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One of leading green-field investors in Bulgaria, Turkish glassware producer Sisecam, has made a bow to local culture and history giving the start to a limited series of glassware.
One of China's earliest examples of fine glasswork is being showcased at an auction preview. Once a musical instrument, the piece is scheduled for sale later this week.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Nippon Sheet Glass Co. said group net profit for its first half grew more than fivefold because of a strong contribution from its purchase of Pilkington PLC of the U.K. earlier this year.
Focus on packaging and sterile syringes made of borosilicate tubular glass Pharmaceutical glass packaging in its widely varied forms is exhibited by the Gerresheimer Group at the latest API China – a specialist congress for pharmaceutical and…
Nippon Sheet Glass Co expects to post a nearly fourfold rise in net profit of 30 bln yen for the year to March 2007, benefiting from contributions from UK glass maker, Pilkington PLC.
Although the factory shut in 1986 is being demolished, the legacy of Fostoria glass is being preserved at the Fostoria Glass Society of America's Museum, which has been open since 1991.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co said it has completed its acquisition of UK glass maker Pilkington PLC. A Nippon Sheet Glass statement says the acquisition means its group will have the largest share of the sheet glass market, with sales of about 760 bln yen…
Sisecam has introduced a new single end roving - WR5 - to the composites market. WR5 single end roving is made of E-glass fibers and is designed especially for weaving processes.
The glassware factory in Targovishte owned by Turkish glass and chemicals group Turkey Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari (Sisecam) has been commissioned by FIFA, soccer's world governing body, and soft drinks giant Coca-Cola to manufacture 6 mln…
Mining and processing company Kaolin, launched Wednesday a factory for foundry sands in Devnya, in the coastal Varna area.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. said Monday that it will acquire the 80 percent stake it doesn't have of Britain's Pilkington PLC in a deal worth 358.5 billion yen (US$3 billion; euro2.6 billion).
Although ninth president of Turkey Süleyman Demirel was the last to speak, he summed up Dr. ªahap Kocatopçu's career by praising him for “still doing his best to serve this country and his people.
GlassTech Asia 2005, which has opened yesterday at the Challenger Hall 3 of IMPACT, is projected to generate Baht 450 million in revenue for Thailand during its three days of exhibition from 30 November-2 December 2005.
The biggest Swedish company producing glass and cut-glass ware “Orrefors/Kosta Boda” is interested in establishing contacts with the Belarusian cut-glass manufacturers, the meeting between Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to…
The first one of the three Targovishte-based plants of Turkey's giant glass producer Sisecam was officially opened on Wednesday.The plant was officially inaugurated with the launch of the world's biggest glass furnace.
Ersin Ozince, director general of Isbank and president of Sisecam Executive Board, said on Monday that the new glass factory of Anadolu Glass Industry Inc. in Ufa city of Bashkortostan would create employment for 3,200 persons directly and for 15,…
Glassware maker Libbey Incorporated said Monday that poor sales and high natural gas costs will drop earnings per share to between 13 and 15 cents for the first quarter.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. - Instead of back-stabbing and underpricing to keep their businesses afloat, a group of competing glassware manufacturers are doing the unusual: opening outlet stores together.
Citing sluggish economic conditions and the negative impact on sales to foodservice customers related to the events of September 11, 2001, Libbey Inc. anounced that diluted earnings per share for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2001, were 45…
Moody's Investors Service has changed the outlook of the Baa2 senior unsecured long-term debt ratings of Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.'s (NSG)to stable from positive.