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BPB, the world's leading plasterboard business, is on full alert for an offer of more than £3.5bn for the company from Saint-Gobain, its French rival.
BPB PLC's institutional investors have demanded the group not be sold for less than 800 pence a share, valuing the group at more than 4 bln stg, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
On June 30, 2005, Saint-Gobain Oberland, a German subsidiary of the Saint-Gobain Group, signed an agreement for the sale of its glass blocks business to the Italian group Seves.
A new product brochure and technical data sheet for Pilkington’s fire-resistant glasses are now available.
Saint-Gobain SA said its Scandinavian subsidiary, Saint-Gobain Nordic, has bought Optimera Gruppen AS of Norway, a distributor of building materials that has a commercial network of 95 brands in Norway and Sweden.
Thomson signed agreements under which the Spanish glass group Rioglass will take over its glass cathode ray tubes glass activity, Videoglass, situated at Bagneaux-sur-Loing in France.
In view of the strong growth trends in Latin American markets, Saint-Gobain's Flat Glass Sector (Saint-Gobain Vitrage) has decided to expand its presence in the region with the construction of a new float glass production line in Mexico.
In view of the strong growth trends in Latin American markets, Saint-Gobain's Flat Glass Sector (Saint-Gobain Vitrage) has decided to expand its presence in the region with the construction of a new float glass production line in Mexico.
SGG COOL-LITE ST has had a great deal of success on the solar control market. Our sales of COOL-LITE that can be toughened already represent 22% of all SGG COOL-LITE sold.
Wire Glass Must Be Removed from all educational facilities which include all K-12 construction. Also athletic facilities which cover gymnasiums, basketball courts, and racquetball courts - and may extend to rooms used for kickboxing and aerobics…
Local and state fire marshals Wednesday continued efforts to determine how a fire started in a large pile of construction debris at the former Anchor Glass mill site in Dayville.A smoky fire broke out shortly after 8:15 p.m.
Air Liquide is pleased to announce that it has signed a 15-year contract with Saint-Gobain, a leader in the glass industry, for their new float-glass manufacturing site of Calarasi, 100 km south-east of Bucarest in Romania.
Consolidated sales for the Saint-Gobain Group in the first quarter of 2005, calculated in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), came in at €7,633 million, compared with €7,261 million for the same period in 2004 (…
At least two dozen Shreveport police and fire units responded to a two-alarm blaze at Libbey Glass on Saturday night.
Glaverbel has decided to invest in a new production unit in Seneffe (Belgium), to be built next to the old unit which it will eventually replace.
Saint-Gobain's Flat Glass Sector (Saint-Gobain Vitrage) has decided to expand into the booming glass market for flat TV panels, through the production of glass for PDP (Plasma Display Panel).
In accordance with agreements finalized on April 6, 2005, Saint-Gobain has increased its share of voting rights in Hankuk Glass Industries (HGI) from 46% to 80.47%, and thus gained control of HGI.
At the official opening of the UK's first magnetron coater, Saint-Gobain Glass UK announced the launch of SGG PLANITHERM TOTAL 1.3.
Experience partnerships – a joint trade fair stand held by CLIMALIT® and SECURIT-Partner with SAINT- GOBAIN GLASS at glasstec 2004 From 9 to 13 November 2004 trade fair visitors will be able to experience the working-material glass and its versatile…
Roberto Caliari has been appointed Senior Vice-President in charge of the Ceramics & Plastics, Abrasives and Reinforcements Branches.
Saint-Gobain Group consolidated net income for the first half of 2003 amounted to EUR 470 million, a decrease of 5.6% on the same period of 2002.
Sterling Commerce today announced an agreement with Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc. to deploy a trio of Sterling Commerce value-added services to upgrade critical business transactions and remove manual processes between the glass container supplier…
"You didn't wash those windows, did you?" a firefighter quipped, pointing at streaks of dust and filth smeared across two nearby sheets of glass.
Earthquakes, which have proved to be the most destructive of natural hazards, destroy fragile buildings and civil infrastructures.
Francesco Davalli, CSM Tecnologies Sales Manager, in cooperation with YKC closed an important contract with Saint Gobain group to supply a full automated line for thier glass processing plant HPG in Korea.