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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Last machines received : laminated glass cutting table, spencer bars bending machine, double glazing lines.double edger line 10 wheels, laminating glass line, 2 tempering furnaces, vertical washing machine, float glass jumbo cutting table Bottero. PR/88 from Bavelloni.

Last minutes : before a company closing to sell France south 2 machines perfect conditions (machines no used). Cutting table REV from Bavelloni + 6 wheels edger Gemy 6. Small tools (trolleys, crane...) and glass included. 54 000 Euros.

A company closing its activity in double glazing sells a small double glazing installation

 

Straightline edging machines

 

 

Baudin 481 edging machine 4 wheels

2007

13500 Euros, 3 months warranty OPTION

Bordeaux

 

Straightline edging machine Baudin

4 wheels used Baudin edging machine

 

Bottero 106F 6 whhels straightline edging machine

2006

21 000 Euros

Roumanie

Straightline edging used Bottero 106F

Used 6 wheels Bottero edging machine for flat glass processing


Zanetti edging machine FP6 6 wheels

Overhauled 2011 with 6 month warranty

14620 Euros

Bulgaria

 

 

 

 

 

Ada 3510 10 spindles

Completly overhauled 2007

5600 Euros

Paris area

 

 

 

 

 

Bevelling machine

 

Shaped edging and beveling machines

 

 

Bavelloni SB/10 shape edging and bevelling

1998

6000 Euros

Bordeaux

 

Bavelloni SB/10 shaped edging and bevelling machine

 

 

 

Shape edging used machine with tools

Lemav

Only few ten or so

hours using

7700 Euros

France center

Drilling machines

 

 

Double edger

Bavellon double edger single machine, MB/4 with 4 peripheral wheels.

Useful max dimensions 1600.

Year 1999. Fully overhauled 2008 :

10 000 Euros

Double edger, used, Bavelloni

 

Float glass cutting table

Cutting table Bottero 352

Shape cutting 3-19 mm

Sold

Germany

Flat glass cutting table bottero, second hand

NEW PRICE Bavelloni secondhand float glass cutting table, type REV, half jumbo, manufacturing year 2007, 22 000 Euros. Located France South.

Bavelloni, laminated glass cutting table

Laminated glass cutting table

Laminated glass cutting table

Bottero 501 1995, very good conditions

17 000 Euros

Bordeaux France

Laminated glass cutting table second hand

 

CNC machine

CNC Bimatec Multiwork, used

2004 , few working hours

49 000 Euros OPTION

France South

Bimatech CNC machine

Vertical washing machine

4 brushes Steffiglass vertical washing machine

2007 like new

11500 3 months warranty OPTION

Bordeaux

 

Washing machine 6 brushes

 

15 000 Euros

Bordeaux France

Vertical flat glass washing machine, used, 6 brushes

Sand blasting machine

automatic sand blasting machine Dynamiki

2003 overhauled 2011. 2250 useful

12 500 E

Grece

 

vertical sand blasting machine

Tempering furnaces

Tempering furnace Uniglass UGT1830 1800x3000

2001 overhauled  2005 including new software

145000 UK£ delivery and commisioning included

UK available

Photos to come

 

Tempering furnace Uniglass UGT1830 1800x3000

2001 available 2012 end

146000 UK£ delivery and commisioning included

UK

Photos to come

 

 

 

 

Tempering furnace, vertical 2000X1200

Working

1979

30 000 Euros  with spareparts included

Tunisia

 

 

Belt machines

Belt machine Polymeca 65C200

380 Volts

3 position adjustable

2000 Euros

Paris

Belts machine

Belts machine

100 mm

Baudin

Sold

France South-Ovest

 

Belts machine, Baudin, glass polishing

 

Double glazing lines

Double glazing line Marval 2500x3300

1995 with induction robot

142 000 Euros

Paris South

Bi-componant Polyurethane pomp

Forel 2008

8400 Euros

South West France

Printer for spacers bending robot

Video jet 2008 used with Vetro Mac, Rujckan, Lisec, Bytronic ou Forel

5000 Euros

South West France

Manual gaz filling system

Forel 2008 with 4 oulets

8400 Euros

South West France

Automatic sealing robot

Forel 1998 3700x2500

50 000 Euros

South West France

 

 

Pomp hotmelt

2007 Szilank (Hongrie)

3600 E

France South Ovest

 

Hotmelt pomp used


Butyl machine

2007 Szilank (Hungaria)

4100 E

France South Ovest

Butyl machine second hand

 

Turning table

2009 Szilank (Hongrie)

1500 E

France South Ovest

Turning table used, double glazing

 

Salt filling

Szilank (Hongrie)

1500 E

France South Ovest

Manual gaz filling

 

2100 E

France South Ovest

 

Suctions frame

Cup vacuum lifter 600 kg, rotating and tilting

6 cups, Combi 731 MDS

7400 (price 2004 10400 euros) used twice

France South-Ovest

Glass lifting and setting machine 300 Kg

2010

6300 Euros

France

 

 

Screen printing

Printing machine, tampographe

2 colors 1100x660

4500

East France

Screen printing machine CER

For flat and bended glass 1000x600

5600

East France

Screen printing machine Dubuit150

For flat and bended glass 1320x660

8900 with a lot of options

East France

 

 

 

Water treatment installations

One installation to propose very soon

 

Other

Mirors line

Width max 2000

59900 Euros

France