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Leading IG manufacturer makes switch from box spacer to all-foam, no metal Super Spacer® Cambridge, Ohio – January 20, 2009 – Edgetech I.
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…
Auburn Hills, Mich., January 13, 2009, 2008 — SunGuard® advanced architectural glass by Guardian Industries now offers architects and designers five new performance and appearance glass options by combining its Guardian CrystalGray™ float glass with…
Guidance on how glass mineral wool insulation contributes to Passive House design and can help to deliver up to 30 credits in the Code for Sustainable Homes is now available in a RIBA-approved CPD from Saint-Gobain Isover.
The completed renovation project of the Innovation Center at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Del., in mid-2008, included the installation of a solar energy system which was funded in part by the State of Delaware’s Green Energy…
Pilkington NSG Group Flat Glass Business, 300 Northridge Drive, sent an e-mail to employees on Thursday, advising them that the plant will close for two weeks for approximately 180 of 263 employees from Jan. 19 to Feb. 2 due to slow sales and…
Rainbow Solar Inc. (RSi) announces the world’s first, transparent, photovoltaic-glass window which generates 80 to 250 watts of electricity.
 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…
More substantial funding and less bureaucratic procedures are a must to overcome the gap that distances from the rest of Europe Gathered at a round table within the PV Tech Milan 2008, the showroom entirely devoted to solar photovoltaic energy, all…
Utilities Director Kevin Maynard is Bowling Green's go-to-guy for green energy ideas. "I'm the guy everybody comes to," Maynard said.While his office looks into a variety of alternative energy sources, the city is paying close…
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.
6-8 April 2009National Palace of Culture /NDK/, SofiaBULGARIA The Forum presents the European EE & RES knowledge and experience, and is an excellent platform for dialogue and business contacts.
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.
Starphire ultra-clear glass by PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) is helping to produce solar power for the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, the largest “green” museum in the world.
SunGuard advanced architectural glass by Guardian Industries now offers architects and designers five new performance and appearance glass options by combining its Guardian CrystalGray™ float glass with the latest SunGuard coatings.
Record antitrust fines levied by European Union competition authorities on four glass groups last week could lead to higher glass prices by stifling capital investment, according to the head of one of the penalised glassmakers.
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…
Architects and designers around the world will find an experience unique to their geography on the newly re-launched www.sunguardglass.com, the website for SunGuard, Guardian’s line of advanced architectural glass.
Solaglas Windowcare has underlined its commitment to health and safety by coming away with wins in three categories of the 2008 British Glass Charter Awards.
Ferro Corporation (NYSE: FOE) (the "Company") announced  on November 5, 2008 net sales of $608.6 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, up 11 percent from net sales of $550.7 million in the third quarter of 2007.
As the region’s dedicated forum for glass technology, manufacture and processing, our annual Gulf Glass showcase can be expected to increasingly address the wider role that glass will play as a constructional component.
NSG Group (Head office: 5-27, Mita 3-Chome, Minato-ku,Tokyo;Representative Executive Director: Stuart Chambers, hereinafter “the Group”) announces that Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.,( the holding company of the Group, hereinafter “the Company” )…
+2.5% ON A REPORTED BASIS +2.4% LIKE-FOR-LIKE The Saint-Gobain Group delivered consolidated sales of €33,435 million for the first nine months of 2008, versus €32,630 million for the same year-ago period, representing a rise of 2.5% on a reported…
Crown Prince cuts the ribbon at the plant’s dedication Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, (October 27, 2008) –Guardian Industries held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today at its float glass plant in Ras Al Khaimah.