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Amid a difficult economic climate, Saint-Gobain delivered 2008 sales in line with 2007 figures, which marked a record year for the Group.
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At its meeting today, the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain decided to call the Annual General Meeting on June 4, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. at the Palais des Congrès convention center in Paris.
Scheduled for opening early 2009, the new Ivy House School in Derbyshire follows modern guidelines for sustainable construction, utilising advanced materials to provide an ideal environment for learning.
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Group Wendel has completed the sale of warrants it intended to sell with the sale today of 25 million Saint-Gobain warrants to institutional investors at a price of 1.20 Euro each, through a private placement.
Saint-Gobain is organizing its second innovation competition. The contest aims to reward the European start-ups offering the most innovative solutions in the housing, energy and environment fields.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, one of the World’s largest producers of glass for the construction and automobile industries, Friday said it would sell around €1.5 billion ($1.91 billion) in new shares to bolster its capital amid the deepening global…
Saint-Gobain has been ranked in the Global 100 list of most sustainable corporations in the world, which evaluates companies according to how effectively they manage environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities relative to their…
Saint-Gobain is organizing its second innovation competition. The contest aims to reward the European start-ups offering the most innovative solutions in the housing, energy and environment fields.
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A highly unusual window replacement scheme has taken place at Leicester University. Pilkington Activ™ Blue glass has helped transform the Attenborough Tower, a 19-storey tower block built in the early 1970s on the main campus.
Previously known as Pilkington Australia, the Geelong factory specialised in automotive glass. It opened in 1936 to support the Geelong Ford plant, which opened 11 years earlier.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain on Jan. 14, 2009 set the terms of its new EUR 1 billion 5 ½ year bond issue with an annual coupon of 8.25%.This bond issue will serve to refinance existing debt and will allow Saint-Gobain to increase the average maturity…
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Nippon Sheet Glass said Wednesday it would lay off its Finnish workforce for five to eight weeks.NSG subsidiary Pilkington employs about 450 people in Finland.
PARIS -(Dow Jones)- Construction materials group Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA's (12500.FR) Chief Executive Pierre Andre Chalendar said Monday he has seen a "worrying" drop in new construction in Europe and expects the fourth quarter…
The NSG Group has announced plans to close its Automotive glazing plant in Eisenerz, Austria. The decision was taken because of rapidly deteriorating conditions in the European automotive industry, which have led to a sharp reduction in orders.
The new TKTS ticket booth on Father Duffy Square in New York City has finally opened its portholes after several years of design and construction.
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1. Contents NSG Group. (“the Company”) confirms that, as stated in the Commission's press release dated 12th November 2008, the European Commission has announced a decision to levy a civil fine of Euro 370 million (approximately JPY 45 billion…