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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.

Earthquakes, which have proved to be the most destructive of natural hazards, destroy fragile buildings and civil infrastructures.

Francesco Davalli, CSM Tecnologies Sales Manager, in cooperation with YKC closed an important contract with Saint Gobain group to supply a full automated line for thier glass processing plant HPG in Korea.

French glassmaker Saint-Gobain SGOB.PA has no plans to follow the example of Swiss firm ABB by making a major payment to settle U.S. asbestos claims, a senior executive said on Thursday.

French business confidence slid in January amid resurgent uncertainty about the prospect of war in Iraq, snapping what had looked like a budding recovery in the last two months of 2002, a report published on Thursday showed.

Shares in Pilkington surged in early trading Monday after a report that a smaller Japanese rival was considering a £1billion takeover bid.

In a bid to avoid possible anti-dumping charges by the U.S. and other countries, a major Chinese autoglass maker has set up a factory in Hong Kong, bucking the decades-long drift of manufacturers from the territory to the mainland.

Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd's glass packaging division is looking towards China as its area of growth for the next 10 years, said general manager Sim Kuang Meng.

Taiwan-based China Optoelectronics Technology Corporation (COTC) recently began trial production of STN LCD glass substrates and plans to shortly send samples to Cando and other customers for approval.

Saint-Gobain announced the syndication of its EUR1.0 billion 5-year syndicated loan facility was closed successfully. The transaction was well oversubscribed allowing Saint-Gobain to increase the size of the facility to EUR1.2 billion.

RSA Security Inc. (Nasdaq: RSAS), the most trusted name in e-security(R), today announced that Saint-Gobain Corporation has chosen its RSA SecurID(R) two-factor authentication solution to help provide more than 3,000 U.

DuPont recently was one of the sponsors of “Celebration of Beijing,” an event held in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the Chinese city’s selection as host of the 2008 Olympic Games.

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.

Vom 28. Oktober bis zum 1. November 2002 präsentiert sich SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS auf der glasstec 2002 in Düsseldorf mit einem völlig neuen Messestand.

Insulating “warm edge” spacer for IG Units, made by glass fibre reinforced polymerInsulating glass units have been manufactured so far using metal spacers, usually in Aluminium.

The largest conference in the global glass industry, Glass Processing Days (GPD), will take place on June 15–18 2003 in Tampere, Finland.

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.

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.

Traditionally, when bathing, the Japanese wash and rinse off and only then get into their bath. This is filled with extremely hot water, between 40 and 50°C, which is usually used by all the members of the family.

At its meeting of Thursday, March 28, 2002, the Board of Directors of Saint-Gobain reviewed theGroup's consolidated financial statements for 2001.

Officials with PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) said they are pleased with today's 3-2 vote by the U.S. International Trade Commission that affirms imports of automotive replacement glass windshields from China are causing material injury to the…

The United States will begin imposing tariffs on replacement automobile windshields from China next month following a ruling Tuesday by the U.S.

Emhart Glass will be featuring an array of products and services at China Glass 2002 during April 9th-12th at the Beijing Exhibition Center.