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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.
They may have replaced the textile mills and become a symbol of Mumbai's vertical growth, but the glitzy high-rises with glass facades in the city have attained the dubious distinction of turning into deathtraps during fires.
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.
The Heyder Aliyev International Airport is Azerbaijan’s international airport.
NRW Bank is a business development bank exclusively commissioned by the authorities to support the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia in its structural and economic tasks.    North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany and the…
The possibilities of digital printing extend the design spectrum with glasses in both indoor and outdoor areas with space for individual designs and motifs produced in small series.
Glass producer Pilkington, a unit of Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass Co (NSG), lost its challenge on Wednesday to a 357 million euro ($445 million) cartel fine after a top EU court said regulators had come up with the correct sanction.
With over forty presented glasses, a multimedia stand concept and new pioneering solutions, within the context of glasstec 2014, Saint-Gobain Glass impressively underlines its innovation leadership as Europe's largest flat glass manufacturer.
In response to numerous requests from shareholders and with the intent of entering into a constructive dialogue, Sika will discuss the situation resulting from the planned transaction between the Burkard Family and Saint-Gobain with its investors,…
Heliatek has successfully delivered the first BIOPV - Building Integrated OPV - solar films to China.
The Board of Directors and the Group Management of Sika were informed Friday evening, December 5, 2014, that the French Group Saint-Gobain intends to indirectly acquire all shares held by the Burkard family, Sika's current majority shareholder.
Effective from December 1, 2014, the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain will have two new members, Alain Destrain and Pascal Laï, appointed under the French Law on Securing Employment of June 14, 2013.
For the fourth year in a row, Saint-Gobain has been included in the Thomson Reuters Top 100 global innovators ranking.
Let imagination run riot. Let the words flow. Chalk out new plans. Erase the roadblocks. With the new Planisafe for writing boards, Saint-Gobain is giving reason to redefine traditional methods of writing on the chicked white boards.
The DoC Dortmunder Centrum fur Medizin and Gesundheit (Dortmunder Center for Medicine and Public Health) at Dortmund, Germany, is the result of restoring a former building of WestLB near the main station.
Hauser Plads is situated in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. A public square, it is separated by the more popular and larger square, Kultorvet by the former Copenhagen Central Library Building.
By Derek Malmquist - This year’s Greenbuild show was held in New Orleans and the Big Easy witnessed some big innovation in green building technology.
Oregon’s first Earth Advantage Platinum-certified building conserves energy while maximizing daylight and outdoor views - A new technology center at Central Oregon Community College is using SageGlass® dynamic glass, a product of Saint-Gobain, to…
The Group was singled out along with four major industrial companies and three research organizations in France, which places France in the third place among the most innovative countries, behind the US and Japan.
After falling by about 50% from 2009 through 2014, pricing for solar glass is set to commence a rebound starting next year, as anti-dumping duties levied by the European Union (EU) go into effect on Chinese suppliers, according to new analysis from…
The World Glass Complex of Saint-Gobain at Bhiwadi - The Hon’ble Chief Minister of Rajasthan inaugurated the Saint-Gobain’s World Glass Complex at Bhiwadi on Oct 27th.
Iowa’s Cedar Rapids Public Library is using SageGlass®, a product of Saint-Gobain, to create a visually dramatic backdrop for the facility’s auditorium, providing critical sunlight control and unencumbered views of the outdoors.
One of the key upcoming trends in this market is the increased awareness among companies and the global population at large about the environmental benefits associated with usage of glass as a packaging material compared with other alternatives.
With the new SGG PLANICLEAR basic glass, Saint-Gobain Glass presents a high-quality clear float glass, which convinces with its improved optics and aesthetics.
SageGlass now available without center bus bar for 5 x 10 foot windows - SAGE has enhanced its award-winning dynamic glass SageGlass®, a product of Saint-Gobain, with a new tinting option that extends the product’s architectural design possibilities.