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Glassmaker Pilkington reassured its shareholders today that it has started the year well despite some difficult background conditions.
Owens Corning today announced that it is beginning a nearly $25 million expansion of its Aiken, S.C. manufacturing facility to support the recent launch of a composite solution that is transforming the building materials industry.
The following stocks are on the move on Thursday: **ASAHI GLASS (5201.T: Quote, Profile, Research) EXTENDS LOSS, REVISES DOWN FORECASTS**Asahi Glass Co., Japan's biggest comprehensive glass maker, extends losses into a fifth session, falling 2.…
Asahi India Glass on Tuesday announced a jump of 19 per cent in its net profit to Rs 16.39 crore for the first quarter ended June 30 of the current fiscal from Rs 13.73 crore for the same period last year.
Debate is raging in the construction industry about the external facades of commercial buildings. The government will next year introduce rules on energy performance, which will mean big changes for glass manufacturers.
Electronic materials and components supplier Corning Inc. posted second quarter earnings of $165 million, or 11 cents per share on sales of $1.1 billion, up from $108 million, or 8 cents per share on sales of $971 million in the year-ago quarter.
Mexican glass maker Vitro said on Tuesday it was mulling selling assets as part of an effort to slash the debt burden at its holding company level and focus on its core activities.
It added Czech glassworks in particular had considerable room to raise their supplies to the USA, owing to growing demand.
Several market players are buying Haldyn Glass, a company making glass bottles for cosmetic and beer industry, due to strong growth expected in the current financial year.Dealers said the company has turned around in the last financial year.
The famous Fenton Art Glass Company will celebrate their 100th anniversary this summer with a world-class Centennial Celebration that takes place July 29th through August 2nd.
Glass manufacturer Pilkington has been fined $310,000 over the death of a Melbourne man crushed by eight tonnes of glass that toppled from a forklift.
Asahi Glass Co. (AGC) of Japan is expected to get the land space needed for its expansion project in Taiwan by the end of the year, according to a ranking official of BES Engineering Corp. in Yunlin Technology Industrial Park.
Without a lot of public fanfare but with deep gratitude, the Birmingham Museum of Art continually receives gifts and support that enables the museum to strengthen and expand its collections.
Japan's largest glass maker Asahi Glass said on Thursday its affiliate will spend nearly six billion rupees ($140 mn) to build a new plant in India as the growing economy there sees a boom in construction and cars.
The chemicals business at PPG Industries Inc. surpassed its traditional glass products business in total sales -- with both behind its No. 1 coatings business -- the company said Thursday in reporting strong results that included record quarterly…
The government, seeking to prevent further illnesses caused by asbestos, will urge 18 industry organizations to immediately stop using the toxic material and switch to safer substitutes, officials said Wednesday.
Shares of Anchor Glass Container Corp. plummeted 54 percent Tuesday after the Tampa company disclosed a deepening financial crisis.
Corning Incorporated, announced that its board of directors has approved an additional capital expenditure of approximately $100 million for expanded capabilities at its new clean-diesel products manufacturing facility in Erwin, N.Y.
The stock and high-yield bonds of Anchor Glass Container Corp. plunged Tuesday after the company said it miss a bond interest payment due next month and might have to delay its second-quarter filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission due to…
Diamond Triumph Auto Glass, Inc., announced it has acquired the retail auto and fabrication glass assets of Settles Glass Companies, Incorporated.
XsunX, Inc., developer of Power Glass(tm)-- an innovative solar technology that allows glass windows to produce electricity from the power of the sun, announced today that it has secured a total of $10,850,000 in financing with Cornell Capital…
Sources inform "Globes" that the plan to make the Great Crater in the Negev Desert a nature reserve will prevent sand from being extracted from the site.
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Lumiglass Industries LLC, a Dubai Investments subsidiary, has become the first company in the UAE to receive ECE 43R certification, the European standard for automobile glass safety and equivalent US Department of Transportation number DOT 806 for…