Pilkington plc acquired the Polish Government's 18.6 percent shareholding in Pilkington Sandoglass – taking Pilkington's shareholding to 75 percent.

Pilkington and the Glaverbel Group started up a new Spanish float glass plant, with a capacity of about 150,000 metric tons a year, at Sagunto.
Pilkington also cooperated with Glaverbel in the construction of glass coating plant in the Czech Republic.