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The opposition of the shareholders of Sika AG to the hostile takeover bid by Saint-Gobain continues to mount.
Here at Pilkington United Kingdom Limited. We not only offer an extensive range of glass products but, we also have a selection of online tools and resources that can help support homeowners, specifiers, as well as architects on their next project…
Saint-Gobain, the world leader in sustainable habitat, will be celebrating its 350th anniversary at Ecobuild 2015, as well as launching its Multi-Comfort concept at this year’s show. Sharing its vision for the future, Saint-Gobain will unveil its…
Selective Line, the premium brand of Verallia, has launched its new website: www.selective-line.com.
The French conglomerate Saint-Gobain suffered a setback on Monday in its bid to take control of Sika, the Swiss specialty chemical maker. In December, Saint-Gobain agreed to buy a controlling stake held by the Burkhard family in Sika for 2.75…
After closely analyzing the claim made by Schenker-Winkler Holding AG (SWH) to convene an early extraordinary General Meeting, the Board of Directors of Sika AG yesterday made the following decisions: BURKARD/SWH’S VOTING RIGHTS RESTRICTED TO 5%,…
French building materials group Saint-Gobain is launching the sale of its European glass bottle maker Verallia in a potential 3 billion euro ($3.45 bln) deal, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
The NSG Group, owner of the Pilkington brand, will exhibit a range of high-performance glass innovations at this year’s Integrated Systems Europe Show in Amsterdam on 10-12 February.
Sika AG yesterday received a letter from Cascade Investment L.L.C., Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, Fidelity Worldwide Investment and Threadneedle Investments who represent a total of 207,395 bearer shares in Sika (reflecting 8.16% of the…
2015 looks set to be the Year of Training for the glass and glazing industry. One indicator of greater confidence in economic recovery is an increased investment in training.
The Valley Christian Center (VCC) in Dublin, California, is using electronically tintable SageGlass®, a product of Saint-Gobain, to keep its congregation comfortable and connected to the city it overlooks.
Asynt has formed a partnership with Asahi Glassplant (AG!) to supply their range of high performance reaction vessels alongside, and incorporated with, its popular ReactoMate Controlled Lab Reactors.
The international investors Cascade Investment L.L.C., Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, Fidelity Worldwide Investment and Threadneedle Investments together holding 8.61% of Sika's share capital (4.62% of the voting rights) express…
Pilkington MirroView™, the glass which transforms a display screen into a mirror and back again, has won one of the Architectural Record magazine's Record Products Awards 2014.
Glass production traditionally requires considerable energy consumption, which means the industry faces the ongoing challenge of managing the impact of rising energy costs.
Your windows can have a big impact on the amount of energy you use, the comfort of your home and the cost of heating it – and if you’re thinking of replacing them, look no further than the Pilkington energiKare™ system.
The building housing the Louis Vuitton Foundation dedicated to contemporary art is equipped with Saint-Gobain glass.
The family that owns a controlling stake in Swiss chemicals firm Sika said on Monday it has filed a lawsuit to help push through a 2.75 billion Swiss franc ($2.73 billion) takeover by French building materials company Saint-Gobain.
Tourists visiting Tower Bridge can see a unique view of the bridge mechanism and road below – through two new glass walkway floors 42 metres above the River Thames.
A unique picture gallery designed by John Nash, the renowned Regency architect who re-modelled Buckingham Palace, has been saved by the installation of a new Pilkington Planar™ roof at stately home Attingham Park near Shrewsbury.
As we all know, fragile glass and flexible rubber are two totally different materials; however Tokyo Institute of Technology recently declares that its research team, which cooperates with the Central Research Institute of Japan Asahi Glass, has…
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