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Saint-Gobain SA said it has formed a partnership with Royal Dutch Shell PLC to develop a new technology of solar panels consisting of thin films of copper indium selenide (CIS) on glass, instead of traditional silicon wafers.
GlassTech Asia, the 5th International Glass Products, Glass Manufacturing, Processing & Materials Exhibition and Conference, gave Thailand’s and the region’s glass makers convenient access to relevant glass making technology and equipment from…
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To meet the increasing market demand for Bekaert’s advanced line of sputtering equipment, the company today announced the opening of a new plant in Suzhou, China.
Thai glass manufacturers will no longer need to fly to Singapore to attend GlassTech Asia 2005 as it has been moved to Bangkok by its organizer Conference & Exhibitions Management Services (CEMS), Singapore Glass Association and Thai Glass…
The board of French building materials maker Saint-Gobain will meet later on Monday to consider the size of a raised hostile bid for BPB after the plasterboard maker rejected calls for friendly talks over the weekend, said a source close to the…
Saint-Gobain SA, the French building materials group, is this weekend making a last-ditch approach to the board of BPB PLC in an effort to seal an agreed 3.8 bln stg takeover of the British plasterboard company, both The Sunday Times and The Sunday…
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Zhejiang Glass, the second-largest Hong Kong-listed mainland glassmaker by market value, will probably postpone its 920 million yuan (HK$864.24 million) investment in ultra-thick and low-emissivity coated glass production lines, first mooted early…
Thomson signed agreements under which the Spanish glass group Rioglass will take over its glass cathode ray tubes glass activity, Videoglass, situated at Bagneaux-sur-Loing in France.
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Roberto Caliari has been appointed Senior Vice-President in charge of the Ceramics & Plastics, Abrasives and Reinforcements Branches.
Saint-Gobain Group consolidated net income for the first half of 2003 amounted to EUR 470 million, a decrease of 5.6% on the same period of 2002.
The local glass manufacturing industry is under heavy siege with the surge of glass products imported from China, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, India and Korea.
Shares in Pilkington surged in early trading Monday after a report that a smaller Japanese rival was considering a £1billion takeover bid.
A spate of layoffs hit France this week, with U.S. computer-maker Hewlett-Packard detailing 1,400 cuts and transfers, and glass and construction group Saint-Gobain announcing it will move positions to the Czech Republic.
French glass and construction materials firm Saint-Gobain foresees no sign of any vigorous economic rebound before the end of 2002 and confirmed its outlook for earnings growth of up to 4 percent.
Asahi Glass Co Ltd is confident it will obtain the 95 pct of Glaverbel which would enable it to launch a squeeze out operation to obtain the remaining shares, sources close to Glaverbel and Asahi said.
Central Glass Co. of Japan is tying up with Compagnie de Saint-Gobain of France to strengthen its global business of making glass for Japanese automakers.
Moody's Investors Service has changed the outlook of the Baa2 senior unsecured long-term debt ratings of Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.'s (NSG)to stable from positive.
Saint-Gobain, the French materials and packaging group has finally begun to reap the rewards of its cost-cutting and refocusing strategy.
As a part of strategy in Asian Region, Saint-Gobain Renforcement recently made an investment in China by forming a Joint Venture company with Xinxing Glass Fiber Plant Division of Hangzhou Glass Group Co.
Asahi Glass Co Ltd , Japan's largest glassmaker, said on Monday it would post a special loss of 38 billion yen ($281 million) related to restructuring measures in the business year to next March.
Consolidated sales rose by 12.1% to EUR 1,458 million in 2001. The increase was 14.6% at constant exchange rates and 6% at comparable scope of consolidation, excluding Telhanorte, Menuiseries Fran‡aises and Lapeyre Polska, as well as Lapeyre…