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NSG | NSG announces that the start of commercial production from January 2007, by the float glass plant in Chuangshu, China newly constructed by Pilkington Group Limited (“Pilkington”), a member of NSG Group.
Asahi Glass | Reuters reported that Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. (5201.T: Quote, NEWS , Research), Japan's largest glass maker, said on Monday it expected its net profit to double in 2007 due to strong demand for glass used in flat panel displays and an end to…
AGC | Glaverbel is the leading supplier of glass for the mammoth new Moscow-City business centre currently under construction in central Moscow.
NSG | Nippon Sheet Glass Co said Monday its group sales and profit increased sharply in the first three quarters of fiscal 2006 thanks to its acquisition of major British glassmaker Pilkington plc as a consolidated subsidiary in June last year.
Automotive Glass | The two largest companies in the automotive glass repair and replacement industry announced today they will merge operations in the United States, subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions.
Year 2007 | Bulgarian company Rubin to officially take over Serbian glass factory in Paraćin. The Bulgarian company is expected tol invest more than 50 million euros in the Serbian glass factory.
Pilkington | Mexicali has installed a new Lamino furnace, increasing capacity by about 225,000 windshields per year.
India | Saint-Gobain Glass India has outlined an investment of US$ 37.6 million for 2007-09, according to a India- Canada Chambers of commerce bulletin.
Rexam | Rexam, the global consumer packaging company and the world's leading beverage can maker, notifies the market that at 31 January 2007 Rexam PLC's capital consists of 583,361,927 ordinary shares of 64 2/7 pence each, each ordinary share…
Asahi Glass | Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.  has decided to shut down the Cinnaminson Plant of AFG Industries, Inc. in the U.S., aiming to reduce costs for the flat glass business.
Pilkington | Institute of Technology in Zurich, to mark its 150th anniversary. The aim of the project was to make a long-term investment in a developing country, to encourage the international exchange of knowledge.
Heatable Glass | IQ Glass has introduced its IQ heating glass to the U.S. market. IQ Glass uses electricity to produce radiant heat for building interiors.
Dupont | DuPont science and innovations are featured at Living Tomorrow 3 – Home and Office of the Future, opening this week in Brussels, Belgium.
Art Glass | Todd Manicki's passion for glass blowing is evident as he guides one of his students through the early process of making a paperweight one recent afternoon.
Vietnam | Vietnam’s largest float glass factory project worth VND1.3 trillion (US$81 million) got off the ground Friday in the central Chu Lai Economic Zone.
PPG | The Depression gripped the nation when Michael Cook, the son of a Polish immigrant, started working in 1933 at Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.'s plant in Ford City, Armstrong County.
Conference | April 4 - 5, 2007, Munich (Germany) It will present manufacturing equipment for making solar silicon, ingots, wafers, cells, solar modules and necessary materials for their production.
Dupont | DuPont announced plans to invest over USD 22.5 million to construct its first research and development center in India. The DuPont Knowledge Center, as it will be called, will be located in Hyderabad and is expected to accommodate more than 300…
Pilkington | Reuterts reported that Pilkington, the UK-based unit of Japanese glassmaker Nippon Sheet Glass, said on Friday it had launched legal action against Mexico's Vitro  over a move to merge a unit Pilkington part-owns into another company.
Year 2007 | Treforest Glass has been bought by serial entrepreneur Peter Zehetmayr in a six-figure deal. The 22-year-old business caught the eye of Mr Zehetmayr, who has previously invested in care homes, a digital camera maker and signage specialists.