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German solar technology company Schott Solar wants to join competitors such as Q-Cells and SolarWorld on Germany's TecDAX technology index .
Researchers in Switzerland have developed a new method to fabricate borosilicate glass nanoparticles.
After torrential rains caused flooding that forced the temporary closure on Aug. 19 of PPG Industries’ (NYSE: PPG) glass manufacturing operation here, some operations have resumed.
Administration to be concentrated at new company headquarters in Mainz / Extension of production capacity in Alzenau planned The Solar Business of SCHOTT AG will concentrate management and administration functions at its new company headquarters in…
ProScience, a major distributor of technical flat glass products, with over 90 years of experience in industrial and architectural glass distribution, has today announced the launch of Glassopolis, a new company dedicated to serving the…
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 18, 2008 – PPG Industries (PPG:NYSE) is introducing its most popular tinted glasses with Solarban 70XL or Solarban 60 solar control, low-emissivity coatings on the second surface of the glass.
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) automotive glass and services business, which is under contract to be sold to a new company being formed by Kohlberg & Co., LLC, Mount Kisco, N.Y., and PPG, will begin using the name “Pittsburgh Glass Works,” effective…
 - Nearly 80 percent say the U.S. Government should give the development and expansion of renewable energy higher priority  - Results send clear signal for American legislation According to the findings of the SCHOTT Solar Barometer, a…
PITTSBURGH, June 30, 2008 – PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) industrial coatings business has published a new guide specification for its liquid and powder coil and extrusion coatings.
As of July 1, 2008, Dr. Hans-Joachim Konz (48) has been appointed to the Board of Management of SCHOTT AG. Konz has served as Chief Representative of SCHOTT AG and a member of the SCHOTT Corporate Management Committee since 2003.
SCHOTT Solarthermie GmbH new subsidiary of the SCHOTT Solar GmbH  * General Management of the SCHOTT Solar GmbH expanded with Dr.
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has introduced an online tool that enables architects, specifiers and building owners to compare the relative energy and environmental performance of common architectural glazings on prototypical buildings.
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG), citing higher raw material, energy and transportation costs, announced a price increase of up to 20 percent for all its precipitated silica products, including Hi-Sil silicas and Lo-Vel flatting agents, effective July 1,…
Guardian Industries Corp. and Sapa Fabricated Products have entered into a strategic partnership to expand the availability of Guardian ShowerGuard® throughout North America.
When it comes to reconciling career and family, SCHOTT ranks among the top companies in Germany. In fact, the company was among the fifteen finalists in the category "Large Corporations" (more than 500 employees) in the corporate…
TecniGlas, a leading distributor of fire-rated glazing for more than 20 years, has been selected by SCHOTT AG as a distributor for the SCHOTT PYRAN® family of clear fire-rated glazing products in North America.
-German company banks on boom in the area of concentrated solar power -Receivers the key components of solar power plants -25 million euros in investment spending, 100 jobs On May 27, 2008 SCHOTT Solar inaugurated its new plant for solar receivers…
*Significance of new location increases considerably *Capacity expected to more than quadruple with three new production lines by the end of 2008 *Investment volume planned at € 50 million Alzenau/Valašské Meziříčí, 14 May 2008 – In response to the…
New facility will serve automotive coatings, industrial coatings customers PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) is planning to build its first manufacturing plant in Russia.
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG), citing higher raw material, energy and transportation costs, on May 16, 2008 announced a 13-percent price increase for all clear, tinted, coated and tempered glasses from its performance glazings (formerly flat glass)…
Pavlovski Posad / Münster. BASF Coatings has started up its new production site for paints in Russia. The new facility at Pavlovski Posad, 60 kilometers east of Moscow, has an annual production capacity of 6,000 tonnes of paints (basecoats and…
PITTSBURGH, May 13, 2008 – PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) is this year celebrating the 125th anniversary of its founding in 1883 as the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. “We are very proud of our long heritage and our success over the years,” said Charles E.
New production facility for „TopLine” vials in Indonesia Lippo Cikarang-Bekasi/Indonesia – In order to meet the demand of the high end market in Asia, SCHOTT forma vitrum has opened a new production facility for “TopLine” vials in its Indonesian…
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) on May 13, 2008 dedicated a new 95,000-square-foot, 22-acre architectural coatings facility in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center, about 15 miles east of Reno.
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) announced on May 6, 2008 it started a third furnace May 2 at the PFG Fiber Glass (Kunshan) Co.