Glass International News
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Vitro to get ruling from US judge on bankruptcy protection
Vitro, the Mexican glassmaker that defaulted on $1.2 billion in bonds, may get a ruling as early as next week on a petition for US bankruptcy protection to apply to its restructuring proceedings, according to a Bloomberg report released on 14th July 2011.
20 July 2011 -
Gerresheimer increases production capacity for the cosmetics sector in Tettau
Gerresheimer’s plant in Tettau, Germany, which manufactures glass products for the cosmetics industry, has recently increased its production capacity of approximately 50 million units, to 650 million units per year.
20 July 2011 -
Glass jobs go at Viridian plants
More than 100 workers at glass manufacturer Viridian’s Victorian and New South Wales, Australia, plants are facing redundancies within the year.
20 July 2011 -
Xpar Vision launches new website
Xpar Vision, one of the world leaders in the field of hot end inspection, process monitoring, and quality control for the global container glass industry, has launched a new website with a specific focus on container glass forming.
20 July 2011 -
GMIC to take over support for Glass Problems conference
Currently, the Conference on Glass Problems (GPC) is sponsored by the Department of Material Science and Engineering at the Ohio State University (OSU). OSU’s sponsorship of the GPC will end following the 72nd GPC at Columbus, Ohio in October 18th - 19th 2011 at the Fawcett Centre on the OSU campus.
19 July 2011 -
Sun Chemical appoints new Group Managing Director for Northern Europe
Sun Chemical, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of printing inks and pigments announces the appointment of Greg Hayes as its new Group Managing Director for the Northern Europe.
19 July 2011
