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| The opposition of the shareholders of Sika AG to the hostile takeover bid by Saint-Gobain continues to mount.
| Turkey's biggest glassmaker Sisecam said on Tuesday its Pasabahce unit, which makes tableware and home furnishings, has ended talks to acquire shares in Arc International, a French household goods maker.
| Sisecam, Turkey's biggest glassmaker, said on Monday its Pasabahce unit, which makes tableware and home furnishings, has started talks to acquire shares in Arc International, a French household goods maker. Read more here.
| BAODING, China, May 17, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), a leading solar energy company and one of the world's largest…
| France’s state-owned utility is partnering with an American solar panel manufacturer to build a 90 million euro ($128 million) solar manufacturing plant that would be the largest in France, the two announced on Thursday.
| For the fifth year in a row, Saint-Gobain will be attending the European Research and Innovation Exhibition that will be held from June 3 to 5, at the Porte de Versailles Exhibition Center in Paris (France).
| Glassman Europe will be coming to Lyon, France on the 13-14th May. The event brings together suppliers of equipment and materials used at every stage of the primary glass manufacturing process, and is the must attend glass event of 2009.
| Research and Markets has announced the addition of “Flat Glass in France - Portfolio Analysis” to their offering.
| Research and Markets has announced the addition of Glass in France - Portfolio Analysis to their offering. The Plimsoll Portfolio Analysis - GLASS is a comprehensive evaluation of the French market.
| 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…
| Fitch Ratings affirmed Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's long-term issuer default and senior unsecured ratings at 'A-' and short-term IDR at 'F2' following the announcement that the French glassmaker was fined 133.9 mln eur by the…
| Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has reported a 6% rise in sales for the first half of 2007, on an actual structure basis, to €21.78bn (US$29.75bn).
| 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…
| Consolidated first-quarter sales for the Saint-Gobain Group came in at EUR10,447 million, compared with EUR9,745 million in the same year-ago period, representing a rise of 7.2% on an actual structure basis and 9.0% at constant exchange rates.
| Saint-Gobain Isover is to build a new, 70,000-ton capacity glass wool plant in Chemillé, (Maine-et-Loire) France. The plant is due to begin production at the end of 2008, will create approximately 150 jobs.
| Forbes.com reported that French glass and engineering group Compagnie de Saint-Gobain said it plans to shut its iron pipe manufacturing operation in the UK in April 2007 with the possible loss of 220 jobs.
| Saint-Gobain SA said it has formed a partnership with Royal Dutch Shell PLC to develop a new technology of solar panels consisting of thin films of copper indium selenide (CIS) on glass, instead of traditional silicon wafers.
| Alex McLeod, managing director and Nicolas Suret, plant manager of British Gypsum-Isover, talked to Jayne Flannery about the unique properties of Isowool and the drive towards world class manufacturing excellenceIn 1996, French group Saint-Gobain…
| The board of French building materials maker Saint-Gobain will meet later on Monday to consider the size of a raised hostile bid for BPB after the plasterboard maker rejected calls for friendly talks over the weekend, said a source close to the…
| Saint-Gobain SA, the French building materials group, is this weekend making a last-ditch approach to the board of BPB PLC in an effort to seal an agreed 3.8 bln stg takeover of the British plasterboard company, both The Sunday Times and The Sunday…