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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…

Double glazing firm St Helens Glass is believed to have collapsed with the loss of more than 200 jobs. It is estimated that figure could rise to more than 300 if salespeople, fitters and drivers contracted by the firm are also taken into account.

Kyro's main business area, Glaston Technologies, makes efficiency improvements in its Brazilian operations by merging the local Tamglass and Bavelloni machine factories.

A new Managing Director has been appointed for Uniglass Engineering, a Kyro subsidiary belonging to its Glaston Technologies business area.

Vitreous fused silica rollers are used specially as transport rollers for tempering flat glass. This method has been used for many years in the manufacture of tempered safety flat glass.

Guardian Building Products Distribution, Inc., announces  its newest product with the introduction of GuardWrap™.

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…

Saint-Gobain Isover is to build a new, 70,000-ton capacity glass wool plant in Chemillé, (Maine-et-Loire) France. The plant is due to begin production at the end of 2008, will create approximately 150 jobs.

At the Annual General Meeting to be held on 13 March 2007, Kyro Corporation's Board of Directors will propose to its shareholders that the Group's name be changed to Glaston Corporation (Glaston Oyj Abp).

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.

In the context of CE Marking, most flat glass products sold in the European Union must now conform to European technical standards known as harmonised European Norms (hEN), as dictated by the Comité Européen de Normalisation (CEN).

The Kyro Group strengthens its management by appointing MSc (Econ.) Kimmo Lautanen, 47, as a new Group CFO. Lautanen's most recent CFO position was with brewery Oy Hartwall Ab for three years.

Carlton Televsion presenter Llewella Bailey joins the Bystronic Glass UK team at Glassex where she will present a number of informative industry related short presentations on-stand on behalf of the company.

- Group net sales EUR 268.9 (266.7) million - Comparable operating profit EUR 22.0 (23.0) million - Comparable profit before taxes EUR 22.3 (21.9) million - Profit after taxes EUR 12.1 (22.4) million, earnings per share EUR 0.15  (0.28) - Glaston’s…

Anyone wishing to seam glass edges during the production process cannot do so without a special machine: the first’arris from Bystronic.

The Raytek GS110 process imaging system for low emissivity (low-E) glass was specifically designed to monitor one-side coated flat glass and addresses a rapidly increasing need as low-E glass becomes more widely used in the construction industry.

A significant appointment has been made in the Kyro Group. MSc (Pol) Ari Himma, 47, has been appointed the Group’s Human Resources Director.

Bystronic Glass UK has developed a seminar programme that will be introduced at Glassex but will be extended beyond the arena of the exhibition.

Kyro’s main business area, Glaston Technologies, strengthens its production of glass pre-processing tools in China.

Managing Director Paolo Sandri of Bavelloni, part of Kyro’s main business area, Glaston Technologies, is leaving the company for private reasons.

Glaston Technologies’ Tamglass again presents new and major flat tempering innovation at the top industry event of the year, Glasstec 2006.