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| People from Austria enjoy living in harmony with nature, particularly those who live in the region known as Styria, the green heart of the alpine republic.
| Applied Materials, Inc. reported results for its fiscal year and fourth quarter ended October 28, 2007. Fiscal 2007 net sales were a record $9.73 billion, a 6 percent increase from $9.17 billion for fiscal 2006.
| Glassrobots Oy was founded in October 1982. Today, after 25 years, the company is one of the technology leaders to the safety glass industry.
| Corning Incorporated announced results for the third quarter of 2007. Third-Quarter Highlights - Sales reached $1.55 billion, up 21% year-over-year. - Earnings per share (both GAAP and non-GAAP) were $0.38, better than the company’s guidance of $0.34 to $0.37 and significantly better than last year. - Display Technologies’ glass volume increased 15% and Samsung Corning - Precision’s volume increased 14% compared to quarter two.
| Solutia Inc. manufacturer and provider of high-performance specialty materials and chemicals, today filed a consensual plan of reorganization that has the support of all major constituents in its Chapter 11 case.
| Glass Expo Midwest™ opened yesterday tomorrow in Grand Rapids, Mich., at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel & DeVos Place.
| Business Wire reported that aprocess that began just over a year ago to create one leading global gases and engineering company has reached a new milestone: Starting today the integrated BOC Gases and Linde Gas organizations in North America will be branded as Linde.
| The Glass Association of North America (GANA), an international trade association of glass and glazing manufacturers, fabricators and glazing contractors, announced the consolidation of its two educational conferences into a single event in 2008.
| The Round Rock, Texas-based Equalizer Industries has upgraded from an Emerald sponsorship to a Sapphire sponsorship for the Third Annual Auto Glass Technician Olympics (AGTO).
| More fire resistant materials will be required by law for new construction in California, including homes, beginning Jan. 1, 2008.
| A SPECIALIST glass company based in Knowsley is undergoing a £250,000 expansion involving new hi-tech machinery and an increase in staff numbers.
| Japanese architect Toyo Ito and Fira 2000 have installed a 360 degree LED display in the main entrance areas of the Fira Barcelona Gran Via exhibition centre in Barcelona.
| The commercial manufacturing world collided with the residential domain on August 28 with the sale of EFCO Corp.-which produces architectural aluminum window, curtainwall, storefront and entrance systems-to the primarily-residential door and window manufacturer Pella Corp. in Pella, Iowa.
| Clemens Miller has been appointed Managing Director, Building Products Europe, with effect from 1 September 2007. Clemens succeeds Mark Lyons, who will now concentrate on his global BP role as Head of Building Products Regional Operations.
| The monolithic glass-clad United Nations building in New York built up an energy bill of $15 million in 2006, in part due to a 50-year-old, leaking façade, according to an Aug. 20 article in Business Week.
| The Fenton Art Glass Co. announced late last week that it would cease its operations over the next few months. “This decision was difficult,” company President George W.
| The ‘Palazzo Tendenza’, the shopping wing of the NET Center in Padova, Italy, now boasts the country’s tallest fin-supported glazing system, thanks to the installation of the latest glass technology from Pilkington.
| SALES: up 6.0% to €21,779 million up 6.9% like-for-like*OPERATING INCOME: up 15.3% to €2,093 million up 16.6% like-for-like*RECURRING NET INCOME**: up 31.2% to €1,067 millionNet income amounts to €465 million, taking into account the €650 million provision for the Flat Glass fines (European Commission).* based on average exchange rates for first-half 2006** excluding capital gains, asset write-downs and the €650 million provision for the Flat Glass fines (European Commission)DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH IN OPERATING INCOME (at constant exchange rates***)GROWTH IN RECURRING NET INCOME** OF AT LEAST +20%** excluding capital gains, asset write-downs and the Flat Glass fines (European Commission)*** based on average exchange rates for 2006Performance of Group SectorsAll of the Group’s business sectors saw a rise in like-for-like sales (constant Group structure and exchange rates) in the six months to June 30, 2007 (see Appendix 1).
| Rexam, the global consumer packaging company and beverage can maker, announces its results for the six months to 30 June 2007.
| Asahi Glass Company Ltd. (AGC) of Japan has committed to continue expanding the capacity of its local unit’s solar glass cover plant up to 2010 to fully meet the demands of the region’s demand being its regional export hub for solar panels.This was bared by Trade and Industry Secretary Peter B.