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| The chemicals business at PPG Industries Inc. surpassed its traditional glass products business in total sales -- with both behind its No. 1 coatings business -- the company said Thursday in reporting strong results that included record quarterly…
| The government, seeking to prevent further illnesses caused by asbestos, will urge 18 industry organizations to immediately stop using the toxic material and switch to safer substitutes, officials said Wednesday.
| Shares of Anchor Glass Container Corp. plummeted 54 percent Tuesday after the Tampa company disclosed a deepening financial crisis.
| Corning Incorporated, announced that its board of directors has approved an additional capital expenditure of approximately $100 million for expanded capabilities at its new clean-diesel products manufacturing facility in Erwin, N.Y.
| The stock and high-yield bonds of Anchor Glass Container Corp. plunged Tuesday after the company said it miss a bond interest payment due next month and might have to delay its second-quarter filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission due to…
| Diamond Triumph Auto Glass, Inc., announced it has acquired the retail auto and fabrication glass assets of Settles Glass Companies, Incorporated.
| XsunX, Inc., developer of Power Glass(tm)-- an innovative solar technology that allows glass windows to produce electricity from the power of the sun, announced today that it has secured a total of $10,850,000 in financing with Cornell Capital…
| Sources inform "Globes" that the plan to make the Great Crater in the Negev Desert a nature reserve will prevent sand from being extracted from the site.
| These are the dog days of summer and you're slathering sunscreen on every bit of exposed skin to ward off damage from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays.
| Lumiglass Industries LLC, a Dubai Investments subsidiary, has become the first company in the UAE to receive ECE 43R certification, the European standard for automobile glass safety and equivalent US Department of Transportation number DOT 806 for…
| A key union says a move by car maker Holden to import automotive glass from Taiwan could cost up to 120 jobs in South Australia and Victoria.
| A report looking at ways to improve the efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of the glass industry will provide lessons for other sectors.
| "The Vino-Lok closure system fills a need in the wine industry, which has sought alternatives to natural cork that meets both the quality and aesthetic demands of connoisseurs," said Siegfried Landskrone, general manager, Alcoa Metal…
| Saint-Gobain Sekurit, a Tier 1 supplier of glass to the automotive and transport markets, has deployed Apriso Corp.'s FlexNet manufacturing and logistics management software.
| Glenshaw Glass Company, Inc. has retained Keen Realty, LLC to market the company's 458,000+/- square foot manufacturing facility set on 25.0+/- acres in Glenshaw, PA for higher and better offers.
| Morris, who recently retired from the glass business after 58 years, is 81 years old, though he won't exactly call it a retirement. "I don't know exactly what I'm going to do, but I'm going to spend a little bit of time at…
| Development along the Florida coastline requires a special consideration when designing and constructing a building: the safety of indigenous marine turtle hatchlings.
| William Marchido, chief financial officer of Apogee Enterprises Inc., resigned to pursue other opportunities. He had been in the position for a year and a half.
| Several South African trade unions are currently in negotiations with employers over wage increases. A number of trade unions have already embarked on strike action, while others are threatening to take action over wage issues. Following is an…
| XsunX, Inc., developer of Power Glass(TM) -- an innovative solar technology that allows glass windows to produce electricity from the power of the sun, announced today that continued development efforts in low temperature processing techniques on…