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NSG announces the start of construction of an Automotive fabrication plant in Vishakhapatnam, India. The plant, which is expected to begin production by summer 2008, will be operated by Pilkington Group Limited (“Pilkington”), a member of NSG Group.

Glasstech, Inc., developer of glass bending and tempering equipment, will highlight the innovative technology and programs that have helped it establish worldwide standards for precision and efficiency at GlassBuild America 2007, September 10 to 12.

Pilkington Denmark has acquired a small glass processing company located close to its branch in Glostrup.Carlberg Glass supplies IGUs and cut sizes to the joinery trade.

Demand for flat glass in China is expected to climb 8.4 percent per year through 2011 to 2.9 billion square meters. Measured in value, flat glass demand will expand more than eleven percent per year, reaching ¥96 billion in 2011.

Pilkington continues to expand its Automotive Glass Replacement business in Mexico with the opening of a new AGR service center in Villahermosa.

PPG Industries and iGlass Projects Pty. Ltd. of Australia announced today they have signed an agreement to develop and commercialize dimmable glazing for automotive sunroofs.

A number of organisational changes within Pilkington Building Products UK and Ireland and Pilkington Building Products Europe have taken effect.

Since 1959, Pittsburgh Plate Glass has had an automotive glass division in Crestline.While that’s not likely to change soon, other changes, including employee layoffs, are still possible for PPG Crestline by the end of the summer.

The ‘Palazzo Tendenza’, the shopping wing of the NET Center in Padova, Italy, now boasts the country’s tallest fin-supported glazing system, thanks to the installation of the latest glass technology from Pilkington.

ABRA Auto Body & Glass announced today that Peterson Santos, Vice President of ABRA-Georgia, has been elected to chair the Atlanta I-CAR Committee.

Glasstech, Inc., developer of glass bending and tempering equipment, will highlight its innovative technology that has set the worldwide automotive standard for precision and efficiency at Vitrum 2007, October 3 – 6, Milan, Italy.

Shaded Pilkington green and wearing a beaming smile, the cheery windscreen man is believed to be the first ever mascot figure employed by a Pilkington business."We are expanding into far-flung regions of Europe and dealing with small…

Nanoprotect AG from Nanotec is a unique transparent nanotechnology treatment specifically developed for automotive glass.

PPG Industries Inc. workers at the automotive glass plant in East Deer will have to wait another month or so before learning the fate of the facility, officials said Thursday.

Alumcon LLC, a specialised aluminium facade contractor and major glass manufacturer, has announced the start of its new Dh55 million glass processing factory located in the Dubai Investments Park.

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the worldwide glass industry is now available to its catalogue.

Fuyao cracked the local auto glass market, now it’s making a name for itself overseas.CAO Tok-wong travelled to Canada in the early 1990s, taking auto glass samples with him.

A prestigious leisure complex in Athens has combined the qualities of the Pilkington portfolio to produce a visually stunning and practical venue.

A sail boat and a sports car with a stained glass roof have earned the two top prizes in this year's Pilkington Vehicle Design Awards.

Global flat glass demand is likely to go beyond 39 million tons by 2010, according to a Global Industry Analysts, Inc. market research report.Greater use of varieties of glass by architects and car designers for civil construction and automotive…

Construction of Pilkington's new automotive plant in India has begun.The laminated windscreen facility is the first phase of a three-stage, five-year investment project which will also include a toughened and laminated OE facility and a float…

AUSTRALIA'S third-largest building-products maker CSR has paid $690 million for glassmaker Pilkington Australasia. The deal for the Melbourne business, which has 1700 employees, saw CSR beat offers from consortiums reportedly led by private…

Lifts in The Shires shopping centre in Leicester have been created using 400 metres square of Pilkington Planar™/Sentry Glas Plus with Pilkington OptiWhite™ .

About US$8.6 million worth of capital has been poured into the nation’s economic zones to date, according to a report from the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Cape Town - Remgro, the country's largest investment holding firm, has bought a 25 percent stake in privately owned glass maker PG for R700 million.