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| Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced on May 1 that its board of directors recently approved a capital expenditure plan of $174 million to further expand its Generation (Gen) 8 size liquid crystal display (LCD) glass substrates manufacturing…
| Anchor Glass Container Corp. has successfully emerged from bankruptcy again. It marks the third time in nine years that the glass manufacturer has wiped its debt slate clean through the court system.
| BOC, one of the world's largest industrial gases companies and a leader in developing advanced solutions for the world's glass manufacturers, is helping Saint-Gobain Glass boost productivity at one of its European furnaces.
| Corning announced on May 1 that its board of directors recently approved a capital expenditure (capex) plan of US$174 million to further expand its eighth-generation (8G) size LCD glass substrates manufacturing capacity at its facility in Shizuoka,…
| Owens-Illinois, Inc. reported its first quarter 2006 financial results."While the first quarter was an extremely difficult comparison to theprior year, we are pleased by our executional momentum against our corepriorities.
| Key industry decision makers have been told that the market for recycled glass products is growing and the future looks promising.
| Tower 42, The City of London’s tallest building, has enlisted the help of 3D glass engraving specialist Sky Design, to add some innovative touches to its interiors by utilising Sky Design’s unique Vitrics 3D laser engraving process, to fashion 110…
| Beverage can maker Rexam is close to acquiring plastic pumps company Calmar after entering the final stages of the auction for the business.
| XeroCoat Pty Ltd has received funding from a consortium of investors to progress its innovative anti-fogging and anti-reflective coating technology.
| Corning posted an almost 3 percent increase in first-quarter profit as demand surged for its liquid-crystal-display glass used in flat-screen televisions and computers.
| Kyocera on February 10, 2006 has announced an important enhancement to its line of solar photovoltaic modules.
| An important new ASTM International standard recently approved by Committee E06 on Performance of Buildings is the first of its kind to focus on determining the resistance of annealed architectural glass to thermally induced stresses caused by…
| A new recycling trial aiming to demonstrate how small businesses can divert their waste from landfill is taking place in Manchester and Liverpool.
| The first image of the proposed redevelopment of the former General Post Office building in Glasgow shows the striking glass roof extension that will hopefully help to revitalise this iconic listed block in the heart of the city.
| XsunX, Inc., developers of Power Glass(tm), an innovative thin-film solar technology that is intended to allow glass windows to produce electricity from the power of the sun, announced the appointment of Joseph Grimes to the position of chief…
| To stand before Gary Zack's 2,100 glass furnace, the heat forcing you to squint even standing 6 feet back, is to watch a happy man at work.
| More than 160 workers at a South Yorkshire glass factory have been sacked just a week after the company was rescued and they thought their jobs were safe.
| Asia Pulse - Freeglass GmbH & Co., the German maker of resin automobile glass, plans to begin production in Japan as early as 2008.The resin glass is lighter than conventional glass and thus contributes to improvements in fuel efficiency.
| Panel maker Nippon Electric Glass Co. Ltd (NEG) announced that it plans to invest almost $170 million in expanding its PDP glass substrates by the middle of this year.
| Star-gazette.com reported that as part of the "Meet the Artist" series at The Corning Museum of Glass, the public is invited to a free reception, lecture and glass signing featuring glass designer Oiva Toikka on Thursday, April 6.