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| Researchers from the United Kingdom, France and the DUBBLE beamline at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) have made a step forward in research on glass.
| The award was made at a recent supplier conference held by Honda UK Manufacturing and presented to Pilkington's Charles Mason.
| SGG COOL-LITE ST has had a great deal of success on the solar control market. Our sales of COOL-LITE that can be toughened already represent 22% of all SGG COOL-LITE sold.
| Pilkington PLC, the world's biggest maker of car windshields, whose North American headquarters are in Toledo, will pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of contaminating an Illinois town's water supply five months after a jury…
| Traditionally the keynote speakers have been visionaries in the industry. They have tended to focus on new ideas, trends and subjects for the glass industry as a whole.
| Air Liquide is pleased to announce that it has signed a 15-year contract with Saint-Gobain, a leader in the glass industry, for their new float-glass manufacturing site of Calarasi, 100 km south-east of Bucarest in Romania.
| Consolidated sales for the Saint-Gobain Group in the first quarter of 2005, calculated in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), came in at 7,633 million, compared with 7,261 million for the same period in 2004 (…
| There has been a change in the top management at Bystronic Maschinen AG. Roland Gredig has been promoted to President.Roland Gredig took on the position from Rolf Honegger, who had previously held it in addition to his position as CEO of Bystronic…
| Kristal Maribor has become a member of the Securit Partner® group, one of the most important groups of producers of safety glass in Europe, which operates under the auspices of the glass manufacturer Saint-Gobain Glass.
| Glaverbel has decided to invest in a new production unit in Seneffe (Belgium), to be built next to the old unit which it will eventually replace.
| Saint-Gobain's Flat Glass Sector (Saint-Gobain Vitrage) has decided to expand into the booming glass market for flat TV panels, through the production of glass for PDP (Plasma Display Panel).
| Glaverbel are busy making plans to showcase the latest edition to their product range this year at GP&T.
| In accordance with its established policy, Pilkington issued the following trading up-date ahead of the announcement of its results for the period to 31 March 2005, scheduled for Thursday, 26 May 2005.
| In accordance with agreements finalized on April 6, 2005, Saint-Gobain has increased its share of voting rights in Hankuk Glass Industries (HGI) from 46% to 80.47%, and thus gained control of HGI.
| St .Helens based glass maker Pilkington shrugged aside difficult trading conditions at its UK building products division to predict a 15 per cent rise in full year profits today.
| Guardian Industries Corp., a worldwide manufacturer of float glass and fabricated glass products, officially inaugurated its float glass facility in Goole, England, yesterday. (EDITORS NOTE - Float glass is made by floating melted glass on a bed of…
| Glaverbel and AGC Automotive Europe, both subsidiaries of Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (AGC), confirm that they were inspected on February 22nd and 23rd 2005 by the European Commission in connection with alleged infringements of European Competition laws…
| Armatec Vierhaus GmbH, a subsidiary of Bystronic glass, has a new president. Bernd Bedner has succeeded Ulrich Vierhaus, who retired at the end of last year.Bernd Bedner assumed responsibility for Armatec Vierhaus GmbH, located in Gunzenhausen in…
| With its Lacobel range of varnished glasses designed for indoor use, Glaverbel offers an unrivalled contemporary style of decoration in a vast array of both daring and subtle colours.
| Conventional aluminum spacer, still used in most commercial building construction, compromises thermal performance of structural glazing at a time when building energy codes are de-manding more stringent U-values in all fenestration.