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The Pilkington Group Management Committee has been replaced by an Executive Board and two new Business Line Boards for Building Products and Automotive have been created.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.
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.
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.
The aircraft manufacturer Embraer is imposing its pace to suppliers of parts, aiming to meet the 2002 delivery scheduling of the ERJ-145 passengers jet.
Production of Pilkington Optifloat grey and bronze has been moved from the UK to Weiherhammer. The German plant has ample capacity and is also closer to the main markets for tinted products.
The partnership between Pilkington Automotive and General Motors (GM) - still going strong after more than 70 years - will continue with two important new programmes.
After four years of hard work, Pilkingtons North American manufacturing operations have achieved ISO 14001 certification as a continent-wide, integrated system.
Australias largest glass manufacturer, Pilkington, will go to the Industrial Relations Commission over a threatened strike at its Geelong plant next week.
A spectacular new home in Hamilton, New Zealand, will feature a large Pilkington Planar glass system as its front 'wall'.
Shanghai Yaohua Pilkington Glass Co Ltd said its Board of Directors approved a proposal to invest in a joint venture which will produce automobile glass.
Pilkington Building Products recently announced its new sales organization. The new sales structure is in support of the regional profit center organization with the sales managers reporting into each region.
Pilkington will use its stand at this years Glasstec, Düsseldorf to demonstrate the companys ongoing commitment to the future of the glass industry through an innovative display of products and by bringing its global team of experts in Technology…