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  • Delta Kits expanding to better serve East Coast and European customers
    August 14, 2011
    Officials of Delta Kits Inc.  announced Aug. 15 that the company is expanding to better serve its East Coast and European customers. As part of that effort, Korey Gobin, Delta Kits account executive and the 2010 Windshield Repair Person of the year, will manage East Coast operations."Having spent my windshield repair career in Oregon up to this point, I'm looking forward to being closer to...

  • Guardian Automotive opens distribution center in Tucson
    August 7, 2011
    Guardian Automotive opened a new distribution warehouse in Tucson, Ariz., bringing its number of distribution locations to 10 across the United States, according to an Aug. 10 company release. All 10 branches provide day and night local and nationwide delivery service for high quality automotive, truck, bus and RV glass."Our distribution branches also carry a full line of auto glass installation...

  • Saint-Gobain reports 53 percent net profit increase for first half of 2011
    July 28, 2011
    Officials from Saint-Gobain said the company is confident it will reach its 2011 goals, reporting that net profits rose to EUR768 million ($1.1 billion) for the first half of the year, up 53 percent from the same period last year, according to a July 28 article from the Dow Jones Newswires. Revenue and operating income were also up in the first half. 

  • New CRL manufacturing headquarters up and running
    June 21, 2011
    Officials of C.R. Laurence announced the opening of its new manufacturing headquarters in Los Angeles, Calif. The 330,000-square-foot facility is the largest CRL facility to date, and brings the company's overall manufacturing and distribution capacity in the area to roughly one million square feet, according to a June 21 release."This new facility reflects upon CRL's...

  • PPG announces executive appointments
    May 10, 2011
    PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, recently announced the following executive assignments, effective May 1:Gary Danowski, vice president, flat glass, has been named vice president, automotive refinish, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), based at the Rolle, Switzerland, headquarters of PPG Europe and reporting to John Outcalt, vice president, automotive refinish.Richard A. Beuke, vice president...

  • Safelite AutoGlass opens new Kansas City store
    August 25, 2010
    Safelite AutoGlass, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, has opened a new retail location in Kansas City, Mo. The store, located at 8147 North Oak Trafficway, is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Mobile repair service is available on Sunday. Appointments can be scheduled by calling 816/436-2201."This new location is much needed," said Joel Dannen, area general manager, in an Aug. 25...

  • Saint-Gobain wins enhanced damages of $10.9 million and attorney fees against Xinyi
    April 1, 2010
    On March 31, 2010, Judge Sara Lioi of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio doubled the damages Chinese windshield manufacturer Xinyi Automobile Glass Co. must pay Saint-Gobain Autover for its willful infringement of Saint-Gobain’s patents. Judge Lioi also ordered payment of attorney fees and costs for a total award of more than $24 million, according to an...

  • Glass America relocates to Worthington, Ohio
    March 30, 2010
    The former Lewis Center Glass America has moved into a new shop at 640 H Lakeview Plaza Boulevard, in Worthington, Ohio. The company decided to relocate the shop to Worthington to better serve their local client base. The Worthington team is headed up by Chris Hanson, manager and certified auto glass technician; Ron Metzung, certified auto glass technician; Karen Durns, customer service...

  • New report says unfair China trade costs local jobs
    March 29, 2010
    The growing trade deficit between the United States and China eliminated or displaced an estimated 2.4 million jobs in the U.S. between 2001 and 2008, according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.The report, "Unfair China Trade Costs Local Jobs," shows that every state in the country, as well as Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, suffered jobs lost or...

  • Crestline glass plant is hiring
    March 17, 2010
    Pittsburgh Glass Works is experiencing growing pains, and north central Ohio workers are benefiting.The operation, formerly known as PPG, hired 200 employees between 2008 and the start of this year. Now the company is looking to hire 40 to 60 more to fill a growing demand for automotive glass, according to a March 17 Mansfield News Journal report.  
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