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Kyro Corporation (Glaston Corporation as of 1 June 2007) has published a new corporate identity, which is connected, moreover, with the company’s imminent name change.
The Board of Directors of Kyro Corporation has approved a new share-based incentive plan for the Kyro Group's (Glaston Corporation as of 1 June 2007) key personnel.
Kaj Appelberg, Glaston’s Head of Global Sales and acting Managing Director of Bavelloni has left the Kyro Group with immediate effect.
The new Matelux Antislip is a satin finish glass that has been specially treated to make it slip-resistant (antislip performance classified R10 under the German national standard DIN 51130).
There has been a significant appointment in the management of Glaston, part of the Kyro Group. Paolo Ceni, 46, has been appointed Managing Director of Bavelloni, manufacturer of glass and stone pre-processing machines and tools, as of June 2007.
Glass maker and major local employer AFG is becoming AGC. AFG Glass, chartered as AFG Industries Inc., is changing its name to AGC Flat Glass North America, a company official has confirmed.
Tak Metal has become new partner of Albat+Wirsam Software AG in Turkey.
With the arrival of CE marking of IGUs (EN1279) on March 1st, it has been agreed that thermally insulating glass units should now state U-values with 90% argon-gas filling.
When purchasing Harvey replacement windows there are many different options for energy efficiency. As most people know, you get better performance from insulated glass than from single pane windows.
On the 28th of February, 2007 the Seitenstetten based Lisec Maschinenbau GmbH received the much in demand nationwide innovation-award of the Republic of Austria for its revolutionary glass tempering technology.
Attractive reflective, solar control and thermal insulation properties yield maximum efficiency and energy saving.
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo; President: Masahiro Kadomatsu) has decided to build an additional float glass furnace in Russia.
Glaverbel’s patterned glass furnace at Roux (Belgium) was fired up once more at the beginning of March after a complete makeover that lasted three months, which was accompanied by renovation of the two production lines downstream from the furnace.
On 13 March 2007 Glaverbel SA received a Statement of Objections* from the European Commission. The Statement of Objections contains the European Commission's preliminary view with respect to alleged anticompetitive behavior in the flat glass…
In response to the current high demand for flat glass in western Europe, Glaverbel will carry out cold repair of one of the two furnaces for producing float glass at Boussois, in northern France, in 2008.
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.
Guardian Building Products Distribution, Inc., announces its newest product with the introduction of GuardWrap™.
From 26 February to 1 March 2007, Glaverbel will take part in ZOW, the furniture fair held in Bad Salzuflen, Germany, where it will present its extensive range of decorative, coloured, transparent and translucent glasses.
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 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.
Attractive reflective, solar control and thermal insulation properties yield maximum efficiency and energy saving.