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Dow Corning Corp, one of the world's biggest makers of silicone products, on Tuesday launched a new Internet trading platform for selling to bulk clients in a move it said would revolutionize the market.

Emhart Glass will be featuring an array of products and services at China Glass 2002 during April 9th-12th at the Beijing Exhibition Center.

Dow Corning silicones are used in many important ways. For example, they allow architects to build towering structures where sealants contribute to the mechanical strength of structurally glazed building fa‡ades.

Dow Corning Corp. reported 2001 net income of $41 million, down 74 percent from $158.8 million reported last year, excluding unusual items in both years.

U.S. silicone-based products maker Dow Corning Corp will build a plant in Malaysia this year as part of a pledge made in 1998 to invest two billion ringgit ($526 million) in the country, newspapers said on Tuesday.

As a part of strategy in Asian Region, Saint-Gobain Renforcement recently made an investment in China by forming a Joint Venture company with Xinxing Glass Fiber Plant Division of Hangzhou Glass Group Co.

Demand for flat glass in the United States is forecast to rise three percent per year to almost seven billion square feet in 2005, valued at $9.1 billion.

Zhejiang Glass Company Limited, the largest privately owned flat glass manufacturer in Zhejiang Province and the fifth in the Chinese mainland, announced the issue of 170 million new H-shares in Hong Kong on November 28.

VITRUM 2001, the international trade fair dedicated to machinery, equipment and systems for flat and hollow glass, manufactured and processed glass and glass products for industrial use, closed its doors on Saturday, October 6th.