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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 18, 2008 – PPG Industries (PPG:NYSE) is introducing its most popular tinted glasses with Solarban 70XL or Solarban 60 solar control, low-emissivity coatings on the second surface of the glass.
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Discover what’s happening in ceramic and glass technology around the world! PAC RIM 8 is a conference designed specifically for materials scientists, engineers, researchers and manufacturers.
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) automotive glass and services business, which is under contract to be sold to a new company being formed by Kohlberg & Co., LLC, Mount Kisco, N.Y., and PPG, will begin using the name “Pittsburgh Glass Works,” effective…
Emirates Float Glass (EFG), a subsidiary of Glass LLC, wholly owned by Dubai Investments PJSC, has signed an AED 575 million contract with Italian engineering firm Ianua S.p.A for the construction and supervision of its second float glass…
PITTSBURGH, June 30, 2008 – PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) industrial coatings business has published a new guide specification for its liquid and powder coil and extrusion coatings.
Glassrobots offers a full convection flat toughening furnace to the market. The growing use of coated glass, especially low-E glass, combined with the trend to produce superior optical quality, set glass processing companies a challenge.
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has introduced an online tool that enables architects, specifiers and building owners to compare the relative energy and environmental performance of common architectural glazings on prototypical buildings.
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG), citing higher raw material, energy and transportation costs, announced a price increase of up to 20 percent for all its precipitated silica products, including Hi-Sil silicas and Lo-Vel flatting agents, effective July 1,…
The Messe Dusseldorf Group reported sales of more than $545 million in 2007, up $77 million from sales in 2006. The growth is due to the success of events at Messe Dusseldorf, as well as the success of guest events and the company's…
Guardian Industries Corp. and Sapa Fabricated Products have entered into a strategic partnership to expand the availability of Guardian ShowerGuard® throughout North America.
Martin Roscheisen of Nanosolar on the need for aggressive innovation in technology.The future’s bright for thin-film cells but not everyone will benefit...MUNICH, Germany – ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands – May 30, 2008 - Spectacular growth is seen in…
Viracon, the country’s leading single-source architectural glass fabricator, is known for supplying glass to some of the world’s most iconic buildings, from the Freedom Tower in New York to Sydney’s Aurora Place to the Taipei Financial Center in…
With the signing of a cooperation agreement at the fensterbau/frontale 2008 exhibition in Nürnberg on 3 April 2008, four organizers of leading international exhibitions have laid the foundation for global cooperation.
*Significance of new location increases considerably *Capacity expected to more than quadruple with three new production lines by the end of 2008 *Investment volume planned at € 50 million Alzenau/Valašské Meziříčí, 14 May 2008 – In response to the…
New facility will serve automotive coatings, industrial coatings customers PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) is planning to build its first manufacturing plant in Russia.
Global Tightness in Supply and Growth in Demand Drive Expansion Projects Throughout the Saflex Business Saflex(r), a unit of Solutia Inc. (NYSE:SOA), will break ground on May 19, 2008 for an expansion of its PVB resin manufacturing operations at its…
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG), citing higher raw material, energy and transportation costs, on May 16, 2008 announced a 13-percent price increase for all clear, tinted, coated and tempered glasses from its performance glazings (formerly flat glass)…
Pavlovski Posad / Münster. BASF Coatings has started up its new production site for paints in Russia. The new facility at Pavlovski Posad, 60 kilometers east of Moscow, has an annual production capacity of 6,000 tonnes of paints (basecoats and…
PITTSBURGH, May 13, 2008 – PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) is this year celebrating the 125th anniversary of its founding in 1883 as the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. “We are very proud of our long heritage and our success over the years,” said Charles E.
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) on May 13, 2008 dedicated a new 95,000-square-foot, 22-acre architectural coatings facility in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center, about 15 miles east of Reno.
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) announced on May 6, 2008 it started a third furnace May 2 at the PFG Fiber Glass (Kunshan) Co.
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) announced the appointment of Douglas S. Pegg to the position of vice president, packaging coatings, effective May 1.