September 18, 2007 | Vol 2, Num 38
e-glass weekly, your weekly source for industry news and financial data
Special report: GlassBuild America
Show demonstrates globalization, changing market
Members discuss scrapers, fire-rated glass during GANA’s fall conference
News to know
PPG sells auto glass and chemicals businesses
More top stories
Product spotlight
Electric strikes
Financials
European building materials industry hit by weak U.S. market
Business headlines
e-Poll
What was the most beneficial aspect about this year's GlassBuild America?
Connecting with existing industry contacts
Making new industry contacts
Buying or selling products at the show
Learning about industry innovations
Getting a scope of the changing marketplace



Last week's poll results: 
Of the following, what is the biggest difference between the exhibitors at this year's GlassBuild America and last year's Las Vegas show?

64.71%: More international

17.65%: Smaller residential representation

11.76%: More new product introductions

5.88%: More market segments represented


 

 


Financials

Business headlines

Australia’s CSR makes second big acquisition
Australian building products company, CSR, acquired glass distributor Don Mathieson & Staff Glass for $146 million, according to a Sept. 12 article from the International Herald Tribune. The deal marks the company’s second glass-industry acquisition in the last three months, following CSR’s June purchase of Pilkington Australasia, according to the article … read more

Saint-Gobain gets new North American president
Jacques Ashenbroich will take over for Jean-Francois Phelizon as president and CEO of Saint-Gobain Corp. of Valley Forge, Pa., the North American subsidiary of Saint-Gobain in France, according to a Sept. 17 company release … read more

Laminated Glass Corp. gets state incentives
Laminated Glass Corp. of Telford, Pa., and four other Scranton, Pa.-area businesses, will receive up to $3.6 million in state support to encourage job growth during the next three years, according to a Sept. 15 article from The Times-Tribune in Scranton … read more


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