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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.
Glass factory workers in Denbighshire could soon be working for a new, Japanese owner.Nippon Sheet Glass Company looks likely to acquire glass maker Pilkington after reportedly beefing up its takeover offer to £2.2bn.
Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass is discussing a takeover of glassmaker Pilkington at more than 160 pence a share, sources familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
Pilkington +4.6% at 154.75p amid press speculation that talks between the company and its rebuffed suitor Nippon Sheet Glass (5202.
Bold use of color dominated the entries in this year’s seventh annual 2005 Solutia International Design Awards, which honor excellence in designing with laminated glass.
Pilkington, Britain's leading glassmaker, has been forced to move from using gas to oil to run its UK operations because it could no longer afford to pay its enormous gas bill.
Slaughter and May’s famed boardroom connections have snared it a lucrative instruction from Pilkington on its potential £2bn takeover — despite Herbert Smith having already been given the role.
On May 20th 2005, the Board of Directors of Sekisui Chemical in Osaka approved plans for the construction of a new plant in the Netherlands to produce the raw material for interlayer film.
Pellini SpA has won the contract for the supply of blinds for the new exhibition centre, designed by Massimiliano Fuksas.
Hall 15/II, Stand E40Every glass or glazing company faces the difficulties of measuring irregular, or even 3D shaped objects.
Beijing Window Screen Printing Machinery CO., LTD was established in 1997, which have professionally manufacture screen printing machine and product lines.
FBSProfilati srl with over 30 years’ experience and tradition in the decorative profiles and related accessories for insulating glass units as well as flat glass, has never stopped looking for innovative solutions.
PAV. 14/1STAND C01, C19-E04For.El.’s proud association with Murano’s “The Wings of Venice – Le Ali di Venezia” continues at Vitrum with a fantastic display from the glassmaking masters.
HALL 15 1 / STAND K24 – L25RegaLead, Europe’s largest supplier of decorative glass overlay products, will be exhibiting again at Vitrum with Italian partners Neostucco s.r.l demonstrating their technically proven overlay system which offers a quick…
Screenline, the division of Pellini for the manufacture, development and promotion of their exclusively patented magnetically controlled blinds for I.G. units, will be at the Vitrum 2005 exhibition (Pav. 15 – Stand B82).
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Solutia Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SOLUQ), the world's leading supplier of polyvinyl buytral (PVB) films for automotive, architectural and specialty laminated glazing applications, announced it will increase the price of its Saflex(R) and…
GMH plans to source windscreens and back car windows from a French company in Thailand once the Pilkington contract expires.
Workers from Pilkington Glass have rallied outside Holden's offices at Port Melbourne, saying 120 jobs could go if the company imports windscreens.General Motors Holden (GMH) says a decision was made two years ago to import windscreens.
An industrial dispute is set to close Geelong's Pilkington glass plant for up to six hours today. The dispute stems from a General Motors decision to source glass components from overseas, a decision that could endanger more than 100 jobs at…
Glassmaker Pilkington said the year had started in line with expectations and the company was ready to invest into new growth opportunities.
On 15th July, 2005, Pilkington announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the US assets of Autostock Distribution, with an asset value of around $US 18 million.
Manufacturers are warning the DTI that Britain may run out of gas this winter. Sylvia Pfeifer examines why they are so concernedIt may have been glorious summer in Whitehall last Wednesday, but when a bunch of manufacturers met Malcolm Wicks, the…
In one of the world's most exclusive shopping meccas, the new Geox showroom on Via Montenapoleone in Milan is striking for its mix of classy elegance and trendy flair.
A new product brochure and technical data sheet for Pilkington’s fire-resistant glasses are now available.