Glass Industry articles from December 2000

Glass Industry archives from December 2000

Nam Tai factory expansion.(Nam Tai Electronics )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Nam Tai Electronics has announced that an official ground breaking ceremony, attended by local government officials and dignitaries, was held in November marking the beginning of construction of a five-storied electronics factory building...

Schott reorganizes appliance end.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... The Schott Group announced that, as of October 2000, the glass-ceramic appliance business was reorganized into Schott HomeTech North America. Among the products involved are Ceran glass-ceramic panels for smoothtop ranges and Robax transparent...

PET packaging for beer.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Recent technological developments now make it feasible for beer to be packaged in PET containers. Unlike some alcoholic beverages, beer has a definite lifespan. Light and oxygen are the two big enemies of beer, which is why most US bottlers use...

Medal of Technology to Corning inventors.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Among the winners of the 2000 National Medal of Technology, the highest honor bestowed by the President of the United States on America's leading innovators, are Drs Donald Keck, Robert Maurer, and Peter Schultz, who invented low-loss optical...

Visteon ends discussion with Pilkington.(Visteon Automotive Systems and Pilkington (Australia) Ltd.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Visteon and Pilkington announced that, effective immediately, they have amicably ended discussions that would have resulted in the sale of Visteon's glass segment to Pilkington. Pilkington and Visteon signed a letter of intent in June 2000...

IPS announces second quarter results.(Image Processing Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Image Processing Systems has announced results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2001 ended September 30, 2000. Revenue for the quarter was US$3.4 million, compared to US$5.7 million in the second quarter of the previous year. The...

Owens-Illinois downsizes.(Owens-Brockway Glass Containers)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Owens-Illinois will be closing its glass bottle manufacturing plants in Lakeland, Florida and Brockway, Pennsylvania. About 570 employees will be laid off. Improved productivity by its other facilities and as well as an increase in the use of...

Libbey profit rises.(Libbey Glass Inc.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Tableware maker Libbey reported better-than-expected third-quarter net income of US$14.3 million despite a 3.6% decrease in revenues from 1999, when sales jumped in the run-up to the millennium. The company said net income rose to US$14.3...

AKT launches CVD system.(chemical vapor deposition )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... AKT, an applied materials company and a supplier of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) systems to the flat panel display (FPD) industry, has announced the development of the AKT 10K CVD system, for emerging `Generation 5' thin film transistor...

BMAC results.(Better Minerals and Aggregates Co.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2000... Better Minerals & Aggregates Company, a North American supplier of silica sand, crushed stone and bituminous paving material, has reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2000. Sales for the quarter were US$69.6...

LightPath results.(LightPath Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... LightPath Technologies, manufacturer of families of high performance fiberoptic collimator, isolator and mechanical switch products, has announced financial results for the first quarter of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000. Results for the...

Pilkington and Saint Gobain to build plant.(Pilkington (Australia) Ltd. and Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Pilkington and Saint-Gobain, currently joint shareholders in Cebrace Cristal Piano, will build a fourth float glass line in Brazil. Incorporating the latest technology in float glass production, the line will be designed and constructed by...

Glass recycling to meet `zero-tolerance'.(Container Recycling Alliance)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Waste Management announced that its wholly owned glass processing subsidiary, Container Recycling Alliance (CRA), will open a state-of-the-art glass recycling facility for Gallo Glass, a subsidiary of E & J Gallo Winery in Union City,...

Consumers and Anchor settle with Owens.(legal battle with Consumers Packaging Co., Anchor Glass Co., Glenshaw Glass Co., and Owens-Brockway Glass Containters)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Consumers Packaging and two US affiliates, Anchor and Glenshaw Glass, have settled all aspects of a protracted legal battle with licensor, Owens-Brockway Glass over a technical assistance and license agreement. As part of the settlement...

BGF earnings.(BGF Industries Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2000... BGF Industries (BGF) announced that net sales for the quarter ended September 30, 2000 increased US$6.4 million (14.5%), to US$50.4 million as compared to US$44.0 million for the quarter ended September 30, 1999. Sales for the nine months ended...

Display Search report on FPD revenues.(flat panel displays)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... DisplaySearch, a leader in FPD market research and consulting, released its third quarter 2000 quarterly worldwide flat panel forecast. The report provides flat panel shipments by application, technology, size and resolution in units, revenues...

Saint-Gobain Group sales up 27.3%.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2000... Net consolidated sales of the Saint-Gobain Group for the nine months ended September 30, 2000 were 21,302 million, representing a year-on-year increase of 27.3%. This year's performance reflects the Group's growth ability and must be considered...

Pilkington profits boost shares.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Concerns over falling stock price were eased when UK glassmaker Pilkington beat market forecasts with a 31% rise in first-half earnings. Pre-tax profit before exceptional items rose to 102 million [pounds sterling] (US$147 million), above...

Glass demand decreases in Japan.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Statistics released by the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry show declining glass trends between 1994 and 1999. Overall the Japanese demand for glass decreased 24% to 2018 tonnes during the period. Hardest hit were soft...

UDC financial results.(Universal Display Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2000... Universal Display Corporation announced its unaudited results of operations for the third quarter and nine months ending September 30, 2000. The company had a net loss of US$1,824,263 for the quarter compared to a loss of US$987,225 for...

General Chemical to idle Ontario soda-ash production.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... General Chemical Group plans to stop production of approximately 500,000 tons per year of synthetic soda-ash at its facility in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada. The plant will continue to produce calcium chloride. By March 31,2001, the company...

Delivering direct mold temperature control.(Silitec controlled machine cooling system)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Direct measurement & control of blank mold temperature could tame one more element of the forming process. There is an unrelenting pressure on glass container manufacturers to deliver improvements in productivity and efficiency. When...

Nickel alloys for coating & castings.(improve product quality)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Glassmakers are reaping substantial production benefits with a nickel alloy coating which forms a metallurgical bond with the base metal. Effective glass molds have very particular requirements. They must be able to remove heat from the...

Coatings aim to displace swabbing compounds.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... The introduction of novel mold coatings is challenging established practice in glass plants. Glass manufacturers have been feeling the heat of environmental regulators to reduce the amount of hydrocarbons and other pollutants that are...

Nickel castings for glass molds.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Recent developments underscore the role of nickel alloys in glass mold making. Nickel alloys are widely used as glass mold alloys in glass container production. In contact with molten glass, their characteristics have been proven for many...

Accurate/affordable measurement of natural gas.
December 1, 2000... The federal deregulation of the natural gas market has hit a second wave as the states take the concept several steps further. The unbundling of the gas supply allows everyone to use any supplier they choose while paying the local gas company...

Compressors and vacuum pumps.
December 1, 2000... The hollow glassware industry requires large volumes of compressed air and vacuum. Since the early 1980's, oil-injected rotary compressors (`vane compressors') have become an essential element in the glass industry. The rotary compressors...

Mold drilling machine.
December 1, 2000... UK-based BRK International has launched a three-axis version of its Autopitch PCD drilling machine suitable for a wider range of duties, including drilling vacuum and exhaust holes in glass container molds. It is being marketed alongside the...

Cost saving IS Machine lubrication.
December 1, 2000... With the increasing use of expensive synthetic oils for lubricating IS Machine mechanisms, it makes economic sense to minimize consumption. Keeping the different mechanisms of the machine oiled involves widely varying lubrication cycles. The...

Swabbing update.
December 1, 2000... Swabbing has traditionally been the method of lubrication for blank molds, rings and auxiliary equipment in IS machine operations. Modern technology has developed several alternatives to swabbing, such as automatic spray systems and...

US power market set for a wild ride.
December 1, 2000... Capacity shortages & an aging infrastructure will ensure US electrical costs will stay volatile in the next few years. In the brave new world of the 2000s small, medium, and even very large businesses in the United States are seeing...

Murano glass in NYC.
December 1, 2000... An exhibit organized by Corning features Murano Italian glass art of the mid-20th Century. For its inaugural exhibit, the Corning Gallery at Steuben in New York City has chosen to showcase a selection of Italian art glass from the...

People.
December 1, 2000... Saint-Gobain -- The board of directors of Saint-Gobain has elected Jean-Francois Phelizon to the position of President and CEO. Phelizon joined Compagnie de Saint-Gobain in 1973 and has held various management positions, including manager of...