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| Asahi Glass Co said Wednesday it chalked up record half-year sales and profits in the January-June period due in part to an active expansion of operations in the glass board business for thin-film transistor liquid crystal displays and plasma…
| BOC has licensed its proprietary CGM technology, which helps glass manufacturers achieve significant operational improvements, to Linde AG, Linde Gas Division, Germany.Under the agreement, both BOC and Linde will independently market the technology…
| AFG Industries, one of the city's largest companies, is still struggling to get operations back on line after the glass factory was submerged in 5 feet of water during Saturday's flash floods.
| The Adams County Solid Waste District, effective September 1, will no longer accept glass at its recycling sites.District Director Hank Mayer made that recommendation - with reservations and regret - Monday evening during a meeting of the district…
| If summers sweltering temperatures dont make your blood boil, then sky-high air-conditioning bills probably will. Now, a bright idea in window coatings may help beat the heat and high energy costs.
| Lorna Mander (32), of Caverstede Road, Walton, was shoe shopping with her seven-year-old son, Ryan, when she heard a sound like "balloons bursting".She said: "Then I felt something on my head like someone was throwing rice at us.
| Libbey Inc. announced that it is realigning its production capacity in order to improve its cost structure. The plan calls for the closure of its manufacturing facility in City of Industry, California, in early 2005 and the realignment of production…
| Diamond Triumph Auto Glass, Inc. announced that net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2004 decreased $3.6 million, or 3.2%, to $110.3 million as compared to $113.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003.
| Veteran construction workers call it spongy knees.It's the shaky feeling first-timers get when they inch along the scaffolding outside Richmond's City Hall as high as 17 floors.Some keep a kung fu-like grip on the railing.
| Scientists in the US have developed a novel technique to make bulk quantities of glass from alumina for the first time.
| THE glass industry, which was heading towards the graveyard because of the crippling foreign currency shortage, has been spared from imminent collapse, thanks to the novel foreign exchange auction system.
| Diamon-Fusion International, Inc. (DFI), global developer and exclusive supplier of the Diamon-Fusion® hydrophobic nanotechnology, signed a license agreement with CORPORACION MIYASATO, Perus largest manufacturer of building products (including…
| Diamon-Fusion USA West, Inc. (DFUW) announced the demonstration of its award-winning GlassGuard hydrophobic nanotechnology, windshield treatment at the Family Motor Coach Association's 72nd International Convention at the Deschutes County…
| Pilkington held its Annual General Meeting on July 20 at the European Technical Centre at Lathom. During his address to shareholders, chairman Sir Nigel Rudd said: "As I reported at the time of our Annual Results in May, the continuing focus on…
| Driving with a cracked or broken windshield puts both drivers and their passengers at risk. In fact, insurance companies in some states are required by law to waive the deductible for damaged or broken windshields in an effort to encourage vehicle…
| Visteon Corporation (NYSE: VC) today announced the grand opening of its Chicago focused factory that will supply Ford Motor Company's Chicago Assembly Plant.
| Taxpayers will pay a £41,000 annual window-cleaning bill for "self-clean glass" at the Welsh Assembly's new £55m building in Cardiff.
| A small, stone, Catholic church constructed during the Renaissance in north central Italy will soon be home to a set of stained glass windows created by a group of local women.
| Scientists at the University College of London's (UCL) department of Chemistry claim to have developed an intelligent window coating, which when applied over the glass, blocks only the sun's heat and not any light.
| Analyst Kuni M Chen of Banc of America Securities maintains her "sell" rating on Anchor Glass Container Corp, while reducing her estimates for the company.