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Construction of Pilkington's new automotive plant in India has begun.The laminated windscreen facility is the first phase of a three-stage, five-year investment project which will also include a toughened and laminated OE facility and a float…
AUSTRALIA'S third-largest building-products maker CSR has paid $690 million for glassmaker Pilkington Australasia. The deal for the Melbourne business, which has 1700 employees, saw CSR beat offers from consortiums reportedly led by private…
Lifts in The Shires shopping centre in Leicester have been created using 400 metres square of Pilkington Planar™/Sentry Glas Plus with Pilkington OptiWhite™ .
Reuters reported that Apogee Enterprises Inc. (APOG.O: Quote, Profile , Research), which makes glass for office-building exteriors and picture frames, said on Tuesday that first quarter profit more than doubled, helped by strong results in its…
This week crews poured the 60th and last residential floor at One Rincon, the condominium atop San Francisco's Rincon Hill.
AwardThe NSG Automotive business has won a Superior Quality Award for its performance in supplying Toyota.Awards are based on quality performance and on recommendation from Toyota factories.
Pilkington has launched a new ultra-efficient insulating glass unit which performs twice as well as a standard Part L IGU.The Pilkington energiKare™ IGU helps windows to achieve a minimum of band C under the new UK Window Energy Ratings scheme.
After months of planning, work is ready to begin next week on the installation of the new curtain wall at Indiana Square.
After years of delays, Greece's new Acropolis Museum will open its gates to the public in early 2008, giving new impetus to efforts to bring home the Parthenon marbles from the British Museum.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (“the Company”) announces the revisions made to its outlook of consolidated and non-consolidated operating results published on 6th July 2007 and the recognition of extra-ordinary loss for the full fiscal year 2007 (…
Burj Dubai, on course to becoming the world's tallest tower, is taking its final shimmering form as installation of curtain wall glass panels commenced on Level 19 of the super-structure developed by Emaar Properties.
Pilkington has taken a leaf out of children's favourite, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and helped to create two glass elevators.
The Corning Museum of Glass Hot Glass Roadshow is setting up near the spot where glassmaking was first attempted in North America.
No other material is associated more closely with modern architecture than glass. In combination with new technologies, this versatile material offers a broad range of possibilities ranging from lighting to construction using solar technology.
A new mixed-use development is primed to add glitz and a pair of 44-story high-rises to a city on the rebound.
Redlands has the only museum in the United States devoted entirely to American-made glass. Since it opened to the public in 1985, the Historical Glass Museum has built a collection with more than 6,000 pieces of American glass from the mid-1800s to…
The race among the world's cities to build the ultimate record-busting, flat-out tallest skyscraper on the planet is fast and furious.
Pilkington North America Inc. has taken down 203,245 sf of industrial space at Buckeye 75 Distribution Park in the southwest Valley.
Guardian Industries Corp. today announced the introduction of ShowerGuard® UltraWhite™ low-iron glass for high-end shower enclosures, where thicker glass is often preferred by interior designers and homeowners.
Stevanato Group purchase 100% of Optrel, a company situated in Vicenza, ITALY, specialized in the manufacturing of inspection machines for the pharmaceutical Industry.  The addition of this asset will further enhance the Group’s Engineering Division.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (“NSG”) confirms that Pilkington Group Limited (“Pilkington”), a member of NSG Group, received a further Statement of Objections on 20 April 2007 from the European Commission.
A daring piece of architecture for The Loop, Aqua comes off more as a massive sculpture than as a condominium block in the crowded heart of the city.
Four glass artists from Stankard Studio will talk about and sign their work at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the GlassMarket at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning.
China and the United Kingdom are the top international markets for U.S. architecture firms, according to a recent market research survey of 629 U.S. architects commissioned by PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG).
Rockford Art Museum opened HE & SHE: Vallien and Hydman-Vallien, showcasing the work of internationally acclaimed glass artists Bertil Vallien and Ulrica Hydman-Vallien in a joint exhibition on March 31.