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PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) on March 24, 2008 has announced a marketing alliance with Walker Glass Co., Ltd., of Montreal. The two companies will jointly market the Walker Textures line of acid-etched glass and mirrors with Starphire ultra-clear glass…
70 acquisitions representing a financial investment of €965 million for estimated additional sales of almost €1.7 billion. Press release details the acquisitions carried out by the Group in 2007, particularly those that were not specifically…
PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has volunteered to participate in the basic program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program (NMSP).
Company becomes first international member of PPG program PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) industrial coatings business announced that Tecnoglass S.A. of Barranquilla, Colombia, has been accredited as the first international participant in the PPG CAP…
More than five hundred participants - and thus once again more than last year – followed a variety of presentations and live trials focused on the material glass in the Design-Center in Linz, Austria.
The new sun protection guide from the glass manufacturer SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS provides support for property and home-owners in the selection of suitable sun protection.
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) aerospace transparencies business has developed a lightweight, glass-faced acrylic replacement windshield for Bombardier Challenger 600, 601, 604 and 605 business jets to provide operators with the chemical and abrasion…
March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Cie. de Saint-Gobain SA, Europe's largest provider of construction materials, plans to grant three board seats to buyout firm Wendel, its biggest shareholder, said four people directly involved in the talks.
Saint-Gobain finalized its acquisition of the Maxit group from HeidelbergCement on March 13, 2008, following approval from the European competition authorities on March 4, 2008 (subject to the subsequent divestment of two small subsidiaries…
Among Germany’s top employers, among university graduates and “young professionals”, Saint-Gobain takes 15th place with three of its companies.
PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE: PPG), on March 14, 2008 announced that it priced $1.55 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior notes.
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Charles E. Bunch, chairman and chief executive of PPG Industries Inc., received 2007 compensation that the paint and chemical maker valued at $8.5 million, according to a proxy statement filed Friday with the Securities…
In this prototype vacuum-insulated glazing panel, the pillars holding the panes of glass apart (the dots) are readily visible due to the low viewing angle. (The grid visible on the glass is a reflection of ceiling tiles.) Guardian Industries, one of…
PPG Industries announced that Solarban 70XL glass, the industry's highest-performing solar control, low-emissivity (low-E) glass, is now available as a laminated glass through members of the PPG Certified Laminator Program (PPG/CLP).
Drs. James Thiel, Paul Medwick, and Andrew Wagner (on photo left to right) senior research associates of PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG), were named winners in the Advanced Manufacturing category for the 2008 Carnegie Science Awards.
PPG) announced that Chrysler LLC named it the top-performing supplier of exterior systems in the automaker's 2007 Supplier Pentastar Awards.
PPG Industries’ (PPG:NYSE) aerospace transparencies business has received approval by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to overhaul and repair framed aircraft cockpit windows, and it has begun operations in Suzhou to serve airlines…
The design of the new structured glass SGG MASTER SHINE® looks like a glass drop on a dull background and thus appears astonishingly shiny.
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) will begin work on the next phase of a project to remediate and re-route the water discharge canal at its facility here.
Guardian launches new campaign for commercial glass program Auburn Hills, Mich., February 18, 2008 – Guardian has launched “Build With Light™,” a new marketing campaign to highlight its SunGuard® advanced architectural glass program.
The PPG Industries Foundation has donated $7,500 to the Carnegie Museum of Art for the exhibition “Ecology.
The massive scale and complexity of the redevelopment work underway around the King’s Cross area has presented the construction and building products industry with opportunities and challenges in almost equal numbers.
PPG Industries Foundation has donated $2,500 to Ohio Christian University to support a summer mathematics program being developed for fifth- through eighth-graders who live in Pickaway County.
SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS has increased the solar factor (g-value) of its flagship SGG PLANITHERM TOTAL low-emissivity glass thanks to successful R&D and investment at its UK coating facility.
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has acquired the assets and intellectual property of NanoProducts Corporation, Longmont, Colo., a producer of nanoproduct materials and a developer of nanoproduct technology.