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In the automotive industry, expectations in terms of design, comfort and safety are steadily increasing. Of course, this also extends to the requirements for car glazing.

Pilkington shareholders will vote in April on a formal offer by Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG) for the remaining 80 per cent of the shares in Pilkington they do not currently own.

Reuters report that Corning Inc. on Monday raised its forecast for growth in the glass market for flat panel displays, saying consumers are embracing high-end thin-screen TVs at a faster clip than previously expected.

Azobuild.com reported that the new Part F of the Building Regulations for Northern Ireland will come into effect in June 2006.

Italy's glass-manufacturing industry experienced a slight recovery in 2005, glass manufacturers professional association ANFAO announced in an official statement issued today.

Nippon Sheet Glass Co. said the potential benefits of its planned 616 billion yen acquisition of Britain's Pilkington Plc far outweigh the risks.

French automotive industry manufacturer Heuliez is showing a unique concept vehicle on its stand at the Geneva International Motor.

Union leaders are considering legal action against Pilkington, claiming the company failed to consult with its workers before agreeing to a £2.2bn takeover by Nippon Sheet Glass.

Staff at Swansea's Pilkington Glass have been reassured that their jobs are not at risk. The UK glass king, based in St Helens, Lancashire, is the latest in a string of British companies to be sold to foreign investors.

The contribution to business success in the shape of technology comes in many forms. For Pilkington it came with the help of a washing up bowl.Alastair Pilkington, then technical director of the "family" business, conceived the idea of…

Nippon Sheet Glass Co. announced Monday it agreed to acquire 80 percent of British glassmaker Pilkington plc in a strategy to expand its global production capacity.

Windshield Experts has expanded its operations in Mumbai by opening five retail service outlets at Prabhadevi, Chembur, Thane, Andheri and Goregaon.

Nippon Sheet Glass Co. said Monday that it will acquire the 80 percent stake it doesn't have of Britain's Pilkington PLC in a deal worth 358.5 billion yen (US$3 billion; euro2.6 billion).

The rapid growth of the European subsidiary witnessed at Edgetech over the past months is set to continue in the new year.

Guardian Industries Corp. announced at the 2006 International Builders’ Show its newest glass innovation, ShowerGuard™, the first and only temperable, permanently protected shower glass.

Pilkington's chairman, Sir Nigel Rudd, stands to make £4.25m if, as expected, Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass returns with an agreed £2.2bn takeover offer this month.

According to a soon-to-be-released and updated technical market research report, worldwide sales of advanced glass and ceramics reached $11.1 billion in 2005 and are expected to reach $17.6 billion in 2010, an average annual growth rate of 7.3%.

Saint-Gobain, a Paris based global glass gaint, has accorded India as top priority zone in all its business ventures in Asia over the next five years, Jean Louis Beffa, chairman and chief executive officer has said.

Solutia Automotive, a producer of polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayer products for laminated glass used by the automotive industry, is supplying Ford's concept vehicle, the Super Chief, and its new 2007 Lincoln Navigator with laminated glass.

Finnish Glassrobots and Tamglass that operate in the Tampere area, in Finland, are competing in glass production lines. In November 2005, Tamglass announced its record-fast flat tempering furnace (Sonic), and now Glassrobots has broken this record…

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein ups Pilkington (PILK.LN) to hold from sell, raises target price to 163p from 140p due to ongoing takeover discussions and following a sector re-rating.

The Mainz-based technology company SCHOTT AG has further expanded its activities in the market for flat panel display glass with a foundation stone ceremony in Jena, Germany.

Corning Inc. made its long-anticipated move into the growing Chinese market for liquid crystal display glass last week.

Pilkington (PILK.LN) could come under pressure from Asahi Glass's (5201.TO) reduction in '05 operating income for its glass division, traders say.