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Pilkington (PILK.LN) could come under pressure from Asahi Glass's (5201.TO) reduction in '05 operating income for its glass division, traders say.
Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass is unlikely to agree to buy Pilkington Plc for several more weeks as it continues to plough through the glassmaker's books, sources familiar with the situation said.
Glass factory workers in Denbighshire could soon be working for a new, Japanese owner.Nippon Sheet Glass Company looks likely to acquire glass maker Pilkington after reportedly beefing up its takeover offer to £2.2bn.
A new company has been founded to complement Kyro Group's main business area,Glaston Technologies. DiaPol S.r.l. manufactures tools meant for glass and stone pre-processing.DiaPol continues and expands the existing Tools division operations of…
Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass is discussing a takeover of glassmaker Pilkington at more than 160 pence a share, sources familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
Pilkington +4.6% at 154.75p amid press speculation that talks between the company and its rebuffed suitor Nippon Sheet Glass (5202.
Pilkington, Britain's leading glassmaker, has been forced to move from using gas to oil to run its UK operations because it could no longer afford to pay its enormous gas bill.
Slaughter and May’s famed boardroom connections have snared it a lucrative instruction from Pilkington on its potential £2bn takeover — despite Herbert Smith having already been given the role.
With the rise of shaped glass sheets in the architectural and automotive glass market, there is a decrease of glass sheets being produced in batches.
Hall 15/I - Booth B25Bystronic is the global supplier of total solutions for the economical, application-engineered manufacture of architectural and automotive glass.
You are encouraged to join Rohmer & Stimpfig Pre-Processing Open House 2005. From September 21 to 23, 2005, you can get your own and personal impression on Rohmer & Stimpfig Performance, Technologies and latest developments.
GMH plans to source windscreens and back car windows from a French company in Thailand once the Pilkington contract expires.
Workers from Pilkington Glass have rallied outside Holden's offices at Port Melbourne, saying 120 jobs could go if the company imports windscreens.General Motors Holden (GMH) says a decision was made two years ago to import windscreens.
An industrial dispute is set to close Geelong's Pilkington glass plant for up to six hours today. The dispute stems from a General Motors decision to source glass components from overseas, a decision that could endanger more than 100 jobs at…
Glassmaker Pilkington said the year had started in line with expectations and the company was ready to invest into new growth opportunities.
On 15th July, 2005, Pilkington announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the US assets of Autostock Distribution, with an asset value of around $US 18 million.
Manufacturers are warning the DTI that Britain may run out of gas this winter. Sylvia Pfeifer examines why they are so concernedIt may have been glorious summer in Whitehall last Wednesday, but when a bunch of manufacturers met Malcolm Wicks, the…
A new product brochure and technical data sheet for Pilkington’s fire-resistant glasses are now available.
Analysts at Goldman Sachs reiterate their "underperform" rating on Pilkington, while reducing their estimates for the company.In a research note published this morning, the analysts mention that the company reported a 2% y/y decline in its…
Two novel new machines from partners CADRAM and R&R Sondermaschinen are providing the first automated solutions for applying decoration to window glass, using either lead or bevel-effect 3M Accentrim tape.
BOC has secured a 15-year, multi-million pound contract with international glass manufacturer Pilkington for the continued supply of nitrogen and hydrogen to the company's main UK manufacturing facility at St Helens, Merseyside.
Shanghai Yaohua Pilkington Glass Co Ltd will set up a 50-50 joint venture with Pilkington Italia SpA, Shanghai Yaohua said.
Pilkington Plc, the world's biggest windshield maker, plans to buy about 40 percent of China Glass Holdings' initial share offer, or a 9.9 percent stake, for up to HK$83 million.
The Board of Pilkington plc is pleased to announce that Norman Lyle OBE has accepted its invitation to become a Non-Executive Director of the Company and will take up his appointment on 1st August 2005.
Researchers from the United Kingdom, France and the DUBBLE beamline at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) have made a step forward in research on glass.