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March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Cie. de Saint-Gobain SA, Europe's largest provider of construction materials, plans to grant three board seats to buyout firm Wendel, its biggest shareholder, said four people directly involved in the talks.
Saint-Gobain finalized its acquisition of the Maxit group from HeidelbergCement on March 13, 2008, following approval from the European competition authorities on March 4, 2008 (subject to the subsequent divestment of two small subsidiaries…
Among Germany’s top employers, among university graduates and “young professionals”, Saint-Gobain takes 15th place with three of its companies.
The glass substrate industry is witnessing rapid growth in technological innovation driven by the market demand for larger size glasses.
It’s the big fires that make big headlines. But for every major fire, played out on our TV screens, there are hundreds of smaller ones – often with devastating consequences for the families who lose their homes or possessions, or worse.
GARDEN GROVE, CA and WOODBURY, NY, March 4, 2008 – GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems Inc. has acquired a license from Research Frontiers Inc. (Nasdaq: REFR), the developer and licensor of SPD-Smart™ light-control film technology.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. is set to pull the plug on the production of liquid crystal display glass substrates for television panels by selling its entire stake in a fifty-fifty joint venture with Hoya Corp. to a U.S. buyout fund, it was learned…
When the most stringent requirements for ease of processing, material qua-lity and function have to be satisfied, the TriSeal™ Super Spacer® is ideal for use in high-quality heat insulating glass.
The design of the new structured glass SGG MASTER SHINE® looks like a glass drop on a dull background and thus appears astonishingly shiny.
The massive scale and complexity of the redevelopment work underway around the King’s Cross area has presented the construction and building products industry with opportunities and challenges in almost equal numbers.
The Board of Directors of Biesse S.p.A., a global  leader in wood, glass and stone fabrication equipment and parent company of Biesse  America, Biesse Canada, Intermac America and Intermac Canada, recently announced  the following financial results…
SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS has increased the solar factor (g-value) of its flagship SGG PLANITHERM TOTAL low-emissivity glass thanks to successful R&D and investment at its UK coating facility.
Underlining its commitment to an increasingly global market, Wrightstyle, the UK-based supplier of specialist glass and glazing systems, has successfully completed a second round of stringent US fire tests designed to further extend its range of…
CORNING, N.Y., February 08, 2008 – Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) will tell investors today that it expects global demand for liquid crystal display (LCD) glass to grow 25% to 30% in 2008, representing an increase of more than 450 million square…
The new main building of the state development bank for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Düsseldorf is located in the lively setting of the Rhine promenade, the harbour, the state parliament building and the renatured Düssel.
Expansion of Taichung facility to support rapidly growing Taiwan market CORNING, N.Y., February 06, 2008 – Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) announced today that its board of directors has approved a capital expenditure plan of $453 million to further…
Saint-Gobain predicted "moderate" earnings growth in 2008 due to a possible U.S. recession and tighter credit conditions, after reporting a double-digit rise in 2007 profits that met market expectations.
Forbes reported that the European Commission said its new inquiry deadline for French building materials supplier Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA's proposed 2.125 bln eur acquisition of HeidelbergCement AG's premix and exclay maker maxit…
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics (SGPPL), headquartered in Aurora, Ohio, has acquired IFK Isofluor GmbH (IFK) of Neuss, Germany, a privately owned manufacturer of fluoropolymer tubing.
Saint-Gobain and Novaled have demonstrated the feasibility of large area OLEDs, based on a new high-performance metallic anode.
To further enhance customer service and support to glaziers, architects, specifiers and other commercial construction industry professionals in Canada, Technical Glass Products (TGP) is opening a Toronto office and has hired Ron Pitts as Canadian…
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics of Aurora has acquired IFK Isofluor GmbH, a German manufacturer of fluoropolymer tubing, for an undisclosed price.
Ariane Apler has been appointed Vice President, Sales and Marketing of Saint-Gobain Glass Exprover North America. In her new position, Apler will be in charge of float and pattern-based basic glass and specialty products manufactured at Saint-Gobain…
Saint-Gobain’s Building Distribution Sector announces the acquisition of DLH’s building materials distribution division and the launch of exclusive negotiations for the purchase of the Estonian building materials distributor Famar Desi.
The city has set its sights on a former glassworks factory as the new home for its public-works yard, a necessary move to make a transit village a reality.