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Following the search for strategic partners for its specialty bottles business, the Saint-Gobain Group has selected the project of a consortium of two investment funds, Sagard and Cognetas.
Pilkington Planar™ structural glazing system has been used to stunning effect at a new library in the southwest seaport town of Turku, Finland.
The annual amount of glass recycled to make new bottles and jars has increased to a record 756,000 tonnes according to estimates from British Glass.
The average price of manufactured products in the U.K. recorded an increase of 0.3 per cent in February, the Office for National Statistics said a report Monday.
BBC reported that union officials say the announcement that St Helens Glass has gone into liquidation, leaving hundreds of workers jobless, is tragic.  Rumours of the announcement were circulated before staff were given official confirmation at…
Pilkington Group Limited has announced the purchase of AG Glass and Glazing Limited. AG Glass and Glazing Ltd is a leading IGU manufacturer averaging more than 20,000 units per week from its state of the art manufacturing unit in Tankersley, near…
In a major coup for the event, Pilkington Activ™ has demonstrated its commitment to the new-look Glassex with the announcement that it will sponsor the popular Conservatory Design Competition next March.
Bystronic Glass UK has developed a seminar programme that will be introduced at Glassex but will be extended beyond the arena of the exhibition.
Receiving the Insulating Glass Certification Council's highest certification for its Comfort-Gard Plus(R) glass technology, Patio Enclosures, Inc. has become the only sunroom manufacturer to attain this distinction for the commercial and…
It was discovered by accident in 1974 by Chinese farmers sinking a well and has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1987: The Terrecotta Army of Xi'an in the Chinese province of Shaanxi with over 7000 lifesize clay figures is one of the…
This year, Edgetech is represented at two booths at glasstec 2006. At what is certainly the most important glass trade fair in the world, which takes place from 24-28 October in Düsseldorf, Edgetech can be found in hall 14, booth E08 and in hall 17…
Pilkington and NSG issued a statement on 16 June confirming that the acquisition of Pilkington by NSG has been completed and that Pilkington is now a member of the NSG Group.
The first "Architektur Fenster Fassade" innovation prize has been awarded at the fensterbau/frontale 2006 in Nuremberg by the architecture journals xia IntelligenteArchitektur and AIT in cooperation with NürnbergMesse GmbH.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. announced Monday it agreed to acquire 80 percent of British glassmaker Pilkington plc in a strategy to expand its global production capacity.
The rapid growth of the European subsidiary witnessed at Edgetech over the past months is set to continue in the new year.
Pilkington +4.6% at 154.75p amid press speculation that talks between the company and its rebuffed suitor Nippon Sheet Glass (5202.
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Slaughter and May’s famed boardroom connections have snared it a lucrative instruction from Pilkington on its potential £2bn takeover — despite Herbert Smith having already been given the role.
The public's phenomenal response at Vitrum in Milan is testimony to Edgetech's success since its launch three years ago in the greater European economic area: in EMEA, Edgetech is growing at a rapid rate.
Bassra Machine Tools Ltd (BMT) has been known for leading the way in manufacturing insulated glass production machinery in UK from more than 20 years.
Once again Edgetech will be exhibiting at this year's international glass trade fair VITRUM from 5th to 8th October in Milan.
A test carried out by the renowned Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics has certified sensationally good heat transfer coefficients for Edgetech’s Super Spacer® and TriSeal™ spacers.
Two novel new machines from partners CADRAM and R&R Sondermaschinen are providing the first automated solutions for applying decoration to window glass, using either lead or bevel-effect 3M Accentrim tape.
Researchers from the United Kingdom, France and the DUBBLE beamline at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) have made a step forward in research on glass.
For.El. Automatic “SuperSpacer®” Applicator applies the spacer profile “SuperSpacer®” in a completely automated mode all along the perimeter of panes for the production of double-glazing units.