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Orange juice giant Tropicana Products Inc. is shutting down its glass bottle factory, leaving 225 people without jobs by early 2003.
A major glassworks in Central Asia in the town of Chuy-Tokmak (in the northern Kyrgyz Chuy Region) will be launched soon.
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…
Lema will soon complete a new system for chemical tempering of glass size 3200 x 2200 mm. Chemical strengthening is used for extremely thick glass, types of glass where excellent optical quality is needed, printed glass, glass with particular shapes…
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.
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”.
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.
Interglas Technologies AG, the German glass and carbon fibre manufacturer, is feeling the effects of the slump in the construction industry.
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.
Solutia Inc. launched Vanceva(TM) Secure at Equip Auto in France. Vanceva(TM) Secure provides at least two minutes of intrusion resistance to protect a vehicle and its contents from theft.
Today, SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS has created a new family of glass products to improve ease of use: Saint-Gobain glass clean.
The Brazilian safety glass machine market is experiencing a very favorable development. The order book of the last year established new Tamglass plant in Brazil has grown rapidly during the ongoing year.
The glazing industry of the 21st century uses these days increasingly float glass integrated with special coating materials.
Pursuing its growth strategy in Eastern Europe, the Building Distribution Division of Saint-Gobain announces the acquisition of BayWa Czech Republic, through its German subsidiary Raab Karcher.
The 2nd International Colloquium on Modelling MGFT2002 on Numerical modelling, Glass Validation and Control, Forming and Identification of properties, Tempering Integration in glass processing. will take place in Valenciennes-France on January 2002…
Effective October 15, 2001:Jacques Aschenbroich and Christian Streiff are appointed Senior Vice Presidents.
The Building Distribution Division of Saint-Gobain announces the acquisition of Mat‚riaux R‚unis (Caternet group), through its French subsidiary Point.P.Mat‚riaux R‚unis is a general builders' merchant, based South-East of France.