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Nippon Sheet Glass Co. announced Monday it agreed to acquire 80 percent of British glassmaker Pilkington plc in a strategy to expand its global production capacity.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. said Monday that it will acquire the 80 percent stake it doesn't have of Britain's Pilkington PLC in a deal worth 358.5 billion yen (US$3 billion; euro2.6 billion).
Pilkington's chairman, Sir Nigel Rudd, stands to make £4.25m if, as expected, Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass returns with an agreed £2.2bn takeover offer this month.
Deutsche Bank hikes target price on Asahi Glass (5201.TO) to Y1,900 from Y1,470, affirms "buy" rating; analyst says downward revision to last FY group profit estimates due mainly to temporary factors; adds large profit growth expected this…
Grand Canyon West, a destination owned and operated by the Hualapai Tribe at the Grand Canyon's western rim, announces new features planned for The Skywalk, which will push the project's completion date to later this year.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Ltd., creator of the Selfoc lens and a supplier of gradient index lenses, has partnered with Optical Zonu, a Van Nuys, Calif., manufacturer of fiber interface modules.
Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass is unlikely to agree to buy Pilkington Plc for several more weeks as it continues to plough through the glassmaker's books, sources familiar with the situation said.
Bold use of color dominated the entries in this year’s seventh annual 2005 Solutia International Design Awards, which honor excellence in designing with laminated glass.
Analyst Lalita Gupta of Morgan Stanley maintains her "overweight" rating on Nippon Electric Glass (ticker: 5214).
Japan-based Dai Nippon Printing will invest 30 billion yen for its eighth generation (8G) color filter (CF) production line at its fab in Kita Kyushu, southwestern Japan.
Japan's largest glass maker Asahi Glass said on Thursday its affiliate will spend nearly six billion rupees ($140 mn) to build a new plant in India as the growing economy there sees a boom in construction and cars.
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Asahi Glass announced on June 15 that it has decided to enter into the business of manufacturing and selling glass substrates for hard disks.The company will use high-strain point glass that enables the processing of glass substrates at higher…
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Plansww Holding AG (“PLANSEE”) and Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (“MMC”) have reached a basic agreement by signing a Letter of Intent to merge their relevant business activities in the field of powder metallurgical (PM) products under a new joint…
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. resolved at the meeting of its Board of Directors on April 13, 2005, regarding the details of purchase options on new stock to be issued in accordance with the provisions of Article 280, Paragraphs 20 and 21 of the Commercial…
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Asahi Glass Co said Thursday it will start producing automotive glass in Hungary in early 2006 to meet growing demand in central and eastern Europe.
The following stocks are on the move on Tuesday: Glass sheet maker Central Glass Co up 5.38 percent at 822 yen, a day after its annual results and outlook both beat the market consensus.
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.
Shares in Pilkington surged in early trading Monday after a report that a smaller Japanese rival was considering a £1billion takeover bid.
Japanese glass maker Central Glass Co. (J.CNG or 4044) will set up a joint venture with Saint-Gobain Sekurit France S.A. to sell glass for automobiles and construction machinery.