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| PPG Industries and the Idaho National Laboratory, a multi-disciplinary laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy, have agreed to extend their cooperative research-and-development effort by one year.
| BPB, the world's largest plasterboard maker, will attempt to fight off a £3.7bn ($6.8bn, E5.5bn) hostile bid by French building materials group Saint-Gobain this week by emphasising its growth prospects as the central plank of its defence…
| Brockway Moran & Partners, Inc., a Florida-based private equity firm, announced today that it has acquired GED Integrated Solutions, Inc. ("GED" or the "Company"), a provider of high quality equipment, integrated system…
| Private equity firm Morgenthaler Partners of Cleveland has sold GED Integrated Solutions Inc. to a Florida-based private equity firm.
| Local glass manufacturer PFG Building Glass yesterday celebrated an official groundbreaking ceremony for its capacity-expansion programme, which will see the construction of a second float-glass production line on site at its PFG Building Glass…
| The launch of the InvisaGuard High Security Glass(TM) (HSG) this fall will help protect valuables consumers keep in their vehicles that criminals aim to steal.
| GlassKote USA takes the next steps in setting the standard for glass color coatings in the U.S. by announcing test results that demonstrate 'green' means 'strong.' The GlassKote(TM) process, a durable and time-tested color…
| Two of the world's biggest flat-panel display makers, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and LG Electronics Inc., are expanding and investing in panel production as competition increases in the big-screen TV sector.
| The German major Schott AG is planning to commission special glass tubing facility for its brand Fiolax in Vadodara with an investment of Rs 40 crore. These project will come up along with its 100 percent subsidiary company, Schott AG Schott…
| From outside Plant No. 6, the whirl of machinery, crash of scrap glass and rumble of trucks carting caramel-colored sand resonates business as usual on Griffith Street.
| Owens-Corning Automotive has developed a new glass mat composite with improved structural and acoustic properties for automotive interiors.
| Glass company Consol (CSL) on Monday reported a 4.6% increase in headline earnings per share to 109.7c for the financial year ended June 2005 from 104.9c.
| It was a last chance to say so long to the old Fostoria Glass factory in Moundsville. Tours were given on Saturday and Sunday, before the piece of Moundsville history is torn down.
| Hurricane Katrina will funnel sales to Minnesota windowmakers as Gulf states, homeowners and businesses toughen building codes and rebuild with the latest in hurricane-resistant windows.
| Usmania Glass Sheet Factory Limited is going for scripless trading of its shares under an agreement signed with Central Depository Bangladesh Limited(CDBL) at the BCIC head office in the city Wednesday.
| A polymer coating that transforms opaque water droplets into smooth transparent sheets could be used to keep car windows, bathroom mirrors and spectacles from fogging up. “You can never stop the water from condensing on a surface.
| Anchor Glass Container Corp. has been offered a $2 million financial incentive plan aimed at keeping the glass maker's Salem plant open.
| Belron Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Belron S.A., the vehicle glass repair and replacement company, announced today that it has signed an Asset Purchase Agreement with TCG International Inc.'s Autostock International Division for the acquisition…
| Solutia Inc., the world leader in the production and sale of polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayers, today announced it is beginning the construction of a new Saflex PVB interlayer plant in China.
| Fitch Ratings has downgraded and removed from Rating Watch Negative the international and national scale ratings of Vitro, S.