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Effective December 11, 2006, Diamond Glass Companies, Inc. has announced the following personnel changes within the organization: - Ken Levine has assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer. - Bill Cogswell has returned to the company and assumed…

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The Glass Processing Group, which belongs to Kyro's main business area, Glaston  Technologies, will be consolidated into one company.

Spokesman for a glass processing company said the strength of laminated glass has spurred many goldsmith outlets to use the product.

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Question:I want to replace some old single-pane first-floor windows with glass-block windows for security.

The Wigan / UK plant of PPG Industries (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / USA; www.ppg.com) is to cease manufacture of chopped-strand glass fibre mat and concentrate on production of single-end, direct-draw rovings for the European market.

Newratings.com reported that in a research note published yesterday, analysts at BB&T Capital Markets downgrade PPG Industries Inc (PPG.

BEIJING -- In a pre-dawn darkness, 220,000 people fill the confines of Tiananmen Square, that mile-long monolith at the center of China's capital city.

Twenty-nine of the best auto glass technicians gathered for the second annual Auto Glass Technician Contest (the "Olympics" of Auto Glass Replacement), held November 1-3, 2006 in Las Vegas and three emerged victorious.

Lowellsun.com reported that an auto-body and glass company has moved from Peabody to a 5-acre parcel on Shawsheen Street, and hopes to expand its operations.

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PPG Industries Inc., may start paying $450 million in the first half of 2007 as part of an asbestos settlement. PPG and at least 36 insurers agreed to a $2.7 billion settlement more than four years ago.

PPG Industries Wigan, England, fiber glass plant is proposing to transform its manufacturing processes and work force to direct its focus on the European market for single-end, direct-draw rovings.

German automotive supplier Eberspächer has fared very well in vehicle heaters and exhaust gas technology, increasing their turnover in the first six months of 2006 by 32 % over the same period last year to EUR 973 million (EUR 734 million).

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