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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Eileen De Guire / May 3, 2013

Corning announces expansion of clean-air products facilities Corning Inc. announced that its board of directors has approved a capital expenditure plan of approximately $250 million to increase manufacturing capacity of…

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News from the glass and refractory worlds

By Eileen De Guire / April 30, 2013

Libbey‘s sales for Q1 2013 were $183.5 million, compared to $187.8 million, a decrease of 2.3 percent. CEO Stephanie Streeter said there had been a sales decline in the USA…

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Looking forward to GOMD—Phillips to speak at honorary symposium; Varshneya reprises glass short course

By Eileen De Guire / April 29, 2013

James C. Phillips, who will speak at GOMD a symposium in his honor, discusses the idea of “big data” in this YouTube video, “Six Impossible Things.” Credit: YouTube. Have you…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Eileen De Guire / April 26, 2013

Corning announces increased quarterly dividend and new $2 B share repurchase program The Corning Inc. Board of Directors approved an increase in the company’s quarterly common stock dividend. Corning’s second…

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Researchers show axial vascularization of Bioglass matrix with animal tests

By Eileen De Guire / April 23, 2013

Researchers were able to create samples of a vascularized engineered tissued based on Bioglass. An arteriovenous loop was placed in a Teflon isolation chamber that was filled with the sintered…

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Hench recounts career ‘miracles’ that led to Bioglass discovery at Michigan/NW Ohio award dinner

By Eileen De Guire / April 23, 2013

Larry Hench. Credit: ACerS. Last Thursday Larry Hench (FACerS and Distinguished Life Member) was the guest of honor at the Michigan/Northwest Ohio Section and recipient of the Toledo Glass and…

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News from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds

By Eileen De Guire / April 22, 2013

• Allied Glass Containers Ltd has recently successfully completed a major investment program at its Knottingley site, which involved a complete melter and forehearth rebuild. The project, which started in…

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E-glass fiberglass flywheels for low cost energy storage

By Eileen De Guire / April 15, 2013

E-glass—already a workhorse reinforcement for fiberglass composites used for everything from shower doors to printed circuit board platforms to boats to storage tanks, and more—may turn out to be the…

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News from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds

By Eileen De Guire / April 15, 2013

• 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…

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News from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds

By Eileen De Guire / April 9, 2013

• PPG Industries has been recognized by the Department of Energy for “significant achievements” in advancing organic light-emitting diode lighting technology. The results indicate significant cost and performance advantages over…

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