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  • Safti receives honor
    May 13, 2008
    Q&A with President William O’Keeffe
    In April, the City of San Francisco and the State of California recognized San Francisco-based fire-rated glazing and framing supplier Safti First for the company’s 25 years in business advancing fire and life safety. ... 

  • ACH buyer Zeledyne receives $80 million in financing
    May 8, 2008
    Tulsa-based Zeledyne LLC, which acquired the glass operations of Automotive Components Holdings in April, received an $80 million asset-based credit facility from Bank of America Business Capital, according to a May 8 release from BOA. ACH was a division of Ford Motor Co."We selected Bank of America Business Capital to lead this transaction because of its extensive experience financing...

  • Aluminum prices show sharp hike
    May 6, 2008
    Reflecting the trend in the rest of the construction industry, prices for aluminum have gone through the ceiling in the past couple of years. The upward price trend looks to continue to into 2009, according to a recent forecast from Goldman Sachs. ...

  • Vitro sales up, earnings down in first quarter
    May 6, 2008

    Although consolidated sales increased 6.1 percent in the first quarter over last year for Vitro S.A.B. de C.V., Mexico, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization fell 15.6 percent, according to an April 28 Vitro earnings report. ...

  • Glass prices, fuel surcharges on the rise
    April 29, 2008
    Glaziers report that glass prices are up between 7 percent and 10 percent depending on the product since April of last
    year. ...

  • Middle East market drives first quarter growth at Glaston
    April 29, 2008
    First quarter orders increased 25 percent for Finland’s glass machinery company Glaston Corp., with the Middle East leading growth and Asia developing positively, according to Glaston’s April 23 interim report. ...

  • GPD goes to India
    April 22, 2008

    The first Glass Performance Days India will be held Dec. 3-4 in conjunction with the Zak Glasstech 2008, Dec. 4-7. Both events will be in New Delhi. ...

  • AGC to restructure
    April 22, 2008
    AGC Flat Glass North America of Alpharetta, Ga., will close three factories and a production line in the next six months, according to a company release April 16. ...

  • PPG still intends to sell auto glass unit, CEO says
    April 17, 2008
    PPG Industries Inc. still intends to sell its automotive glass business this year, which includes its plant in Creighton, CEO Charles E. Bunch said April 17, according to a report the same day in The Pittsburgh-Tribune Review.As PPG prepares to sell the automotive glass businesses, it will restructure the segment by reducing labor and overall administrative costs, Bunch said, according to the...

  • Saflex increases PVB price
    April 15, 2008
    Officials at Saflex, a unit of Solutia Inc. of St. Louis, Mo., announced April 8 price increases of up to 40 percent on its Saflex polyvinyl butyral sheet products, depending on grade and
    location. ...
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