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| Vitro, S.A. de C.V. ("Vitro") (NYSE: VTO; BMV: VITROA) announced today thatits subsidiary Vitro Envases Norteamerica S.A. de C.V.
| CE-Europe’s largest glass factory could emerge in Székesfehérvár, western Hungary, as glass maker Jüllich Glas Holding is poised to build a 11,000 sqm plant in a multi-phase project.
| Glass containers plant construction will give 2000 new workplaces with project capacity of 900 tones of transparent and brown glass per 24 hours.
| As part of a big push into Southeast Asian glass markets, Ocean Glass Plc is buying two new forming machines and is updating its Thai factory at a cost of Bt670 million in order to raise production by 20 per cent.
| Irish glass container manufacturer Ardagh Glass has bought a Polish glass plant for E8m. Ardagh said it has agreed to buy 82.4pc of Polish company Huta Szkla Ujscie which operates a plant near Poznan in western Poland and controls around 13pc of the…
| In the light of steadily increasing demand for good quality insulation in Russia and in the neighbouring countries, Saint-Gobain Isover has decided to more than triple its glasswool capacity in its Yegorievsk Russia glasswool plant, in the Moscow…
| Libbey Inc. announced that it successfully refinanced its bank debt under a new $250 million unsecured revolving credit agreement on June 24, 2004.
| Diamon-Fusion International, Inc. (DFI), global developer and exclusive supplier of the Diamon-Fusion® hydrophobic nanotechnology, recently unveiled the launching of a new expansion plan for some of the largest US metropolitan markets that include…
| William Davidson, president and CEO of global glass manufacturer Guardian Industries Corp., has earned a place in professional sports history, becoming the first team owner to win championships in different sports in the same year.
| Everybody wants to be the first to spot new talent — witness the success of television's "American Idol." In a process far less public and less painful, art-glass gallery owner Marta Hewett puts the spotlight on new talent for the…
| The Turkish Sisecam Group has signed a loan agreement which will provide for the financing of its glass factory to be established in Bulgaria.
| The rags to riches story may sound like a cliché but when it comes to the birth of Glazing Botswana, one cannot help but use it, after-all this is a company that was born out of sweat, determination and the desire to succeed.
| The San Salvo toughening plant celebrated a record yield result for April. The plant achieved a 91.1 per cent yield for the first time ever - the target figure is 90.5 per cent.
| The world's priciest piece of glass, a 1,700-year-old Middle Eastern bowl, will be the star of an antiquities auction in London next month.
| Mexican glass maker Vitro said on Wednesday it was analyzing various forms of financing, including the possibility of a private bond placement for $150 million, to refinance other debt.
| Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. has succeeded in the development of "QC-i" a synthetic quartz photomask(1) substrate, which complies with the liquid immersion technology used in ArF (argon fluoride) laser steppers(2) that use ArF lasers as a light…
| Interpane has filed a plant closing notice with state officials, saying it will shut down operations in Deerfield and eliminate 68 jobs.
| Apogee Enterprises, Inc. today at its annual meeting of shareholders elected Jerome L. Davis, 49, to its Board of Directors.
| The Mexican Packaging Association (AMEE) awarded 36 of Vitro glass containers the “2004 Stellar Container” Annual Contest award.
| State and local officials have opened the door for Guardian Fiberglass to expand its manufacturing operations in Albion, but a Guardian official said the company may be months away from a final decision.