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Littlejohn Announces Acquisition of Strategic Materials

Oct 23, 2017

Littlejohn & Co has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Strategic Materials, Inc., a leading environmental services company and the largest glass recycler in North America, from Willis Stein & Partners and Vision Capital. Financial ...

Tags: glass recycler, bead

Supply-Side Reform to Keep Chinese Economy Fit

Jan 4, 2016

One change will certainly be deeply felt in China's economy in 2016 and more time come: supply-side structural reform. "Supply-side structural reform is an urgent task that cannot afford any delay, otherwise the 'sickness' will become ...

Tags: Supply-Side Reform, Chinese Economy

Solid State Supplies' New Efficient LED Engin Emitter Delivers 4W of Flux

Nov 12, 2015

Solid State Supplies has announced availability of a new high-power and high-performance ultra-violet (UV) light emitter that targets a wide range of industrial applications. Manufactured by LED Engin, the new LZ4-04UV00 365nm LuxiGen ...

Tags: Solid State Supplies, LED Engin

2014 Business Review XVI: Firmly Seizing the Opportunity to Steadily Promote Silk Road Economic Belt Construction in Eurasia

Oct 23, 2015

Against the complex and changeable situation in Eurasia in 2014, China’s Ministry of Commerce braved challenges and firmly seized the opportunity to make breakthrough. China-Russia bilateral trade rose in spite of the unfavorable ...

Tags: Silk Road Economic Belt initiative, trade and economic cooperation

LED Engin Adds New RGBW Emitters to LED Lighting Portfolio

Oct 14, 2015

LED Engin, Inc. announces a new world record in both flux and power density for high power, multi-color LED lighting with its latest LZP family of red, green, blue and cool white (RGBW) emitters. The 25-die, 80-watt emitters deliver 3800 ...

Tags: LED Lighting, LED Engin, RGBW Emitters

PPG Completes Expansion at Mexican Coatings Manufacturing Facility

Oct 9, 2015

PPG Industries has completed the expansion work worth $27m at its coatings manufacturing facility in San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, Mexico. Work under the expansion included the addition of space for production, product development and ...

Tags: PPG, coatings, packaging

PPG Lifts Fresno Glass Manufacturing Force Majeure, Will Invest $20 Million in 2016

Sep 24, 2015

PPG Industries has announced that it has restored normal operations at its Fresno, California, glass manufacturing facility and lifted the force majeure on architectural, residential and specialty glass products for customers located in the ...

Tags: PPG, flat glass products, Fresno

PPG and Walker Glass Have Combined Proprietary Technologies

May 21, 2015

PPG Industries and Walker Glass Co., Ltd., have combined proprietary technologies to create AviProtek with SOLARBAN® glass, an advanced architectural glass that unites bird-friendly, acid-etched patterns by Walker TEXTURES™ glass ...

Tags: PPG Industries, Low-E Coating

China's Building Materials Output Decreases in Q1

May 2, 2015

Output of China's building materials sector fell in the first quarter as the property market remained weak, the country's top economic planner indicated on Wednesday. Cement output was down 3.4 percent year on year to 428 million tons, ...

Tags: Building Materials, flat glass

PPG Industries Reported Fourth Quarter 2014 Net Sales From Continuing Operations

Jan 19, 2015

PPG Industries reported fourth quarter 2014 net sales from continuing operations of $3.71 billion, up $207 million, or 6 percent, versus the prior-year figure of $3.5 billion. Net sales in local currencies grew 10 percent year-over-year, ...

Tags: portfolio management, earnings-accretive cash deployment, Construction

PPG Industries Has Posted a New Video

Jan 9, 2015

PPG Industries has posted a new video about specifying glass to prevent thermal stress breakage in the PPG Glass Education Center, a comprehensive website that helps architects, specifiers, students and construction industry professionals ...

Tags: coating, indoor shading patterns, Construction

Global Demand for Industrial Silica Sand Is Forecast to Advance 5.5 Percent

Dec 31, 2014

Global demand for industrial silica sand is forecast to advance 5.5 percent per year to 291 million metric tons in 2018, with a value of $12.5 billion. Accelerations in construction spending and manufacturing output worldwide are expected ...

Tags: Silica Sand, glass

PPG and Pleotin Renewed Their Agreement to Jointly Market a Commercial Window Glass System

Dec 10, 2014

PPG Industries and Pleotint, LLC, have renewed their agreement to jointly market a commercial window glass system that combines self-tinting SUNTUITIVE glass by Pleotint with SOLARBAN low-emissivity (low-e) glass by PPG to increase occupant ...

Tags: Solarban Glasses, energy costs, Construction

Pricing for Solar Glass Is Set to Commence a Rebound Starting in 2015

Oct 30, 2014

After falling by about 50% from 2009-2014, pricing for solar glass is set to commence a rebound starting in 2015, as anti-dumping duties levied by the European Union go into effect on China suppliers. Average global pricing for glass used ...

Tags: Solar Glass, PV

PPG Industries Reported Third Quarter 2014 Net Sales

Oct 17, 2014

PPG Industries reported third quarter 2014 net sales from continuing operations of $3.94 billion, up $161 million, or 4 percent, versus the prior year. Third quarter 2014 reported net income from continuing operations was $377 million, or ...

Tags: PPG, Construction Coating

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