The week's business headlines

Oldcastle parent reports strong activity in glass division and U.S. market for start of 2006
Officials from Ireland’s building materials group CRH Plc expect to see profits up more than 30 percent for the first half of the year, helped in part by strong performance of its Glass Group, according to a trading update from the company, issued July 5... read more

H.B. Fuller to continue expansion of adhesives business
Executives from H.B. Fuller Co. of St. Paul, Minn., announced that they plan more acquisitions in the company’s adhesives business, according to a June 28 report from ICIS News in New York... read more

Nippon expects post-Pilkington profits to quadruple
Officials from Japanese glassmaker Nippon Sheet Glass expect end-of-fiscal-year profits to reach $260 million, compared to about $66 million in 2005, according to a June 6 article from Bloomberg... read more

Glass industry booms in Persian Gulf
Glass companies in the United Arab Emirates and surrounding region work to meet a growing demand for high-quality architectural glass... read more

Turkish glassmaker plans acquisition
Officials from Shishedzham of Turkey have preliminary plans to buy a glass factory in Razgrad, Bulgaria, for about $1.9 million, according to a July 10 article from the Bulgarian News Network. The company already operates two flat-glass facilities in the Bulgarian town of Targovishte... read more