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PPG Industries Chairman and chief executive officer Charles E. Bunch reviewed the company’s progress on its strategic initiatives at the Goldman Sachs Basic Materials Conference, which took place yesterday.
Saint-Gobain Sekurit, a China-based manufacturer of automotive glass, has announced that it is constructing its second Chinese automotive glass plant in the Shandong province of Qingdao.
Saint-Gobain, the world's largest building materials company, reported a stronger-than-expected 12.2 percent rise in first-quarter sales on Thursday, helped by a recovering building sector in Europe and favourable weather conditions.
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.
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.
PITTSBURGH, March 9, 2010 – PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) will showcase advanced architectural glasses and coatings at the 2011 American Institute of Architects’ Convention in New Orleans, May 12-14, booth 1635, such as: 
Glass balustrading specialist Balcony Systems, www.balconette.co.uk  is the first to add a low-cost, self-cleaning glass coating option to its external and Juliette balconies in response to increasing demand for the ultimate reduced-maintenance…
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.
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.
Garching, GERMANY and Dublin, CA, USA, December 2, 2010 - SUSS MicroTec, a leading supplier of equipment and process solution for the semiconductor industry and related markets, today announced that it has entered into a joint development and…
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…
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.
EnduroShield provides a glass scratch removal service to remove glass scratches, mineral deposits or soap scum build up from glass surfaces.
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…
Leybold Optics, based in Alzenau, Germany, has introduced the “Hot Apollon”, the latest version of its innovative glass coating system.
Saint-Gobain organizes its third « Saint-Gobain & Start-ups » Competition to reward innovations from start-up companies in the habitat, energy and environment fields.
Linetec’s Field Service team offers a new, environmentally-responsible coating system for on-site repair and restoration of architectural aluminum products’ finishes.
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.
Façades with a high share of glass are a particularly hotly discussed topic from the point of view of energy efficiency.
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*.