The week’s business headlines

Arch acquires Trulite Industries
Officials at Arch Aluminum & Glass Co. of Tamarac, Fla., announced the acquisition of Trulite Industries Ltd. of Mississauga, Ontario, giving Arch its first facility in Canada, according to an April 3 company release … read more

Glass production growth mainly in China
Recent glass production expansion has been mainly in South China and East China, according to Ireland’s Research and Markets report dated November 2006, according to an April 4 Business Wire article.

The national output of flat glass was 365.7 million weight cases in 2005, increasing by 17.12 percent compared to 2004, according to the article … read more

New Sunfilm AG to cut solar panel manufacturing costs
Good Energies of New York and Norsun of Norway, established Sunfilm AG in Germany to produce 5.7m2 tandem thin film photovoltaic modules on glass substrates on a production line supplied by Applied Materials Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., according an April 4 Business Wire article.

By combining tandem technology with ultra-large 5.7m2 substrates, Sunfilm expects to reduce the cost of solar panel manufacturing, according to the release … read more