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Glass artist Michelle Walker wanted to use her craft to honor fellow artists who'd served in the military -- and to celebrate art as a form of peace.``With all the stuff going on in Iraq,'' she said, ``it seemed appropriate.'…
The newest - and second - addition to Pilkington North America's self-cleaning glass family is being introduced at the International Builders' Show, Las Vegas, Jan. 19-22, 2004.
Two museums, the Orlando Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts in St Petersburg, have collaborated in displaying an artist known for his glass bowls, vases, floats and chandeliers.
Stained-glass windows in the Basilica of the Assumption, I would like to paraphrase Groucho Marx and say: "Be gone, and never darken my church again." I'm voting for transparency.
An auctioneer who sold his house to buy a pier has uncovered a 1930s masterpiece in stained glass - only to discover workmen broke half the panes in the 1960s.
Pilkington Building Products teams from three continents joined forces to present a range of high performance Pilkington products at October's Glass Tech Asia Exhibition and Conference in Singapore.
FEARS of more glass shattering have turned the reopening of the National Gallery of Victoria into a nightmare.Temporary passageways are to be built to protect art lovers after an engineer's report found more breakages were possible.
Glassmaker Pilkington forecast a 10% uplift to first half profits despite continued tough trading conditions in most of its major markets.
Investors will be looking for news on a cost-cutting drive when glassmaker Pilkington issues its first half-trading update on Thursday.
Stuart Chambers says he is in the business of "transparent climate protection". That's windows to you and me.
The recent decision by British Airways and Air France to retire their Concorde fleets will end a fantastic era in world aviation.
Seeking more market-rate housing in Toledo, city officials are hoping to join Pilkington North America and a yet-to-be named builder to turn 34 acres of industrial wasteland riverfront property into a condominium/townhouse development.
Laura Alleman was rooting around in her mother's basement five years ago when she stumbled onto three saucers made of pale pink Depression glass.
A decade has passed since the Monday afternoon that three top executives of the former Libbey-Owens-Ford Co. were ousted from their downtown Toledo posts and an investigation into their secret professional lives gained steam.
The role of Company Secretary has been strengthgened following the publication of a UK government-commissioned report on corporate governance.
Pilkington Chairman Sir Nigel Rudd has been presented with a Personality of the Year award by Brazil in recognition of the Group's record investment in that country.
The Pilkington float plant at Lahti, Finland has been awarded the new ISO 9001:2002 certificate after a year-long project to achieve the international quality standard.The Finnish plant is only the second Pilkington Primary Products Euroope site to…
British glass-maker Pilkington Plc PILK.L said on Thursday that trading was in line with expectations despite tough conditions in most of its major markets, sending its shares up four percent.
The art form, which involves fusing layers of glass using a kiln, is especially popular in the Northwest, but there are only a handful of serious glass fusers in Maine and even fewer resources for beginning artists.
The Buffalo News today continues its occasional series on notable bridges, as our community works toward an agreement on what kind of bridge to build across the Niagara River.
Clyde Leff, group general counsel, is to become company secretary of Pilkington with effect from May 1, continuing in his role as group general counsel.
The Pilkington Group Management Committee has been replaced by an Executive Board and two new Business Line Boards for Building Products and Automotive have been created.
The artist took a glass-blowing class as an elective in college and found her passion in life.Lisa Pelo-McNiece, an artist from Indianapolis, majored in creative writing at Bowling Green State University in Ohio and never did a thing with her major.
Specialist fire protection glass from Pilkington UK has been used for the stunning redevelopment project, The Tun, in Edinburgh.
Paolo Scaroni has resigned from the Board of Pilkington plc and relinquished the post of non-executive deputy chairman of the Group.