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Created through CSR’s acquisition and merger of Pilkington (AU & NZ) and DMS Glass, Viridian offers new, advanced technology which will allow architects and designers to use glass in different ways.
Pilkington Activ™ self-cleaning glass is now on prominent and permanent display at the brand new IKEA store in the city centre of Coventry.
June 24 (Bloomberg) -- Nippon Sheet Glass Co., the world's largest maker of car windows, fell the most in a month in Tokyo trading as European regulators may fine the company and its rivals for price-fixing as early as next month.
Pilkington has gained approval from the largest fire testing facility in the UK, the Building Research Establishment (BRE), for its fire-resistant glazing in a new rooflight from NuLite Ltd.
We encounter glass everywhere – as window and facade glazing, coffee-table tops and shelving. A new process makes it possible to cut the brittle material cost-efficiently and opens up new applications thanks to superior edge quality.
28/05/2008 Glass-maker Pilkington is to invest £40m in one of its St Helens sites. The investment will enable the facility to use the latest advanced manufacturing technology to produce a range of innovative new glass products.
It’s almost as if an irresistible force is drawing Stuart Chambers towards the Asian continent. He spent the first 16 years of his life living there, and now, aged 51, has just accepted a new challenge that will see him spending 50 per cent of his…
Expands Distribution into China's Rapidly Growing Commercial Building Market Southwall Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:SWTX), the worldwide innovator and manufacturer of high performance, energy-saving films and glass products, announced on  May 29,…
CANTOR Software GmbH, a subsidiary of ALBAT+WIRSAM Software AG for glass, announces their successful completion of certification procedures for CANTOR Professional Version 2008.1 Linden, Germany (May 15, 2008) CANTOR Software GmbH announces their…
The owner of a construction-glass plant in Lathrop is proposing a $100 million upgrade, contingent on some government financial support.
The NSG Group is pleased to announce that its Pilkington Building Products business in North America is proposing an investment of around $100 million in its float glass facility in Lathrop, California.
PILKINGTON Special Glass has sold the last of its remaining business operations at St Asaph to a local company. Ten people from Pilkington’s Optical Disc business have transferred to Phoenix Optical Glass which is located nearby on St Asaph Business…
Space and hot water heating accounts for almost 90% of a household’s energy costs but coincidentally 90% of that could be saved if the home was insulated to Passive House standards, according to Saint-Gobain Isover UK.
The 700 metre square showroom and fitting hall lies alongside the Austrian HQ of worldwide car rental group Sixt.
TOKYO, April 23 (Reuters) - Nippon Sheet Glass Co (5202.T: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it has tapped former Pilkington executive Stuart Chambers as its new president and chief executive, in a rare move to put a foreigner at the top…
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. – AAMA 1801-08, a voluntary specification for acoustical testing, has been released by the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA).
Lister Trade Frames Ltd are currently campaigning to ensure that the positive opportunities in the market are not overlooked.
Nationwide Windows (UK) Ltd have designed the first A rated window to achieve BS7950 and be licensed as Secured By Design - a commercial breakthrough for energy rated windows.
Any windows can be self-cleaning, according to SCF Technologies. It has become the first company to develop an aftermarket window coating that uses the sun´s energy to break down dust and grime, saving time and helping protect the environment.
The ongoing American Axle strike and the resulting General Motors Corp. parts shortage will force at least 250 temporary layoffs at Shelbyville's Pilkington North America Co. plant, company officials announced Friday afternoon.
CSR Limited announces a new name in glass. It’s Viridian™. Representing a $1 billion plus commitment to more sustainable, market-responsive building products and technologies, Viridian is the sum of two impressive parts.
Glassmaker Pilkington has warned it will close its Denbighshire factory by the end of April unless a buyer can be found.
New energy saving glazing technology that delivers high performance windows whilst substantially reducing raw material and labour costs will be launched at Glassex (Stand B32) by silicone solutions company Dow Corning.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. (NSG) said on Thursday it would aim to cut the number of managers in Japan to help pay down debt taken on for its $4 billion acquisition of British glassmaker Pilkington in 2006 by implementing an "Enhanced Early…
The NSG Group has published its first Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report. The new format replaces the Environmental Social Activity Report the Group has produced since 2004.