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The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued a decision denying confirmation of the most recent amended plan of reorganization for Pittsburgh Corning Corporation after normal business hours last evening.
Waste firm Biffa has expanded its commercial glass recycling service to cover the West Midlands, South Wales and the M1 corridor including Derby, Nottingham and Sheffield.
The proportion of recycled glass used to make new glass containers in the UK has fallen, according to newly-published figures for the 12 months up to August 2006.
Glass recyclers want the Government to encourage the use of crushed glass instead of mineral aggregate in base course for roading.
Cherwell council is expanding a glass collection scheme after the success of a pilot, which involved reusable bags. Around 4,000 reusable bags were delivered to households in the district, able to hold around six bottles – this allowed residents to…
Cory Environmental has said that is now sending mixed glass collected in Cornwall directly to Portugal. According to the company the move makes more sense environmentally and will mean that it isn't adding to road congestion.
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.
Environment and Tourism Minister Willem Konjore officially launched the Glass Recycling Company in Windhoek on Thursday. Speaking at the event, Konjore noted that glass recycling is a very difficult industry.
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.
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has been named a finalist for the 2007 Automotive News PACE Award. The 13th annual PACE (Premier Automotive Suppliers’ Contribution to Excellence) Award is presented by Microsoft, SAP, Transportation Research Center Inc. (…
Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:APOG) announced it is reaffirming its existing fiscal year 2007 earnings guidance, in advance of upcoming meetings with investors in several cities.
There is still good demand for recycled glass from the aggregates industry – despite the decision by cement firm Cemex to stop using the material.
PPG Industries has acquired privately held Sierracin Corporation, Sylmar, Calif., a supplier of aerospace transparencies, including windshields, windows and canopies.
The PPG coil and extrusion coatings group has published a new brochure highlighting its new Certified Applicator™ Program (PPG/CAP).The program is modeled after the Certified Fabricator™ Program (PPG/CFP) PPG developed to serve the architectural…
Ameron International Corp. completed the sale of its worldwide Performance Coatings & Finishes business to PPG Industries on Aug. 1, the company said Wednesday.
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has reached agreement to acquire the Performance Coatings and Finishes business of Ameron International Corporation, Pasadena, Calif., (NYSE:AMN).
Applied Industrial Technologies has been selected as a PPG Industries, Inc. Excellent Supplier for 2005.
PPG Industries has installed a $1.6-million unit to recycle waste fiber glass at its fiber glass manufacturing plant in Hoogezand, the Netherlands.
There is new information tonight in a labor dispute that may keep hundreds of workers off the job. The contract covering union workers at PPG industries in Lake Charles was set to expire at midnight tonight, but the contract has been extended for…
A nationwide glass recycling crisis is forcing a Wairarapa rethink on managing waste tonnages – including a call to drink more beer from cans not bottles.
Businesses in the glazing and window replacement sector are the latest to benefit from a series of WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) trials to improve recycling services for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
Scott Sinetar, general manager of sales and marketing for architectural coatings, has been named vice president, architectural coatings, North America, PPG Industries officials announced today.