Latest News in Fabrication Glass

  • Glaston merges business areas; closes N.J. plant
    April 22, 2009
    To increase profitability, especially of the machine business, Glaston, Finland, has merged its Pre-processing and Heat Treatment business areas to form the new Machines BA business area, according to an April 22 company release.As part of the restructuring, Glaston will close a machines manufacturing plant in Cinnaminson, N.J. The manufacturing of U.S. tempering lines will be transferred to...

  • Why card check is unconstitutional
    March 30, 2009
    The Employee Free Choice Act of 2009--otherwise known as "card check"--is organized labor's dream. As a practical matter, this legislation, pursued by both the Obama administration and the Democratic Congress, would do away with the secret ballot in the unionization process. Although card check's advocates and critics have spilled much ink arguing about the bill's fundamental fairness...

  • Specter shifts stance to oppose card check
    March 25, 2009
    In a setback for organized labor, Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter said Tuesday he will oppose a bill that would make it easier for workers to form unions.Specter was the only Republican to support the Employee Free Choice Act two years ago, and unions were hoping he might be the crucial 60th vote needed to overcome an expected GOP filibuster of the measure when it's taken up this summer,...

  • Glaston adjusts operations in Finland
    March 3, 2009
    On March 3, 2009, Glaston Finland Oy has initiated negotiations in accordance with the Act on Co-operation within Undertakings, on adjusting the operations of its Heat Treatment business area to the prevailing market situation, because the adjustment measures agreed in late 2008 were insufficient in light of the orders received during recent months.The entire personnel of Glaston...

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  • CH Holdings relaunches Cupples brand with Bob Trainor at the helm
    CH Holdings, the St. Louis-based holding company that owns Enclos Corp. and Environmental Interiors Inc., has relaunched the Cupples brand in the domestic U.S. marketplace, according to confidential sources. CH has reportedly tapped Bob Trainor, former CEO of Trainor Glass, to lead the new Cupples team.The new façade contracting company, Cupples Inc., will target smaller projects with $1...
  • Exclusive: Grey Mountain talks strategy
    In the span of three months, Grey Mountain Partners, the Boulder, Colo., private equity firm, acquired four glass and metal fabrication companies: Custom Components Co., Columbia Commercial Building Products, Global Security Glazing and Hawkins Architectural Products. Recently, Beth Lesniak, vice president and affiliate manager for Grey Mountain,...
  • UPDATED: Trainor Glass Co. files for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy
    UPDATE: Trainor Glass filed a motion in the Chapter 11 case on March 13, seeking to use cash collateral and obtain post-petition financing to “pay for the costs of the preservation and orderly liquidation of debtor’s assets, and to pay for the costs of administration of the debtor’s chapter 11 case,” according to the court documents.First Midwest Bank, the bank involved in the motion, has “...