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A decade has passed since the Monday afternoon that three top executives of the former Libbey-Owens-Ford Co. were ousted from their downtown Toledo posts and an investigation into their secret professional lives gained steam.
The role of Company Secretary has been strengthgened following the publication of a UK government-commissioned report on corporate governance.
Pilkington Chairman Sir Nigel Rudd has been presented with a Personality of the Year award by Brazil in recognition of the Group's record investment in that country.
The Pilkington float plant at Lahti, Finland has been awarded the new ISO 9001:2002 certificate after a year-long project to achieve the international quality standard.The Finnish plant is only the second Pilkington Primary Products Euroope site to…
British glass-maker Pilkington Plc PILK.L said on Thursday that trading was in line with expectations despite tough conditions in most of its major markets, sending its shares up four percent.
Asahi Glass Philippines, the local unit of Japanese glass maker Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. (J.AHG or 5201) said Thursday it will phase out its Philippines automotive glass operations this year, but may recall that decision if domestic car sales improve.
Clyde Leff, group general counsel, is to become company secretary of Pilkington with effect from May 1, continuing in his role as group general counsel.
The Pilkington Group Management Committee has been replaced by an Executive Board and two new Business Line Boards for Building Products and Automotive have been created.
The boards of leading automotive glass makers Asahi India Glass and FloatGlass India (FGI) on Thursday approved the amalgamation of FGI with its parent company Asahi India subject to requisite approvals.
The board of Taiwan Glass Industrial Corp. (Q.TGI) has approved plans to invest US$30 million in a new plant in China's Guangdong province, the glass maker said Friday.
Specialist fire protection glass from Pilkington UK has been used for the stunning redevelopment project, The Tun, in Edinburgh.
Worldwide auto glass replacement (AGR) behemoth Belron is moving to re-enter the United States AGR business.
Northstar Automotive Glass of Kansas City, Mo., appointed five new wholesale distributor locations: Auto Glass Distributors in St.
Paolo Scaroni has resigned from the Board of Pilkington plc and relinquished the post of non-executive deputy chairman of the Group.
In a bid to avoid possible anti-dumping charges by the U.S. and other countries, a major Chinese autoglass maker has set up a factory in Hong Kong, bucking the decades-long drift of manufacturers from the territory to the mainland.
Pilkington Aerospace has recieved a $4m order for windscreens for the Mikoyan MiG-27 jet fighter from Hindustan Aeronautical Laboratories (HAL Nasik), located in India.
The main thing Pilkington Laurinburg used to make 355,000 tons of glass last year was heat."This is the heart and the lungs," said Jeff Mercer, human resources manager, looking at one of the four mammoth furnaces in the plant.
After a year under construction, the new Bergen City Parkinghouse in Norway is now complete and is proudly displaying Pilkington glass.
Finland's second largest independent glass processing firm has become part of the Pilkington Group.The acquisition of KP Lasi will give Pilkington Processing and Merchanting 15 per cent of the buoyant Finnish IGU market.
Pilkington Polska is celebrating five years without a single lost time accident.Said managing director of Pilkington Polska, Marek Grabowski: "This is a great achievement which makes me very proud and happy.
A new, more flexible solar-control windscreen product attracted visitors to the Pilkington stand at the recent FIAA bus and coach exhibition in Madrid.
An electro precipitator has been installed at the San Salvo float plant in Italy in order to meet current and future EU environmental pollution legislation.
Pilkington Aerospace has received an emergency order for 100 sets of canopies for the F-14 Tomcat, the Naval attack fighter immortalised by actor Tom Cruise in the movie Top Gun.
Moody's Investors Service lowered the rating for senior long-term debt of Pilkington plc to Baa2 from Baa1.
The market value of fabricated glass (encompassing basic flat glass as well as all value-added products, such as laminated, tempered, insulating and mirrored glass) is forecast to increase 5.2 percent per year through 2006.