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Solutia Inc., a leading manufacturer and provider of interlayers for laminated glass, aftermarket window films, specialty chemicals and an integrated family of nylon products, today announced that its subsidiary, Solutia Europe SA/NV ("SESA…
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Applied Industrial Technologies has been selected as a PPG Industries, Inc. Excellent Supplier for 2005.
Lifesaving DuPont protective glass technology used at Miami's new U.S. Federal Courthouse has been recognized by the nonprofit Protecting People First Foundation with its Safety Award.
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PPG Industries has installed a $1.6-million unit to recycle waste fiber glass at its fiber glass manufacturing plant in Hoogezand, the Netherlands.
There is new information tonight in a labor dispute that may keep hundreds of workers off the job. The contract covering union workers at PPG industries in Lake Charles was set to expire at midnight tonight, but the contract has been extended for…
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Scott Sinetar, general manager of sales and marketing for architectural coatings, has been named vice president, architectural coatings, North America, PPG Industries officials announced today.
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Solutia Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SOLUQ), the world leader in the production and sale of polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayers, announced it has completed its purchase of Vitro Plan, S.
ST. LOUIS and PUEBLA, Mexico, March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Solutia Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SOLUQ), the world leader in the production and sale of polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayers, today announced it has completed its purchase of Vitro Plan…