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French glassmaker Saint-Gobain said on Tuesday that its Verallia glass packaging unit had taken the first step towards an initial public offering by filing documents with the French AMF regulator. "Saint-Gobain is thus pursuing the process…
Pierre-André de Chalendar, Chairman and CEO of the Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, inaugurated the new solar glass furnace at the Saint-Gobain Glass Renedo plant in Spain, 15 kilometers from Santander.
Andreas Geith has been appointed Managing Director of leading warm edge spacer bar supplier Swisspacer.
From March 10 to 13, 2011 the Tüyap Exhibition Center in Istanbul hosted a 3-in-1 event for the glass resp. window sector - the „Glass Expo Istanbul“, the „Istanbul Window“ and the „Door Expo“.
India is an investment hot-spot, as far as glass manufacturer Saint Gobain is concerned. One in every 4 euros it spends is spent in India, reports CNBC-TV18's Swathi Narayanan.
World leader in habitat, Saint-Gobain has just organized its third global innovation competition, aimed at rewarding start-up companies offering the most innovative solutions in the fields of habitat, energy and the environment.
January 11, 2011, Swisspacer’s sales in the UK and Ireland continued to grow at an impressive rate in 2010.
The panel will include Roland Matzig, founder of RMP Architects which consulted on the world’s only Passive House skyscraper built to date in Germany; Bill Butcher, who developed ‘Denby Dale’, one of the UK’s first Passive House developments and…
Grant Supports Expansion of National Green Building and Job-Training Program for Disconnected Youth and Fosters Careers in Green Construction and EntrepreneurshipValley Forge, PA, December 14, 2010 – Saint-Gobain and CertainTeed are joining forces…
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain today signed, with a large group of 24 banks*, a revolving credit facility for an amount of Euro 3 billion, maturing in December 2015.
Cebrace announced today plans to build a new float glass plant in Bahia State, in northeastern Brazil.
Alliance accelerates electrochromic glass leadership position;Funding will actualize world’s first large-scale electrochromic glass plant;SAGE to spearhead R&D and manufacturing for Saint-Gobain electrochromic productsFARIBAULT, Minn.--(BUSINESS…
With almost 2,600 m² floor space LiSEC had the biggest boothOn 2,600 m² LiSEC presented thematic priorities of his extensive product portfolioAt its 2,600 sq.m. booth at glasstec, LiSEC presented the highlights of its extensive product portfolio,…
The French major is interested in putting up a plant in India, but feels that given the inadequacy of scale, some government support is necessary.
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on the Flat Glass markets. The global market for Flat Glass is projected to exceed 34 million metric tons by 2015.
Leading warm edge supplier Swisspacer enjoyed another successful show at Glasstec. Swisspacer’s stand had a constant stream of visitors who saw first hand the benefits of its top performing warm edge spacer bar.
There is a popular misconception in the market about our products that we would like to correct. Of course it’s publicised by one of our competitors and while we don’t normally rise to the bait, we do now feel we owe it to the marketplace to provide…
At glasstec 2010, Lisec unveiled new equipment that builds a coil-fed warm-edge spacer directly on the glass.
A wide range of special glasses will be presented by SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS to skilled tradesmen, processors and architects on stand A26 in Hall 11 at glasstec 2010, the world’s largest trade fair for glass, which will be held in Dusseldorf from 28.09…
Saint-Gobain organizes its third « Saint-Gobain & Start-ups » Competition to reward innovations from start-up companies in the habitat, energy and environment fields.
After a first quarter affected by very cold winter weather in Europe, trading rebounded sharply overall in the second quarter of 2010, with the Group reporting 3.9% organic growth.
With this slogan we focus on our unique performance range and are presenting numerous novelties and innovations in the fields of glass cutting/sorting, software, insulating glass production, flat glass processing, laminated glass fabrication, glass…
Façades with a high share of glass are a particularly hotly discussed topic from the point of view of energy efficiency.
Leading warm edge supplier Swisspacer will be exhibiting at this year’s Glasstec exhibition in Düsseldorf (28th September – 1st October).
Saint-Gobain’s consolidated sales for first-quarter 2010 came in at €8,737 million, versus €8,782 million in the first quarter of 2009, representing a decline of 0.5% on an actual structure basis and of 2.0% at constant exchange rates*.