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The Japanese owner of Britain's Pilkington glassmaking firm is bracing itself for a huge fine – potentially running into hundreds of millions of pounds – as part of a Europe-wide competition probe into the industry.
With effect from April 2007, NSG established an integrated global Flat Glass business, covering all of the Group’s Building Products and Automotive operations worldwide.
Forest of colourful metal trees on Brussels avenue expresses people’s hopes for a brighter world and supports Alain Hubert’s International Polar Foundation Jean-Francois Heris, President & CEO of AGC Flat Glass Europe (formerly Glaverbel) and…
The Ministry of Construction has asked for the government’s permission to sell the float glass plant of the Vietnam Glass and Ceramics for Construction Corporation (Viglacera).
China's regulators aren't likely to approve new float glass projects in eastern coastal regions and central regions, given regional development strategy and ongoing industrial technology upgrades, the Shanghai Securities News reported…
News services reported concerns expressed by the European Federation of Wine and Spirit Importers and Distributors in which Federation members claimed to be “confronted with” a shortage of glass bottles.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co., the world's biggest supplier of car windows, had the second-biggest gain in Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average after increasing its profit forecast because the yen weakened against the pound.
Clemens Miller has been appointed Managing Director, Building Products Europe, with effect from 1 September 2007. Clemens succeeds Mark Lyons, who will now concentrate on his global BP role as Head of Building Products Regional Operations.
Taking place from 3rd to 7th September 2007 at the Fiera Milano in Italy, the 22nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference will be the most important international Conference in the field of Photovoltaics.
Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Ltd. plans to build a 15 million euro ($20 million) automotive glass plant in India with British unit Pilkington, targeting Japanese carmakers eyeing climbing local demand.
A consortium of Vietnamese commercial banks and a finance company provided Tuesday a loan of VND845 billion (US$52 million) for building a glass factory in the central Chu Lai Economic Zone (EZ).
GlassBuild America: The Glass, Window & Door Expo is pleased to announce that it has collaborated with the Georgia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) to bring a new architect program to its 2007 event in Atlanta.
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the worldwide glass industry is now available to its catalogue.
Ryazan region Governor Georgy Shpak and Guardian Glass Ryazan director Yanos Egud on Wednesday signed an investment agreement on the construction of a plant in the region that will produce float glass, an official from the regional government's…
In connection to the sale of the flat glass business in Australasia announced on 29th June 2007, Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (“the Company”) announces the revisions made to its forecast of operating results published on 31st May 2007 and the…
In response to the strong demand for superinsulating glass on the Italian construction market, Glaverbel is to install the country’s first magnetron unit for applying low-emissivity coatings at its Cuneo plant in North-East Italy (Piedmont).
Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (“the Company”) announces that today its extraordinary Board meeting officially resolved the sale of Flat Glass Business in Australasia.
AwardThe NSG Automotive business has won a Superior Quality Award for its performance in supplying Toyota.Awards are based on quality performance and on recommendation from Toyota factories.
Some 400 people from around the world will gather in Corsicana this weekend to commemorate the retirement of Wally Palma, manager of the Corsicana Guardian Industries glass manufacturing plant for the past 27 years.
David Workman, Director General of the British Glass Manufacturers’ Confederation, was re-elected President of CPIV, the Brussels-based European Glass Manufacturers’ umbrella body, for a second two-year term at its General Assembly on 15 May 2007.
The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI) signed agreements for 10 new projects worth over Rs. 2 billion last week. Chairman/Director General of the BOI Dhammika Perera signed the agreements on behalf of the Board and Minister of Enterprise…
The tin bath is where the quality of float glass is determined. Here, the thickness of the glass ribbon must be regulated constantly, glass defects must be avoided and, if a defect does occur, it must be corrected as quickly and completely as…
Chairman/Director General of the BOI Dhammika Perera signed the agreements on behalf of the Board and Minister of Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion Dr.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (“the Company”) announces the revisions made to its outlook of consolidated and non-consolidated operating results published on 6th July 2007 and the recognition of extra-ordinary loss for the full fiscal year 2007 (…
Emirates Bank announced that the AED 292 million facility for Emirates Float Glass ('EFG') has been successfully closed, and oversubscribed.