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"With a product like Pilkington Activ™ Glass, people are naturally going to be skeptical until they actually see it work," said Leland Ogdahl, general manager and co-owner of Kent Window Inc./Harbor Windows™, Grand Rapids, Mich.
The world's first self-cleaning glass is now available to virtually every homeowner in Canada.Since Pilkington Activ(TM) Self-Cleaning Glass was introduced, window manufacturers and distributors who serve nearly all of Canada have signed…
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.
Glasstech, Inc., the Perrysburg Township firm that has claimed to be the world's leading maker of equipment for tempering and bending glass for the automotive industry, filed for bankruptcy for the second time in 10 years.
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.
Japan's largest glass maker, Asahi Glass Co Ltd, slashed its earnings forecast for 2001/02 on Monday to a loss of nine billion yen - its first-ever net loss for a business year.
Asahi Glass Co. will turn the parent company's ceramics business division into a 100% unit April 1. The move is aimed rationalizing and revitalizing the ceramics operations, which Asahi Glass regards as one of the group's key business…
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. announced that it has succeeded in using a high-transparency fluoropolymer, a leading candidate for next-next generation photolithographic semiconductor manufacturing using F2 (fluoride dimer) excimer lasers, as a photoresist…
Officials at Pilkington North America were pleased with the recent decision of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to delay the implementation of the new Energy Star criteria for windows in order to further review the changes that are being made in…
The Board of Directors of Glaverbel S.A. met on Tuesday 8 January 2002 to formulate the opinion that it must give to the Banking and Finance Commission, concerning the public tender offer announced on 19 December by Asahi Glass for the Glaverbel S.
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of the company founder Otto Schott (1851 – 1935) the international technology concern Schott (headquartered in Mainz) organized a scientific colloquium at the Friedrich Schiller University in…
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. ("AGC"; headquartered in Tokyo; president: Mr. Shinya Ishizu) decided to make a public tender offer to purchase all the ordinary shares held by public shareholders in its consolidated subsidiary, Glaverbel S.A. (…
The unprecedented excitement over the grand opening of the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History begins even before entering the arresting structure that has been described as a “cosmic cathedral” by the project’s…
Britain's leading health and beauty retailer Boots Co Plc said on Monday it had appointed non-executive director Nigel Rudd as deputy chairman.Rudd is currently chairman of British glassmaker Pilkington Plc and non-executive chairman of Kidde…
FreeMarkets, Inc., the leading global provider of e-sourcing software and service solutions, today announced that it has expanded and extended its relationship with Pilkington plc, a leading manufacturer of glass and glazing products for the…
Glassmakers Pilkington and Saint Gobain are digging in for a bitter battle in the potentially lucrative market for self-cleaning glass.Saint Gobain, the French building materials group that is Europe's leading building glassmaker, presented its…
If the U.S. Congress adopts an energy bill this year or next, it may well provide tax credits for using high-performance windows and other energy-saving products in new and existing homes.
An offer from British glass maker Pilkington Plc for a majority stake in the Egyptian Glass Co fell through after only 1.4 percent of shareholders agreed to sell, the stock exchange said on Monday.
One of the biggest highlights of trade shows like this year's interGLASSmetal/FENESTRATIONworld™ show are the educational seminars.
Many U.S. and Canadian window manufacturers and glass fabrciators have inked agreements in recent months to offer their products with the Pilkington's self-cleaning glass.
Pilkington has announced that it is to close one of it three automotive glass production lines at its Eccleston plant in St.
British glassmaker Pilkington Plc reported a 13 percent rise in first-half profits on Thursday that beat market forecasts but said it expected tougher trading conditions in the second half.Pre-tax profits before exceptionals rose to 115 million…
Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass doubled its Pilkington stake to around 20 percent, in a move to expand its global reach.Pilkington Chief Executive Paolo Scaroni said he felt NSG would not raise its stake beyond that level.
British glassmaker Pilkington Plc's chief executive Paolo Scaroni said that he did not think Japanese glassmaker Nippon Sheet Glass Co Ltd would raise its stake in the company.