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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.
The strong growth in automobile production and the boom in the construction business have acted as a demand driver for the glass segment.
Business.inq7.net reported that the Department of Trade and Industry has extended by three years the general safeguard measure against imported float glass, saying the local industry needs more time to adjust to become competitive.
The construction of a large-scale modern glass producing and processing center by Jingniu Group, one of the renowned Chinese glass producers, is in full swing in Kadoma, an industrial city in central Zimbabwe.
Pilkington is to build and operate a 550 tonnes per day capacity float line in Abu Dhabi, through a new joint venture company, Pilkington Emirates LLC.
Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas). Cardinal FG Company has begun operation at the newest float glass plant in North America.
A new float plant joins the Group with the warm-up of the CS1 plant at Changsu, China. Construction work has been completed in record time – just 16 months.
Saint-Gobain SEFPRO offers the widest range of electrofused and high grade sintered refractories. It is as well an active actor in the field of unshaped refractories, expendables (including lip stones for patterned glass production) and regenerator…
Emirates Float Glass has revealed that a group of investors from across the GCC will contribute to the total equity of EFG, with the overall share ratio comprising 30% for GCC investors and 70% for UAE investors.
Saint-Gobain's Building Distribution Sector has announced the acquisition of JP Corry, the leading builder's merchant in Northern Ireland, Barugel Azulay, the top-ranking distributor of sanitary ware, tiles and kitchens in the State of…
(The Nation (Thailand) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)Eco Coat Ltd, a new Thai-German company, made its debut during Architect '06 this week by launching coloured and transparent glass for outdoor and indoor home decoration under the Betoglass…
Up 27.7% on a Reported Basis Up 9.1% Like-for-Like Consolidated sales for the Saint-Gobain Group in the first quarter of 2006 came in at EUR9,745 million, compared with EUR7,633 million for the same period in 2005, representing a rise of 27.7% on an…
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Corning makes its money these days much the same way it has made money for more than 150 years--by making glass do incredible things.
China's demand for flat glass has grown at a fast pace in the past decade. In the next five years, both production and demand will continue to grow.
The UK's largest supplier of emergency glazing and household repairs yesterday boosted its business with a £6.5m deal.
Where are the Americans? That’s what some of the analysts watching foreign companies snap up British companies are wondering.
On March 27, 2006, H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE:FUL) announced that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Henkel KGaA under which H.B.
Construction glass makers are lobbying the Government to suspend the licensing of new glass-making projects until 2010 amid concerns of an imminent surplus crisis in the domestic market.
Reuters report that Corning Inc. on Monday raised its forecast for growth in the glass market for flat panel displays, saying consumers are embracing high-end thin-screen TVs at a faster clip than previously expected.
Italy's glass-manufacturing industry experienced a slight recovery in 2005, glass manufacturers professional association ANFAO announced in an official statement issued today.
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