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Major glass users in New Zealand have agreed to pay a voluntary levy on imported glass to cover a shortfall between the costs of collecting the glass and the price paid for it by glass recyclers.

Derrick Ketchum, an employee of Owens Brockway Glass Container in Godfrey, filed a 12-count, $600,000 suit against his employer and Castrol Inc. claiming he was sickened from exposure to Syntilo 9918 and other “metal working fluids.

Owens-Illinois, Inc. announced that Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Owens-Illinois, Inc., has extended its pending offer to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") (1) $400 million aggregate principal…

Glass and beverage companies, consumer groups and government yesterday launched a national glass recycling campaign that follows the plastic bag recycling campaign launched two years ago.

A step towards ending glass pollution in South Africa was taken on Thursday, when deputy environment minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi signed a memorandum of understanding with business on glass recycling.

Anchor Glass Posts Wider First-Quarter Loss As Lower Volumes, Rising Costs Weigh on Bottom Line Anchor Glass Container Corp. posted a wider loss for the first quarter, hurt by restructuring charges, rising costs and lower volumes.

Traditionally the keynote speakers have been visionaries in the industry. They have tended to focus on new ideas, trends and subjects for the glass industry as a whole.

Consolidated sales for the Saint-Gobain Group in the first quarter of 2005, calculated in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), came in at €7,633 million, compared with €7,261 million for the same period in 2004 (…

Owens Illinois Inc. will close a plant that makes plastic bottles for the health care industry, putting as many as 65 people out of work.

Stockpiles of glass are piling up around the country after the only glass reprocessor slashed its price for used glass.

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Anchor Glass Company has licensed the BOC (NYSE: BOX) CGM(TM) technology for glass processing in Anchor's Warner Robins, Georgia, glass container manufacturing plant.

Reflecting one of the most ambitious transformations in its 102-year history, the world's largest manufacturer of glass packaging, Owens-Illinois, Inc., (NYSE: OI) will begin doing business globally as O-I.

The amount of recycled glass used in making new containers has increased by more than ten times over the past year, according to figures released by trade confederation British Glass.

New figures from British Glass have revealed a 17% increase in the amount of UK glass packaging recycled in 2004 compared to the previous year.

Glass bottle maker Owens-Illinois Inc. said it expects to improve profits with its newly acquired European container company by trimming 950 jobs and production overseas.

At the NAHB Green Building Conference at Atlanta, Owens Corning today announced that its line of fiber glass insulation products has been certified to contain an average of 35 percent recycled content by leading third-party certifier Scientific…

Anchor Glass Container Corp. announced a 6-percent drop in sales for the fourth quarter of 2004. The Tampa-based manufacturer said it lost $81.4 million, or $3.30 per share, on sales of $157 million.

City leaders are hoping that glass container maker Owens-Illinois Inc. will consider its long history in the city when deciding whether to move out of its downtown headquarters.

In recognition of its inventive packaging design for pharmaceutical vials, Owens-Illinois Inc. has received an Ease-of-Use Commendation from the Arthritis Foundation on the 1-Clic(R) Packaging System. Owens-Illinois is a world-class supplier of…

Dubai Investments PJSC is planning to set up a manufacturing plant for float glass in the UAE at an estimated investment of Dh735 million.

Owens-Illinois, Inc., announced that Helge H. Wehmeier has been appointed to serve on the Company's Board of Directors effective January 25.Mr.

The Florida company that suddenly shut down its South Connellsville glass plant last November now faces a class-action lawsuit that claims the company violated a federal law when it didn't give approximately 320 workers a 60-day notice.

Sono-Tek Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SOTK - News), the world's leader in ultrasonic spray nozzle technology, today announced the successful installation of its WideTrack glass coating system on a production line of a major float glass…

As early as next month, Wichita residents may have a new place to take their empty cereal boxes, milk jugs, old newspapers and glass bottles.