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It's been 16 months since Indiana Glass Company employees got their walking papers and watched as the company packed up and moved about 240 jobs to a sister plant in Oklahoma.Some former employees have been forced to make difficult decisions.
At first glance, "self-cleaning window" seems an oxymoron. But to the delight of many homeowners, there's nothing at all odd about window glass that sheds rain - along with dirt and grime - like water off a duck's back.
Leading Turkish glassmaker Sisecam and a sector union have reached a wage deal averting a strike by glass workers and delays to the launch of a new Toyota car model.
Asahi Glass Co. plans to spend as much as $500 million to build a plant in South Korea to make glass used for flat panel screens, Korea Economic Daily reported, citing an unidentified government official.
There's a very good reason there are more than 50 window cleaning businesses listed in the local Naples area Yellow Pages.
What happens when a check is deposited and it gets lost somewhere in the clearing process?Worse, the missing check isn't discovered for a couple of months, even though the bank credited the deposit.Glassmasters, a stained-glass company in…
In the 1600s, Galileo's telescope changed our view of the cosmos forever. The key to the telescope: glass. Specifically, glass lenses created to make spectacles!"New materials always pave the way for new tools," says NASA's Dr.
Visteon Corporation highlighted its leading technologies and capabilities on current production vehicles and concept demonstration vehicles during a technical overview led by John Kill, vice president of product development for Visteon, at the…
You already know Toledo is the Glass City, but now there will be more people making glass in Toledo than before.
Glass recycling and weekly collections of recyclables will resume April 1, the city Department of Sanitation announced Friday.
Corning Incorporated today celebrated the beginning of melting operations with a ceremony at its liquid crystal display (LCD) glass manufacturing facility in the Tainan Science-based Industrial Park, Taiwan.
Republic Glass Holdings Corp said its board of directors has unanimously approved a resolution extending the corporation's life for another 50 years.
Although for many people art means a painting on a canvas, artist Dale Chihuly takes a radically different approach."Chihuly Across Florida: Masterworks in Glass" is an extensive exhibit of more than 200 of the glass sculptures that the…
Another impressive exhibitor at this year’s International Builders’ Show was Nana Wall Systems, Inc., based in Gardena, California.
Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) and Fuji Photo Optical Co., LTD. announced today that they have entered into an agreement licensing the use of Corning patents concerning molded glass parts used for digital still cameras, display systems, and other…
Fourth quarter consolidated sales for Bekaert were in line with expectations. Due to the price increases of wire rod, Bekaert’s most important raw material, operating margins came under increased pressure.
More than three years ago, Solutia Inc.'s (Pink Sheets: SOLUQ) Laminated Glazing Interlayers (LGI) business began the arduous task of improving its operating processes through the well-known Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) or…
Rexam PLC, a global consumer packaging company, is pleased to announce the acquisition from Hunan NV of all of the shares in Poland Glassworks Holding BV, the holding company of Polish glassworks, Polglass (Polska) SA (“Polglass”), for a cash…
American Glass Research has recently achieved Laboratory Acceptance status from The Coca-Cola Company.
Visteon Corporation announced that it is continuing negotiations for a Visteon Supplemental Agreement with the United Auto Workers covering future employees at its 15 UAW Master Agreement facilities in the United States.
Global supply of fifth-generation (5G) glass substrates will continue to fall short of demand in the second half of 2004, said Monshen Chen, an analyst at Taiwan's Industry Technology Information Service (ITIS) yesterday.
Mexican glass maker Vitro said on Tuesday it will propose the payment of a 0.30 peso per share cash dividend at an upcoming shareholders meeting, lower than the 0.36 peso paid last year.
Brunei will be producing 170,000 tons of glass yearly when the first plant for float glass and micro glass beads (MGB) will start operating by 2006.
Corning Inc. on Monday said it was on target to meet its first-quarter targets as stronger demand for glass used in liquid crystal displays is expected to offset weaker demand in its fiber-optic cable business.
Valpak's new chief executive Steve Gough has spoken out about the importance of increasing glass packaging collections in the UK.