News from the glass and refractory ceramics world
Read MoreOwens-Illinois second quarter profits were down 0.8 percent from the same period last year due mainly to a decline in beer sales. Global volumes were down 1 percent, and any…
Read More• Siemens is set to close its Israeli solar power division, having failed to find a buyer. It only bought Solel Solar Systems in 2009, but has lost close to €1…
Read More• Austrian fireproof materials maker RHI is considering building a new plant in the United States, the company said, to join the growing number of European industrial firms attracted by…
Read More• At meeting on May 3, the supervisory board of RHI AG approved a concept presented by the management board to adjust the production capacity in Europe to the growth…
Read More• A Longueuil facility that prepares about 70 percent of Quebec’s glass for recycling is shutting down, and the company’s management says it isn’t sure where the glass will end…
Read More• Aruvian Research presents analysis of Asahi Glass Co. A complete and comprehensive analysis of Asahi Glass Company includes an overview of the industry the company operates in, and then…
Read More• Asahi Glass Co. has decided to shut down AGC Glass North America’s Kingsport Plant in Tennessee in order to improve the profitability of its photovoltaic cover glass operations. This…
Read More• Turkish glass processor Duzce Cam is to install a second float glass line. The company, a subsidiary of Okan Group, signed a contract with Fives Stein at the glasstec…
Read More• Asahi Glass posted a 5 percent decrease in sales for H1 2012, down by ¥30.4 billion as a result of the fragile global economy. It said the global economic environment…
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