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Asahi Glass Co Ltd , Japan's largest glassmaker, said on Monday it would post a special loss of 38 billion yen ($281 million) related to restructuring measures in the business year to next March.

Demand for flat glass in the United States is forecast to rise three percent per year to almost seven billion square feet in 2005, valued at $9.1 billion.

Japan's largest glass maker, Asahi Glass Co Ltd, slashed its earnings forecast for 2001/02 on Monday to a loss of nine billion yen - its first-ever net loss for a business year.

Asahi Glass Co. will turn the parent company's ceramics business division into a 100% unit April 1. The move is aimed rationalizing and revitalizing the ceramics operations, which Asahi Glass regards as one of the group's key business…

Asahi Glass Co Ltd purchased aggregate of 555,000 shares in Company on 08-Jan-2002 and 09-Jan-2002.The purchases increased Asahi Glass Co Ltd's shareholding in the Company from 188,773,000 shares to 189,328,000 shares.

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. announced that it has succeeded in using a high-transparency fluoropolymer, a leading candidate for next-next generation photolithographic semiconductor manufacturing using F2 (fluoride dimer) excimer lasers, as a photoresist…

Officials at Pilkington North America were pleased with the recent decision of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to delay the implementation of the new Energy Star criteria for windows in order to further review the changes that are being made in…

Over the last three trading days, the Glaverbel share price has increased to over 145 euro per share, with abnormally high trading volumes.

The Board of Directors of Glaverbel S.A. met on Tuesday 8 January 2002 to formulate the opinion that it must give to the Banking and Finance Commission, concerning the public tender offer announced on 19 December by Asahi Glass for the Glaverbel S.

Glaverbel SA said the Belgian Banking and Finance Commission has extended until Jan 15 the deadline for the Glaverbel board to give its view on Asahi Glass Co Ltd's offer to buy out the shares it does not own in the company.

Asahi Glass Co Ltd president Shinya Ishizu said he expects a "huge" increase in profitability from the reorganisation of its worldwide glass operations including the planned buyout of its Glaverbel SA unit.

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. ("AGC"; headquartered in Tokyo; president: Mr. Shinya Ishizu) decided to make a public tender offer to purchase all the ordinary shares held by public shareholders in its consolidated subsidiary, Glaverbel S.A. (…

The unprecedented excitement over the grand opening of the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History begins even before entering the arresting structure that has been described as a “cosmic cathedral” by the project’s…

Britain's leading health and beauty retailer Boots Co Plc said on Monday it had appointed non-executive director Nigel Rudd as deputy chairman.Rudd is currently chairman of British glassmaker Pilkington Plc and non-executive chairman of Kidde…

FreeMarkets, Inc., the leading global provider of e-sourcing software and service solutions, today announced that it has expanded and extended its relationship with Pilkington plc, a leading manufacturer of glass and glazing products for the…

Glassmakers Pilkington and Saint Gobain are digging in for a bitter battle in the potentially lucrative market for self-cleaning glass.Saint Gobain, the French building materials group that is Europe's leading building glassmaker, presented its…

Zhejiang Glass Company Limited, the largest privately owned flat glass manufacturer in Zhejiang Province and the fifth in the Chinese mainland, announced the issue of 170 million new H-shares in Hong Kong on November 28.

Japanese company Asahi Glass Co Ltd has increased its stake in Indonesian sheet glass producer PT Asahimas Flat Glass to become the majority shareholder in the joint venture.

Asahi Glass down 8.93 percent at 683 yen after the company issued its second profit warning this year.

If the U.S. Congress adopts an energy bill this year or next, it may well provide tax credits for using high-performance windows and other energy-saving products in new and existing homes.

An offer from British glass maker Pilkington Plc for a majority stake in the Egyptian Glass Co fell through after only 1.4 percent of shareholders agreed to sell, the stock exchange said on Monday.

One of the biggest highlights of trade shows like this year's interGLASSmetal/FENESTRATIONworld™ show are the educational seminars.

Many U.S. and Canadian window manufacturers and glass fabrciators have inked agreements in recent months to offer their products with the Pilkington's self-cleaning glass.

Pilkington has announced that it is to close one of it three automotive glass production lines at its Eccleston plant in St.

British glassmaker Pilkington Plc reported a 13 percent rise in first-half profits on Thursday that beat market forecasts but said it expected tougher trading conditions in the second half.Pre-tax profits before exceptionals rose to 115 million…