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April 18, 2011The board of directors at Guardian Industries appointed Scott Thomsen to president of the Guardian Flat Glass Group, effective Sept. 1, 2011, according to an April 18 release. He will oversee the worldwide operations of Guardian’s float glass manufacturing, marketing, distribution and product development.Thomsen succeeds Russ Ebeid, who will retire Sept. 1, after 41 years with the company....
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April 18, 2011Australia's Dandenong glass factory workers joined a fight last week against illegal 'dumping' of cheap Chinese-made products, according to an April 18 Greater Dandenong Weekly report.The Australian Workers' Union visited Viridian in Greens Road, Dandenong South, last Tuesday [April 12] as part of its campaign against Chinese exportation of hundreds of thousands of tons of cheap Chinese glass to...
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April 15, 2011Last week, after Congress repealed the 1099 reporting requirement included in last year’s health care law, President Obama signed the legislation into law April 14. Consequently, beginning in 2012, businesses will no longer be required to issue 1099 forms to vendors from whom they buy more than $600 worth of goods or services in any year.Read the White House release.
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April 13, 2011Russ Ebeid, Glass Group president, Guardian Industries Corp., Auburn Hills, Mich., will retire effective this September, confirmed Earnest Thompson, director of corporate marketing and brand management, for the company. Ebeid has been with Guardian for 40 years. The company is expected to name a successor the week of April 18.Stay tuned to GlassMagazine.com for more details as they become...
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April 12, 2011A Pittsburgh company that makes glass for cars and other vehicles plans to open a new factory in northwestern North Carolina, and create 260 jobs over four years.Pittsburgh Glass Works [Pittsburgh] will spend $85 million to renovate an existing facility in Surry County, about 150 miles northwest of Raleigh, according to an April 12 Charlotte Observer report.
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April 12, 2011Jeld-Wen, Klamath Falls, Ore., filed a complaint, March 28, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon Medford Division, alleging that AGC Flat Glass North America, Alpharetta, Ga.; Guardian Industries, Auburn Hills, Mich.; Pilkington North America, Toledo, Ohio; and PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, “contracted, conspired or combined to fix, raise, maintain or stabilize...
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April 12, 2011Nine Glass Doctor franchises opened for business in the first quarter of 2011, according to an April 12 release. The new shops are:Glass Doctor of San Angelo in San Angelo, Texas, owned by Chuck CorfieldGlass Doctor of the Space & Treasure Coast in Melbourne, Fla., owned by Jesus MaldonadoGlass Doctor of the Shenandoah Valley in Harrisonburg, Va., owned by Chad WilcherGlass Doctor of...
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April 12, 2011Officials at Vitro S. A. B. de C.V., Mexico, announced that in a resolution from the judge for the Second Unitary Court of the Fourth Circuit in Monterrey, the appeal proceedings submitted by Vitro has been resolved in favor of the company, according to an April 11 release. As part of such resolution, the court has already declared Vitro in concurso mercantil based on its pre-packaged voluntary...
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April 8, 2011Inst-I-Glass LLC, a privately held company based in Louisville, Ky, launched Inst-I-Glass of St. Louis LLC. St. Louis and Metro East join Louisville; Knoxville, Tenn.; Toledo, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Akron, and Canton, Ohio; Ann Arbor and Detroit, Mich., and Chicago, as the newest area receiving Inst-I-Glass service in the rapidly growing coverage by Inst-I-Glass franchisees.Inst-I-...
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April 8, 2011Glaston Corp., Finland, has appointed Uwe Schmid to the position of senior vice president, Software Solutions, according to an April 8 release. He will start at Glaston in the middle of July and assume the full operational responsibility of the Software Solutions Business Area on Sept. 1. He will be a member of Glaston Corp.'s Executive Management Group and report to Arto Metsänen, president...
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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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