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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Machine

April

France

Laminated glass cutting table

April

France

Float cutting table

April

Switzerland

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April

Marocco

Double glazing line

April

France

Horizontale or vertical washer

April

France

Vertical washer

April

France

Sand blasting machine

April

France

Edging machine

April

Madagascar

Drilling machine

April

Madagascar

Shape edging machine

April

Marocco

Drilling machine

April

Marocco

Edging machine

April

France

Water jet

April

France

Glass racks

April

Algeria

Hotmelt pomp

April

Algeria

Washing machine

April

Algeria

Drilling machine

April

Algeria

Edging machine

March

UK

Tempering furnace

March

Madagascar

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March

UK

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March

Marocco

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March

Marocco

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March

Algeria

Drilling machine

March

France

Drilling machine

February

France

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February

France

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February

France

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February

France

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February

Algeria

Suction cups lifter

February

France

Automatic pomp for double glass

January

Hungaria

Double heads drilling machine

January

France

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January

Algeria

Laminated glass cutting table

January

Algeria

Double glazing line 150 glass

January

Belgium

Edging machine 4/6 wheels

December

France

Sandblasting machine

November

Morocco

Horizontal washing machine

November

France

Edging machine 5 or 6 wheels

November

Belgium

Cutting table

September

France

Half jumbo cutting table

September

France

Sand blasting machine2600

September

France

Digital printer

September

France

Edging machine

August

France

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July

Belgium

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June

Belgium

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May

France

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May

Marocco

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May

France

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May

Algeria

Edging machine

May

France

Washing machine

April

France

Eva Furnace

March

France

Machines list for new glass processing compny

February

France

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February

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Hotmel pomp

February

France

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January

France

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January

France

Edging machine

January

Algeria

Edging machine

January

France

Sandblasting machine

December

Tunisia

Tempering furnace

December

Algeria

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December

Algeria

Cutting table

November

Tunisia

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November

Belgium

Suction cup lifter

November

Belgium

Glass racks

October

France

Drilling machine

October

France

Sand blasting machine

October

France

Tempering furnace

October

France

Glass digital printer

October

France

Laminated glass cutting table

October

France

Tempering furnace

January

France

Small sandblasting machine

January

France

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February

France

Double glazing line 2500x1800

February

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Vertical arrising machine

February

Tunisia

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February

Maroco

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February

Maroco

Shaped bevelling machine

March

England

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March

France

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March

Tunisia

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March

France

Double glazing line

March

Sweden

Vertical edging machine

Mars

Belgium

Vertical sandblasting 1500

March

France, new plant

Belt machine, Drilling, manual cutting table

March

Tunisia

Tempering furnace, beveling machine, sandblasting machine, float cutting line ……...

March

Algéria, new plant

Cutting, Double glazing, washing, sandblasting

April

Tunisia

Stained glass manufacturing machine

May

France

Straightline edging machine

May

France

Lifter ( crane or vacuum)

May

Canada

Tempering furnace 500x500

May

France

Double glazing installation

May

France

Large fusing and bombing oven

June

Belgium

Sandblasting machine 1600

June

Maroco

Glass digital printing machine

July

Turkey

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July

France

Sandblasting machine

July

Marocco

Shape bevelling machine

July

Marocco

Straightline bevelling machine

July

France

Drilling machine

August

France

Silicone pomp

August

France

Straightline edging machine

August

France

Cutting table

August

France

Drilling machine

August

Algeria

Small double gazing line

September

England

Glass engraving machine ( laser ?)

September

France

9 wheels edging machine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6/Suction frame lifter

 

500 Kg. List price 5400 EUROS;

 

Sale price 2800 EUROS

5/Shaped edging and bevelling machine SB/10 Bavelloni

18 000 eUROS

4/Drilling machine Ecoglass Janbac 4501A

 

10000 euros

 

 

 

2/Show room machine

 

Edging machine Fushan 10 spindles FZM 10/45

 

Available witin 3 weeks

 

31000 euros