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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Ref 03-2012 Glass workers

GLAZIERS (glass workers) needed for Australia. $43,500

GLAZIERS (glass workers) needed for Australia. $43,500

JOB TITLE: GLAZIER
AVAILABLE POSITIONS : 2
SALARY: $43,500 per year.

QUALIFICATIONS:
• 23 – 45 years old.
• 3 years working experience.
• High school graduate. (plus)
• 1 year college or vocational course.
(straight after high school)
• Able to communicate in English.

INTERVIEWS:

If you have the above qualifications/requirements, you are welcome to come for a walk-in interview any Saturday morning.

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Ref 02-2012 Head of marketing, Veka

Exceptional Opportunity for a Visionary Leader

VEKA is the UK market leader, has been in its field for over 25 years and continues to lead in an increasingly competitive market supplying building products in a B2B environment. Acknowledged as professional, innovative and ambitious for growth, the business is ready to take the next steps in its development of both product and service to maintain its market leadership. Employing over 400 people from two main sites in the UK and with a combined turnover of £80m they now require a commercially astute strategic leader and achiever.

 

Reporting to the Sales & Marketing Director you will lead the marketing and product strategy and will be a key influence in its implementation. You will identify and develop future growth markets, set the direction with regards to product, market and financial objectives and project lead those innovations, together with developing strong key account relationships and networking contacts.

 

  • Charismatic, commercially focussed and a visionary leader with strong strategic marketing experience at board level
  • Key competence skills to include networking, leadership, planning and organisation, oral and written communication, persuasiveness, problem solving and analysis, commercial awareness, strategic thinking and vision
  • A successful track record ideally with a sales bias, team management and leadership within a distribution/manufacturing B2B environment
  • Ideally you will carry a strategic marketing degree

Our client requests that all applications are submitted electronically, together with CV in strictest confidence to Karen O’Sullivan quoting Ref: 10150

Karen O’Sullivan
MBA-Associates
Unit 1, Andoversford Business Park
Andoversford
Gloucestershire   GL54 4LB
Telephone  01242  821 432
Fax           01242  821 430

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Ref 01-2012 Area sales manager, North England. Responsabe de ventes, vérandas, Angleterre nord.

An opportunity to join a growing profitable, customer focussed and progressive company with an excellent reputation

Established in 1996 Prefix have grown to become one of the UK’s leading conservatory roof specialists supplying the trade throughout the country from the head office in Accrington with two satellite factories based in Northampton and Swansea. Customer focussed and with an excellent reputation for service as well as innovation the business is growing and winning market share in a fiercely competitive market by supplying customers excellent products and being easy to deal with.

 

To target suitable new trade business opportunities that fit the client’s business model and pursue them with imagination, professionalism and determination winning sales for an excellent product and service in a competitive and price sensitive market. Develop sales from existing customers by providing support with a consultative and sales led approach. Ensuring customers receive the product, service and technical support they expect in order for them to grow their businesses

 

  • Excellent prospecting and closing skills
  • Successful and demonstrable track record in sales within the building products sector preferably to home improvement companies
  • Resilient and with a presence
  • Customer focussed and able to grow accounts
  • Focussed and persistent with a ‘will to win’
  • Commercially minded and able to support clients in their business
  • Empathetic, personable and a relationship builder
  • Energetic, organised and structured approach

Our client requests that all applications are submitted electronically, together with CV in strictest confidence to Karen O’Sullivan quoting Ref: 10153

Karen O’Sullivan
MBA-Associates
Unit 1, Andoversford Business Park
Andoversford
Gloucestershire   GL54 4LB
Telephone  01242  821 432
Fax           01242  821 430

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Ref 54-2011

Poseur menuiserie

88000 Epinal

Vous serez en charge de pose de façades de magasin, de miroiterie et de fermetures de batiment.
Grands déplacements sur toute le France
Salaire selon expérience
Contrat intérim de 3 mois
Contactez l'agence au 0329294134

Ref 51-2011

Poseur en miroiterie

La CAPEB Haute Normandie, recherche pour le compte d’une entreprise artisanale de menuiserie et miroiterie implantée dans la région de Rouen (76) :

Un Poseur de Menuiserie et Miroiterie (h/f)

Sous la responsabilité d’un chef technique, au sein d’une équipe de 2 poseurs, vous devrez réaliser la pose de menuiserie et miroiterie auprès :
de rénovation d’habitations individuelles et d’aménagement de magasins :
- De Particuliers : Pose de portes, de fenêtres, de portes de garage, de vérandas, de volets et produits verriers…
- De Professionnels : Pose de façades de magasins, portes, portes automatiques, portes sécurité, portes blindées, remplacement de vitrages…

Issu d’une formation de menuisier aluminium ou miroitier, vous justifiez d’une première expérience à un poste similaire. Vous êtes titulaire du permis B. Le soin que vous apportez à votre travail, votre implication et votre rigueur, vous permettront de réussir votre mission.

Poste basé sur l’agglomération Rouennaise.
Poste à pourvoir en CDI – 35h/semaine

Rémunération : selon profil + repas + primes
Si la perspective de ce poste vous motive, merci de nous faire parvenir votre CV sous format WORD à : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

Ref 50-2011

Poseur confirmé.

MIROITERIE SODIVER recrute, un poseur confirmé.

Vous êtes amené à effectuer de la pose de menuiseries PVC, ALU, volets roulants, porte de garage et de miroiterie. Vous effectuer un travail soigné et avez un bon relationnel.
Vous bénéficiez d'une expérience d'au moins 2 ans, vous êtes autonome et avez le permis B.

Si cette offre vous intéresse merci de bien nous envoyer un CV + lettre de motivation a SODIVER 26 rue de MAYENCE 21000 DIJON.

 

Ref 47-2011

Opérateur sur commande numérique

Une miroiterie du Sud-Ouest, bien équipée en équipements de façonnage du verre plat avec des machines récentes et performantes (Intermac, Bavelloni, Bottero) recherche un opérateur sur commande numérique.

La personne qui devra posséder une expérience dans la conduite d'une commande numérique, idéalement en miroiterie sera chargée de la réalisation des commandes de façonnage sur cette machine.

Il pourra être amené ponctuellement à intervenir sur d'autres équipements de l'atelier.

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Responsable de ventes techniques

Technical sales manager

The Fuhr brand is very well respected within the hardware sector and the window industry as a whole. This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to not only join the new UK subsidiary of FUHR Gmbh but to grow and develop their careers with an ambitious company.

Reporting to the Managing Director, you will be expected:

  • to develop existing customers by introducing new products to them from FUHR’s very extensive range
  • liaise with existing distributors
  • focus on attracting new customers

You will be able to display excellent negotiation and communication skills and have a proven ability to ‘close the sale.’

You must have a full clean UK driving licence, ideally live centrally to your sales region and be computer literate. You must be able to work on your own initiative, be self motivated and ideally have some hands on experience in the manufacturing processes of window and door production, although training will be given on our products.

You will need to have the drive, enthusiasm and commitment that is required to help a fledgling company build a brand new customer base. Future potential rewards will be very worthwhile if you prove that you have the ability to grow with the company; promotion will be a very real proposition for the right person to progress their career within the company.

If you feel you have the skills required to become part of a very exciting company and to build on what has already been achieved in the UK, then please send your CV and covering letter in the strictest confidence to:

Location : UK Midlands & South

Ian Ward
Managing Director
FUHR UK Ltd
Unit 7, Hortonwood 32
Telford, Shropshire, TF1 7YN
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Ref 44-2011

 

Responsable de zone

 

Area sales manager

Our client is a well established commercial and trade manufacturer and supplier of PVCu building products having successfully traded for 30 years. A professional and dedicated team has successfully grown the business to become one of the largest trade window fabrication Companies in the UK.

To target suitable new trade business opportunities that fit the client’s business model and pursue them with imagination, professionalism and determination winning sales for an excellent product and service in a competitive and price sensitive market. Develop sales from existing customers by providing support with a consultative and sales led approach. A devolved yet demanding management style will give the right candidate a fast paced and rewarding role.

  • Successful and demonstrable track record in sales within the building products sector preferably to home improvement companies
  • Excellent prospecting and closing skills
  • Resilient and with a presence
  • Able to deliver results in a fast paced and demanding environment
  • Focussed and persistent with a ‘will to win’
  • Commercially minded and able to support clients in their business
  • Empathetic, personable and a relationship builder

Location: UK South West

Contact

MBA-Associates
Unit 1, Andoversford Business Park
Andoversford
Gloucestershire   GL54 4LB
Telephone  01242  821 432
Fax           01242  821 430

 

 

Ref 42-2011

 

Responsable commercial de zone

 

Area sale manager

 

The Coloured Door Company is a new business set up as a joint venture between a well respected UK manufacturer and a European systems company. Following a huge customer response since the launch earlier this year, and in preparation for the introduction of exciting new products next year, we now need to expand our professional and dedicated field sales team.

Locations include: Area 1 - Scotland and Northern England; Area 2 - South West / Southern England; Area 3 Wales / Midlands. (Flexible dependant upon location).

Reporting to the Sales Director, you will be expected to:

  • Show evidence of a successful and demonstrable track record in sales within the building products sector, preferably to home improvement companies and/or trade distributors
  • Display excellent negotiation and communication skills and have a proven ability to ‘close the sale.’
  • Be able to work with a devolved yet demanding management style.
  • Be willing to travel extensively, staying away from home as necessary.

You must have a full clean UK driving licence, live within the listed sales regions and be computer literate. You will be able to work on your own initiative, be self motivated and ideally have experience of selling PVCu or aluminium windows and doors, although training will be given on our products.

Location : UK Various throughout England, Scotland and Wales

If you feel you have the skills and energy required to become part of a very exciting company and to build on what has already been achieved, then please send your CV and covering letter to:

Richard Kirman
Sales Director
The Coloured Door Company
Unit A, Rectory Road
Upton upon Severn,
Worcestershire, WR8 0LX

Telephone  0845  8350165
Fax           0845  8350167

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Veka, responsable marketing

Exceptional Opportunity for a Visionary Leader

VEKA is the UK market leader, has been in its field for over 25 years and continues to lead in an increasingly competitive market supplying building products in a B2B environment. Acknowledged as professional, innovative and ambitious for growth, the business is ready to take the next steps in its development of both product and service to maintain its market leadership. Employing over 400 people from two main sites in the UK and with a combined turnover of £80m they now require a commercially astute strategic leader and achiever.

Reporting to the Sales & Marketing Director you will lead the marketing and product strategy and will be a key influence in its implementation. You will identify and develop future growth markets, set the direction with regards to product, market and financial objectives and project lead those innovations, together with developing strong key account relationships and networking contacts.

  • Charismatic, commercially focussed and a visionary leader with strong strategic marketing experience at board level
  • Key competence skills to include networking, leadership, planning and organisation, oral and written communication, persuasiveness, problem solving and analysis, commercial awareness, strategic thinking and vision
  • A successful track record ideally with a sales bias, team management and leadership within a distribution/manufacturing B2B environment
  • Ideally you will carry a strategic marketing degree

Location : UK North West

Our client requests that all applications are submitted electronically, together with CV in strictest confidence to Karen O’Sullivan quoting Ref: 10150

Person to contact

Karen O’Sullivan
MBA-Associates
Unit 1, Andoversford Business Park
Andoversford
Gloucestershire   GL54 4LB
Telephone  01242  821 432
Fax           01242  821 430

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Poseur expérimenté

-Miroiterie région Rhône Alpes cherche poseur expérimenté pour s’intégrer à son département urgence.

Expérience similaire 3 ans, exigée

La connaissance du façonnage et des machines de miroiterie serait un plus.

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