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Saint-Gobain, the French materials and packaging group has finally begun to reap the rewards of its cost-cutting and refocusing strategy.
As a part of strategy in Asian Region, Saint-Gobain Renforcement recently made an investment in China by forming a Joint Venture company with Xinxing Glass Fiber Plant Division of Hangzhou Glass Group Co.
Consolidated sales rose by 12.1% to EUR 1,458 million in 2001. The increase was 14.6% at constant exchange rates and 6% at comparable scope of consolidation, excluding Telhanorte, Menuiseries Fran‡aises and Lapeyre Polska, as well as Lapeyre…
Saint Gobain Desjonqueres will open a plant in Sparta and create approximately 200 jobs. Saint Gobain Desjonqueres, a worldwide leader in the glass, insulation and building materials industries, will use the Sparta plant to decorate cosmetic and…
Merrill Lynch upgraded its recommendation for shares in French glass and packaging group St Gobain SA yesterday from "buy" to "strong buy", setting a new share price target of 215 euros.
Beijing Saint-Gobain Vetrotex Glassfiber Co. Ltd. is the first of Saint-Gobain Vetrotex's plant to be certified ISO 9001.
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of the company founder Otto Schott (1851 – 1935) the international technology concern Schott (headquartered in Mainz) organized a scientific colloquium at the Friedrich Schiller University in…
The founder of the modern science of glass and glass technology was one of the most important scientists, technologists and industrialists of his day.
Schott increased its sales in the 2000/2001 fiscal year (to September 30) by 6 percent to more than 2 billion euros (1999/2000: 1.9 billion euros).
Suppliers, representatives of the authorities and members of the Corporate Management Committee attended the official opening of a further 1230 square meters of production space at Schott Guinchard in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland.
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…
Orange juice giant Tropicana Products Inc. is shutting down its glass bottle factory, leaving 225 people without jobs by early 2003.
Dr. Leopold von Heimendahl, Chairman of the Board of Management of Schott Glas, Mainz, has been elected to serve for a further two years as President of the Bundesverband der Glasindustrie, known as BV Glas for short or Federal Glass Industry…
Experts from German companies and universities delivered papers at a one-day conference held at Mainz in mid-November and attended by some 160 delegates on the subject of 'Surface engineering – New areas of application for optical functional…
The acquisition of America’s Applied Power Corporation provides Schott with a ticket to a market with good long-term growth potential.The goals are ambitious.
Net consolidated sales of the Saint-Gobain Group for the first 9 months of 2001 were up 7.6% year-on-year (12.8% excluding Essilor), to EUR 22,932 million, from EUR 21,302 million for the same period of 2000.
A new project by the technology concern Schott at its Mainz base is to develop the basis for the manufacture of high grade, innovative lighting elements based on what are known as “Organic Light Emitting Diodes” (OLEDs).
Consolidated sales for Groupe Lapeyre amounted to Ï1,084.1 million at September 30, 2001, an increase of 15.3% compared with the first nine months of 2000.
This year at the international building exhibition Batimat 2001, Saint-Gobain will present a new innovative product “Aquaclean”.
At the international biotechnology trade fair "Biotechnica" from the 9th to the 11th of October, 2001 in Hanover, Schott-Ger„te, Mainz, will be presenting their new generation of "SteamLine" electrodes to the public.
Due to the current softening of some European markets, Saint-Gobain and Pilkington have decided to defer their project to construct a float plant in Poland.
The leader in building distribution in Europe, Saint-Gobain has created BUILD2PRO, the top-ranking services portal for all building professionals.
Saint-Gobain's stock has been listed on the Monthly Settlement Market of the Paris Bourse since 24 December 1986. The stock is further listed on the following major stock exchanges around Europe: London, Zurich, Frankfurt, Brussels and…
SGG AQUACLEAN will be presented at Batimat on the Saint-Gobain Glass stand (Hall 3 – Aisle F – Stand 28).SGG AQUACLEAN is made of glass on which a transparent layer of a hydrophilic mineral material is deposited.
Today, SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS has created a new family of glass products to improve ease of use: Saint-Gobain glass clean.