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| Attitudes to skyscrapers may be changing after the attacks on the US, but companies need central locations for attracting staff and exchanging intelligence, says Michael Skapinker.
| The ongoing increase in exhibitor and visitor numbers seen at VITRUM in recent years reached its peak in 1999, confirming the tremendous interest aroused by the Milan exhibition among those in the trade, and the important role of Italian machinery,…
| In accordance with its established policy, Pilkington today issued the following trading up-date ahead of its interim results announcement for the period to 30 September 2001, which will be made on Thursday, 25 October 2001.
| Following the tragic accident at the ATOFINA Chemicals, Inc. Riverview, Michigan plant on July 14, 2001, it became evident that a coordinated emergency warning system is needed in this community.
| It is called Veritas. the simple truth in inspection. This fall, the new series of inspection machines from Emhart Glass will set a new standard for container inspection.
| The company Fratelli Pezza has designed and patented a new system for automatically realising different stripes and patterns (using the sand-blasting procedure).
| Telecommunications: a fast-growing branch. The schedule set out by the Deutsche Telekom for the construction of its international Network Management Centre in Frankfurt a.
| Schott Lithotec AG of Jena, Germany, one of the leading manufacturers of optical materials and components for microlithography, continues on its growth trajectory despite the current crisis in the semiconductor industry.
| Venue: Fiera Milano PortelloPavilions: 14I - 15I - 16I and IIDate: Wednesday 3rd October to Saturday 6th October 2001Hours: Visitors 9.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
| The headquarters of PPG Industries will resume operations tomorrow morning. The approximately 1,200 employees of PPG who work in PPG Place were evacuated at about 11 o'clock this morning in the wake of apparent terrorist attacks launched on the…
| These elegant forged brass hinges with stainless-steel Pin and Spring are specially designed for 3/8" to 1/2" (10mm to 13mm) tempered safety glass.
| PPG Industries Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Raymond W. LeBoeuf told employees today that earnings per share for the third quarter are likely to be 50 to 60 cents compared with 88 cents a year ago.
| The net sales of Tamglass Ltd. Oy grew by about 38% between January and June 2001 from the corresponding period of last year, totalling EUR 62.8 million.
| As you know, the proportion of laminated glass to insulating glass is constantly on the increase. In order to do justice economically to this growing demand, it is necessary for the manufacturers of insulating glass to be able to cut the laminated…
| Can you imagine glazing a 12 x 3 m float glass pane with a thickness of 22 mm? This gigantic shop window pane weighs nearly 2000 kg! How would you solve doing such a job? The Shoei Co. of Tokyo solved this problem with a vacuum lifting device from…
| At the end of the first half of 2001, the Glaverbel Group enjoyed a large increase in its results, confirming the quality of strategic options taken several years ago in favour of innovation and geographical diversification.
| China's flat glass industry reported profits of RMB238m for the first half of 2001, down 62 per cent year-on-year. The decline in profits was attributed to the construction of redundant projects in the industry, which caused market supply to…
| Venture Tape, a world-leading manufacturer of adhesive tapes, has introduced a new smaller-sized version of its popular Slip-Stop Guard edging tape, which greatly improves the efficiency of edging processes in optical labs.
| With the company that sponsors him racing toward the start of its third century, three-time NASCAR Winston Cup championship driver Jeff Gordon unveiled the DuPont 200th Anniversary NASCAR racecar Thursday at the DuPont Country Club in Wilmington,…
| Mohammed Atta, one of the suspected terrorists aboard American Airlines Flight 11, which hit the north tower of the World Trade Center on September 11th, was a trained architect and city planner, according to published reports in various sources,…