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Nippon Sheet Glass Co., supplier of car windows, returned to profit in the second quarter after a weaker yen against the pound and euro increased the value of earnings from Europe, its biggest market.
Class counsel for businesses and individuals that purchased Thin Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Display (TFT-LCD) products directly from manufacturers announced that last week plaintiffs filed a consolidated class action complaint charging…
China's largest auto glass maker Fuyao Industry Group Co Ltd will open an overseas manufacturing base in the next three to five years, its president said.
American Glass Products (AGP) is pleased to announce that it will unveil its AGP Vario Plus-Sky SPD-SmartGlass™ as well as its AGP Vario Plus-Polar glass at the 2007 SEMA Show in Las Vegas this week.
While every automaker includes noise-reducing structures and packages in the production phase of the vehicle, a pervasive weak link in noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) solutions for vehicles is the glass, more specifically the windshield, writes…
Corning Incorporated announced the commercial  launch of EAGLE XG(TM), the industry's first liquid crystal  display (LCD) glass substrate that is free of all heavy  metals.
At the 40th Tokyo Motor Show 2007, Hino Motors, Ltd., a subsidary of Toyota Motor Corporation, is featuring a new concept motorcoach with windows using Research Frontiers' patented SPD-Smart light-control technology.
Applied Materials, Inc.expanded its solutions for TFT-LCD(1) flat panel display (FPD) manufacturing, with the launch of its breakthrough AKT-PiVot™ 55KV PVD(1) system for depositing metal and TCO(1) materials on Gen 8.5 (5.5m2) glass substrates.
Craftsman Fabricated Glass, Ltd. has acquired a license from Research Frontiers Inc. to make SPD-Smart™ laminated glass and plastic products using Research Frontiers’ patented SPD light-control film.
The Group's Automotive Business Line is supplying all the glass for the 50th anniversary version of Fiat's iconic Cinquecento.
Pilkington Automotive has purchased the GIMA aftermarket business, operating in Hungary and Romania. With 200 people across 21 locations in Romania and five locations in Hungary, GIMA will operate as part of the Aftermarket Europe business of…
PPG Industries’ automotive refinish business introduced the exclusive SideView Window format, which provides an open window adjacent to each color chip, in its all-new 2008 Domestic Color Information Book.
Business Wire reported that Isoclima S.p.A., a licensee of Research Frontiers Incorporated (Nasdaq: REFR), announced that it will feature its CromaLite™ brand of SPD-SmartGlass™ at two upcoming trade shows in Europe.
Chicago, IL – Glass America, one of the largest independently-owned automobile glass replacement and repair companies in the country, has joined forces with IGA, the Independent Glass Association.
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the worldwide automotive industry is now available to its catalogue.
Smart film is an intelligent high-grade functional film, which can adjust light under different voltage to switch between direct and scattered light, carrying out the dual requirements of transparency of glass and privacy protection.
The Round Rock, Texas-based Equalizer Industries has upgraded from an Emerald sponsorship to a Sapphire sponsorship for the Third Annual Auto Glass Technician Olympics (AGTO).
Schuco USA L.P., American supplier of solar power systems, markets building-integrated photovoltaic modules "Made in Germany".
PPG Industries has signed an agreement with Platinum Equity of Beverly Hills, Calif., under which the company would divest its automotive original equipment manufacture (OEM) glass and automotive replacement glass (ARG) and services businesses.
Asahi India Glass Ltd sees 13-14 percent growth in automotive glass segment and 50 percent growth in architectural glass in FY08, a senior company official said on Thursday.
The Linden, Utah-based Glazex is serving as a Sapphire sponsor for the Second Annual Walt Gorman Memorial Windshield Repair Olympics (WRO).
Edgetech I.G. Inc. in Cambridge, Ohio, announced that it has been ranked in the inaugural Inc. 5,000 list of the fastest growing private companies in the United States with 61.9 percent growth from 2003-2006.
PPG Industries and iGlass Projects Pty. Ltd. of Australia announced today they have signed an agreement to develop and commercialize dimmable glazing for automotive sunroofs.
Dubai Investments', or DI's corporate arm, Glass LLC, will be developing three more glass producing facilities in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Jordan over the next three to six months as part of its ongoing expansion to address the region…
Since 1959, Pittsburgh Plate Glass has had an automotive glass division in Crestline.While that’s not likely to change soon, other changes, including employee layoffs, are still possible for PPG Crestline by the end of the summer.