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On June 30, 2005, Saint-Gobain Oberland, a German subsidiary of the Saint-Gobain Group, signed an agreement for the sale of its glass blocks business to the Italian group Seves.
Two novel new machines from partners CADRAM and R&R Sondermaschinen are providing the first automated solutions for applying decoration to window glass, using either lead or bevel-effect 3M Accentrim tape.
Researchers from the United Kingdom, France and the DUBBLE beamline at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) have made a step forward in research on glass.
Derrick Ketchum, an employee of Owens Brockway Glass Container in Godfrey, filed a 12-count, $600,000 suit against his employer and Castrol Inc. claiming he was sickened from exposure to Syntilo 9918 and other “metal working fluids.
Owens-Illinois, Inc. announced that Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Owens-Illinois, Inc., has extended its pending offer to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") (1) $400 million aggregate principal…
The award was made at a recent supplier conference held by Honda UK Manufacturing and presented to Pilkington's Charles Mason.
Pilkington PLC, the world's biggest maker of car windshields, whose North American headquarters are in Toledo, will pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of contaminating an Illinois town's water supply five months after a jury…
Fenton Art Glass, the largest manufacturer of handmade colored glass in the United States, will mark its centennial anniversary May 4, 2005, 100 years to the day since the company opened for business.
Anchor Glass Company has licensed the BOC (NYSE: BOX) CGM(TM) technology for glass processing in Anchor's Warner Robins, Georgia, glass container manufacturing plant.
Reflecting one of the most ambitious transformations in its 102-year history, the world's largest manufacturer of glass packaging, Owens-Illinois, Inc., (NYSE: OI) will begin doing business globally as O-I.
In accordance with its established policy, Pilkington issued the following trading up-date ahead of the announcement of its results for the period to 31 March 2005, scheduled for Thursday, 26 May 2005.
St .Helens based glass maker Pilkington shrugged aside difficult trading conditions at its UK building products division to predict a 15 per cent rise in full year profits today.
Guardian Industries Corp., a worldwide manufacturer of float glass and fabricated glass products, officially inaugurated its float glass facility in Goole, England, yesterday. (EDITOR’S NOTE - Float glass is made by floating melted glass on a bed of…
Anchor Glass Container Corp. announced a 6-percent drop in sales for the fourth quarter of 2004. The Tampa-based manufacturer said it lost $81.4 million, or $3.30 per share, on sales of $157 million.
A Minnesota-based glass manufacturer is considering the Wilkes-Barre area for the location of a new plant, its chief executive confirmed Thursday.
City leaders are hoping that glass container maker Owens-Illinois Inc. will consider its long history in the city when deciding whether to move out of its downtown headquarters.
In recognition of its inventive packaging design for pharmaceutical vials, Owens-Illinois Inc. has received an Ease-of-Use Commendation from the Arthritis Foundation on the 1-Clic(R) Packaging System. Owens-Illinois is a world-class supplier of…
Owens-Illinois, Inc., announced that Helge H. Wehmeier has been appointed to serve on the Company's Board of Directors effective January 25.Mr.
The Florida company that suddenly shut down its South Connellsville glass plant last November now faces a class-action lawsuit that claims the company violated a federal law when it didn't give approximately 320 workers a 60-day notice.
Owens-Illinois has said it will not rebuild its glass container manufacturing plant in the Bay Area community of Hayward.
Saint-Gobain Group consolidated net income for the first half of 2003 amounted to EUR 470 million, a decrease of 5.6% on the same period of 2002.
Owens-Illinois, Inc., (NYSE: OI) today announced that it received payments totaling 100 million British pounds sterling (US$163.0 million) in connection with the sale to Ardagh Glass Limited of certain long-term notes receivable.
Desert Glass Products, LLC has announced the mid-June 2003 opening of a new full-service glass fabrication plant in North Las Vegas, Nev.
Etching is an easy and inexpensive way to add new life to glass. Try it on windows, mirrors or glass front cabinets.Remember safety first.
An age-old admonition in politics and life in general holds that people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.