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| Local quality glass producer Emirates Glass Limited has won contracts to supply 68,000 square metres of its high quality EmiCool glass to five major projects in Dubai.
Southwall Technologies Secures New Bank Loan and Equity Financing Agreement Led by Needham & Company
| Southwall Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:SWTX), a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of thin-film coatings for the electronic display, automotive glass and architectural markets, today announced that on Dec. 18, 2003, it secured an agreement for…
| Co-Ventures in Glass Containers (CVIGC, Ltd.) of Tampa, Florida, USA and Micro-Tek Canada, Inc. Of Toronto, Canada are excited to announce the beginning of a long term joint venture to combine their extensive experiences and resources to offer the…
| When did the wine industry start using glass bottles, and how did they settle on their current size of 750ml? For the answer to these questions, you have to go back in time - back thousands of years to when wine was first cultivated and enjoyed.
| Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX) today announced that its subsidiary Praxair Canada Inc.'s specialty gases plant in Paris, Ontario, Canada, is one of Praxair's first specialty gases plants in North America to complete the upgrade to ISO 9001:2000…
| KUB Malaysia Bhd has accepted an offer from Nippon Sheet Glass Co Ltd (NSG) to acquire its 15% stake in Malaysian Sheet Glass Bhd (MSG) for RM32.6 million in cash, or RM2.68 per share.
| China's largest automobile glass maker Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co, Ltd, won its case against the dumping ruling of the US Department of Commerce (DOC).
| The Al Quoz-based producer is not only making major forays into highly competitive international markets, but is continuing to consolidate its position on the home turf by bagging major contracts from prestigious clients. 'Our single-largest…
| Having warned of possible bankruptcy, Solutia Inc. refuses to pay $3 million to settle two Texas asbestos lawsuits, arguing that its spinoff from Monsanto Co. unjustly saddled it with hundreds of millions of dollars in environmental cleanup costs…
| Solvay S.As. Board of Directors decided at their meeting on December 17, 2003 to distribute onJanuary 15, 2004 a net interim dividend of EUR 0.70 per share for the 2003 financial year, i.e. unchanged compared to the interim dividend for the 2002…
| Asahi Glass Company Ltd is a world-leading international group organised into four divisions, namely Display Screens, Chemicals, Construction Glazing and Automotive Glass.
| The suspense was mounting. Two glassblowers were struggling with a huge transparent bowl, humoring it with long metal poles as if by nudging and coaxing they could tame the molten beast into the solid, graceful vessel that it was intended to be.
| EBRD and Pilkington Russia, subsidiary of UK Pilkington plc, sealed an agreement under which EBRD grants 57.5 mln euros to the company.
| Turkey's Sisecam launched its project for building a production line for flat glass in the Bulgarian town Targovishte, making the biggest greenfield investment in this field in the country.
| The first retractable sports stadium roof was put on the Toronto Skydome in 1989, and since then designers have gone on to put dozens up around the world.
| Apogee Enterprises, Inc., which develops and delivers value-added glass products and services for the architectural, large-scale optical and automotive industries, today reported third quarter earnings per share from continuing operations of $0.20,…
| Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is scheduled to cut the ribbon today on a new pane-glass roof at the Garfield Park Conservatory.
| A newly formed division of the Glass Manufacturing Industry Council will promote and advocate the use of cullet (refuse glass) in alternative products.
| The 2004 Dodge Durango features side windows, or sidelights, made of Safe and Sound automotive glass by PPG Industries in the Chrysler Group's first use of the laminated glass windows as standard equipment, helping to reduce cabin noise and…
| Visteon Corporation (NYSE: VC) congratulates Ford Motor Co., its largest customer, on its F-150 being named Motor Trend magazine's 2004 Truck of the Year.