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The amount of recycled glass used in making new containers has increased by more than ten times over the past year, according to figures released by trade confederation British Glass.
Glass bottle maker Owens-Illinois Inc. said it expects to improve profits with its newly acquired European container company by trimming 950 jobs and production overseas.
Anchor Glass Container Corp. announced a 6-percent drop in sales for the fourth quarter of 2004. The Tampa-based manufacturer said it lost $81.4 million, or $3.30 per share, on sales of $157 million.
City leaders are hoping that glass container maker Owens-Illinois Inc. will consider its long history in the city when deciding whether to move out of its downtown headquarters.
In recognition of its inventive packaging design for pharmaceutical vials, Owens-Illinois Inc. has received an Ease-of-Use Commendation from the Arthritis Foundation on the 1-Clic(R) Packaging System. Owens-Illinois is a world-class supplier of…
Owens-Illinois, Inc., announced that Helge H. Wehmeier has been appointed to serve on the Company's Board of Directors effective January 25.Mr.
The Florida company that suddenly shut down its South Connellsville glass plant last November now faces a class-action lawsuit that claims the company violated a federal law when it didn't give approximately 320 workers a 60-day notice.
As early as next month, Wichita residents may have a new place to take their empty cereal boxes, milk jugs, old newspapers and glass bottles.
Owens-Illinois has said it will not rebuild its glass container manufacturing plant in the Bay Area community of Hayward.
Owens-Illinois, Inc., (NYSE: OI) today announced that it received payments totaling 100 million British pounds sterling (US$163.0 million) in connection with the sale to Ardagh Glass Limited of certain long-term notes receivable.
An age-old admonition in politics and life in general holds that people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Corning to shut CRT glass plant Corning Inc. has announced plans to close its television glass joint venture with Japan's Asahi Glass Co.
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Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd's glass packaging division is looking towards China as its area of growth for the next 10 years, said general manager Sim Kuang Meng.
No one is obliging us to change from glass to plastic bottles. And certainly no such agreement was reached during negotiations.Statements made to the effect that we will be obliged to change to plastic bottles, and that consequently we will have a…
Glassmaker Grupo Vitro is seen reporting weak third quarter earnings compared with the same quarter last year, due to weak economies in Mexico and the U.
Britain's Rexam Plc, the world's biggest maker of drinks cans, said on Monday it had reached an agreement with Interbrew
Shenzhen IVACO industry development Co., Ltd is a professional glass deep-processing equipment manufacturer. With the continuing development of almost ten years the company has launched onto the market various series of glass deep-processing…
Anchor Glass Container Corp., manufacturer of glass beverage containers, has filed for bankruptcy protection.The reorganization plan was filed Monday in the U.S.
Anchor Glass Container Corp. filed a prenegotiated reorganization plan designed to erase about $50 million of debt, and said all Series B preferred stock and common shares will be canceled.Anchor Glass expects to pay secured creditors and all trade…
The Pilkington Group website www.pilkington.com has a new look and functionality. Built with advanced content management software, the site features instant updating and makes it easier for users to find information on Pilkington products and…
Shareholders of Mexican glass giant Vitro approved on Thursday the payment of a dividend of 0.25 peso per share.
With its 1999 goal of sales expansion outside Europe, Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics set up a fabric cutting unit in Mexico for grinding wheels, in November 2001.
Mexican glass maker Vitro SA said early on Tuesday that it will propose a 0.25 pesos-per-share dividend to investors at its annual shareholders meeting in March.
Vitro, the Mexican conglom-erate, sold its 51 per cent stake in Vitromatic, the white goods company, to Whirlpool of the US yesterday, in a deal valued at about Dollars 280m.