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June 21, 2010Price increases on tinted and coated float glass products go into effect this month as primary float manufacturers look to pass on increased operational costs. Pilkington North America, Toledo; PPG Industries, Pittsburgh; and Guardian Industries Corp., Auburn Hills, Mich.; recently announced price hikes, citing increased material, transportation and labor costs as reasons behind the increase...
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June 16, 2010PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, announced June 16 that it expects its second quarter earnings, excluding unusual items, to be in the range of $1.40 to $1.50 per share. Adjusted earnings per share were 91 cents per share in the second quarter 2009 and 70 cents per share in the first quarter 2010.“We are continuing to experience year-over-year demand improvements in the second quarter...
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May 7, 2010Officials at C.R. Laurence Co., Los Angeles, today [May 6] announced that the company has entered into an agreement to purchase Jackson Corp., also of Los Angeles. Jackson has been a manufacturer of door hardware for the aluminum and tempered glass door industry for more than 50 years.“We are very pleased to announce this agreement.” said Lloyd Talbert, president of C. R....
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April 5, 2010Officials of the National Glass Association, McLean, Va., and Consulting Collaborative, Dallas, announced April 1 the availability of a new NGA member service: business development consulting. The consulting is aimed at increasing sales and profits, as well as other initiatives that contribute to creating a successful company in the glass and glazing industry.The NGA has...
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April 1, 2010The economic downturn has dealt a blow to another local business and its employees.Architectural Glazing Technologies of Sanford [Maine], recently decided to lay off 35 employees due to the depressed construction market. The company, which had once employed 55 people, already had reduced its workforce to about 35 people in the last year."Although the company remained profitable in 2008 and...
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April 1, 2010Sejal Architectural Glass Ltd. has announced that the production activities from the company's newly set up float glass manufacturing at Jhagadia, Bharuch, have been suspended temporarily on account of certain teething issues which have occurred in the glass manufacturing plant at the initial stage of production.The technical team of the equipment supplier, M/s. Fives Stein [France], along with...
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April 1, 2010A 40-year-old Windsor [Canada]-based glass company is almost doubling the size of its local manufacturing space by adding to its existing plant on Sprucewood Drive on the city's far west side.Chlumecky Holdings Inc., on behalf of Contract Glaziers Inc. and Windsor Glass Co., has applied for site plan approval to add almost 14,000 square feet to its 18,000-square-foot building, along with 56...
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April 1, 2010Guardian Industries has confirmed it plans to close a small glass fabrication plant in Walled Lake later this month.Amy Hennes, Guardian spokeswoman, said Wednesday [March 31] the Walled Lake plant was closing because of continued reduction in business and the ongoing slowdown in the economy.The plant will close by April 22, she said. After the plant closes, Guardian’s other fabrication...
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March 31, 2010Sliding hardware specialist Hawa AG, Switzerland, opened a new subsidiary and showroom in Dallas. Keith Duckett, national sales director, Hawa Americas Inc.,(right) is in charge of the operation. Hawa AG has a high-quality solution to meet virtually any material and door weight requirement, from sliding doors for furniture and buildings, to sliding shutters and...
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March 29, 2010The 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...
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Viracon, Inc. officials announced that the glass fabricator will make an investment of more than $30 million at its Owatonna, Minn., facility, to install a new coater. The company decided to install the new coating technology in Minnesota because the Owatonna facility is centrally located and has the most extensive product capabilities and technical talent, according to a release....
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Officials of PPG Industries announced several executive appointments, February 21, that are effective immediately.Michael McGarry, PPG executive vice president, has assumed leadership responsibility for the company’s flat glass businesses. He will also lead PPG's architectural coatings businesses in the Americas and Asia Pacific, as well as the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region....
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As the prognosis for the design and construction industry continues to improve, the Architecture Billings Index is reflecting its strongest growth since November 2007, according to the American Institute of Architects. The January ABI score was 54.2, up sharply from a mark of 51.2 in December.“We have been pointing in this direction for the last several months, but this is the strongest...
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