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| NRW Bank is a business development bank exclusively commissioned by the authorities to support the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia in its structural and economic tasks.    North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany and the…
| The possibilities of digital printing extend the design spectrum with glasses in both indoor and outdoor areas with space for individual designs and motifs produced in small series.
| Glass producer Pilkington, a unit of Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass Co (NSG), lost its challenge on Wednesday to a 357 million euro ($445 million) cartel fine after a top EU court said regulators had come up with the correct sanction.
| Experts at SCHOTT US site in Duryea, PA, develop materials for future lasers - The RD team at SCHOTT in Duryea (USA) was recognized for its activities in the area of materials for exawatt lasers in the renowned trade magazine Laser Focus World’s…
| Following this week’s news on the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund the GGF is frustrated that glazing is still not high on the agenda.
| With over forty presented glasses, a multimedia stand concept and new pioneering solutions, within the context of glasstec 2014, Saint-Gobain Glass impressively underlines its innovation leadership as Europe's largest flat glass manufacturer.
| The Government is extending ECO (Energy Company Obligation), introducing a new obligation period from April 2015 to March 2017, termed ‘ECO2’.  The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2014 (the ‘ECO2 Order’) sets out the…
| In response to numerous requests from shareholders and with the intent of entering into a constructive dialogue, Sika will discuss the situation resulting from the planned transaction between the Burkard Family and Saint-Gobain with its investors,…
| Throughout all of 2014, Glaston had exceptionally strong FC500™ tempering furnace sales in the UK market.
| At the general meeting of the VDMA, Glass Technology Forum, on November 7, 2014, Egbert Wenninger, Managing Director of EME Maschinenfabrik Clasen was elected to the board.    Since April 2012 Egbert Wenninger is Managing Director at EME.
| This week, Chancellor George Osborne delivered his final Autumn Statement before next year’s General Election in May.
| The Board of Directors and the Group Management of Sika were informed Friday evening, December 5, 2014, that the French Group Saint-Gobain intends to indirectly acquire all shares held by the Burkard family, Sika's current majority shareholder.
| The international technology group SCHOTT has announced the sale of its 71.6% share in the Japanese company SCHOTT MORITEX Corporation to MV Japan Co., Ltd. by way of a public takeover bid.  SCHOTT and MV Japan signed an agreement on the transaction…
| The architects of Boeri Studio (Milan) have won the 2014 International Highrise Award for their project Bosco Verticale: two residential highrises with, as the project name suggests, a 'vertical forest' integrated into their facades.
| Effective from December 1, 2014, the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain will have two new members, Alain Destrain and Pascal Laï, appointed under the French Law on Securing Employment of June 14, 2013.
| TIKANA®, RESTOVER®, and GOETHEGLAS are manufactured using the historically authentic Fourcault process - The international technology group SCHOTT uses the authentic Fourcault process to manufacture its various architectural glasses for the…
| Ferro Corporation announced on December 02 that it has completed the acquisition of tile coating manufacturer Vetriceramici S.p.
| Glaston Corporation’s President & CEO Arto Metsänen will transfer to Asia on 1 January 2015 for around one and a half years to promote the company’s growth in Asia and especially in the areas outside of China and to promote the company’s…
| Chief Financial Officer Sasu Koivumäki has been appointed as Glaston Corporation’s Deputy CEO. The appointment is effective from 1 January 2015.
| The GGF was delighted with the success of the recent G14 Awards at Park Lane Hilton which saw 5 GGF Member Companies pick up awards.