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Harare — THE Industrial Development Corporation will go it alone in refurbishing the flat glass plant in Kadoma after the deal with a Chinese investor to revive the country's second largest glass factory collapsed.
France’s state-owned utility is partnering with an American solar panel manufacturer to build a 90 million euro ($128 million) solar manufacturing plant that would be the largest in France, the two announced on Thursday.
Sustainability campaign earns 2009 Pro-Comm Award These images show two examples of “Greening of Architectural Glass” campaign materials that helped PPG and five Pittsburgh-based agencies to win a 2009 Pro-Comm Award of Excellence from the Business…
PITTSBURGH, July 20, 2009 – PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has announced the following corporate appointments: Denise R.
In order to better explore Egyptian and African markets, Landglass participated in the Glass Egypt 2009 from Jun. 25 to Jun. 28.
and chief executive officer. “Clearly, we are continuing to experience very challenging conditions in many of our end-use markets.
PITTSBURGH, July 13, 2009 – The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) has named its top 10 “green” building projects for 2009, and four of them are glazed with architectural glass made by PPG Industries (NYSE:…
HA NOI — The Ministry of Industry and Trade early this month decided to launch a safeguard investigation on imports of float glass originating from different countries and territories, according to the Viet Nam Competition Administration Department…
International Trendy: Middle to High End Glass Technologies Upgrade of Chinese Glass Industry is Speeding up Challenged by global economic crisis, Chinese glass industry has been positively making strategic adjustment, speeding up technology upgrade…
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Glaston has recently secured an order in China worth EUR 3.5 million for its Tamglass safety glass production lines.
Organized by the Chinese Ceramic Society, the 20th China International Glass industrial Technical Exhibition (China Glass 2009) was successfully held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre on May 13-16, 2009.
A Mississauga realtor is listing the massive former PPG building on 73 acres for $6.1 million. City officials released the news yesterday afternoon. The building is 600,000 square feet – that’s 16 acres under its roof.
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PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) aerospace transparencies business is launching the brand name of its controllable electrochromic systems for aircraft passenger-cabin windows at the Paris Air Show, where a full-scale working demonstration enables visitors…
PITTSBURGH, June 11, 2009 – PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has named Mark Seeton director of sales, performance glazings.
PITTSBURGH, June 11, 2009; PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) announced the retirement of Mark Fanelli, director of sales, performance glazings, effective June 1.During a 30-year career with PPG, Fanelli held a variety of leadership roles in manufacturing,…
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) announced today that Steve T. Lampe has been appointed vice president, purchasing and distribution, effective July 1.
With the changing fields of PV power generation, China has made great progress in research and development of BIPV system.Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) refers to the installment of PV modules which can supply electric power on surface of…
Two new courses meet new AIA sustainable design requirement PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) introduced three new American Institute of Architects’ Continuing Education Services (AIA/CES) courses, including two that fulfill the AIA’s new sustainable…
HONG KONG, May 27 (Reuters) - Xinyi Glass Holdings (0868.HK) on Wednesday said it would sell HK$522 million ($66.9 million) in new shares to controlling shareholders, raising capital for debt repayment, to fund production and for working capital.he…
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) first corporate sustainability report highlights key accomplishments in several areas of interest to environmentally progressive architects and builders.
The Insulated Glass Certification Council (IGCC) and Safety Glazing Certification Council (SGCC) have approved the Shanghai Yaohua Pilkington Glass Co.