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Pittsburgh-based PPG Industries has announced the following executive assignments, effective May 1: * Gary Danowski, vice president of flat glass, has been named vice president, automotive refinish, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), based…
Saint-Gobain, the world's largest building materials company, reported a stronger-than-expected 12.2 percent rise in first-quarter sales on Thursday, helped by a recovering building sector in Europe and favourable weather conditions.
Following the reports issued on the 14th and 28th of March, AGC (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.; Headquarters: Tokyo; President & CEO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) today announced the following update on the resumption of production at AGC Asahi Glass Kashima…
The Board of NSG Group announces the appointment of Mark Lyons as Chief Financial Officer (Finance Director) of NSG Group.
Officials at PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, announced that Anne M.
AGC announced on April 25, 2011 it is set to move into Brazil’s construction and automotive glass markets, investing 40 billion yen (about 470 million USD) in an industrial state-of-the-art glass complex in São Paulo state.
AGC, supplier of automotive, display and flat glass, chemicals and other materials, have developed a new 0.28 mm soda-lime glass substrate for use in touchscreens.
Site in Harmar, Pa., to be used for product testing by PPG, customersPITTSBURGH, April 26, 2011 – PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) announced that it is installing a 4,800 watt solar array on the roof of the PPG Flat Glass Business and Discovery Center in…
Asahi Glass (AGC) has said it is eyeing Brazil's construction and automotive glass markets. The Japan-based glass substrate supplier announced plans to invest JPY40 billion (US$470 million) to build an industrial glass complex in Sao Paulo,…
Engineered for exceptional clarity and solar control***PITTSBURGH, April 20, 2011 – PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has introduced SOLARBAN(R) 72 STARPHIRE(R) glass, a solar control, low-emissivity glass designed to provide high visible light…
French glassmaker Saint-Gobain said on Tuesday that its Verallia glass packaging unit had taken the first step towards an initial public offering by filing documents with the French AMF regulator. "Saint-Gobain is thus pursuing the process…
Pierre-André de Chalendar, Chairman and CEO of the Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, inaugurated the new solar glass furnace at the Saint-Gobain Glass Renedo plant in Spain, 15 kilometers from Santander.
Jeld-Wen Inc. has filed suit against four primary glass manufacturers, AGC Flat Glass North America, Guardian Industries, Pilkington North America and PPG Industries, alleging that the defendants “contracted, conspired or combined to fix, raise,…
India is an investment hot-spot, as far as glass manufacturer Saint Gobain is concerned. One in every 4 euros it spends is spent in India, reports CNBC-TV18's Swathi Narayanan.
Two-sided, anti-reflective coating can boost solar transmittance to 96.3 percent
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Company provides earnings guidance of $1.30 to $1.35 per diluted sharePITTSBURGH, March 30, 2011 – PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) today announced that it anticipates first quarter 2011 earnings will be in the range of $1.30 to $1.35 per diluted share.
Study shows value of IR-reflective coatings on roofs, vertical surfaces of tall buildings PITTSBURGH, March 21, 2011 – PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) coil and extrusion coatings group has issued a white paper demonstrating the superior energy…
Improved transmittance helps to increase power output of solar componentsPPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) announced that it has improved the solar transmittance of SOLARPHIRE(R) PV photovoltaic glass to help enhance the performance of solar energy…
PITTSBURGH, March 9, 2010 – PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) will showcase advanced architectural glasses and coatings at the 2011 American Institute of Architects’ Convention in New Orleans, May 12-14, booth 1635, such as: 
Pittsburgh-based PPG Industries has received a $3.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop the materials, coating designs and manufacturing processes necessary to commercialize a new glass article for the cadmium telluride…
Commercial, higher education markets lead pacePPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) announced that requests for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) documentation for its exterior architectural glass products have nearly tripled since 2007,…
Frank A. Archinaco, former president and chief executive officer of Pittsburgh-based PPG’s automotive glass and services business, and senior executive vice president of PPG, passed away Feb. 17 at his home in Sewickley, Pa., surrounded by family.
A project by Downtown Pittsburgh-based PPG Industries Inc. was awarded just more than $3 million by the U.
World leader in habitat, Saint-Gobain has just organized its third global innovation competition, aimed at rewarding start-up companies offering the most innovative solutions in the fields of habitat, energy and the environment.