Pilkington in process of selling down as much inventory as possible at the next group of warehouses to close prior to announcement. Little Rock, Albequerque, Amarillo, San Diego, & Pittsburgh going next.

Wow, just WOW. Rumor is they are aiming at being a major TL supplier for PGW. Who really knows. Sounds like you have the inside track.

Looks more like they will be selling off their Wholesale Business. Fuyao could be a buyer ?

Doubt it more likely pgw auto glass

Maybe....but they have a lot of overlap. Typically where there is a Pilk warehouse there is a PGW one. Also in several markets, like Memphis, the PGW operation was moved inside of the LKQ warehouse. Also, Pilk literally does not own a single warehouse....they rent them all. Not much in the way of assets to sell and brand goodwill has dropped massively.

PGW already has the majority market share across the US. It’s a better fit for FYG . Plus as mentioned there is too much overlap between Pilk and PGW....

Where does that fit in with their roll out of optiaim this spring? I wonder if that is the reason for the separate company branding of that product.

Where do you get your information?

Memphis1 , do you happen to know how soon these closures are going to take effect???

I wonder if this expansion has anything to do with this.
just thinking?
maybe they are selling in other areas?????

check out glass bytes for the article
Pilkington Creates Specialized Discount Program with Glass.com® for Its Customers

Do you think that maybe... just maybe (hoping!) that with these cutbacks in service centers, that possibly there is going to be a new, much needed, focus on product quality and better handling of glass delivery?

I don't think so. Their plan is to exit the wholesale business completely and return to being just a truckload company. They don't own a single wholesale warehouse....lease only. The closures have been staggered to time with end of leases. When a lease gets within a year of expiring, the plan is to sell off as much product as possible without replenishing. They don't want to pay to transfer product back to Columbus or Phoenix DC's. What a shame for this once great company. There are 4 or 5 people who are responsbile for running this company into the ground.

Don't think so....it would really anger Mygrant who is Fuyao's largest customer by far.