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| Saint-Gobain Reinforcement and Owens Corning announced today that they have entered into a joint venture agreement in order to set up a fiberglass manufacturing unit.
| Mid 20th Century antiques hold a nostalgic allure for most of us over fifty. As Howard Meadows, local glass collector points out, "it was all part of our own history." We grew up with many of these beautiful things in our homes and…
| The new Post Tower, the headquarters of the privatised German postal service, is the biggest single project in Pilkington Optiwhite ever undertaken.
| DuPont has selected Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide as its lead global communications agency. This is the first time in its 200-year history that DuPont has consolidated marketing and communications across its businesses and the corporate brand with a…
| Consolidated net sales decreased 4 percent in fiscal 2003 to $771.8 million from $802.3 million in fiscal 2002.
| Absolute Glass Protection, Inc. announces that it has deregistered 400,000 shares of common stock. On May 6, 2003, Absolute Glass Protection, Inc. filed a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement (previously filed on…
| PPG Industries this afternoon received an Innovation in Occupational and Environmental Health Grant for $25,000 to help implement its program to improve the early diagnosis, treatment and management of depression for employees, retirees and family…
| The Department of Trade and Industry has initiated an investigation on the influx of imported figured glass and glass mirrors from China, Indonesia, Thailand, South Africa, Taiwan and South Korea on the strength of the complaint filed by Japanese-…
| Union employees at Friedrich & Dimmock Inc. declared a strike at noon Wednesday upon reaching an impasse in contract negotiations.
| Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI), announced today that it has closed on the sale of $450 million aggregate principal amount of its 7-3/4% senior secured notes due 2011 and $…
| DuPont(TM) StormRoom(TM) with Kevlar(R) -- a new in-home storm shelter that helps protect families from the dangers of tornadoes -- complies with the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) guidelines on tornado shelters.
| PFG has developed a low-cost laminating glass recovery plant, that recovers over 90% of the glass used in windscreens.
| Theres no getaway music playing, but three downtown Toledo signature companies - Owens-Illinois, Inc., Owens Corning, and Pilkington PLC - could bolt from their headquarters buildings within three years.
| New construction starts in March slipped 1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $475.2 billion, it was reported by McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
| Helmut Doyen of Sika Automotive will be presenting a session on Interior Adhesives at the Auto Interiors Show on May 15, 2003.
| The Coil and Extrusion Coatings Group of PPG Industries now offers a line of infrared reflective coatings that meet the ENERGY STAR requirements for roof products to reduce the amount of heat absorbed by a structure.
| It's retro, it's modern, it's highly collectible: Higgins glass. What started out as one-of-a-kind art glass pieces crafted by Michael and Frances Higgins in the late '40s grew to include commissioned works for national retailers…
| Total system integration is extremely important in producing high speed, high quality containers. Emhart Glass has designed matched subsystems that maximize the overall control and regulation of gob weight, shape and temperature.340 Forehearth -…
| Holcim Inc. burned more post-consumer, recycled glass in its kiln last year than its air-quality permit allows, according to state environmental officials.
| Chief executive Stuart Chambers has visited the Cebrace Caçapava and São Paulo plants on his continuing tour of Pilkington sites worldwide.