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Strong Growth, Outperforming Targets - Sales: up 18.5% to EUR41,596 million; up 18.2% at constant exchange rates* and up 6.7% like-for-like - Operating income: up 29.9% to EUR3,714 million; up 29.8% at constant exchange rates* - Net income (…
The Skywalk glass bridge suspended above the Grand Canyon will be opened to the public. Constructed on the Indian Hualapai tribe’s territory of Peach Springs (Arizona), The Skywalk was imagined and built by architect Mark Johnson from MRJ Architects…
Deutsche Bank upgrades PPG Industries from Hold to Buy and raises their price target to $80. The firm said, "Options on a divestiture of chlor-alkali are more possible today, having been accelerated by PPG's desire to be in a position to…
2006 was a year notable for continued improvements in Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) in PPG, some of which are visible in our EHS performance metrics.
Msn reportedt that America Sec reiterates Buy. Target $70 to $76. Banc of America raises their PPG tgt to $76 from $70 to reflect new reporting segments.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain confirms that it has received a “Statement of objections” from the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition.
Michael L. Rupert, director, performance glazings technical services and product development, PPG Industries, has won the Shades of Green Leadership Award from the Green Building Alliance in Pittsburgh.
Owens Corning and Saint-Gobain have agreed to merge Owens Corning’s Reinforcements Business and Saint-Gobain’s Reinforcements and Composites Business (a part of the entity known as Vetrotex) into a new company that will be named OCV Reinforcements.
Martin Auto Color of Van Nuys, Calif., was presented the PPG Platinum Distributor of the Year Award at a banquet held during the annual PPG Platinum Distributor Conference, Feb. 16 through 18 at the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate in Orlando,…
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…
PPG Industries is committing additional resources to its performance sunwear, thin films and materials business and is engaging Dan Klamut, an industry veteran in the ophthalmic lens and sunlens industry, to help with business development and…
USA Luge announced that Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc. has agreed to a four-year sponsorship as the “USA Luge Official Abrasive Supplier.
Nearly 14,000 individuals attended a PPG Automotive Refinish training course in 2006, according to PPG Automotive Refinish.
Based on the authorization granted under the fourteenth resolution of the Ordinary and Extraordinary Meeting of June 9, 2005, the Board of Directors’ meeting of November 16, 2006 resolved to issue up to eight million Saint-Gobain ordinary shares…
Reuters reported that Imperial Chemical Industries PLC said its unit ICI India Ltd has agreed to sell its advanced refinish business, 2K, to PPG Industries Inc for 6 mln stg, subject to completion adjustments.
Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) and Saint-Gobain representatives jointly announced today that they have signed a joint-venture agreement to merge Owens Corning’s Reinforcements Business and Saint-Gobain’s Reinforcements and Composites Business (a part of…
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.
PPG Industries has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ICI India Ltd., Mumbai, India, to facilitate the acquisition of ICI’s premium automotive refinish business.
PPG Industries Inc. (PPG), a Pittsburgh-based chemical, glass and resin maker, said Friday Chairman and Chief Executive Charles E.
Saint-Gobain said it plans to build a new glass wool insulation plant in Chemille, France, in order to meet 'fast-growing' demand both domestically and in Western Europe.Read the entire news on the source link below.
The joint venture company, to be known as PPG-Devold LLC, will manufacture stitched fabrics primarily for the North American wind energy market.
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).
As key decision makers are increasingly turning to the internet for information on all aspects of glass specification, Saint-Gobain Glass reveals its fully updated, new-look website this month.
Saint-Gobain’s Building Distribution Sector announces the acquisition of Galvano Groothandel BV (the Netherlands), Schulte Tiefbau (Germany) and four companies belonging to the Norman group (Channel Isles). - Galvano Groothandel BV is a major…
PPG Industries and Devold AMT AS signed an agreement here forming a 50-50 joint venture to manufacture glass-fiber reinforcement fabrics used in turbine blades for the North American wind energy market.