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March 11, 2010
Officials at Safelite Group, Columbus, Ohio, announced the opening of the company's second new distribution center within the last year, and the largest facility to date, according to a March 11 release. The location will replace the current distribution facility in Enfield, N.C.“This move is a direct result of our company’s growth,” said Tom Feeney, president and CEO, ...
March 10, 2010
Sun Bear Solar Sdn Bhd will invest RM5.2 billion in Malaysia to produce solar glass for the photovoltaic industry, said its chief executive officer/chairman, Lee Holt Judd.Judd said an initial investment of RM2.2 billion would be utilized under phase one to produce float and pattern line in the middle of this year, as well as for the construction of the plant and equipment, according to a March ...
March 10, 2010
Fuyao Group Glass Industries Co. said 2009 net income rose 354 percent to 1.1 billion yuan as the company cut costs, according to a filing to Shanghai’s stock exchange.Sales last year increased 6.3 percent to 6.08 billion yuan, according to the statement. The maker of glass for automobiles said it targets sales of 6.94 billion yuan this year, according to the statement.
March 9, 2010
Officials of Sika AG, Switzerland, announced today [March 9] that its U.S. subsidiary, Sika Corp., Lyndurst, N.J., has acquired the auto glass replacement business of ADCO Products, Michigan Center, Mich. The ADCO AGR business has an annual turnover of approximately $6-$7 million, according to a same-day release. It will be integrated into Sika's Aftermarket Business Unit in the United States and ...
March 5, 2010
Pilkington North America, Toledo, entered into a collaboration with Dyesol Inc., the North American division of Dyesol Ltd., to develop opportunities in the building integrated photovoltaics marketplace utilizing Pilkington’s TEC series of transparent conductive oxide coated float glass and Dyesol’s Dye Solar Cell materials and technology, according to a March 3 ...
March 5, 2010
The New York Times recently published an article about glassmaking in the United States that suggests the glass industry’s international expansion comes at the expense of growth in the United States. Syndicated columnist Jim Hightower later amplified this notion in a blog post, according to a March 5 Guardian release.Guardian Industries sees the issues differently, and has the facts to ...
March 5, 2010
Officials at the National Glass Association, McLean, Va., has announced that the association has transferred stewardship of the auto glass standards it has developed to two different entities, effective today [March 4], according to a same day release.The responsibility for ANSI/NGA/NWRA Repair of Laminated Auto Glass Standard will now be under the National Windshield Repair ...
March 4, 2010
Officials at the Glass Association of North America, Topeka, Kan., announced today [March 4] the release of GANA's 25th Glass Informational Bulletin, a series of educational documents available to the industry as a free download on its Web site, according to a March 4 release. Titled Detention Facility Glazing, the GIB discusses technology and several test standards used for detention ...
March 4, 2010
Glaston Corp., Finland, has today [March 4] published a summary of the company's 2009 stock exchange releases and stock exchange announcements. Click here to read the summary.
March 2, 2010
Vitro S.A.B. de C.V., one of the world's largest producers and distributors of glass products, today [March 2] announced 4Q'09 unaudited results. Year-over-year consolidated net sales declined 20.2 percent affected by lower volumes and the deconsolidation in December 2008 of Comegua -- the Company's glass container venture in Central America. Consolidated EBITDA increased 3.1 percent YoY ...
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