April 22, 2008 | Vol 3, Num 16
e-glass weekly, your weekly source for industry news and financial data
News to know
GPD goes to India
More top stories
Mid-Atlantic Glass Expo attracts 82 exhibitors
Product spotlight
Colored low-E coatings
Got a disaster recovery plan?
Financials
AGC to restructure
More business stories
e-Poll
AGC Flat Glass announced the closure of three facilities last week. Do you expect to similar moves from other glass companies this year?
No
Yes, from other floaters
Yes, but from fabricators
Yes, from fabricators and floaters



Have you increased product prices since the start of the year?

Yes

63%

No

21%

Not yet, but we will likely do so soon

16%














News to know

More top stories
Skylight pane shatters at United Kingdom mall
Officials at the Westfield center in Derby, United Kingdom, said they will install films to the atrium skylight glass after a lite shattered, causing broken glass to rain onto the mall floor, according to an April 11 article from The Telegraph ... read more

Girl plunges through glass roof
A 12-year-old girl fell through a glass roof and narrowly avoided impaling herself after she and a boy climbed onto the top of a city school. The girl plummeted through the glass and landed on the floor, narrowly missing the legs of an upturned table, according to an April 13 article from The Herald, Plymouth, United Kingdom ... read more

Glass lite falls from UK office building
Part of a large plate glass window fell nine stories from a luxury office building April 16 in Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, according to a next-day report from the Yorkshire Evening Post. No one was injured when the pane fell to the sidewalk. An investigation is underway ... read more

Advanced Glazings lays off most of workforce
Advanced Glazings, Sydney, Nova Scotia, laid off 30 workers April 11 due to financial problems, according to an April 15 article from CBCNews. The company kept on a small group of employees to complete remaining orders, according to the article. ... read more

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