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XYG Glass is launching its new PV glass products at the Solar Power 2007 Trade Show to meet increasing demands from PV module manufacturers for high performance & quality PV glass.
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News services reported concerns expressed by the European Federation of Wine and Spirit Importers and Distributors in which Federation members claimed to be “confronted with” a shortage of glass bottles.
The Saint-Gobain Glasfaserwerk in Herzogerath will celebrate its 50th anniversary together with its employees on 8th September with an Open Day.
DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions (DPVS) exhibited a broad and growing portfolio of films, resins for encapsulants, encapsulant films, conductive pastes and more, at the 22nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition – the world'…
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Saint-Gobain has announced the acquisition from HeidelbergCement of Maxit group, manufacturer of industrial mortars. Maxit has 5,130 employees and in 2006 reported sales of €1,237 million.
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As temperatures reach or top 90 degrees outside, temperatures inside the Saint-Gobain Containers plant, tucked away at the end of Center Street, are even higher.As beer bottles glow red hot an arm's length away, workers step toward open windows…
Saint-Gobain has announced the acquisition from HeidelbergCement of Maxit group, manufacturer of industrial mortars.
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SCHOTT Solar, a 100 percent subsidiary of the worldwide SCHOTT group, and WACKER Chemie AG plan to set up two joint ventures to produce and market silicon wafers for solar applications.
SALES: up 6.0% to €21,779 million up 6.9% like-for-like*OPERATING INCOME: up 15.3% to €2,093 million up 16.6% like-for-like*RECURRING NET INCOME**: up 31.2% to €1,067 millionNet income amounts to €465 million, taking into account the €650 million…
Saint-Gobain has announced the acquisition of the Norandex group in the United States from Owens Corning. Norandex has 2,200 employees and delivered sales of $866 million in 2006 split into two activities: building materials distribution and vinyl…
Saint-Gobain announces that definitive agreements to sell its Reinforcements and Composites activities to Owens Corning were signed on the 27th of July, 2007.
SALES: up 6.0% to EUR21,779 million up 6.9% like-for-like(*) - OPERATING INCOME: up 15.3% to EUR2,093 million up 16.6% like-for-like(*) - RECURRING NET INCOME(**): up 31.2% to EUR1,067 million Net income amounts to EUR465 million, taking into…
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