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| In the Pall Mall boardroom of Pilkington, the glassmaker Nippon Sheet Glass has just bought for £2.2bn ($3.9bn), Yozo Izuhara, the man who drove the protracted deal to its conclusion, admits to a moment of indecision during the tense negotiations.
| Several top-notch glass companies are evincing interest in setting up manufacturing units in Uttaranchal.
| Pilkington and NSG issued a statement on 16 June confirming that the acquisition of Pilkington by NSG has been completed and that Pilkington is now a member of the NSG Group.
| DuPont Co., the second largest U.S. chemicals maker, said its strong double-digit revenue growth in China would accelerate while it increased investment and manpower in its fastest growing market.
| Nippon Sheet Glass Co said it has completed its acquisition of UK glass maker Pilkington PLC. A Nippon Sheet Glass statement says the acquisition means its group will have the largest share of the sheet glass market, with sales of about 760 bln yen…
| Asahi Glass Co. has decided to increase its production capacity of glass substrates used in PDPs (Plasma Display Panels).
| Hebei Xintai Jingniu Group of China recently signed a contract to invest $312 million in a glass manufacturing facility here.
| The European Commission said Wednesday it has approved Nippon Sheet Glass Co.'s acquisition of British glass maker Pilkington PLC, concluding that the deal will "not significantly impede effective competition" in Europe.
| Six years after conception, construction of the Toledo Museum of Art's Glass Pavilion is in the home stretch.
| Nippon Sheet Glass Co. is moving to global prominence on the strength of Japanese automakers, its biggest customer base. The world's sixth-largest maker of sheet glass is scheduled to complete the purchase of Britain's Pilkington Plc,…
| The Vietnam Construction Glass Association (VCGA) is reporting a surplus of 21mil sq.m this year, 8mil more than last year.
| Though the financial performance of Asahi India Glass in the last few quarters has not been very impressive, recent initiatives will help it get back into the growth trajectory.
| Research Frontiers Incorporated announced today that the Asahi Glass Company, Ltd. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 5201: JP) has acquired a worldwide non-exclusive license to use Research Frontiers' patented SPD-Smart light-control technology for…
| Nippon Sheet Glass Co. (NSG), the world's sixth-largest glass maker, will move alongside front-runner Asahi Glass Co., in terms of sales, after the 616 billion yen acquisition of third-ranked British glass maker Pilkington PLC, by the end of…
| The project is expected to create about 6,000 new jobs -- 3,000 during construction, 2,000 in production, and 1,000 for administration, the statement said.
| Kyro Corporations's main business area, Glaston Technologies, organized asignificant glass industry conference in Beijing on 23-24 April.
| Schott, the international technology group, continues to achieve growth. The companys Management Board projects a double-digit increase in both sales and profitability for the current fiscal year 2005/2006.
| Asahi Glass Fine Techno Taiwan (AFT), a 100% owned subsidiary of Japan-based Asahi Glass, on April 7 broke ground for its third glass substrate plant in Taiwan.
| China's demand for flat glass has grown at a fast pace in the past decade. In the next five years, both production and demand will continue to grow.
| Digitimes.com reported that Asahi Glass Fine Techno Taiwan, a 100% owned subsidiary of Japan-based Asahi Glass, is set to add two glass substrate production lines, including one sixth-generation (6G) and one 7.5G line, in Taiwan, with volume…