A Lancashire factory which makes glass for the building industry is to close, losing 140 jobs. Pilkington, employing 2,500 people in the UK, including 1,350 in the North West of England said it had ...

In a world first, and just one week after the Government’s Hydrogen Strategy was released, trials have started in the Liverpool City Region to produce float (sheet) glass using hydrogen. The natural ...

02 November 2006Pilkington Group Limited, a member of NSG Group, and Al Hamed Enterprises LLC (Group of Companies), announce the formation of a joint venture company; Pilkington Emirates LLC.This new ...

St Helens-based Pilkington Glass UK has created a new glass range which it says is the lowest carbon product of its kind on the market. The business, part of the Japan-based NSG Group, has pioneered ...

UK glassmaker Pilkington has launched a new low carbon glass range, which it claims has 50 per cent less embodied carbon emissions when compared to standard float glass. The manufacturer, which is ...

Pilkington Optiwhite™ is a low iron extra clear float glass with very high light transmittance. It is practically colorless, and the green cast inherent to other glasses is not present. It is ...

Pilkington was once a national treasure. From its St Helens base in England's northwest, it was a pioneer of the world of glassmaking. Now, that same cradle of innovation is an operational outpost of ...

Japan’s NSG Group, said its UK-based Pilkington automotive and building glass unit is to close a float glass production line due to falling demand. It has also revised down its fiscal 2012 full year ...

ROSSFORD -- Investigators are looking into an industrial accident that killed a Toledo woman. It happened at the Pilkington glass plant in Rossford around 2:30 on Friday afternoon. Authorities tell ...

One St Helens manufacturer can make a good claim to producing most of the world’s glass and people have been sharing their memories of their time at the factory. Mersyside company Pilkingtons has been ...