizes in this year's Pilkington Vehicle Design Awards.
In response to the strong demand for superinsulating glass on the Italian construction market, Glaverbel is to install the country’s first magnetron unit for applying low-emissivity coatings at its Cuneo plant in North-East Italy (Piedmont).
Japan-based Asahi Glass is considering changing the site where it will establish its fifth Taiwan-based glass substrate plant since construction of related facilities may be postponed due to a recent government environment assessment team report…
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (“the Company”) reached the decision at its meeting of the Board of Directors on June 13, 2007, to establish the terms and conditions regarding the offering stock acquisition rights as stock compensation-type stock options to…
Construction of Pilkington's new automotive plant in India has begun.The laminated windscreen facility is the first phase of a three-stage, five-year investment project which will also include a toughened and laminated OE facility and a float…
Guardian Industries Corp. has announced the appointment of attorney David Jaffe as its General Counsel, responsible for all worldwide legal matters.
AUSTRALIA'S third-largest building-products maker CSR has paid $690 million for glassmaker Pilkington Australasia. The deal for the Melbourne business, which has 1700 employees, saw CSR beat offers from consortiums reportedly led by private…
Lifts in The Shires shopping centre in Leicester have been created using 400 metres square of Pilkington Planar™/Sentry Glas Plus with Pilkington OptiWhite™ .