Glass Industry articles from August 2000

Glass Industry archives from August 2000

Corning gets boost.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Second quarter results from Corning show the company is benefiting from its growing interest in the communications market, as well as flat panel displays. The company delivered an 80% increase in earnings per share, compared to last year's...

Guardian expands into building products.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Flat and fiber glass manufacturer Guardian has expanded its building products business with the acquisition of distributor Cameron Ashley Building Products. The acquisition, completed in mid-June, will significantly expand Guardian's...

Auto glass installer restructures.(Safelite Glass Corp.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Safelite, the largest installer of replacement automotive glass in the US is restructuring itself under the protection of the bankruptcy code. A series of mergers built Safelite into a national network but the debts associated with the...

PPG in auto glass venture.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... PPG is merging its auto glass distribution business with that of Apogee Enterprises, a US glass processor and distributor. The combined distribution businesses will operate under the name of PPG Auto Glass and will be 66% owned by PPG. It...

Brunswick takeover completed.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... The battle over control of Brunswick Technologies (BTI) has ended with an agreement which will see CertainTeed take over the business, at a price above that it originally offered. The approved offer values BTI at $8.50 a share, compared to...

UV ink technology wins green award.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... The EPA has honored RevTech for its Envirogluv ink technology. The UV cured decorating system picked up a Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge award designed to promote environmentally conscious business innovation. RevTech was one of...

Indian float line expected on stream in September.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Saint-Gobain's Indian float line is expected to begin commercial production in September. The plant, in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, will have a capacity of 650 tonnes/day, Built at a cost of Rs5.25 billion ($117 million), it will depend...

Flat panel display plant planned.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... LG Philips LCD has announced plans to build a fifth generation display fabrication plant in Kumi, South Korea. A year after the formation of the joint venture, the company is planning a plant for the production of large AMLCDs, up to 34in...

Lucent invests in fiber.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Having just opened a $20 million optical fiber manufacturing facility in Brondby, Denmark, Lucent is now planning a $110 million expansion of the plant. The plans include the construction of a new fiber draw tower at the plant, while continuing...

Platinum joint venture.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Eglass Platinum Technology a joint venture with Johnson Matthey for development and sale of direct heated platinum coated systems. The venture takes advantage of EPT's direct heated platinum systems (DHPS) and Johnson Matthey's coating...

Improved display glass.(Eagle 2000 material created by Corning)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Corning has launched an improved glass substrate material for active matrix LCDs. In response to demand for a lighter, thinner material, Corning has developed Eagle2000. The low density composition is the lightest AMLCD substrate material...

Lumenon plant occupied.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... The new headquarters and manufacturing plant for Lumenon in St Laurent, Quebec, is being occupied ahead of schedule. The 52000ft2 plant will house the integrated optic manufacturer's executive and administrative offices as well as...

Lay-offs planned at Vitro.(Grupo Vitro to reduce workforce by 15%)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Grupo Vitro is planning to reduce its labor force by 15%, equivalent to about 4000 workers. The move comes as the Mexican glassmaker tries to deal with economic and operational difficulties. The cost cutting measure is not claimed to be part of...

Pilkington pays directors in shares only.(non-executive directors paid in shares)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Pilkington is to become the first UK company to pay its non-executive directors in shares only in an attempt to tie management's interests to that of shareholders. Under the scheme, non-executive directors will receive shares amounting to...

Coated film plant opens.(XIR infrared reflective films)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Southwall Technologies has opened a plant in Germany to produce its XIR infrared reflective films. The plant, in Dresden, is equipped with a thin film sputter coating unit and a second coater is to begin production early next year....

Plastic windshield development.(University of Warwick research)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Plastic automotive glazing has come a step closer with the development of a technique which combines a polycarbonate core with a more durable exterior material. Researchers at the University of Warwick in the UK carded out the work, using...

PPG creates aerospace unit.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... PPG Industries is combining its aircraft transparency and aerospace coatings and sealants businesses to form a new unit, aerospace products. Dennis Kovalsky, formerly vice president, aerospace coatings and sealants, will lead the combined...

Lynch to build Eldred machinery.(Lynch Systems, Eldred Corp.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Lynch Systems and the Eldred Corporation have agreed a deal whereby Lynch Systems will acquire exclusive rights to sell and manufacture Eldred burn-off, loader, unloader, and decorating equipment technology. The agreement covers...

Romanian glassmaker draws international attention.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Pilkington and Sisecam are both bidding to take control of Gerom, the state-owned Romanian glassmaker. After a visit from Pilkington, the Romanian state ownership fund extended the deadline for the submission of bids for Gerom from the end...

Waste water record wins award.(Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County offers environmental award)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Ball Foster Glass in El Monte, California has won an award from the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County for its compliance with environmental regulations. The company was one 375 companies recognized as `good corporate citizens' for...

Air quality standards blocked.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... The US House of Representatives has voted to block enforcement of strict new air quality standards, letting dries and counties that do not currently measure up off the hook. The air quality standards have been under attack since they were...

Aluminum technology advances.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... The price of aluminum, and consequently aluminum cans could be dropping if a smelting technology being tested by Alcoa lives up to its promise. Alcoa, the world's largest aluminum producer, is testing smelting technologies that could...

Float lines see benefits of automated inspection.
August 1, 2000... The widespread adoption of automated inspection on float lines in the last few years is in part because of improving technology, but it is also because glassmakers are finding more uses for the information these systems provide. As of the...

Quantifying optical roller wave distortion.
August 1, 2000... Roller wave distortion is a significant problem with tempered glass, but until recently there has been no effective way of quantifying the problem and specifying distortion limits. If you walk down nearly any city street, you are faced with...

Inspection moves to the hot end.(hot end quality control systems)
August 1, 2000... The powerful knowledge-based PC technology available today is being used to set new standards for hot end quality control systems. In looking at the production process it's clear the glass industry has reached a point where major changes...

Experience proves performance of thickness sensor.(VMA Gmbh tests glass thickness sensors)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... VMA has installed its glass thickness sensor in several container plants and it is proving itself to be reliable and accurate Glass distribution, although a vital part of container quality, has been difficult to measure on-line. To solve...

Hot glass in focus.
August 1, 2000... The next generation of hot end inspection systems are being installed in glassworks. Taking advantage of the latest in machine vision technology, these systems can identify most of the common forming problems earlier and relate them to...

Bulk glass under control.(Krones AG, glass inspection machinery)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Krones is a relatively recent entrant into the market for inspection equipment for the container plant. The German company is a leading manufacturer of handling and inspection equipment for bottling plants but recently introduced a machine...

Decorators head for San Diego.
August 1, 2000... The SGCD has put together an impressive conference program for its annual conference, to be held in San Diego this September. The Society of Glass and Ceramic Decorators (SGCD) is hosting its annual DECO 2000 show and seminar in San Diego,...

Products.(Kaeser Compressors Inc., Stein Atkinson Stordy)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2000... Lehr technology Stein Atkinson Stordy (SAS) has introduced an improved design container and decorating lehr specifically designed to overcome the problems caused by wider belt widths. Wider belts can result in greater strain in the...