December 4, 2007 | Vol 2, Num 49
e-glass weekly, your weekly source for industry news and financial data
News to know
PGC symposium offers valuable facts, data
New York keeps the Northeast market hot
Scammers strike glass companies in fraud spree
More top stories
Product spotlight
Window grill program
Financials
Guardian, Pilkington, Asahi and Saint-Gobain fined for price-fixing
Business headlines
e-Poll
High winds have hit the Midwest to the East Coast in the last two days. Have high winds ever forced you to stop glass installations on a job?
Yes.
No.
No, but we've been very close.



Last week's poll results: 
When will a nonresidential slowdown occur, if at all?

36.62%: First half of 2008

33.8%: Nonresidential will remain strong for the next two years

29.58%: Second half of 2008


 

 

 


Financials

Business headlines

Glaston sells $4.3 million in real estate
Finland’s Glaston Corp. sold 90 items of real estate amounting to $4.3 million, according to a Nov. 28 company release. The company will receive $4.1 million before taxes on the sale … read more Finland’s Glaston Corp. sold 90 items of real estate amounting to $4.3 million, according to a Nov. 28 company release. The company will receive $4.1 million before taxes on the sale … read more

DuPont opens Bulgaria office
DuPont of Wilmington, Del., opened a facility in Sofia, Bulgaria, as part of its growth strategy for emerging markets, according to a Nov. 27 company release. “Eastern and Central Europe are important markets in executing DuPont’s strategy of going where the growth is,” Ian Hudson, president of DuPont Europe, Middle East and Africa, said in the release … read more

Asahi Glass raises stake in Hankuk Electric Glass to 51 percent
Officials from Japan’s Asahi Glass Co. announced Nov. 27 the company increased its stake in South Korean glass maker, Hankuk Electric Glass Co. from 42.76 percent to 51.47 percent. The 703,000 share increase cost Asahi about $22.7 million. Two-thirds of Hankuk shares are now owned by only two companies; the second largest shareholder, LG Electronics of South Korea, owns 20 percent … read more


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