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Staff at Swansea's Pilkington Glass have been reassured that their jobs are not at risk. The UK glass king, based in St Helens, Lancashire, is the latest in a string of British companies to be sold to foreign investors.
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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.
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein ups Pilkington (PILK.LN) to hold from sell, raises target price to 163p from 140p due to ongoing takeover discussions and following a sector re-rating.
Diamon-Fusion International, Inc. (DFI Nanotechnology), global developer and exclusive licensor of the Diamon-Fusion® patented hydrophobic nanotechnology, is the recipient of multiple marketing annual awards as announced by the prestigious US Glass…
Viet Nam’s glass-makers are now in an ideal position to step up exports of construction-grade glass, according to Viet Nam Glass Association.
Emirates Glass, a Dubai Investments subsidiary and leading supplier of premium architectural glass products, has signed a contract for the supply of 4,000 square meters of its EmiCoolSun multi-functional Low E glass to Folcra Beach Aluminium Company…
Baltic Glass Company, the subsidiary of Russian Soda Company from St.-Petersburg and American PPG Industries, Inc. agreed on concerted efforts in the implementation of the sheet glass project in St.-Petersburg.
After only a six month construction phase Bystronic-Lenhardt Technology has has officially opened a new Training Centre in the southern German town of Neuhausen-Hamberg.
The GlassExpo-Lasi 2006 Fair, to be held for the first time in February, and the simultaneous Nordic Stone Fair will offer professionals a significant information package.
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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.
Saint-Gobain Vetrotex has created a Specialty Reinforcements Group (SRG) for the North American market, as a part of a strategy to move closer to the market.
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.
Glass factory workers in Denbighshire could soon be working for a new, Japanese owner.Nippon Sheet Glass Company looks likely to acquire glass maker Pilkington after reportedly beefing up its takeover offer to £2.2bn.
Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass is discussing a takeover of glassmaker Pilkington at more than 160 pence a share, sources familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
Pilkington +4.6% at 154.75p amid press speculation that talks between the company and its rebuffed suitor Nippon Sheet Glass (5202.
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The renowned California Academy of Science, the fourth largest Natural History Museum in the United States and home to the Steinhart Aquarium and Morrison Planetarium will soon also be the home to the largest photovoltaic (PV), solar energy glass…
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