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  • Matodi USA named sales rep for Intermac/Diamut America
    July 26, 2011
    Matodi USA officials at Intermac.Officials from Biesse subsidiaries Intermac America and Diamut America announced that Matodi USA will serve as sales representative for Intermac machinery and Diamut tooling in the glass industry throughout most areas of North America. Intermac America is a manufacturer of glass and stone fabrication equipment, and Diamut America, a manufacture of tools for CNC...

  • Auto glass industry's Neil Smith passes away
    June 23, 2011
    Neil Smith, 66, of Portland, died Friday, June 17, at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. Neil was one of the founders of Western Windshields, a West Coast auto glass distribution business, before selling to PPG Industries in 1992. He then moved on to another opportunity as one of the founders of GlasPro/Elite Auto Glass before it was sold to Belron in 2005. He was currently working,...

  • 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...

  • Guardian announces price increase
    May 31, 2011
    Update: On June 8, Glass Magazine editors obtained a separate letter from Guardian Industries announcing the company had instituted a silver surcharge for all mirror products as well, effective Monday, May 30, 2011. According to the letter from Martin Powell, the surcharge will be levied on a per square foot basis and will be adjusted quarterly."Precious metal prices, including silver, have...

  • TGA names Deron Patterson president elect
    May 17, 2011
    The Texas Glass Association announced that Deron Patterson, sales development manager for PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, has been named president elect to the 2011-2012 board of directors. Patterson joined TGA in 1999, when he entered the glass business as an employee of the Guardian Industries float glass plant in Corsicana, Texas. The following year, he accepted a position in outside...

  • Nippon Sheet Glass posts profit after two years of decline
    May 13, 2011
    Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass, parent of Pilkington, announced a pre-tax profit of $44.5 million for the year to March, after losing more than $820 million in 2009 and 2010. according to a May 13 article in the Liverpool Daily Post. Sales, however, were down 2 percent at about $7 billion, and officials warned of negative effects of the Japanese earthquake, according to the article. 

  • Zeledyne Tulsa plant faces possible closure
    May 12, 2011
    The Zeledyne LLC glass plant in Tulsa will likely shut down this summer if a buyer isn't found, according to a May 11 article from TulsaWorld. The 1.4-million-square-foot plant employs about 300 people. While the company is not projecting a final day of production, it is not seeking new contracts, according to the article. 

  • Saint-Gobain to build new auto glass plant in China
    May 12, 2011
    Saint-Gobain Sekurit, the automotive business unit of Saint-Gobain, France, announced the construction of its second Chinese automotive glass plant in the Shandong province of Qingdao, close to the company's float glass production site, according to a May 10 Saint-Gobain release.About $71 million will be invested in the project in three phases between now and 2014. The first manufacturing line...

  • 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...

  • PPG appoints Foulkes as corporate secretary

    April 26, 2011
    Officials at PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, announced that Anne M. Foulkes, assistant general counsel, additionally has been named corporate secretary, reporting to Glenn E. Bost II, senior vice president and general counsel, effective immediately, according to an April 25 release. In this role, she adds duties as corporate secretary to her work as assistant general counsel leading legal...
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