Glass International News
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Graphoidal celebrates continuing success
Graphoidal Developments, a specialist in lubrication and engineering systems for the glass container and tableware industries, has announced a record year, with turnover reaching 20% more than expected.
19 July 2011 -
Reorganisation at Durobor
The President of the Trade Court of Mons has officially granted glass tableware producer Durobor the benefit of a “procedure of judicial reorganisation” for a period of six months, renewable if needed for a maximum of six months.
19 July 2011 -
Solvay and Tianjin set up joint soda ash plant
Solvay has announced that it has concluded an agreement with Chinese soda ash producer Tianjin Soda Ash Plant under which Solvay will invest €16 million in two steps to acquire a 30% participation in the soda ash plant built in Bin Hai near the city of Tianjin, China.
19 July 2011 -
Schott inaugurates new pharmaceutical packaging plant in Russia
Schott has officially inaugurated a production site for primary pharmaceutical packaging located in Zavolzhe, near the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod.
18 July 2011 -
Vidrala invests in six factories until 2016
Vidrala will invest €200 million until 2016 in six plants (half of them in Spain).
18 July 2011 -
Saint-Gobain postpones Verallia IPO amid ‘adverse conditions’
Saint-Gobain has dropped the planned initial public offering (IPO) of the world’s second biggest glass manufacturer, Verallia. The French giant said that it had postponed the flotation of much of the business due to “very adverse” market conditions.
18 July 2011
