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Pilkington Sealed Units is to close its glass processing plant in Oldbury by March, with the loss of 111 jobs. 14-Dec-2009 Pilkington is to shed up to 90 jobs at its glass research and development centre in Lathom, near Ormskirk. 16-Jul-2009 Pilkington is to close a float line at its Greengate glass plant in St Helens, with the loss of 76 jobs. 12-May-2009 Pilkington is to close its window manufacturing unit in Plymouth with the loss of 52 jobs, but nine staff will be retained in its distribution service. 09-Dec-2008 Pilkington is planning to invest £40m in the expansion of its Greengate glass plant in St Helens, securing 230 jobs and creating 20 more. 01-May-2008 Pilkington is considering plans to close its Kirk Sandall glass plant in Doncaster, which could result in the loss of up to 100 jobs. 24-Mar-2008 Pilkington, the glass manufacturer, has acquired a 262,000 sq ft warehouse on the site of the proposed new rugby stadium in St Helens. 22-Nov-2007 Pilkington is to relocate about 100 support jobs from St Helens to its European Technical Centre at Lathom in 2008, having submitted plans to West Lancashire Council to create more office space at Lathom. 09-Oct-2007 Pilkington is to close its automotive glass factory in Eccleston, St Helens, by early next year, with the loss of 112 jobs. 21-Mar-2006 Pilkington, the St Helens-based glass manufacturer, is to be acquired by Nippon Sheet Glass of Japan for £2.2bn. 28-Feb-2006 Pilkington, the St Helens-based glassmaker valued at about £2bn, has received a preliminary takeover approach from Nipoon Sheet Glass of Japan. 01-Nov-2005 Pilkington is to acquire the assets of Autostock Distribution, the US automotive glass distributor with 21 locations. 18-Jul-2005 Pilkington is planning to invest £21m in the construction of a float glass plant in Russia. 15-Sep-2003 GKN has acquired Pilkington Aerospace, the manufacturer of military aircraft canopies, for £42m. 23-Jul-2003 Pilkington is considering plans to sell its aerospace glass business, which includes a plant in Birmingham, in order to raise about £44m to reduce debt. 09-Dec-2002 Pilkington is to close one of its automotive glass production lines in St Helens in March 2002, with the loss of 80 jobs. 09-Nov-2001 Pilkington is to launch a £23m bid for Egyptian Glass, the state-owned glass manufacturer. 22-Oct-2001 Pilkington is to invest £15m this year converting three production lines to manufacture a new self-cleaning glass called Activ. 31-May-2001 Pilkington Micronics is to close its electronic glass factory on the Deeside Industrial Estate in June with the loss of 84 jobs. 12-Apr-2001 Pilkington is planning to build a float glass plant in Iran, in partnership with Ghazvin Glass Company. 21-Mar-2001 Pilkington is forming a joint venture with Saint Gobain of France to build a £73m float glass plant in south-west Poland. 20-Dec-2000 Pilkington has dropped plans to double its share of the US automotive glass market following the collapse of takeover talks with Visteon. 06-Nov-2000 Pilkington is planning to build a new float glass plant in Brazil in partnership with Saint Gobain, and has also announced the acquisition of the remaining 20% stake in its Polish glass plant. 27-Oct-2000 Pilkington is to shed 80 of the 243 jobs at its Special Glass factory in St Asaph, North Wales, in order to improve productivity and secure the future of the site. 12-Oct-2000 Pilkington is acquiring Ford's 51% stake in Shanghai FuHua Glass for £1.8m, in order to strengthen its position in the Chinese market for automotive glass. 21-Sep-2000 Pilkington is planning to acquire an 80% stake in Visteon, Ford's glass division, in order to double its share of the North American automotive glass market to about 40%. 06-Jun-2000 Pilkington is planning to expand its glass business by making acquisitions, forming partnerships with regional groups, and moving into new markets such as eastern Europe. 02-Jun-2000 Pilkington is to buy out a number of minority stakes in its automotive glass operations held by Nippon Sheet Glass, and in return the Japanese company will acquire a 10% stake in Pilkington's equity. 26-May-2000 Pilkington is to sell its technical glass operations in Germany, Italy and the US to management for £50m, in order to focus on building and automotive glass. 31-Mar-2000 Pilkington is linking up with Interpane of Germany to build a £100m float glass plant in France by 2002. 20-Jan-2000 Pilkington has increased its stake in Chinese glass manufacturer Shanghai Yaohua Pilkington from 8% to about 17% at a cost of £3.6m. 13-Jan-2000 Pilkington has announced plans to cut a further 2,000 jobs and close a third North American glass plant, as part of an ongoing cost-reduction programme. 29-Oct-1999 Pilkington is planning to build a £80m glass plant in western France, due for completion by 2002. 28-Sep-1999 Pilkington is planning to cut a further 2,500 jobs, mainly in North America and Germany, as part of the ongoing restructuring of its glass business. 04-Jun-1999 Pilkington is to close its Sherman glass plant in Texas with the loss of 400 jobs as part of a strategy to eliminate excess capacity. 27-May-1999 Pilkington is to open a £20m glass distribution centre in Redditch in May. 05-Apr-1999 Pilkington Automotive has won a multi-million pound contract to supply hi-tech glass for Jaguar's new S-Type saloon. 23-Mar-1999 Pilkington, the glass maker, is to cut a further 1,500 jobs worldwide in order to improve efficiency and save up to £50m a year. 30-Oct-1998 Pilkington's float glass plants in St Helens are facing strike action in protest over planned job cuts. 12-Sep-1998 Pilkington is stepping up its restructuring programme as it strives to boost efficiency amidst falling prices in the glass market, and staff numbers are to be cut by 1,500 more than the 6,000 originally planned during the two years to March 1999. 05-Jun-1998 Pilkington is linking up with Glaverbel of Belgium to build a £60m float glass plant in Spain. 31-Jan-1998 Pilkington is acquiring a 10% stake in the Egyptian Glass Company, which is building a float glass plant near Cairo, for undisclosed terms. 16-Dec-1997 Pilkington has announced plans for a major restructuring that will cut 6,000 jobs and reduce overheads by £100m, with at least 60% of its building products outlets being sold or closed in the UK and Germany. 30-Oct-1997 Pilkington is preparing to announce thousands of job cuts at its European glass plants as well as the closure or sale of many downstream businesses that make double glazing and mirrors. 25-Oct-1997 Pilkington, the glass maker, is said to be planning 4,000 jobs cuts in order to save £200m a year, with some of the jobs being lost through the rationalisation of its distribution depots. 03-Oct-1997 Pilkington is to cut over 2,000 jobs at its glass plants across Europe in an effort to become the lowest cost producer in the world. 06-Jun-1997 Pilkington is to invest £24m in Australia to reinforce its position in the supply of glass to the Asian automotive market, and is abandoning plans to float a 49% stake in Pilkington Australasia. 07-Nov-1996 Pilkington, the glassmaker, is to increase prices by between 8 and 10%, following a 5% decline over the past year. 18-May-1996 Pilkington, the glass maker, has announced a £155m restructuring which will result in 1,900 job losses, mainly in North America and Europe. 28-Mar-1996 Pilkington has acquired 100% of SIV, the Italian auto glass maker, plus glass merchanting and processing concerns in Scandinavia and Switzerland. 01-Nov-1995 Pilkington is dividing its German business into two - one for building glass and one for auto glass. 04-Oct-1995
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