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Asahi Glass Fine Techno Taiwan (AFT), a 100% owned subsidiary of Japan-based Asahi Glass, on April 7 broke ground for its third glass substrate plant in Taiwan.

During the day, it will alter the views of downtown as people walk above the waterfront railroad tracks just south of Myrtle Edwards Park.

The star of the show wasn't there. But given the artwork they were there to see, few in the crowd took note.

Cheryl Kevish's passion for Depression-era glass began like it did for many baby boomers: About 25 years ago, her mother gave her a few pieces that both Kevish's mother and grandmother had owned.

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.

In the sleepy, semi-residential area of Na Klua, far from the hustle and bustle of South Pattaya and its gaudy neon-lit outdoor beer bars, a discreet sign, beside a large grey metallic sliding door next to a tall wooden fence, reads Stephen Gormley…

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…

Meltdown Glass Art & Design of Chandler, Arizona, has aligned itself with a Strategic Partner, SAFTI FIRST to provide Fire Resistive Kiln Cast Art glass.

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.

Chris Kenyon was leading a nomadic life as an operations manager for a building-trades company when he landed in Columbus.

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.

The original, Addison Mizner- designed stained glass windows, spectacular focal points for the beloved Spanish Lounge of The Cloister Hotel for nearly eight decades, have been fully restored to their original grandeur and were installed today in a…

The English countryside is dotted with churches that measure their ages in centuries. Their steeples stand tall against the rural landscape like sentinels begging a pilgrim to come forward.

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.

A FAMOUS Torrington company that went into receivership during difficult trading conditions last year is now fighting back under new owners with an ambitious expansion plan.

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.

The Glass Art Society of America conference held in Adelaide in May 2005, has inspired a special temporary exhibition, Contemporary Australian Glass, from the Art Gallery of South Australia collection.

Asahi Glass Co. Ltd is expanding its electronics and energy materials operations on a full-scale basis as part of the medium-term management plan "JIKKO-2007." As part of the initiative, Asahi Glass decided to enter into the business of…

Czech Glass" may earn a place as the largest and richest exhibit ever assembled at the Corning Museum of Glass.The new three-part display features today's exuberantly over-the-top glass sculptures and some trailblazers from the 19th…

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…

Sunbeams streaming through the stained glass windows of Sacred Heart would shower color on the interior of the church and the worshippers within.

In a mesmerizing display of art, science, fire and endurance, Hiram Toraason twirls a puntil rod in his 2,050-degree furnace.A bluegrass CD wails the high, lonesome sounds of Old Crow Medicine Show.