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Pilkington Chairman Sir Nigel Rudd has been presented with a Personality of the Year award by Brazil in recognition of the Group's record investment in that country.

Paolo Scaroni has resigned from the Board of Pilkington plc and relinquished the post of non-executive deputy chairman of the Group.

Finland's second largest independent glass processing firm has become part of the Pilkington Group.The acquisition of KP Lasi will give Pilkington Processing and Merchanting 15 per cent of the buoyant Finnish IGU market.

Hall 15Stand A31 + A35The company Pannkoke Flachglastechnik GmbH is one of the oldest producers of devices for glass processing and since the beginning of glasstec, an exhibitor in Duesseldorf.

Nippon Sheet Glass, a large Japanese manufacturer, has increased its holding in Pilkington, the UK glass group, from 10 to 21 per cent over the past fortnight, but has ruled out mounting a full bid.

The European Standard draft for the safety requirements of "Machines and plants for the manufacture, treatment and processing of flat glass" in the area of "Storage, handling and transportation equipment inside the factory" has…