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A 60-year-old man was crushed to death Friday by a load of glass panels at a construction site, officials said.
Better than expected second-quarter earnings and improved guidance had Corning (NYSE: GLW) trading 11% higher yesterday. The firm reported sales of $971 million, up from $752 million a year earlier.
A Eugene father-turned-activist and a local legislator this week pulled off their biggest victory yet in their three-year crusade to limit the use of wired glass.
The largest conference in the global glass industry, Glass Processing Days (GPD), is just around the corner. GPD 2003 will take place on 15–18, June 2003 in Tampere, Finland.
Gopal Krishna, working with an advertising agency, sees only with one eye. Not because he was born this way but because his Maruti 800 had a tempered windshield when he met with an accident late one night in May 1995.
Earthquakes, which have proved to be the most destructive of natural hazards, destroy fragile buildings and civil infrastructures.
The boards of leading automotive glass makers Asahi India Glass and FloatGlass India (FGI) on Thursday approved the amalgamation of FGI with its parent company Asahi India subject to requisite approvals.
The board of Taiwan Glass Industrial Corp. (Q.TGI) has approved plans to invest US$30 million in a new plant in China's Guangdong province, the glass maker said Friday.
Bystronic acquired Armatec Vierhaus GmbH, effective January 1, 2003. For Bystronic, a global supplier of system solutions for fabricating and processing of architectural and automotive glass, the aquisition of Armatec, which specializes in laminated…
Earnings of PPG Industries for the fourth quarter are forecast to be between 55 and 60 cents a share, according to Raymond W.
DuPont and the U.S. State Department (DOS) have been working closely together for the past two years on a test and development programme to creat the next generation of blast-resistant window installations.
The market value of fabricated glass (encompassing basic flat glass as well as all value-added products, such as laminated, tempered, insulating and mirrored glass) is forecast to increase 5.2 percent per year through 2006.
EMS rushed to the scene of an apartment on Detroit’s east side to attend to a boy critically cut by broken glass.The boy’s parents told police the incident occurred while the child was playing in a closet where a storm window was stored.
The Eugene School District will shell out about $1 million to replace hundreds of wired glass panels in its schools after some serious injuries.
The Safety Glass Technology business area within the Kyro Group have contracted machinery deliveries worth approximately EUR 15 million in total.
A spectacular new home in Hamilton, New Zealand, will feature a large Pilkington Planar™ glass system as its front 'wall'.
Tornati Forni has launched itself rapidly into the Italian and foreign markets by focusing on the quality of its products.
Tamglass Group of Finland, fully owned by Kyro Corporation listed on the Helsinki Exchanges, and Bavelloni Group of Italy, fully owned by the Bavelloni family, and the above owners are in negotiations over mutual co-operation.
A western Pennsylvania town that once relied on a glass manufacturer for employment now believes the company is the key to luring new business there.
Tamglass strengthens the competitiveness and productivity of its customers through new innovationsTamglass – the technology and market leader in safety glass machinery – has continued its growth.
Moretti Forni S.P.A. di Marotta (Pesaro), Leader company in the production of kilns to melt, curve and decorate glass, will exhibit ATL, equipment for transparent glass basins moulding.
The largest conference in the global glass industry, Glass Processing Days (GPD), will take place on June 15–18 2003 in Tampere, Finland.
Researchers and developers of glass and coatings innovations that have become business successes for PPG Industries were honored with the President's Award for Technical Achievement here during a corporate technology conference.
Zhejiang Glass Co Ltd said it intends to use 100 mln yuan which was a part of net proceeds raised from its listing of H shares to invest in an ultra-thick float flat glass production line.
The Pilkington plc website, www.pilkington.com, has won a major award just four weeks after re-launch – for best practice in investor relations.