Vitro broadens its geographic coverage in Europe and strengthens its market position in architectural glass and value added services through the acquisition concluded on April 1st, 2008 of the French company Verre et Glaces d’Epinary by its European subsidiary, Vitro Cristalglass.

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Heroic efforts at Vitro Parque El Manzano

Vitro personnel worked determinedly together with authorities and the community to combat and control a recent wildfire in Santiago, Nuevo León. Thanks to this decided and valiant participation the Park suffered no dire consequences.

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Portugal: new destination for the “Vitro Chair”

As part of the activities of the “Vitro Chair”, spring 2008, the Portuguese architect Gonzalo Byrne on April 9 conducted a magisterial conference called “Architecture and Life” at the Tech of Monterrey and a few days later welcomed students and professors of the career in his native country to tour the more important architectural structures in Portugal.

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Clínica Vitro becomes one more option for people covered under the Popular Health Program

Clínica Vitro strengthens an agreement with the State Secretary of Health for the state of Nuevo Leon for the purpose of providing all types of medical services to the members affiliated with the Popular Health program, created at the beginning of this decade to provide financial medical protection to the segment of the population that is not covered under the Mexican Social Security System.

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Vitro Cristalglass increases its installed capacity for flat glass conversion

With an investment of 3,077,600 Euros, Vitro Cristalglass, a subsidiary of Vitro in Europe, put in to operation today a new production line for laminated glass or safety glass which increases its installed capacity from 600 to 1,300 units per day, equivalent to 128 tons of processed glass.

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