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Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass is unlikely to agree to buy Pilkington Plc for several more weeks as it continues to plough through the glassmaker's books, sources familiar with the situation said.

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To support the rapidly growing regional construction industry, and provide an improved offering for its customers, Al Abbar Architectural Glass has announced multi-million dollar investment plans to expand its UAE-based operation.

The board of French building materials maker Saint-Gobain will meet later on Monday to consider the size of a raised hostile bid for BPB after the plasterboard maker rejected calls for friendly talks over the weekend, said a source close to the…

FOR.EL. S.p.A. turned up at the Vitrum 2005 fair scene in a lofty and distinguishing style, as is her habit. In an exhibition area of 1200 square metres inside pavilion 14, FOR.

Saint-Gobain SA, the French building materials group, is this weekend making a last-ditch approach to the board of BPB PLC in an effort to seal an agreed 3.8 bln stg takeover of the British plasterboard company, both The Sunday Times and The Sunday…

The European Commission on Wednesday cleared French glass firm Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA's hostile 3.68 billion British pound (euro5.45 billion; US$6.4 billion) bid for British plasterboard maker BPB PLC.

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Saint Gobain's (12500.FR) remarks in response to BPB (BPB.LN) defense document contain nothing new as expected, says analyst.

BPB is shoring up its defences to fend off a £3.6bn cash bid from French glassmaker Saint-Gobain in what promises to be one of the London Stock Exchange's biggest hostile takeover battles for years.

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Vortex technology produces an extremely permeable centerless grinding wheel with an improved porous structure and superior abrasive grain spacing by combining a new engineered abrasive grain and an innovative manufacturing process.

BPB, the world's leading plasterboard business, is on full alert for an offer of more than £3.5bn for the company from Saint-Gobain, its French rival.

BPB PLC's institutional investors have demanded the group not be sold for less than 800 pence a share, valuing the group at more than 4 bln stg, the Sunday Telegraph reported.

Saint-Gobain SA said its Scandinavian subsidiary, Saint-Gobain Nordic, has bought Optimera Gruppen AS of Norway, a distributor of building materials that has a commercial network of 95 brands in Norway and Sweden.

In view of the strong growth trends in Latin American markets, Saint-Gobain's Flat Glass Sector (Saint-Gobain Vitrage) has decided to expand its presence in the region with the construction of a new float glass production line in Mexico.