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Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (“the Company”) announces that, in the fiscal year ending 31st March 2007, the Company will incur extra-ordinary loss as below. 1.
Fuenlabrada, Madrid (Spain), March 12th, 2007. Last March 8th King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia inaugurated the Alzheimer Investigation Centre together with the president of Madrid state, Mrs.
A Yemen investor is planning to establish a flat glass factory, the first of its kind in Yemen. Procedures are currently finalized to commence the implementation of the US$40 million project, whose annual production of up to 43,800 tons would begin…
Leading Mexican glass maker Vitro posted a 94 percent jump in fourth-quarter profit on Monday, buoyed by an asset sale and lower financial costs.
Vitro S.A.B. de C.V. one of the world's largest producers and distributors of glass products, today announced 4Q'06 unaudited results.
PPG Industries Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Charles E. Bunch received compensation of about $7.9 million in 2006, according to the coatings, glass and chemical products maker's proxy statement filed Tuesday with the Securities and Exchange…
Vitro one of the world's largest producers and distributors of glass products, announced 4Q'06 unaudited results. Year over year consolidated sales increased 7.7 percent and EBITDA rose 3.6 percent.
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…
US window and door demand is projected to increase 3.3 percent annually  through 2010 to $36.5 billion, a deceleration from the 2000-2005 period due to a  sharp drop in single-family housing completions.
Research and Markets has announced the addition of “Automotive Glass Replacement Shops: State Market Index” to their offering.
Vitro  recently signed an agreement with the Center for University Studies (CEU), a  higher learning institution focusing on middle school, under graduate and post  graduate levels of education, located in Monterrey, N.L.
Although it has not explicitly said so, leading LCD glass supplier Corning appears willing to forsake market share in the first half of this year when demand is slow, with the company instead focusing on maintaining more stable price drops in a…
Vitro  Cristalglass, Vitro’s subsidiary in Europe, held a ceremony today to celebrate the  inauguration and start-up of its new furnace in the La Rozada facility, located in  the vicinity of Villadecanes, Leon with the capacity to temper the largest…
Reuterts reported that Pilkington, the UK-based unit of Japanese glassmaker Nippon Sheet Glass, said on Friday it had launched legal action against Mexico's Vitro  over a move to merge a unit Pilkington part-owns into another company.
Research and Markets has announced the addition of China Glass Industry Report, 2006.Along with the ascent of industrial profit since 2003, the glass industry became more attractive, surging up a new-round of investment from 2003 to 2005.
Isra Vision AG, one of the leading global suppliers for machine vision systems, has acquired Image Automation Inc. (IAI), Worthington, Ohio (USA) through its wholly owned subsidiary ISRA SURFACE VISION INC., Duluth, Georgia (USA).
Shares of Mexican glass maker Vitro SAB de CV shattered a 52-week high Thursday after the company said it is refinancing its debt.
Vitro,  S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: VTO and BMV: VITROA), announced that its  subsidiary Vitro Envases Norteamérica, S.
Vitro’s  dedication and strong commitment in developing innovative and top quality  containers continues to give very positive results, as it received the top award  “Prize for Excellence” for three different containers in a recent “WorldStar” …
Show Name Glass World Exhibition 2007 Show Date 14 - 17 June 2007 Show Venue International Cairo Fair Ground Hall No. 2,3,4 Middle East strategic location and the very special strategic location for Egypt in the heart of the Middle East, as well as…
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Thailand and the Philippines agreed to work together in assessing the protective measures imposed on Thai-made glasses, a development that could possibly result in the removal of safeguards on those products.
A monopoly period for carmakers on visible spare parts would ‘destroy’ independent parts producers, according to ECAR (European Campaign for the Freedom of the Automotive Parts and Repair Market).
Bloomberg.com reported that Asahi Glass Co., the world's third- largest maker of glass, cut its full-year profit forecast by almost half and booked 75 billion yen ($633 million) in writedowns as surging costs exacerbate shrinking demand.
Vitro,  announced that it had  finalized the sale of real estate currently occupied by its subsidiary Vidriera  Mexico (Vimex) in Mexico City for US$100 million.