Glass Industry articles from November 2000

Glass Industry archives from November 2000

Lithium mined in Canada.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2000... By adding this powerful flux glass manufacturers both enhance production and lower fluorine emissions. The advantages of adding lithium to glass melts have been reported for many years. Lithium acts as a powerful flux due to its small ion...

Cullet recycling enters the 21st century.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2000... Accurate high-tech sorting is the key to gleaning quality cullet for use as a raw material in glassmaking. Both ecology and economics have played a role in the expanding ratio of cullet use in European glass melting. To avoid expensive...

Products.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2000... * Disappearing filament for high-temp measurement The DFP 2000 from Spectrodyne is an advanced disappearing filament pyrometer for handling temperature measurement problems such as: large emissivity errors, ultra-high temperatures,...

Potassium carbonate for specialty glass.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... [K.sub.2][CO.sub.3] enhances glass quality while acting as a flux to lower melting temperatures and shorten processing times. Potassium carbonate is an important part of the batch composition for many glasses, particularly for lead...

GMIC workshop.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The Glass Manufacturing Industry Council plans a workshop, Glass Melting Technologies of the Future, in conjunction with the Department of Energy's Fourth Industrial Energy Efficiency Symposium and Exposition, February 2001 in Washington, DC....

Owens Corning succumbs to asbestos liability.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2000... Owens Corning has filed for bankruptcy protection to help it cope with more than US$5 billion of asbestos claims. Founded in 1938 following the development of glass fiber, its products include insulation, roofing shingles, home siding,...

Corning busy Pirelli's optical technologies.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2000... Corning has confirmed plans to offer convertible debt and common stock to fund its recently announced acquisition of Pirelli SpA's optical components and devices business. Corning will acquire a 90% stake in optical components maker Optical...

Schott grows communications business.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The Schott Group of Mainz, Germany has expanded its business in the data and communications technology sector with the addition of a start-up company in the United States. Schott Communications Technologies, a fully owned subsidiary of Schott...

Saint-Gobain targets 15% growth.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2000... The board of directors of Saint-Gobain met in September to review the final consolidated financial statements of the Group for the six months ended June 30, 2000 and also those of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, the parent company, which operates...

Japanese firm invests in Philippines.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Nippon Sheet Glass, the Japanese fiber optic cable and optical devices manufacturer and supplier, has firmed up plans to locate at the Clark Special Economic Zone. Investment in Clark, as it hosts more firms in high technology and high value...

Corning plans $50 million upgrade.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2000... Corning has unveiled plans to spend US$50 million on an upgrade and expansion of its Deeside, North Wales optical fiber manufacturing facility that will increase the plant's fibermaking capacity by 50%. The work is expected to be completed in...

Grand reopening of the Corning Museum of Glass.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The modern glass gallery of the Corning Museum of Glass opened on October 7, 2000, completing the Museum's art and history galleries. Showcasing a century of international art and design in glass, the modern glass gallery joins the ancient,...

Glaverbel Group keeps up performance.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2000... The Glaverbel Group sales of 395 million [European Dollar] (BEF15.9 billion) in the third quarter ended September 2000 was up more than 10% compared with the corresponding period of 1999. The cumulative sales figure for the Group at the end...

CertainTeed's Athens celebrates 25th.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2000... In September, CertainTeed Corporation's fiberglass manufacturing facility in Athens, Georgia marked its 25th anniversary of operation with a daylong celebration at the plant for more than 250 employees and their families. 25% of Athens'...

UK's Pilkington open to all options.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2000... British glass company Pilkington has informed its shareholders that it will consider any proposal to improve shareholder value including returning capital by way of a special dividend or a share buy-back. The shares have fallen over 10% since...

Glaverbel and Sisecam in joint Romanian bid.(Gerom acquisition)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... British-based glass manufacturer Pilkington unexpectedly withdrew from a three-way bid for Gerom, the Romanian state-controlled flat glass company. Sources close to the venture said the investor withdrew because of Gerom's debts and added...

Owens-Illinois and asbestos.(exposure lower then Owens Coming)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2000... Owens-Illinois saw its stock drift lower and its bonds surge after a top executive for the glass and plastic container maker said asbestos lawsuits would not cripple the company. Owens-Illinois CFO David Van Hooser stated that his company's...

PPG posts increase in glass sales for third quarter.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2000... PPG has reported sales of US$2.08 billion, a record for a third quarter. Acquisitions and some pricing improvement were largely responsible for the six percent sales increase from 1999's third quarter as softening demand slowed volume growth...

Mexican gas price hurts glass industry.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2000... The soaring price of natural gas in Mexico -- up more than 120% this year -- has generated a situation for companies that is rapidly becoming unsustainable, particularly for firms that make glass, steel and ceramics. The Mexican Chamber...

High fuel prices mean high float prices.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Citing fuel costs in general and the increased cost of natural gas in particular, a number of float glass suppliers are adding energy surcharges to their truckload pricing for flat glass. In implementing a US$300-per-truckload-shipped...

Sofa Chicago.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The seventh annual international exposition of sculpture objects and functional art, called SOFA Chicago 2000, was held in early November. Seven special exhibits, 33 presentations in the lecture series as well as 90 select world galleries and...

2001 fellowship program in glass.(Creative Glass Center of America)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The Creative Glass Center of America, a division of Wheaton Village in Millville, New Jersey, announces its 2001 schedule for fellowships offered to artists working in blown, cast and kiln-formed glass. Fellowships include a stipend, housing...

The cow hide crown.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Vesuvius-Premier is an established and well respected producer of silica refractories for the glass industry. Despite, its long history and reference list, the company is still occasionally challenged by new customers on the quality of its...

Tools for homogenizing and portioning glass.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Innovative materials and concepts for stirrers and feeding needles are yielding longer service life and lower purchasing costs for glassmakers. Increasing customer demands concerning the surface finish of glass products often require an...

Analytical tools find their way into the plant.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Finite element analysis is an established tool for design engineers, but it is now being used to examine the consequences of production operations. Suppliers have worked to develop expertise in a variety of fields which can have...

Surrey sand for the glass industry.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... By using improved beneficiation techniques Sibelco is providing the UK with indigenous silica suitable for a range of glass applications. The major component in a glass batch is silica, usually introduced as sand. In the UK the absence of...

Johns Manville reports third quarter.(financial results ending September 30, 2000)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2000... Johns Manville has reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2000. While net sales in the third quarter of 2000 were down 5% compared with the record third quarter of 1999, the net sales for the first nine months of 2000 were...

Electric melting for crystal is a winner.(crystal glass production)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Electric melting of crystal glass is gaining recognition as the best available technique for large-scale lead crystal melting plants. This recent technology is designed to decrease the amount of energy used per unit of production while...

Guardian opens technology center.(Guardian Industries Corp.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Guardian Industries celebrated the grand opening of its Science and Technology Center on October 10, 2000. Located in Carleton, Michigan across the street from the company's first float glass manufacturing facility, it has more than 40...