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Asahi India Glass Ltd sees 13-14 percent growth in automotive glass segment and 50 percent growth in architectural glass in FY08, a senior company official said on Thursday.
Officials from Asahi India Glass say the company’s architectural segment grew by 50 percent in the 2008 fiscal year, according to a Sept. 6 Reuters report.
The world’s largest organised glass, windscreen, plastic and acrylic repair company, announced the opening of Glass Polish India, at a press conference recently.
Glass Polish of US on Tuesday announced its entry into India. It is the world’s largest glass, windscreen, plastic and acrylic repair company.
Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Ltd. plans to build a 15 million euro ($20 million) automotive glass plant in India with British unit Pilkington, targeting Japanese carmakers eyeing climbing local demand.
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.
Lifts in The Shires shopping centre in Leicester have been created using 400 metres square of Pilkington Planar™/Sentry Glas Plus with Pilkington OptiWhite™ .
This week crews poured the 60th and last residential floor at One Rincon, the condominium atop San Francisco's Rincon Hill.
MyIris.com reported that a meeting of the board of directors of Gujarat Borosil will be held on Jun. 27, 2007 to recommend dividend and to consider and approve the annual accounts and audited financial results for the year ended Mar. 31, 2007.
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo; President: Masahiro Kadomatsu) has succeeded in  the development of a modified perfluoropolyether (PFPE) for hard disk lubricant.
As the country faces acute power shortage and global warming debate hots up, energy conservationists caution against growing number of buildings with glass facades dotting the landscapes of cities as being responsible for energy consumption much in…
After months of planning, work is ready to begin next week on the installation of the new curtain wall at Indiana Square.
The board of directors of Asahi India Glass recommended the interim dividend of 65%, or Rs 0.65 a share, declared in the board meeting held on Mar. 17, 2007, as final dividend for the financial year 2006-07.
Asahi India Glass on Monday posted 86.64 per cent decline in profit after tax at Rs 8.94 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, as compared to Rs 66.95 crore for the same quarter previous year.
With prices of steel and cement on an upswing, glass is the only building material industry that has registered a drop of 25% in prices in the face of inflation.
Burj Dubai, on course to becoming the world's tallest tower, is taking its final shimmering form as installation of curtain wall glass panels commenced on Level 19 of the super-structure developed by Emaar Properties.
This is a revelation of sorts for Mumbaiites who are standing on the threshold of a power crisis. Buildings with glass facades—like the many malls and corporate structures mushrooming around the cities—are guzzling unimaginable amounts of…
No other material is associated more closely with modern architecture than glass. In combination with new technologies, this versatile material offers a broad range of possibilities ranging from lighting to construction using solar technology.
A new mixed-use development is primed to add glitz and a pair of 44-story high-rises to a city on the rebound.
The race among the world's cities to build the ultimate record-busting, flat-out tallest skyscraper on the planet is fast and furious.
Saint Gobain a state-of-the-art glass manufacturing company in the country, has brought all its solar control products under a single umbrella brand – Sun Ban Reflective Glass.
A daring piece of architecture for The Loop, Aqua comes off more as a massive sculpture than as a condominium block in the crowded heart of the city.
While restraining the United States glass manufacturer Guardian from setting up a 100 per cent subsidiary in India, the Delhi High Court ruled that foreign companies would have to establish their units in collaboration with Indian companies.
Asahi India Glass said that the members of the company have authorized the board of directors of the company borrowing power of upto Rs 20 billion.