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Excavators at an Anglo-Saxon burial ground have found a rare glass bowl that remained intact for more than 1,500 years hidden inside a wooden bucket.
CPFilms and DuPont Teijin Films have announced the formation of a new strategic relationship to work jointly to reduce injury and property damage due to flying glass.
Following products and novelties for functional and decorative lighting are presented at booth E 40 / Hall 4.1Schott Auer: Reflectors with SCHOTT PI Coating® for general lighting, stage lighting, for fiber optics and automotive lighting; Fresnel…
Solvay Advanced Polymers, L.L.C., has completed its previously announced expansions of its sulfone polymers plant in Marietta, Ohio, and its sulfone monomer plant in Augusta, Ga.
THE Madhvani glass trading company made about sh2.6b last year, from dealing in glass products from the family works located in Dar-es- Salaam, Tanzania.
BOC Coating Technology, part of BOC Edwards, has today announced the sale of its glass coating business to Von Ardenne Anlagentechnik GmbH, Dresden, Germany.
007 will be seen looking seriously shaken in his latest movie - currently filming at Pinewood in the UK-when he walks smack into a glass wall as he tries to make his escape following an interrogation.
The company from Pesaro, manufacture of numerical control machinery for the processing of glass and natural and synthetic stone, has added two new branches to its distribution network: INTERMAC AUSTRALIA and INTERMAC IBERICA.
Kuala Lumpur Glass Manufacturers Co Sdn Bhd (KL Glass) expects to improve efficiency and productivity with its RM10.8 million investment in plant expansion.
Asahi Glass Co . LTD's (J.AHG) battle to buy Belgian rival Glaverbel SA (B.GLA) is set to continue for another three weeks as the Japanese company renews its efforts to get Glaverbel's shareholders to sell their stock.
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (head office: Tokyo; President: Shinya Ishizu, referred to as "AGC" hereunder) has developed its group vision titled "Look Beyond", so that it can be shared by AGC and its group companies (the "Group…
PPG Industries' automotive flat glass plant here has been named member of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) program designed to reward facilities whose performance extends beyond compliance with environmental laws.
Shares in Pilkington remained steady on Wednesday morning after the glassmaker issued a positive trading statement.
Applied Films Corporation , a leading supplier of thin film deposition equipment to the flat panel display (FPD), architectural, automotive and solar glass, and the consumer products packaging and electronics industries on March 1, 2002, celebrated…
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) today won an "e-Learning Success Award" from e-Learning Magazine for its fast, cost-efficient efforts in training employees around the globe.
The versatility and flexibility of fiber optics for commercial and specialist lighting projects will be demonstrated by Schott Fibre Optics at the Light and Building Exhibition in Frankfurt (14 -18 April 2002).
REMEMBER the scene in the Disney movie Beauty and the Beast, where a handsome prince was turned into an ugly beast by a beautiful enchantress? In case you have forgotten, the scene was depicted in a stained glass window at the start of the movie.
The NGA Show 2002 - the largest North American glass industry event of the year - went out on a high note drawing 5,000 attendees to the George R.
VELUX was recognized as an Energy Star Partner of the Year for its commitment to manufacturing energy-efficient products that save consumers money while protecting the environment.
DuPont Photomasks, Inc. (NASDAQ: DPMI) and Schott Lithotec AG today announced that Schott Lithotec USA Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the German company Schott Lithotec AG, has acquired DuPont Photomasks’ photoblank business unit.
DuPont announced Wednesday that it expects underlying earnings for first quarter 2002 to exceed the high end of current First Call earnings estimates, which is USD 0.51 per share.
Although the forecast by the European Group of Flat Glass Producers was for growth of 1% in 2002 (a figure which had already been revised downwards), demand for clear glass on the European construction markets is contracting, with resulting pressure…
The Italian Trade Commission (ITC), in a public-private partnership with 15 sector-focused machinery manufacturers associations, announced the debut of a multi-million dollar, multi-year integrated marketing program for Italian-built industrial…
Glaverbel said it will shut down its float glass plant at Tiel, Netherlands for three months, thereby withdrawing 35,000 tonnes of glass from the market as of end-April.
The German company Heye-Glas will construct a glassware plant worth 23m euro for enterprises in Uzplodovoshchvinprom [Uzbek vegetable and wine industry] Holding in Yangiyul (a town in capital Tashkent Region).