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| Pittsburgh-based PPG has published a new brochure for window dealers and homeowners highlighting the environmental and cost-saving advantages of windows made with Solarban 60 solar control low-E glass.Read the full storyCLICK HERE for more information
| AHJ approval growing for alternative fire-protective, CPSC Cat. II glazing that provides additional radiant heat protection for less than the cost of ceramics.
| 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.
| Reuters reported that Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. (5201.T: Quote, Profile, Research) is selling its unit Asahi Fiber Glass Co. Ltd. to the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ), as it slims down to better compete with Corning Inc. (GLW.N: Quote, Profile, Research), sources familiar with the deal said.
| Southwall Technologies Inc. announced second quarter 2007 revenue of $9.250 million compared to $11.337 million in the second quarter of 2006 an 18.4% decrease.
| LIULI CHINA Museum - Modern Liuli Art 2007 Faculty and Student Exhibition LIULI CHINA Museum and Glass Studio at Fine Art College of Shanghai University present " Modern Liuli Art - 2007 Faculty and Student Exhibition" running from August 15 through October 14, 2007.
| On a hot summer day, PPG Industries Inc. workers at its automotive glass plant near Altoona are fabricating specially coated windows the company says can save motorists money at the gas pump.
| 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).
| Bloomberg reported that Alcoa Inc. shares had their biggest decline in more than two-and-a-half years after Goldman, Sachs & Co. said the world's second-largest aluminum producer may remain independent because there are few potential buyers of the company.
| DuPont reaffirms its outlook for 2007 full-year earnings per share of about USD 3.15, excluding a USD 0.06 per share charge for significant items in the first quarter 2007.
| Butterflies Batch, a group of 20 female artists who paint on glass, graduated from IMPACT Institute on June 5. After the graduation party, the artists held an exhibition in which they displayed and marketed their work.
| Forbes reported that ASC Inc. is making progress in the wind-down of its Lansing, Mich., assembly plant, having received court approval to sell one of its few remaining assets: used equipment from the plant.The order from Judge Thomas J.
| Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: VTO; BMV: VITROA) announced today that its subsidiary Viméxico, S.A. de C.
| At five years old, Tacoma’s Museum of Glass has achieved popularity, but has some serious work ahead as it tries to grow its support and numbers.The Museum of Glass turns five years old on Friday.
| Rexam, the global consumer packaging company and the world's leading beverage can maker, notifies the market that at 30 June 2007 Rexam PLC's capital consists of 641,941,615 ordinary shares of 64 2/7 pence each, each ordinary share carrying the right to one vote at general meetings.
| SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy), the aircraft-mounted observatory developed by the US space agency NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), will be presented to the media in a debut event to be held on June 27, 2007 at Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base in California.
| Seven leading international solar panel makers have expressed interest in investing in Hungary, with projects totaling EUR 3 bln, Hungary's Economy Minister Janos Koka announced late Thursday in Washington D.C, without naming the potential investors.
| Asahi Glass, Suzuki local subsidiary Maruti Udyog Ltd. and others, will build an automotive glass plant on Delhi's outskirts that will come online in September.
| The general counsel of PPG Industries Inc., a maker of coatings, glass and chemical products, exercised options for 52,485 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
| After months of planning, work is ready to begin next week on the installation of the new curtain wall at Indiana Square.