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TOKYO, July 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Asahi Glass plans to start building a fifth LCD glass-making factory in Taiwan next month to meet growing demand for TV panels and PC monitors, but it was mum on any further expansion plans.

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Trakya Cam, the Turkish glass maker owned by the country’s biggest publicly traded bank, plans to invest 49.5 million euros ($76 million) to produce glass for solar panels.

SINGAPORE - (Business Wire) At a ceremony today, Economic Development Board Chairman Lim Siong Guan, Applied Materials executives, and U.S.

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Toyota Motor Corp. plans to install a solar power generation system on its Prius hybrid car, when the vehicle goes through a complete makeover as early as next spring, according to a media report Monday.

TOKYO, Jul 09, 2008 - Sekisui Chemical Co. (TSE:4204) said Tuesday that it will spend some 10 billion yen (US$93 millioni) to raise its production capacity for plastic film used in automobile windshields 15 per cent by 2009.

TOKYO, Jul 01, 2008 - Leading Japanese glassmaker Asahi Glass Co. will change its name to AGC in the future, company President Kazuhiko Ishimura said Tuesday.

VALENCIA, Spain and ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands, 27 June – What are the demand dynamics in the world’s major PV markets?

Due to sharp price increases of fuel and raw materials over a short period of time, costs related to automotive glass manufacturing and distribution have rapidly increased.

Currently, a new solar tower power plant is under construction in Jülich near Aachen. This research and power-generation project is planned to go into operation at the end of 2008.

ST. LOUIS, June 25, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA) today announced the establishment of its Saflex(r) Photovoltaic business, which serves the rapidly growing market for thin-film solar panels.

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Vietnam Glass Industries Limited (VGI) yesterday started firing up a 30-hectare glass furnace in MyXuan A industrial Park in southern Ba Ria- Vung Tau Province, preparing for the first batch of grass products this month.

Asahi Glass (Head office: Tokyo; President: Kazuhiko Ishimura) has decided to acquire SCHOTT Processing Korea Co., Ltd. (Head office: Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea; hereafter, “SPK”), a wholly owned Korean subsidiary of Germany’s SCHOTT AG…

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Kömmerling Chemische Fabrik, a leading supplier of sealants and adhesives for the glass and glazing market will be exhibiting, on Stand B5.110 its latest range of adhesives and sealants designed specifically for use in solar and photovoltaic…

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