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The chief executive of Pilkington is to take on a beefed-up executive role at its Japanese parent months after steering the British glassmaker through its £2.2bn takeover.
An optical glass and thermo-electric products factory started operation on December 11 in the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Zone of southern Binh Duong province.
Vitro,  announced that it had  finalized the sale of real estate currently occupied by its subsidiary Vidriera  Mexico (Vimex) in Mexico City for US$100 million.
Business.inq7.net reported that the Department of Trade and Industry has extended by three years the general safeguard measure against imported float glass, saying the local industry needs more time to adjust to become competitive.
Emhart Glass, is investing EUR 15 million in a new research facility in the USA. In so doing, Emhart Glass is seeking to develop and bring to market enhanced methods for improving the glass forming process.
The construction of a large-scale modern glass producing and processing center by Jingniu Group, one of the renowned Chinese glass producers, is in full swing in Kadoma, an industrial city in central Zimbabwe.
Pilkington is to build and operate a 550 tonnes per day capacity float line in Abu Dhabi, through a new joint venture company, Pilkington Emirates LLC.
On July 27, Saint-Gobain and Owens Corning announced plans to establish a joint venture, bringing together the two companies’ reinforcements and composites businesses.
Vitro  S.A. de C.V. (BMV: VITROA; NYSE: VTO) one of the world's largest producers  and distributors of glass products, today announced 3Q'06 unaudited  results.
Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas). Cardinal FG Company has begun operation at the newest float glass plant in North America.
A new float plant joins the Group with the warm-up of the CS1 plant at Changsu, China. Construction work has been completed in record time – just 16 months.
Indiatimes.com reported that in a move that could set a precedent for warring Indian and foreign partners, the core group of Foreign Investment Promotion Board on Thursday ruled in favour of US glass major Guardian Industries which wants to set up a…
Saint-Gobain SEFPRO offers the widest range of electrofused and high grade sintered refractories. It is as well an active actor in the field of unshaped refractories, expendables (including lip stones for patterned glass production) and regenerator…
In response to the continued growth in demand for flat glass in central Europe, Glaverbel has decided to build a third float line at its Retenice plant (Teplice) in the Czech Republic.
Emirates Float Glass has revealed that a group of investors from across the GCC will contribute to the total equity of EFG, with the overall share ratio comprising 30% for GCC investors and 70% for UAE investors.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. (NSG), the world's sixth-largest glass maker, will move alongside front-runner Asahi Glass Co., in terms of sales, after the 616 billion yen acquisition of third-ranked British glass maker Pilkington PLC, by the end of…
Vitro S.A. de C.V. one of the world's largest producers and distributors of glass products, today announced 1Q'06 unaudited results.
Libbey Inc. (NYSE: LBY) has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire from Vitro, S.A. de C.V. (Vitro) its 51 percent of Vitrocrisa Holdings, S de R.L. de C.V. and related companies (Crisa), bringing Libbey's ownership of…
Vitro, S.A. de C.V. announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its 51 percent interest in Vitrocrisa Holdings, S de R.
Plans to set up the textbook sustainable enterprise - creating 200 jobs converting contaminated waste into recycled glass on a brownfield site in a deprived area - look to have collapsed.
The contribution to business success in the shape of technology comes in many forms. For Pilkington it came with the help of a washing up bowl.Alastair Pilkington, then technical director of the "family" business, conceived the idea of…
In the past half-century, scientific and technological advances have transformed our world. PM convened a panel of 25 experts to identify innovations that have made the biggest impact, from the hospital to outer space to the kitchen.
Diamon-Fusion International, Inc. (DFI Nanotechnology), global developer and exclusive licensor of the Diamon-Fusion® patented hydrophobic nanotechnology, is the recipient of multiple marketing annual awards as announced by the prestigious US Glass…
Viet Nam’s glass-makers are now in an ideal position to step up exports of construction-grade glass, according to Viet Nam Glass Association.
Emirates Float Glass (EFG) LLC, founded by Dubai Investments PJSC has announced that the ground breaking ceremony of its 320,000 square meters plot at Industrial City of Abu Dhabi (ICAD 2), will be held on February 14, 2006.