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In its never-ending quest for integrated architectural glass solutions, Glaverbel is launching Blackpearl - a glass with exceptional aesthetic and processing properties, the ideal choice for architects looking for a perfect balance between spandrel…
Vitro, S.A. de C.V. ("Vitro") (NYSE: VTO; BMV: VITROA) announced that its subsidiary Vitro Plan, S.A. de C.V. ("Vitro Plan"), Vitro's flat glass division, closed on August 22nd, 2005 the private issuance of US$21.5 million…
The US Department of Commerce found Chinese makers of automotive replacement glass guilty of selling their products for less than their manufacturing costs.
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, a leader in the processing of high-performance engineered polymers, reaches exclusive material distribution agreement.
Shares of Mexican glass maker Vitro have surged almost 50 percent in the last two weeks, but analysts say a planned asset sale alone does not justify the rally, with no other good news around the corner.Trading volume in the normally tranquil stock…
A Tampa company's financial woes may mean trouble for the makers of Snapple, Yoo-Hoo and Nantucket Nectars.On Wednesday, Anchor Glass Container Corp. sought bankruptcy court permission to cancel its five-year contract with British conglomerate…
Rexam Plc, the world's largest beverage-can maker, said first-half profit fell 24 percent partly on one-time costs for the sale of its U.K. glass unit.
Japanese stocks may fall from four- year highs. Exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp. and Canon Inc. may slip after oil prices rose and U.S. home sales slowed, suggesting growth in the world's largest economy may ease.
Brunei moved a step closer in achieving its aspiration to diversify the country's economy from oil and gas with a landmark signing of Memorandum of Understanding for a Float Glass Plant project in the Sultanate.
This year's British Glass Annual Health & Safety Conference and Exhibition (jointly with Glass & Glazing Federation) is to be held at the Mere Golf and Country Club in Knutsford on the 2nd November 2005.
Stratic Energy Corporation ("Stratic" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. William Harrison as a non-executive Director of the Company. Mr.
Anchor Glass Container Corp. plans to pay its newly named CEO, Mark Burgess, a $600,000 salary plus bonuses to steer the company through bankruptcy.
Amid the destruction wrought by car bombs over the past two years in Iraq, there are some merchants who, by dint of their trade, have done well out of the mayhem, and glaziers fit that profit-from-misfortune group.
Sono-Tek Corporation announced that it has received a $258,000 order for its new "IMPACT" glass coating system. The order was received from a major international glass manufacturer.
Saint-Gobain plans to open a 9 bln eur credit facility in connection with its 3.68 bln stg bid to acquire UK plasterboard group BPB PLC, and has named Deutsche Bank as lead arranger, a joint UBS and BNP Paribas statement said.
Low solar factor, effective thermal insulation and high selectivity are the characteristics of two new types of solar control glazing by the Interpane Group (“ipasol shine 40/21” and “ipasol sky 50/26”).
Kuka Robotics Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of industrial robots, today announced it has been selected by Grenzebach Corporation of Newnan, Georgia to provide six-axis robots for Grenzebach's high speed glass stacker.
The Black Sea Bank for Reconstruction and Trade announced on the approval of credits for equipment of the Glass plant in Azerbaijan.
Glass bottle manufacturing plant that was within weeks of having its equipment auctioned off was sold Wednesday to a Pittsburgh businessman who plans on reopening the plant.William Kelman, owner of L.E.
Global Home Products LLC allegedly violated New Source Review provisions at its Lancaster, Ohio, glass manufacturing plant, the U.S.
Anchor Glass Container Corporation (Nasdaq:AGCCQ) announced today that effective August 10, 2005, the Company arranged a $15 million debtor-in-possession secured term financing facility through a group of financial institutions that are members of…
William Kelman, the Pittsburgh businessman who purchased a small art glass company in Westmoreland County this year, yesterday said he has agreed to buy the assets of Glenshaw Glass Co., a shuttered bottle maker in Shaler.
Pilkington was downgraded to 'hold' from 'add' at DKW as a rush of bid speculation recently pushed up its share price. DKW said it does not foresee a takeover but didn’t rule out a foreign investor running the slide rule over the…
The Henderson glass container manufacturing facility of Saint-Gobain Containers has been recognized for its production of an award-winning package in a national packaging design competition called the Clear Choice Awards.
Glass bottles could once again roll off the production lines at Glenshaw Glass Co. in Shaler. Negotiations continued into the early evening Monday to sell the closed company, which yesterday was only weeks away from having its glass-making equipment…