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A pilot Automotive Leadership programme was held in the UK in June. This was very successful and the content has been refined since in order that programme can be rolled out globally and delivered regionally.
Employees were given an opportunity in June to meet and put questions to the new Group CEO Craig Naylor at a series of ‘town hall’ meetings in the UK, Japan, North America and Germany.
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In April, Saint Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C., welcomed patients and staff into a new, mental health care facility.
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Pilkington was once a national treasure. From its St Helens base in England's northwest, it was a pioneer of the wor ld of glassmaking. Now, that same cradle of innovation is an operational outpost of a disparate Japanese empire.
Malaysian Sheet Glass (MSG) has won the Product Innovation Award for Building Finishes, one of the annual Frost & Sullivan Malaysia Green Excellence Awards.
Around 1,200 metres square of Pilkington Profilit™ wired has been used for the main pedestrian entrances of three Santiago subway stations.
NSG Group's Automotive plant in Vizag, India, has successfully passed the quality audit of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
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In January, the Group acquired China Glass Holdings’ 50 per cent share in Taicang Pilkington China Glass Special Glass Limited (TPCG) and as a result , TPCG will be renamed Pilkington Solar (Taicang), Limited (PST) with the company becoming a wholly…
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A prize win of Pilkington energiKare™ glazing has allowed Manchester couple Clare Schofield and Adam Tregaskis to drop their home heating thermostat setting to just 16 deg C - and still stay warm.
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The Board of NSG Group has announced the appointment of Katsuji Fujimoto as Chairman of NSG Group. He will succeed Yozo Izuhara, who will be retiring on 29 June 2010 after 48 years of service with the Company.