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Thanks to a £40,000 grant from the Foyle Foundation and a £38,000 Biffa Award, The Catalyst Museum in Widnes was able to replace all the glass in its fourth floor observatory with Pilkington Planar™.

Pilkington United Kingdom Limited has resolved a dispute with Uniglass Limited in relation to its UK Registered Design Number 2090474 for Pilkington Texture Glass Contora™ patterned glass.

As part of Network Rails five year plan to overhaul Britain’s railway stations, an investment of £130m was outlined to improve Scotland’s Waverley Station.

A new online utility calculation program has been launched which increases the power available to customers and makes the glass specification process easier.

Talks are ongoing between union leaders and management at glass giant Pilkington in a bid to determine the future of 140 staff at one the company’s sites in St Helens.

The curtain has come down on another successful Product Knowledge campaign. Kicking off in late Spring with the popular Product Knowledge (PK1) course, the season-ending finale was the Mechanical Strength and Glass Design session held in November at…

By Jason Campbell - Sonny Dhaliwal knows that his efforts to save more 100 jobs at the Pilkington float glass manufacturing facility might fall short.    That’s why he’s bringing in the big guns.

The 51-year-old Pilkington glass plant in Lathrop will cease production early next year, affecting about 115 workers, its corporate parent confirmed Tuesday.

Glassmakers Pilkington have announced the closure of the Float Glass Line at Cowley Hill in St Helens, England, with the loss of 140 jobs.   This is the latest in a series of job cuts at the firm’s St Helens sites in the last three years.

Synseals Global Glass division can now toughen twice the glass at its K2 plant in Blackburn, all faster, to a better quality and save energy thanks to an advanced new furnace there.

St Helens is reeling from the devastating news that Pilkington is set to close its Cowley Hill float glass line and shed 140 jobs.

Now that’s a plus! Pilkington Optitherm™ S1 Plus sets new standards   The NSG Group has unveiled Pilkington Optitherm™ S1 Plus; a brand new low-emissivity glass optimised to achieve Ug values of 1.0 in an insulating glass unit (IGU).

Pilkington K Glass™ S has reached a new milestone! NSG Group’s new coater at Cowley Hill has produced over two and a half million square metres.   As the UK’s first jumbo off-line coating plant, Cowley Hill allows the NSG Group to manufacture a…

In the past, glass was often perceived to be the weak link in buildings. With the advances in high performance glazing over the last quarter of a century, this is no longer the case.

The latest glass product in the Pilkington Optitherm™ range, Pilkington Optitherm™ S1 Plus, is a superior performing low-e glass that is unique in the UK market.

The Niles value added plant in Michigan has clinched a major safety double.   Only a few months after reaching the milestone of two million man hours worked without a lost time incident, the plant has added the achievement of two million man hours…

At present, the global major LOW-E glass manufacturers are Pilkington (U.K.), PPG (U.S.), Glaverbel (Belgium), and Saint–Gobain (France); the overseas market is basically controlled by above enterprises.

Pilkington Planar™ has been used in an award winning refurbishment of the historic St Thomas' Hospital in London.   St Thomas’ Hospital is a renowned teaching hospital located in central London, opposite the Houses of Parliament on the south…

Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge will be able to enjoy the big Norfolk skies from their country retreat.

Initiated in 1865, London taxi drivers must complete the 'Knowledge'. This is an in-depth study of the streets and places of interest of the city required before they can obtain a licence to operate a black cab.

We’re proud to announce that Pilkington Pyroclear® has been given the seal of approval by Certifire, for use with steel and timber frames.    This means that the glass is accordance with the technical schedule TS25 – for Fire Resisting Glass,…

The Box Moor Trust, a charitable organisation dedicated to the upkeep of open spaces in the stunning Hertfordshire countryside, recently chose Pilkington Planar™ for its new Centre.

Now in its third year of operation TGO continues to grow and provide an independent service for consumer complaints.

The Glass Systems Group, the UK’s largest independent sealed unit manufacturer, has appointed George Stirling, a man with almost 40 years’ experience in the glass and building products industry.

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