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Chemical and glass producer PPG Industries Inc. said it would appeal an award to privately held Marvin Windows and Doors by a federal jury here on Thursday.
A jury awarded Marvin Windows and Doors $135.8 million from PPG Industries on its claim that a PPG wood preservative failed to prevent wood rot as promised.The decision was handed down Thursday in U.S.
Resolution Performance Products LLC and RPP Capital Corporation (together, the "Issuers") announce that they have extended the time and date of the expiration for their offer to exchange all of their outstanding $75,000,000 aggregate…
"With a product like Pilkington Activ™ Glass, people are naturally going to be skeptical until they actually see it work," said Leland Ogdahl, general manager and co-owner of Kent Window Inc./Harbor Windows™, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Moody's Investors Service has changed the outlook of the Baa2 senior unsecured long-term debt ratings of Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.'s (NSG)to stable from positive.
Demand for flat glass in the United States is forecast to rise three percent per year to almost seven billion square feet in 2005, valued at $9.1 billion.
PPG, a glass, paint and chemicals company, reported a 34 percent drop in fourth quarter profits Thursday due to sluggish glass and coating sales.
Officials at Pilkington North America were pleased with the recent decision of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to delay the implementation of the new Energy Star criteria for windows in order to further review the changes that are being made in…
While dark glass on today's vehicles provides passenger privacy and symbolizes status, tomorrow's automotive designers see glass tops, spanning from the windshield across the roof to the back window, on luxury vehicles so that occupants…
Apogee Enterprises Inc., a maker of glass products for the building and auto industries, on Wednesday posted higher third-quarter earnings and affirmed its outlook for the current and next fiscal years.
PPG Canada Inc. today received the decision of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) to initiate a dumping investigation of automotive replacement glass (ARG) windshields from the People's Republic of China. "The Government of…
Urecoats Industries Inc., a developer and marketer of sealants and coating products for the construction and building products industries, announced the opening of a second major distribution center for its Urecoats and Infiniti products in Orlando…
Sika Industry's Marion, Ohio plant has obtained QS-9000 certification, a requirement of parts suppliers to the U.S. auto and truck manufacturers.
Chairman Raj L. Gupta told investors that Rohm and Haas is continuing to invest for the future, even as it takes decisive action to cope with the immediate economic challenges in the marketplace.
Rohm and Haas Company said that its Board of Directors elected Suzanne B. Rowland a vice president of the company at a regularly scheduled board meeting.Rowland, 40, joined Rohm and Haas in 1985 as market manager for textile chemicals in North…
SPD Inc. announced that in addition to delivering suspended particle device light-control film, it expects to begin producing SPD glass incorporating this film in January of 2002.
Vietnam's two largest glass producers are sitting on major stockpiles of unsold stock, despite strong protection from Government tariff and non-tariff measures.
The acquisition of America’s Applied Power Corporation provides Schott with a ticket to a market with good long-term growth potential.The goals are ambitious.
In a major move to grow its high-performance coatings business, PPG Industries is expanding the size and reach of sales and service, improving local market access and simplifying its product line under a single brand strategy.
Guardian Industries' latest glass innovation takes the white knuckles out of poor-weather driving conditions with a durable glass coating that improves visibility.
AFG Industries announced the introduction of Radiance-Ti™, a new self-cleaning glass that helps keep windows clean on the outside.
BP is set to supply solar technology to eight of the 23 recently announced Department of Trade and Industry’s solar house roof projects.
Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass doubled its Pilkington stake to around 20 percent, in a move to expand its global reach.Pilkington Chief Executive Paolo Scaroni said he felt NSG would not raise its stake beyond that level.
British glassmaker Pilkington Plc's chief executive Paolo Scaroni said that he did not think Japanese glassmaker Nippon Sheet Glass Co Ltd would raise its stake in the company.
When University of Kansas decided to rebuild the original Hoch Auditorium, which had been destroyed in a fire, several Vistawall Architectural Products were chosen to complete this detailed reconstruction project.