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Pilkington chief executive Paulo Scaroni is set to accept the offer of a job as head of Italian electricity giant ENEL , sources in Rome and London said on Monday.
When Paolo Scaroni told investors last month that Pilkington was "entering a new year in very difficult conditions," he was not kidding.
In an interview with Il Sole 24 Ore, Paolo Scaroni, managing director of UK glass maker Pilkington who has just been appointed CEO of former Italian electricity monopoly Enel, has said that working in the utilities industry represents a complete…
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A pioneering e-trading system is speeding up vital supplies of raw materials to Pilkington's float plants.
It would be funny if it were not true. Financial statements from Pilkington habitually tell of weak demand, falling prices and stalled production, but yesterday's trading update set new a standard in detailing the renowned glassmaker's…
Nippon Sheet Glass Co . (J.NSG or 5202) Friday revised down its profit forecast for the year ended March 31 due to slimmer profits on its information technology products and poor earnings at subsidiaries.
At its meeting of Thursday, March 28, 2002, the Board of Directors of Saint-Gobain reviewed theGroup's consolidated financial statements for 2001.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will provide a dlrs 12 million loan to modernize Ukraine's oldest and biggest glass packing producer, bank officials said Tuesday in a statement.
Four Pilkington Plc joint ventures and Shanghai-listed Fuyao Glass Group Industries Co Ltd, China's largest auto glass manufacturer, said they will be affected by proposed US anti-dumping tariffs on replacement automobile windshield imports…
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With its 1999 goal of sales expansion outside Europe, Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics set up a fabric cutting unit in Mexico for grinding wheels, in November 2001.
As of December 31, 2001 Mr. Karl Lenhardt has resigned his responsibilities as Managing Director of Lenhardt Maschinenbau GmbH in Neuhausen-Hamberg.
Glassmaker Pilkington plc (Saint Helens, United Kingdom) has closed one of its 11 U.S. glass plants. The closing, first announced in June of 1999, was originally scheduled for 2000 and then 2001, but was delayed due to market conditions.
Pilkington Aerospace, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pilkington plc, has been selected by Lockheed Martin to supply the Integrated Transparency System for the cockpit of the new Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
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In 1997, Thailand legislated the use of laminated glass for facades in buildings over 23 m in height, when the total internal area is over 10,000 m2, or if the building is over 15 m in height and the total internal area is greater than 1,000 m2.
Moody's Investors Service has changed the outlook of the Baa2 senior unsecured long-term debt ratings of Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.'s (NSG)to stable from positive.
Glasstech, Inc., the Perrysburg Township firm that has claimed to be the world's leading maker of equipment for tempering and bending glass for the automotive industry, filed for bankruptcy for the second time in 10 years.