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Saint-Gobain has announced the acquisition from HeidelbergCement of Maxit group, manufacturer of industrial mortars.
PPG Industries and iGlass Projects Pty. Ltd. of Australia announced today they have signed an agreement to develop and commercialize dimmable glazing for automotive sunroofs.
On a hot summer day, PPG Industries Inc. workers at its automotive glass plant near Altoona are fabricating specially coated windows the company says can save motorists money at the gas pump.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has reported a 6% rise in sales for the first half of 2007, on an actual structure basis, to €21.78bn (US$29.75bn).
Since 1959, Pittsburgh Plate Glass has had an automotive glass division in Crestline.While that’s not likely to change soon, other changes, including employee layoffs, are still possible for PPG Crestline by the end of the summer.
SALES: up 6.0% to €21,779 million up 6.9% like-for-like*OPERATING INCOME: up 15.3% to €2,093 million up 16.6% like-for-like*RECURRING NET INCOME**: up 31.2% to €1,067 millionNet income amounts to €465 million, taking into account the €650 million…
Saint-Gobain has announced the acquisition of the Norandex group in the United States from Owens Corning. Norandex has 2,200 employees and delivered sales of $866 million in 2006 split into two activities: building materials distribution and vinyl…
Directors of PPG Industries have elected Martin H. Richenhagen a member of the company's board, effective Sept. 1, 2007.
Saint-Gobain announces that definitive agreements to sell its Reinforcements and Composites activities to Owens Corning were signed on the 27th of July, 2007.
Yahoo.com reported that the Board of Directors of PPG Industries, Inc. ("PPG") elected Martin H. Richenhagen as a director to serve in a class whose term expires at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2010, effective as of September 1,…
SALES: up 6.0% to EUR21,779 million up 6.9% like-for-like(*) - OPERATING INCOME: up 15.3% to EUR2,093 million up 16.6% like-for-like(*) - RECURRING NET INCOME(**): up 31.2% to EUR1,067 million Net income amounts to EUR465 million, taking into…
PPG Industries announced an offer to purchase SigmaKalon Group, a worldwide coatings producer based in Uithoorn, Netherlands, from global private investment firm Bain Capital.
PPG Industries Inc. workers at the automotive glass plant in East Deer will have to wait another month or so before learning the fate of the facility, officials said Thursday.
Davis Polk & Wardwell is advising Compagnie de Saint-Gobain on its acquisition of Owens Corning’s Siding Solutions business.
PPG Industries Australia Pty. Ltd., a subsidiary of PPG Industries, has reached agreement to acquire Barloworld Coatings Australia, the architectural paint unit of South African-based Barloworld, Ltd., a multinational industrial brand management…
The board of directors of PPG Industries declared a regular quarterly dividend of 52 cents a share, payable September 12 to shareholders of record August 10.
Saint-Gobain announces that discussions regarding the plan to merge its Reinforcements and Composites activities (part of the entity Vetrotex) with the Reinforcements business of Owens Corning, are now focusing on a sale project of Saint- Gobain’s…
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) today announced that it had named Barry N. Gillespie to the position of vice president, aerospace products.Gillespie was formerly president, actuation systems, for Smiths Aerospace, Los Angeles, until its recent acquisition…
CNN reported that Sales Intended to Address Regulatory Concerns Associated with the Previously Announced Joint Venture with Saint-Gobain's Reinforcement and Composites BusinessOwens Corning also in Discussions with Saint-Gobain to Convert the…
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG), a leading global provider of coating and specialty products, today announced that it received ISO 9001:2000 certification for the design and production of its chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) products, Fast Pads.
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…
PPG Industries will release its second quarter 2007 earnings before the New York Stock Exchange opens Thursday, July 19.
State regulators were wrong to give a PPG Industries plant in Marshall County a two-year waiver of state water pollution limits for the toxic metal mercury, a circuit judge has ruled.
Guardian Industries Corp. has announced the appointment of attorney David Jaffe as its General Counsel, responsible for all worldwide legal matters.
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Charles E. Bunch today called upon industry and government to work together and provide necessary solutions to energy security and climate change issues.