Vidrala has completed the acquisition of Santos Barosa Vidros, which will, the company says, provide benefits to customers, employees and shareholders.
After launching a public offering of 14 million shares of its common stock, Jeld-Wen is now reporting a big stock sale.
Guardian is set to invest more than $70 million to control emissions of nitrogen oxide (NOX), sulfur dioxide (SO2), particulate matter (PM) and sulfuric acid mist (H2SO4) from all of its flat glass...
Over the past few years Thermoseal Group has invested a huge amount of resources into their manufacturing facilities and innovation centre, which has resulted in Thermobar and Thermoflex warm edge...
Corning has acquired Samsung Electronics’ fiber optics business, which has manufacturing facilities in Gumi, South Korea, and in Hainan, China.
Ardagh’s US plant in Burlington has achieved ISO 14001:2004 Certification, becoming the 11th of the Group’s manufacturing facilities in North America to have received this certification.
Libbey’s employees at its plant in Shreveport, La. have rejected the third contract proposal since the end of 2014. The plant’s 450 union workers’ contract expired 16 December 2014.
Sierra Pacific has announced its intention to acquire Hurd and Superseal Windows and Doors in a move to add manufacturing capacity, a skilled work force, additional product lines, and immediate...
The disposal of six glass plants in the US by Ardagh Packaging Group earlier this year is credit positive for the packaging group, according to Moody’s, as it will generate total proceeds of around U...
Ardagh’s sale of six Anchor Glass plants has been completed. As per the sale, the six plants have been acquired by Glass Container Acquisition, an affiliate of KPS Capital Partners.
Thanks to a its growing global network, Cambridge Engineered Solutions has started up a campaign that guarantees shipment dates of glass industry conveyor belts when promised – or the product is f...
PPG will increase its architectural coatings presence in Mexico and Central America thanks to the acquisition of Comex, a manufacturer of coatings and related products which are sold in Mexico and...
Wausau Window and Wall Systems will close its Denver Custom Window by Wausau manufacturing operations in approximately 60 days and move operations to its Wisconsin facilities.
The most recent report from NanoMarkets regards the OLED lighting market, noting that while the sector has foundered for the past few years it now appears to be worthy of some renewed optimism based...
Northern Architectural Systems is the new name that will now be used by Northern Building Products, a name change taking place concurrently with the merging of the two related companies.
With effect from 1 April 2014 a new Vice President Finance has been appointed at Bucher Emhart Glass. Reto Semadeni is the new VP Finance, taking over from NL Wong, who moves to the newly created...
Measures to improve operations of Belarusian glass container manufacturers are to be taken, such as modernizing and reconstructing glass container manufacturing facilities.
Asashi Glass has announced that it will be establishing an auto glass plant at its subsidiary AGC Flat Glass, which will have the capacity to equip about 1.2 million vehicles a year.
Building Knowledge experts from Certainteed were present in to Denver for the 2013 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Convention where they hosted a series of eight CEU courses, as well as the...
Viracon will be closing its facility in St. George, Utah, for approximately two years to better align overall capacity with expected demand. The closure, which will begin in mid-April 2013, will...