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The chief executive of Pilkington has been handed a new top role - heading a £3.5bn-turnover business for Nippon Sheet Glass, which bought the iconic St Helens glassmaker last year.
Bill DelPiero, president of the United Steelworkers Local 252G, said 78 per cent of employees voted to accept the new pact.
A 250m2 double-glazed Pilkington Planar™ system is the latest addition to the 100-year-old His Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen as part of its extensive refurbishment, which provides a new entrance area, café and a rehearsal room.
Pilkington Group Limited has announced the purchase of AG Glass and Glazing Limited. AG Glass and Glazing Ltd is a leading IGU manufacturer averaging more than 20,000 units per week from its state of the art manufacturing unit in Tankersley, near…
Artist Stan Price called it an honor to be the featured artist at Saturday's H'Arts benefit auction. Price's salmon-based painted glass plates are the centerpieces for the auction and inspired this year's theme, "Hooked on…
Artist and architect Maya Lin for a two-day Visiting Artist residency in the Hot Shop on March 16 and 17, 2007. During her residency, Lin will direct with the Hot Shop Team as they experiment with creating hot-sculpted clear glass “water drop” forms.
Historical artefacts need to be presented and protected in all their glory and Galway City Museum kept this in mind when choosing a glazing system for its exhibits.
In the 1920s and '30s, glass blocks were mostly used beside front doors and in bathrooms. Today we use them in many other places, too.
Pilkington Insulight™ IGUs incorporating Pilkington Suncool™ have been installed as part of the award-winning Lloyd Building project at Trinity College, Dublin.
Victoria's Environment Protection Authority has agreed a four-way, four-year covenant with glass manufacturer Pilkington, Sustainability Victoria and the Australian Industry Group to help the company substantially cut the environmental impact…
Want to sound like a knowledgeable collector? Use an unfamiliar term, such as "matsu-no-ke" (pronounced "mat-sue-no-kay").
The recent introduction of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (FSO) is the most significant change to affect fire safety in the last thirty years.
Pilkington Building Products - UK provides the ultimate in fire-resistant glass, and works with specialist companies across the UK and Ireland to offer a comprehensive fire-resistant glass service.
NSG announces that the start of commercial production from January 2007, by the float glass plant in Chuangshu, China newly constructed by Pilkington Group Limited (“Pilkington”), a member of NSG Group.
Mexicali has installed a new Lamino furnace, increasing capacity by about 225,000 windshields per year.
Institute of Technology in Zurich, to mark its 150th anniversary. The aim of the project was to make a long-term investment in a developing country, to encourage the international exchange of knowledge.
Todd Manicki's passion for glass blowing is evident as he guides one of his students through the early process of making a paperweight one recent afternoon.
Reuterts reported that Pilkington, the UK-based unit of Japanese glassmaker Nippon Sheet Glass, said on Friday it had launched legal action against Mexico's Vitro  over a move to merge a unit Pilkington part-owns into another company.
As the conservator for The Corning Museum of Glass, Stephen Koob is responsible for the preservation of the world's largest collection of glass: more than 45,000 artistic and historical works in glass spanning 3,500 years of history.
A new year brings a different trade advertising campaign for Pilkington - 'A Passion for Glass'. Based around the Pilkington logo and what it portrays, the campaign is set to re-emphasise the benefits of the Pilkington brand and its values.
Pilkington has launched an improved website for trade customers which now offers an area designed exclusively for householders.
A huge fire flared up on Saturday 27th, shortly after 9 am, inside the Pilkington plant in San Salvo - Italy. Still to verify the reasons, even if, on first assumptions, it could have originated from overheating of a cooling engine in the laminated…
The innovative Galway Marine Institute has the technology to harness the power of the ocean, and what better way to protect this centre than Pilkington Pyrostop™.
Come learn and explore the age-old art of glass lampworking. Using a torch, you’ll melt and form glass into shapes that can become pendants, beads, marbles, paperweights, stir-sticks or anything you, as an artist, want to create.
It has taken more than six years in the planning process, but the five tower blocks that make up the Chalcots Estate in Swiss Cottage, North London are finally receiving a long awaited multi-million pound make-over.