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Situated on the site of the outdated St Aidan’s County High School, the Richard Rose Central Academy is the first of four schools in the Cumbrian region set to become flagship educational establishments in the UK.
Saint Gobain Solar announced that construction of its solar thermal mirror plant in Goodyear, Arizona has begun.
Saint-Gobain Corp.    plans to open a solar mirror manufacturing facility in Goodyear later this year with the prospect of creating 50 jobs.
In a filling submitted statement to the Public Disclosures Platform, Trakya Cam stated that the company will sign a 70-30 JV agreement with Saint Gobain to produce 800k units of auto glass in addition to their flat glass activities in Russia.
The move towards sustainability has changed the industry forever.   The challenge now is not just to build affordable, quality homes on a scale that will meet the needs of our growing population and also the environment but to refurbish an estimated…
Pilkington, one of the world’s largest glass manufacturers, on 13 September inaugurated the construction of a factory of automotive glass in Chmielow (Podkarpackie voivodship), in the Tarnobrzeg Special Economic Zone (TSSE).
ST HELENS council has unanimously backed plans for a £36m plant at St Helens glass giant Pilkington, which will create 50 jobs.
Saint-Gobain Isover’s technical development manager, Mark Allen is now a fully certified Passivhaus Designer, putting him into a small group of people who are able to advise on constructing a Passivhaus building in the UK.
Old dogs may be incapable of learning new tricks, but old companies do not have that luxury. France’s Saint-Gobain knows this because it has been learning new tricks for more than 350 years — and its latest is solar energy.
Reykjavik’s Harpa Concert Hall and Conference centre was recently opened, showcasing the design talents of artist Olafur Eliasson who developed the glass facade of the building in collaboration with Henning Larsen Architects.
NSG Group, one of the global leaders in innovative high performance glass and glazing solutions, has appointed Clemens Miller as President of Building Products.
Saint-Gobain announced the appointment of John Crowe as president and CEO of both Saint-Gobain Corp. and CertainTeed Corp., Saint-Gobain's largest North American subsidiary.
Bekaert and Saint-Gobain have today signed an agreement regarding the sale of Bekaert's Specialty Films activities to Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation, an Ohio, US-based corporation of the Saint-Gobain group.
Glazed area of office buildings in Bucharest exceeds one million square meters, according to estimates of Saint-Gobain Glass Romania.
The NSG Group announces that it has reached agreement with its local partner Shanghai Yaohua Pilkington Glass Co., Ltd (SYP) to start production of the Group's NSG TEC™ solar energy products in China, to meet the rapidly increasing demands of…
Despite all the recent debate, triple glazing remains a relatively niche alternative to double glazing.
French building materials group Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA (SGO.FR) Thursday said it is confident it will achieve its 2011 targets as it reported net profit rose to EUR768 million in the first half of from EUR501 million in the same period of 2010.
French construction materials maker Saint-Gobain on Monday postponed indefinitely the initial public offering of glass container unit Verallia, the latest sign of ailing demand for European stock flotations.
Leading glass and glazing manufacturer, Pilkington, won a top prize at last night's prestigious Business Commitment to the Environment (BCE) Environmental Leadership Awards ceremony in London.
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Sezal Glass touched an intraday high of Rs 4.30 and an intraday low of Rs 3.90. At 10:54 hrs the share was quoting at Rs 4.30, up Rs 0.20, or 4.88%.
The NSG Group has announced plans to build two new value-added float lines in Vietnam to increase its production of specialist products to supply the growing Solar Energy and Touch Screen sectors.
Vidrios Lirquén, the joint venture between NSG Group, Saint-Gobain Glass and Inversiones Pathfinder, today announced its intention to build a new Float line in Lima, Peru.