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During the day, it will alter the views of downtown as people walk above the waterfront railroad tracks just south of Myrtle Edwards Park.
2005: Another Year of GrowthExcluding the impact of British Plaster Board (BPB), consolidated at December 1, 2005:- Sales +8.4% (to EUR 34,873 million)- Operating Income +4.6% (to EUR 2,868 million)- Business Income +8.0% (to EUR 2,611 million)- Net…
The star of the show wasn't there. But given the artwork they were there to see, few in the crowd took note.
Group sales climbed over 8 percent reports Saint-Gobain with contributions from the High-Performance Materials Sector for Ceramics, Plastics and Abrasives Divisions.
Prices soar in Sriperumbudur, the tongue-twister of a place that every Indian knows. Sriperumbudur, a town 40 km southwest of Chennai, became notorious in 1991, when Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated there.
Cheryl Kevish's passion for Depression-era glass began like it did for many baby boomers: About 25 years ago, her mother gave her a few pieces that both Kevish's mother and grandmother had owned.
CertainTeed Corporation, one of North America's leading building products manufacturers, is proud to announce a partnership with sister companies Norton Abrasives and BPB in a team sponsorship of the number 66 Best Buy Chevrolet for the 2006…
In keeping with its commitment to introduce state-of-the-art glass products, the Paris-based Multinational Saint-Gobain announced introduction of a rage of solar control reflective glass products.
Saint-Gobain, a Paris based global glass gaint, has accorded India as top priority zone in all its business ventures in Asia over the next five years, Jean Louis Beffa, chairman and chief executive officer has said.
In the sleepy, semi-residential area of Na Klua, far from the hustle and bustle of South Pattaya and its gaudy neon-lit outdoor beer bars, a discreet sign, beside a large grey metallic sliding door next to a tall wooden fence, reads Stephen Gormley…
Saint-Gobain Vitrage, Saint-Gobain’s Flat Glass Sector and Shell have signed a memorandum of understanding to produce next-generation solar panels.
Saint-Gobain SA said it has formed a partnership with Royal Dutch Shell PLC to develop a new technology of solar panels consisting of thin films of copper indium selenide (CIS) on glass, instead of traditional silicon wafers.
Cie. de Saint-Gobain SA, Europe's biggest distributor of building materials, said second-half profit was little changed as costs related to the French company's acquisition of plasterboard maker BPB Plc countered increased demand in the U.…
Saint-Gobain Vetrotex has created a Specialty Reinforcements Group (SRG) for the North American market, as a part of a strategy to move closer to the market.
Meltdown Glass Art & Design of Chandler, Arizona, has aligned itself with a Strategic Partner, SAFTI FIRST to provide Fire Resistive Kiln Cast Art glass.
Jeffrey Rioux of Saint-Gobain Crystals will present a report on advances in the design and ballistic performance of the company's Sapphire Transparent Armor System at the upcoming 30th Annual International Conference and Exposition on Advanced…
Chris Kenyon was leading a nomadic life as an operations manager for a building-trades company when he landed in Columbus.
Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass is unlikely to agree to buy Pilkington Plc for several more weeks as it continues to plough through the glassmaker's books, sources familiar with the situation said.
GlassTech Asia 2005, which opened on 30 November at Challenger Hall 3 of IMPACT, has on first show day generated orders totaling US$6 million (250 million baht) from both Thai and international buyers.
GlassTech Asia 2005, which has opened yesterday at the Challenger Hall 3 of IMPACT, is projected to generate Baht 450 million in revenue for Thailand during its three days of exhibition from 30 November-2 December 2005.
The original, Addison Mizner- designed stained glass windows, spectacular focal points for the beloved Spanish Lounge of The Cloister Hotel for nearly eight decades, have been fully restored to their original grandeur and were installed today in a…
The board of French building materials maker Saint-Gobain will meet later on Monday to consider the size of a raised hostile bid for BPB after the plasterboard maker rejected calls for friendly talks over the weekend, said a source close to the…
Saint-Gobain SA, the French building materials group, is this weekend making a last-ditch approach to the board of BPB PLC in an effort to seal an agreed 3.8 bln stg takeover of the British plasterboard company, both The Sunday Times and The Sunday…
The biggest Swedish company producing glass and cut-glass ware “Orrefors/Kosta Boda” is interested in establishing contacts with the Belarusian cut-glass manufacturers, the meeting between Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to…
The European Commission on Wednesday cleared French glass firm Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA's hostile 3.68 billion British pound (euro5.45 billion; US$6.4 billion) bid for British plasterboard maker BPB PLC.