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The 10th GPD conference is scheduled 15-18 June 2007. This leading forum for trendsetters and decision-makers of the glass industry has traditionally attracted an audience of some 800 and has featured some 200 professional presentations.
About 100 glass and metal companies will participate in V Fenavid - Glass and Aluminum National Fair, that will happen in September 7 to 9 at the Centro Sul Pavillon, in Florianópolis (Santa Catarina), Brazil.
Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Owens-Illinois, Inc. announced that it has commenced a cash tender offer for up to $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 8-7/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2009.
PPG Industries has installed a $1.6-million unit to recycle waste fiber glass at its fiber glass manufacturing plant in Hoogezand, the Netherlands.
A nationwide glass recycling crisis is forcing a Wairarapa rethink on managing waste tonnages – including a call to drink more beer from cans not bottles.
Businesses in the glazing and window replacement sector are the latest to benefit from a series of WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) trials to improve recycling services for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Florida Tampa Division has confirmed Anchor Glass Container Corp.'s proposed reorganization plan.
A landmark was reached yesterday, with Namibia's first ever glass-manufacturing project from waste bottles getting underway in Windhoek.
Russia announced that it would return to Germany six 14th-century stained glass windows taken from a church by the Red Army during World War II, AFP reported.
Owens-Illinois, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of glass containers, has developed a global 'Glass University' which offers customers, purchasers, marketing and sales managers and designers an opportunity to learn more about…
Newindpress.com reported that workers of Ace Glass Containers Limited, Thondamanatham, staged a dharna in front of the office of the Labour Commissioner at Gandhi Nagar on Wednesday, urging the government to mediate in reopening of the closed…
Eight-digit batch code shown on Duran laboratory glass bottles allows the bottles to be retraced to the point of production, including the matching batch.Schott is the world's first manufacturer of laboratory glass to introduce the '…
Solidwastemag reported that O-I Canada, a division of Owens-Illinois, has responded to Stewardship Ontario's recent fact sheet and letter to Ontario municipalities about glass recycling rates in the province.
Anchor Glass Container Corp. has received approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to submit for voting its proposed plan of reorganization and disclosure statement.
Anchor Glass Container Corp. has received approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to submit for voting its proposed plan of reorganization and disclosure statement.
A new group has been established to address the problem of what to do with a mountain of recycled glass in New Zealand. Recyclers say glass recycling in the South Island is in crisis, with huge glass mountains piling up because it is too expensive…
International trade fair for window and facade fensterbau/frontale 2006, which takes place together with Holz-Handwerk in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from 22-25 March 2006, has two premières to offer this year.The first one is expert discussion…
EMAP Maclaren, organiser of Glassex, has announced advanced sales for the 2006 event are well ahead of the previous event year-on-year.
GlassTech Asia, the 5th International Glass Products, Glass Manufacturing, Processing & Materials Exhibition and Conference, gave Thailand’s and the region’s glass makers convenient access to relevant glass making technology and equipment from…
Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass is discussing a takeover of glassmaker Pilkington at more than 160 pence a share, sources familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
GlassTech Asia 2005, which opened on 30 November at Challenger Hall 3 of IMPACT, has on first show day generated orders totaling US$6 million (250 million baht) from both Thai and international buyers.
GlassTech Asia 2005, which has opened yesterday at the Challenger Hall 3 of IMPACT, is projected to generate Baht 450 million in revenue for Thailand during its three days of exhibition from 30 November-2 December 2005.
Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) together with Conference & Exhibitions Management Services Pte Ltd, Singapore Glass Association and Thai Glass Dealers Association will organise “GLASSTECH ASIA 2005” for the first time in…
Olivotto industries has been working in the hollow glass sector since 1946, when it began marketing its first rotary-type glass blowing machine.
As RFID tags' use become more prevalent, with source tagging of individual packs on the horizon, trade federation British Glass is advocating more work to tackle the potentially serious problem of recycling glass bottles that may still contain…