World trade in steel expanded sharply in 2004, influenced in large part by growth in the Chinese construction and manufacturing sectors.
Pontus Merkel has won the Royal Automobile Club and Royal College of Art Anglo-American Emeritus Design competition, where students were tasked with reimagining a veteran car.
Saint-Gobain Glass has acquired 50 per cent of the equity of Sage Electrochromics, a US manufacturer of electrochromic glass.