Flat Glass Market

Key Companies in the Flat Glass market include

• AGC Inc. (Japan)
• Sisecam Group (Turkey)
• Saint-Gobain (France)
• GUARDIAN GLASS LLC (U.S.)
• Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Ltd (Japan)
• Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co. Ltd (China)
• Vitro (Mexico)
• Taiwan Glass Industry Corporation (Taiwan)
• Changzhou Almaden Co. Ltd (China)
• SCHOTT AG (Germany)
• GSC GLASS LTD (India)

Flat Glass Industry Developments

• September 2022: By the end of 2022, AGC Glass Europe S.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of AGC, a leader in the production of glass, chemicals, and high-tech materials, will produce a line of float glass with a significantly reduced carbon footprint that will emit less than 7 kg of CO2 per m2 for clear glass (4 mm thickness).
• June 2022: MIRASTAR REFLECT, a new highly reflecting glass from Saint Gobain, was presented. The product exhibits a high degree of opacity with barely 0.1% Light Transmission and 55% Light Reflection. It performs admirably even in high-humidity settings and is ideal for mirror-fixed wall applications.
• February 2023:AGC and Saint-Gobain, worldwide flat glass manufacturers leading in sustainability, announce that they are collaborating on the design of a pilot breakthrough flat glass line that is expected to reduce very significantly its direct CO2 emissions.As part of this R&D project, AGC’s patterned glass production line in Barevka, Czech Republic, will be entirely refurbished into a high performing & state-of-the-art line that targets to be 50% electrified and 50% fired by a combination of oxygen and gas. This is a technical breakthrough compared to current technology used in flat glass furnaces fired by natural gas. It will be the most sustainable flat glass line design contributing to both companies’ paths towards carbon neutrality and to the necessary acceleration of the flat glass industry decarbonization.This development will pave the way to the conversion of industrial flat glass lines in such a way that it can be powered mainly by low carbon electricity, more efficient than any gas solution, with significantly reduced carbon emissions for the customers’ benefit. The new technology is expected to be implemented on the patterned glass line for operational success by the 2nd half of 2024.

Flat Glass Market Segmentation

Flat Glass Product Type Outlook

• Clear Float Glass
• Tempered Glass
• Insulated Glass
• Coated Glass
• Annealed Glass and Laminated Glass

Flat Glass End User Outlook

• Building & Construction
• Automotive
• Consumer Goods and Solar

Flat Glass Regional Outlook

• North America

  • US
  • Canada

• Europe

  • Germany
  • France
  • UK
  • Italy
  • Spain
  • Rest of Europe

• Asia-Pacific

  • China
  • Japan
  • India
  • Australia
  • South Korea
  • Australia
  • Rest of Asia-Pacific

• Rest of the World

  • Middle East

  • Africa

  • Latin America