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• Carmakers are Currently Demanding More of Glass Suppliers than Ever Before, as Designers are Adding Increasing Amounts of Glass to their Cars

  - 2005-09-23

  DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c24750) has announced the addition of Global market review of automotive glazing systems - forecasts to 2011, 3rd Edition to their offering. This 3rd edition is 50% bigger than the 2nd edition, contains more forecast data, and includes many exclusive interviews with industry...

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• Saint Gobain and Pilkington operate at full capacity.

  - 2004-03-30

  Brazil, Mar 29, 2004 (Gazeta Mercantil/SABI via COMTEX) The two main automobile glass manufacturers of Brazil, the French Saint-Gobain Sekurit and the English Pilkington are modernizing the production process of windshields in theirs Brazilian plant to meet the demand of the automotive industry. To...

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• Cebrace bets on consumption growth.

  - 2002-09-23

  Brazil, Sep 19, 2002 (Gazeta Mercantil/SABI via COMTEX) Cebrace will inaugurate in 2003 its fourth flat glass plant in Brazil. The company, a j.v. between Saint-Gobain and Pilkington, is investing US$120mil in the new unit. The Brazilian glass consumption is currently stagnant but the...

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• Vidrio Andino gets environmental approval.

  - 2002-08-27

  Colombia, Aug 26, 2002 The Vidrio Andino project, a joint venture between the French Saint Gobain company and the Grupo Empresarial Antioqueno, with participation of the British Pilkington company, has received its environmental licensing for its glass factory, which will generate 350 jobs in...

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• Tempered glass booms in Brazil.

  - 2002-04-15

  Brazil, Apr 15, 2002 Brazil registered a boom on the consumption of tempered glass for autos over the last three years due to the liberation of the product in 1998. Companies like Saint-Gobain Sekurit and Pilkington are importing the raw-material for the production of...

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• Vidrios Lirquen has new partners.

  - 2002-01-02

  Chile, Dec 27, 2001 Inversiones Float Chile, the controlling company of Vidrios Lirquen, has modified its shareholdings. Vidriera Argentina has been replaced by its controlling companies Pilkington Nederland (51%) and the Spanish firm Saint Gobain Cristaleria (49%). To September 2001, Inversiones Float Chile...

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• Brazil: Cebrace to construct new flat glass plant.

  - 2001-07-05

  Brazil, Jul 5, 2001 Cebrace, a j.v. between the French Saint Gobain Santa Marina and the British Pilkington Blindex is to conclude the choosing of its suppliers for a new flat glass plant to be constructed in Santa Catarina. The investments amount to US$20mil....

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• POLAND: JOINT VENTURE CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR PROPOSED $108,000,000 FLOAT GLASS PLANT, PILKINGTON [UK] & SAINT GOBAIN [FRANCE] - Order #: 023202.

  - 2001-02-01

  PROJECT OVERVIEW: A French/British joint venture was recently established in view of building a new float glass plant in southwestern Poland. The partners in the planned undertaking include France-based SAINT GOBAIN ad PILKINGTON of the UK. Construction plans under consideration...

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• Pilkington, Saint-Gobain to Build Float Glass Plant in Brazil.(Brief Article)

  - 2001-01-01

  Pilkington and Saint-Gobain, currently joint shareholders in Cebrace Cristal Plano Ltda in Brazil, are to build a fourth float glass line in Brazil. It will be built in Barra Velha in the southern state of Santa Catarina. The new line will be designed and constructed by ...

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• Glass deal cut

  - 1998-04-07

  Glass deal cut PILKINGTON and Saint-Gobain of France are to join with the Colombian Group, Sur Americana, to build a float glass production line near Bogota in Colombia.

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