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The Japanese owner of Britain's Pilkington glassmaking firm is bracing itself for a huge fine – potentially running into hundreds of millions of pounds – as part of a Europe-wide competition probe into the industry.
The move to new premises has boosted sales for AGR's Rennes operation in north west France. The new 1,100 sq metre warehouse, more than twice the size of the previous site, is now able to stock a full range of replacement glasses and trims,…
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo; President: Masahiro Kadomatsu) has succeeded in development of a fluorescent fluorinated water/oil-repellent coating material.
The Group's Russian operation attracted around 700 visitors and won two awards with its biggest ever stand at the recent World of Glass 2007 exhibition in Moscow.
Schuco USA L.P., American supplier of solar power systems, markets building-integrated photovoltaic modules "Made in Germany".
Pilkington AGR North America has opened a new distribution center in Phoenix, Arizona. Phoenix is Arizona's capital and the fifth-largest city in the United States.
When photographer Johan Brun decided to display his dramatic images of coastal Norway on the wave-lashed rocks where he captured them, he needed a way to protect them.
When the Saints went marching in to this year's Carnegie Challenge Cup Final - the first to be played at the new Wembley Stadium - they took Pilkington Activ™ self-cleaning glass with them.
The transaction to acquire in its entirety all the capital stock of the Mexican company Vitro AFG, S.A. de C.V. (Vitro AFG) by Vitro's subsidiary Viméxico, S.A. de C.V. (Viméxico), has been approved by the Mexican Federal Antitrust Authorities.
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.
Edgetech I.G. Inc. in Cambridge, Ohio, announced that it has been ranked in the inaugural Inc. 5,000 list of the fastest growing private companies in the United States with 61.9 percent growth from 2003-2006.
The IsoDyn LPCVD process covers the entire surface of an irregularly-shaped optic in a single-pass operation Deposition Sciences (DSI) develops, manufactures and applies durable coatings onto complex shapes and multifaceted substrates via the IsoDyn…
Everyone setting foot in the new extension of the historic John Rylands Library in Manchester will be enjoying the surroundings with added clarity, thanks to glazing from Pilkington.
NSG announces the start of construction of an Automotive fabrication plant in Vishakhapatnam, India. The plant, which is expected to begin production by summer 2008, will be operated by Pilkington Group Limited (“Pilkington”), a member of NSG Group.
With the support of Vitro and the end objective of encourage sustainability in design projects developed within the faculty of architecture and design at the Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA), today this university announced the "First Vitro…
Pilkington Denmark has acquired a small glass processing company located close to its branch in Glostrup.Carlberg Glass supplies IGUs and cut sizes to the joinery trade.
Pilkington continues to expand its Automotive Glass Replacement business in Mexico with the opening of a new AGR service center in Villahermosa.
A number of organisational changes within Pilkington Building Products UK and Ireland and Pilkington Building Products Europe have taken effect.
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.
Vitro S.A.B. de C.V. one of the world's largest producers and distributors of glass products, announced 2Q'07 unaudited results.
Shaded Pilkington green and wearing a beaming smile, the cheery windscreen man is believed to be the first ever mascot figure employed by a Pilkington business."We are expanding into far-flung regions of Europe and dealing with small…
PPG Industries announced an offer to purchase SigmaKalon Group, a worldwide coatings producer based in Uithoorn, Netherlands, from global private investment firm Bain Capital.
Nanoprotect AG from Nanotec is a unique transparent nanotechnology treatment specifically developed for automotive glass.
Alumcon LLC, a specialised aluminium facade contractor and major glass manufacturer, has announced the start of its new Dh55 million glass processing factory located in the Dubai Investments Park.
Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V. announced that its glass container production facilities located in Querétaro and Guadalajara have restarted operations on Friday, July 13 and Saturday July 14, 2007, respectively.