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Following the search for strategic partners for its specialty bottles business, the Saint-Gobain Group has selected the project of a consortium of two investment funds, Sagard and Cognetas.
Pilkington Planar™ structural glazing system has been used to stunning effect at a new library in the southwest seaport town of Turku, Finland.
The annual amount of glass recycled to make new bottles and jars has increased to a record 756,000 tonnes according to estimates from British Glass.
The average price of manufactured products in the U.K. recorded an increase of 0.3 per cent in February, the Office for National Statistics said a report Monday.
BBC reported that union officials say the announcement that St Helens Glass has gone into liquidation, leaving hundreds of workers jobless, is tragic.  Rumours of the announcement were circulated before staff were given official confirmation at…
Materials Technology Publications and the Abrasive Engineering Society announce publication of The Abrasives Industry in Europe and North America, fifth edition completely up-dated and expanded.
Pilkington Group Limited has announced the purchase of AG Glass and Glazing Limited. AG Glass and Glazing Ltd is a leading IGU manufacturer averaging more than 20,000 units per week from its state of the art manufacturing unit in Tankersley, near…
In a major coup for the event, Pilkington Activ™ has demonstrated its commitment to the new-look Glassex with the announcement that it will sponsor the popular Conservatory Design Competition next March.
Bystronic Glass UK has developed a seminar programme that will be introduced at Glassex but will be extended beyond the arena of the exhibition.
Hot Melt Technologies introduced the Benchmark 615 Hot Melt system that can be used with high-viscosity butyls, sealants and mastics for insulating glass window manufacturing, fabrication of door lites and solar panels, and sealing of metal roof…
Pilkington and NSG issued a statement on 16 June confirming that the acquisition of Pilkington by NSG has been completed and that Pilkington is now a member of the NSG Group.
Among creators of functional glass art, none enjoys greater prestige than Rene Lalique. The eminent Frenchman's vases, lamps, plates, centerpieces and bowls -- not to mention architectural projects -- define Art Deco chic.
DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions has introduced DuPont™ Spallshield® , the business' first generation plastic composite product for use in vehicle sunroofs.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. announced Monday it agreed to acquire 80 percent of British glassmaker Pilkington plc in a strategy to expand its global production capacity.
In the sleepy, semi-residential area of Na Klua, far from the hustle and bustle of South Pattaya and its gaudy neon-lit outdoor beer bars, a discreet sign, beside a large grey metallic sliding door next to a tall wooden fence, reads Stephen Gormley…
Pilkington +4.6% at 154.75p amid press speculation that talks between the company and its rebuffed suitor Nippon Sheet Glass (5202.
FOR.EL. never falls short in regards to proposing new machinery. The new products are interesting, innovative and high-tech.
Slaughter and May’s famed boardroom connections have snared it a lucrative instruction from Pilkington on its potential £2bn takeover — despite Herbert Smith having already been given the role.
Without doubt a decisive factor in VITRUM 2005 being so successful for Bystronic was the fact that Bystronic, in its role as a global supplier of total solutions for the economical, application-engineered manufacture of architectural and automotive…
With the rise of shaped glass sheets in the architectural and automotive glass market, there is a decrease of glass sheets being produced in batches.
At Vitrum: Hall 15-I, Stand J04Perfect Rack – Rack Management software, integrated with Perfect Cut, reduces operative time about 1-2 hours a day, and with a waste increase of only 0,5%.
From several years on glass market, the company FORZA G ITALIA S.r.l., producer of CENTRIFUGAL SOLID/LIQUID SEPARATOR SYSTEMS, displays at its Vitrum booth H2O Global Systems that means SYSTEM OF MICRIFILTRATION that procede part of the grinding…
Offering a broad range of flat glass pre-processing and processing technology through a global network of sales offices and technical expertise, providing customers with consultancy and after-sales assistance.
Yinhong Machinery Factory of Shunde district, Foshan city, which was given the name from Yinjing Glass Machinery Factory Lunjiao Shunde district, has managed to manufacture machines to meet the more high quality requirement all over the world, as…
Booth: D24-E25 / Pavilion: 15/1Our commercial and technical staff will be glad to introduce you, at the 2005 edition of Vitrum in Milan, some of the models of our wide range of proposals.