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Pilkington Aerospace has received an emergency order for 100 sets of canopies for the F-14 Tomcat, the Naval attack fighter immortalised by actor Tom Cruise in the movie Top Gun.

Moody's Investors Service lowered the rating for senior long-term debt of Pilkington plc to Baa2 from Baa1.

The liability for an asbestos settlement involving PPG Industries Inc. was reduced by $24 million during the third quarter ended Sept. 30, the company said in its latest 10-Q filed Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The aircraft manufacturer Embraer is imposing its pace to suppliers of parts, aiming to meet the 2002 delivery scheduling of the ERJ-145 passengers jet.

Production of Pilkington Optifloat™ grey and bronze has been moved from the UK to Weiherhammer. The German plant has ample capacity and is also closer to the main markets for tinted products.

The partnership between Pilkington Automotive and General Motors (GM) - still going strong after more than 70 years - will continue with two important new programmes.

In a ceremony today in Goole, England, Guardian Industries Corp. executives and government officials laid the cornerstone for its future float glass plant.

After four years of hard work, Pilkington’s North American manufacturing operations have achieved ISO 14001 certification as a continent-wide, integrated system.

Brant Technologies of Bensenville, Ill., has been appointed a distributor of Lo-Vel and Hi-Sil brand silicas by PPG Industries for the coatings markets.

Australia’s largest glass manufacturer, Pilkington, will go to the Industrial Relations Commission over a threatened strike at its Geelong plant next week.

A spectacular new home in Hamilton, New Zealand, will feature a large Pilkington Planar™ glass system as its front 'wall'.

Shanghai Yaohua Pilkington Glass Co Ltd said its Board of Directors approved a proposal to invest in a joint venture which will produce automobile glass.

Pilkington Building Products recently announced its new sales organization. The new sales structure is in support of the regional profit center organization with the sales managers reporting into each region.

Pilkington will use its stand at this year’s Glasstec, Düsseldorf to demonstrate the company’s ongoing commitment to the future of the glass industry through an innovative display of products and by bringing its global team of experts in Technology…

PPG Canada Inc. announced today that it will notappeal the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) decision regarding dumped Chinese automotive replacement glass (ARG) windshields.

Newly appointed Primary Products MD Oscar Boronat has completed a whistle-stop tour of Pilkington's European manufacturing operation, visiting nine sites in six countries in just nine days.Oscar was fulfilling his promise to get to know the…

A western Pennsylvania town that once relied on a glass manufacturer for employment now believes the company is the key to luring new business there.

GLASS giant Pilkington looked on the bright side of tough trading conditions yesterday after seeing a robust performance from its UKbased business.

Researchers and developers of glass and coatings innovations that have become business successes for PPG Industries were honored with the President's Award for Technical Achievement here during a corporate technology conference.

Pilkington Aerospace has received an order from Raytheon, representing the FY03 requirement for the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) advanced trainer aircraft.

Pilkington chief executive Paulo Scaroni is set to accept the offer of a job as head of Italian electricity giant ENEL , sources in Rome and London said on Monday.

When Paolo Scaroni told investors last month that Pilkington was "entering a new year in very difficult conditions," he was not kidding.

In an interview with Il Sole 24 Ore, Paolo Scaroni, managing director of UK glass maker Pilkington who has just been appointed CEO of former Italian electricity monopoly Enel, has said that working in the utilities industry represents a complete…

The Pilkington plc website, www.pilkington.com, has won a major award just four weeks after re-launch – for best practice in investor relations.

A pioneering e-trading system is speeding up vital supplies of raw materials to Pilkington's float plants.