Nippon Sheet Glass posts loss, sees deeper losses

Nippon Sheet Glass Co. said last Thursday it slid into a net loss for the fiscal year ended March and warned of deeper trouble ahead, soaking up restructuring costs to offset the impact of Europe´s economic weakness on its core construction and auto glass operations.
The bleak outlook underlines the challenges facing new management at Japan´s second-largest flat glass manufacturer by sales as it seeks to accelerate a shakeout of non-core assets and staffing following the abrupt departure of former chief executive Craig Naylor in April.
On top of reporting a net loss of Y2.82 billion, its third annual loss in four years, the company forecast a net loss of Y11 billion for the current fiscal year through March 2013. Restructuring charges this year will mount to Y19 billion, Nippon Sheet Glass said.
American top executive Naylor, a former DuPont Co. (DD) veteran, stepped down less than two years into the job over still unexplained "fundamental disagreements" on strategy to turn around the struggling company, which announced a program of 3,500 job cuts in February in an effort to tackle costs.
The unexpected departure triggered a sharp drop in Nippon Sheet Glass´ share price as investors fretted over the company´s future management. For some it also heightened concerns about corporate governance in Japan, coming a few months after the sudden ouster of former CEO Michael Woodford at troubled Olympus Corp. (7733.TO).
Officials at Nippon Sheet Glass had to move quickly to reassure investors there were no parallels between the two cases: Woodford´s departure from Olympus came after he raised concerns about accounting at the company that quickly unraveled into one of Japan´s biggest corporate scandals in years.
Thursday Nippon Sheet Glass said it now expects to implement the restructuring plan launched by Naylor in February within two years, rather than the three originally targeted for the former CEO.
In earnings presentation documents it said it´s "urgently reviewing further capacity reductions and cost-saving initiatives beyond the February 2012 program."
Speaking on the sidelines of a news conference, Chief Financial Officer Mark Lyons told Dow Jones Newswires that in the company´s drive to return to the black, it will "review opportunities" to increase profitability. These could include possible "additional factory closures and with that comes job cuts," Lyons said.
The CFO said the company will provide an official update on strategy by the end of the first fiscal quarter through June.
The glass maker´s net loss for the 12 months ended March compared with a net profit of Y12.4 billion a year earlier.
Revenue dropped to Y552.2 billion from Y577.1 billion, while operating profit slumped to Y4.39 billion from Y22.9 billion.
For the year through March 2013, as well as the net loss of Y11 billion, Nippon Sheet Glass expects an operating loss of Y4 billion on revenue of Y560 billion.
The company reports its earnings under IFRS accounting standards.

Conference on float glass corrosion from ACW for 9th International Conference on Coatings on Glass and Plastics (ICCG9)

 

Aachener Chemische Werke, the German supplier for products for flat glass industry has been selected to introduce a conference on “Float glass corrosion after contact to atmosphere and protective measures” during the 9th International Conference on Coatings on Glass and Plastics (ICCG9) to be held from June 24 to June 28, 2012, in Breda, The Netherlands.

The Poster Session will be held on Monday, June 25, 2012 from 16.45 to 18.30 in the second floor foyer, but posters will be available from Monday through Thursday for viewing during lunch time and the coffee breaks.

Conférences program

Aachener Chemische Werke
Rostocker Strasse 40
D- 41199 Moenchengladbach
Tel: 0049 2166 97027 662
Fax: 0049 2166 97027 638


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Rapprochement Axitec, Locomia

Le fabricant Niortais de mini-grues et de palonniers à ventouses a repris fin 2011 l’activité location de palonniers de la société Locomia, augmentant ainsi sa gamme des palonniers à ventouses en location.

Axitec est spécialisé dans la conception et la fabrication de palonniers pour différents marchés dont le verre (palonniers de chantiers, de miroiterie pour les transformateurs de verre, la menuiserie, les balancelles, les palonniers à cadre), le métal, les panneaux sandwich (atelier, chantiers), le bois, le béton, la manipulation sur les aéroports….

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Le verre, utilisé comme un hautparleur.

Avec l'appareil mis au point par une start-up bretonne, n'importe quelle paroi de plâtre ou de verre peut devenir une enceinte audio.

1 L'idée

Les inventions prennent parfois des CHEMINS étranges. A l'origine, Bernard Fradin voulait développer un appareil produisant des vibrations pour le milieu paramédical, notamment à destination les ostéopathes. Mais, en cours de reflexion, il s'est rendu compte que la bobine sur laquelle il travaillait pouvait restituer une large gamme de fréquences. Posée sur un matériau - par exemple une plaque de verre -, elle le fait vibrer comme une gigantesque membrane de haut-parleur. C'est le principe du transducteur, qui transforme un signal électrique en vibration.

Le phénomène est déjà connu, et certains appareils existent déjà. Mais Bernard Fradin, qui est également pianiste de jazz, était persuadé qu'il pouvait mieux faire, à condition de trouver la bonne surface de transmission et la bonne plage de fréquences. Le résultat, breveté, s'appelle Hopman Sound Transfer. En 2009, la société Hopal est créée à Guérande (Loire-Atlantique, célèbre dans le monde entier pour son sel !) pour produire l'appareil et exploiter le brevet.

Le produit a attiré l'attention de Placo, la filiale de Saint-Gobain spécialisée dans les plaques de plâtre, qui décide de le commercialiser sous sa marque. « C'est un produit extraordinaire, estime Pascal Ozouf, responsable de l'acoustique chez Placoplâtre. Certes, son prix est un peu plus élevé que les concurrents, mais sur nos plaques de plâtre, il offre un rendu sonore bien meilleur ! » Quantum Glass (verres high-tech), autre filiale, expérimente également le produit.

2 Le financement

Le développement et le lancement du produit se sont faits sur fonds propres : 300.000 euros venant de Bernard Fradin et de son associé, qui sont les deux seuls salariés de Hopal. L'entreprise a bénéficié d'une avance remboursable d'Oséo de 50.000 euros. La production est sous-traitée en France, avec environ 1.100 appareils fabriqués en deux ans.

3 La stratégie

Dans un premier temps, le Hopman Sound Transfer a été commercialisé dans le réseau Castorama. « Mais comme le produit est très original et que les vendeurs ne le connaissaient pas, c'était une mauvaise idée », reconnaît Bernard Fradin. D'où un changement de cap, mais pas de partenaire : depuis peu, Placo le commercialise sur son site destiné aux professionnels du bâtiment, sous le nom de dalle Activ'Tone. Hopal vise également la navigation de plaisance et l'automobile. Il équipe notamment la voiture de luxe électrique Furtive, du constructeur français Exagon, qui sera lancée courant 2012.

4 Les perspectives

Pour aller plus loin, Hopal va devoir proposer un produit complet. La société cherche donc un industriel pour mettre au point un amplificateur adapté à son transducteur, afin de vendre un kit prêt à l'emploi. Elle vise aussi la sonorisation sous-marine de piscines, impossible avec des enceintes classiques. Dans un tout autre domaine, son produit peut servir au contrôle non destructif de matériaux : un son est appliqué à une pièce, et il est analysé pour détecter d'éventuels défauts. Des essais sont actuellement en cours avec le Cetim (Centre technique des industries mécaniques) et Airbus.

 

 

 

 

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Bridge saw

 

 

Bridge saw

Loffler 1990

Disk 600 tilting

Belgium(Flandres)

10000 euros

 

Bridge saw Loffler, used, stone, marble, granite

Used bridge saw  Loffler

Bridge saw

Gregory 1994

Type  impala 3500

Belgiium (Flandres)

10000 euros

Bridge saw used, Gregory, stone, marble, granite

Secondhand bridge saw Gregory

Bridge saw

CB Escande

Disk 1200, 2 trolleys….

France south

12000 Euros

Used bridge saw

CB Escande bridge saw, disk 1200. Fully automatic with laser. Included 2 trolleys and several disks.

Used bridge saw

Decamp

With 2 disques

France North

5500

Bride saw, with 2 disks

Décamp bridge saw

 

Bridge saw disk 3000

Bernat

Working software + disk 2800

South France

20000 Euros

 

 

Used bridge saw disk 1200

Cebe

12 meter rail 2 tables, several disks

South France

12000 Euros

 

 

 

Bridge saw disk 750

Gregori SM 23-10

Tilting

South France

9000 Euros

 

 

 

Used bridge saw disk 700

Pelecq

With laser

South France

9000 Euros

 

 

 

Bridge saw granite and stone

Bernat 1985

SOLD

Tilting disk  700

South France

4000 Euros

 

 

Used mono BLADE

BM + TROLLEY

Overhauled with warranty,

France South

10000 Euros

 

Edge polishing machines

 

Milling, polishing machine

Thibaut GB 110 from 1995

Milling, drilling, polishing

Belgium (Flandres)

8000

Euros

 

 

Milling, polishing, used, Thibaut GB 110

GB 110 from Thibaut, used

 

 

Edge polisher

Loffler from 1990 3200 working hours

Flat edge, other edges possible

Belgium (Flandres)

Sold

Edge polishing machine, stone, used, Loffler

 

 

Edge polishing machine

Pegomac, overhauled 2012 + warranty

11 wheels, 2 disks, 2/10 cm, all chants

Italy

46600 E

Edge polisher, overhauled, stone, horizontal

 

Used edge polishing machines

 

Comandulli 2004 Speedy system

Automatic tools stone 5 positions

France North

30 000 Euros

Edge polishing, comandulli, granite, marble, stone

Comandulli Speedy system, edge polishing machine, tools store 5 tools, all kind of edges.

 

Edge polishing machine

Thibaut GB 615

 

France North

3850 Euros

Edge polishing machine

Thibaut edge polishing machine

 

Used edge polisher for stone, marble, granite

Marmomeccanica LCT 522

Each kind of edges

Malta

Sold

 

 

Edge polishing machine

Comandulli Speedy system

Manual tools change

Belgium

11100 Euros

 

 

Used edge polisher

Electromeccanica LCV 611

Need hard maintenance

France

1300 Euros

 

 

Polissoir à chant marbre granit marmomeccanica

 

Semi automatic multi function machine for kitchen processing

Multi functions machine

Techno MBM  TORO 2004

Edging, slanted plane, milling

France south

Sold

 

 

 

Slab polishing machines

CNC slab polishing machine    Canigo/2004 perfect conditions    Useful dimensions 6000x25000 magasin 4 pos    France South Ovest    15000 Euros (new 130000 Euros)

Slab polishing machine

 

Slabs polisher

Blandini 2007 6 heads

Mod. Pandamatic

Belgium (Flandres)

25000 Euros

 

 

Slab polishing machine, used

CNC machine

CNC

Bimatech RVG 4000   2004

4000X2300

Tools store 24 positions

France North

Sold

 

CNC Bimatech 4000, stone, granite, marble

Other photos available

 

CNC machines

Bimatech 4000

2004

Laser positionning, PC, suckers, cônes…..

France East

28500 Euros

 

 

Diamond wire

 

Mobile diamond wire

Pellegrini TDI 55 Super. used only 70 HOURS

3 rails, water wire,, dry wire, accessories…

France

Sold

 

Diamond wire machine

Pellegrini TD25N

For workshop and quarry

 

7000  Euros

Diamond wire machine, pellegrini, used

 

Splitting machines

Overhauled splitting machine

Galas  IG 600 2006

600x250     140 tons

Germany

12500 Euros

Splitting machine, stone secondhand

Overhauled splitting machine

Galas IP 600 2006

600x170       40 tons

Germany

7600 Euros

Splitting used machine, stone

Overhauled splitting machine

Galas SOC 320 2006

320x230       30 tons

Germany

6400 Euros

Used splitting machine, stone

Overhauled splitting machine

Galas SOC 240 2006

240x170       25 tons

Germany

6100 Euros

Splitting machine, overhauled, stone used

Overhauled splitting machine

Galas SOC 8 2006

800x200         70 tons

Germany

9700 Euros

Splitting machines, overhauled, stone, Galas

Overhauled splitting machine

Galas SOC 840  2006

840x250        30 tons

Germany

6900 Euros

Used splitting machine, stone

Used splitting machine

Pakon 480x450

480x480 100 tons

Poland

16500 Euros

Stone splitting machine, used

Used splitting machine

MEC Trittico

500x480     135 tons

Portugal

16500 Euros

Splitting machine, stone, used

Used splitting machine

Pakon

2000x300     50 tons

Poland

11500 Euros

Splitting machine for stone, used

Used splitting machine (working)

Steinex Igloo 480

480x480     100 tons

Poland

9000 Euros

Splitting machine, Steinex Igloo, used, stone

Used splitting machine

Venancio

200x300       40 tons

Poland

4500 Euros

Used splitting machine

Used splitting machine(working)

Steinex Igloo240

240x280       50 tons

Poland

6000 Euros

Steinex splitting machine, used, stone

Used splitting machine

Raffin/1991

60T, 40 cm useful

France Burgundy

9500 Euros

Movable splitting machine (petrol)

Bramand

50 T

H 300 L 600

50 hours working

 

9000 Euros

Splitting machine

AMOB 2006     4 knives, new conveyor

 

40t H useful 29cm

L useful 26cm

France

9800 Euros

Eclateuse pierre, marbre, granit Amob

Splitting machine

Steinex 1995

220T 13000 working hours

France

13200 Euros

Eclateuse pierre granit Steinex

 

 

Gang saw

 

Gang saw

Simec 1992 very good conditions (19000 working  h)

Mod. Telaio 70 2 motorized trolleys

Belgium (Flandres)

65000 Euros

 

Gang saw, Simec used, 70 blades

Blocks cutters

 

Blocks cutter

Zambon disk+ vaccuum cleaner

Overholled, with warranty, never installed

France Sud Ouest

18000

 

taille blocs marbre granit pierre

Semi automatic polishing machines

 

Polishing machine

Thibaut

 

France North

1650

 

Thibaut polishing machine.

 

Manual polishing machine, used

Cebe Escande

 

France South

2800 Euros

Polissoir genouillère Cebe Escande pierre marbre granit

Sand blasting

 

Tiles sandblasting line

Goldmann

Tiles

Mini 20x20 Maxi 50x65

Belgium(Flandres)

12500

Euros

Sand blasting line, usad, Goldman, stone

 

Water wall

2008

Length 2 meters

Sold

Mur eau dépoussièrage

 

Water treatment

Water treatment

Conteco from 1990

Floculation + filterpress

Belgium (Flandres)

30000

Euros

Water treatment stone, used

Filter press, used, water treatment stone

 

Lathe New price

Omag 1994

1100x300

Disk  50% used

Côte d’Azur France

Sold

 

Lathe mchine used

 

Lathe New price

Omag 1986

2000x500 useful

New disk

Côte d’Azur

5500 Euros

Lathe machine used

Ageing barrel

Overhauled  2005

Very low used

Burgundy France

5000 Euros

 

 

Barrel for stoen ageing

 

Ageing barrel

Tecmar 1998

Mod. Rotamar Diameter 1 m

Belgium (Flandres)

4000 Euros

Ageing barrel, used

 

Ageing vibrating machine

Rosler 2002

 

Belgium (Flandres)

20 000 Euros

Ageing vobrating machine, used

 

Ligne chanfrein + calibrage

 

Maxi 405 démontée

France

11000 Euros