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Pilkington has created a new suite of information on the UK’s leading low-E product, Pilkington K Glass'.

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Processingtalk.com reported that Pilkington, one of the world's largest manufacturers of glass and glazing products for the building and automotive markets, has signed a Global Alliance agreement with Eurotherm.

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Workers at the Pilkington glass factory in Mt Wellington, Auckland, have walked off the job in a dispute over pay.

The new Director General of the CBI, Richard Lambert, toured Pilkington Greengate on his first official visit to the North West since taking office at the beginning of July.

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