Taiwan Glass to Kick Off Mass Production of Low-E Glass in Q1

Taipei, Jan. 20, 2011 (CENS)--Taiwan Glass Ind. Corp., a major glass manufacturer in Taiwan, recently announced to kick off mass production of its Low-E low-emissivity glass at different production sites, including the one in Taicang (Jiangsu Province) and another in Chengdu (Sichuan Province), China in the first quarter.

Taiwan Glass' plants in Taiwan's Changhua Costal Industrial Zone as well as Tianjiang and Guangdong Province of China are scheduled to start producing the new glass in the second or/and third quarter, the company said.

In 2011, Taiwan Glass' total production capacity for the low-E glass is expected to grow six times to about 36 million square meters from about five million square meters now.

Industrial sources said that in China the central government has required all newly-built buildings to adopt more than 50% energy-saving glass, so all major glass makers have been aggressively installing capacities for such product. Taiwan Glass, for example, began investing heavily to expand capacity for energy-saving glass to grab more lucrative business opportunities in China's building-material market.

Taiwan Glass said that orders for energy-saving glass have been flowing in. After a series of active capacity expansions, Taiwan Glass is expected to become the second-largest energy-saving glass supplier in China over the next year.

Low-E glass is made with vacuum-sputtering to coat glass with several layers of different materials, achieving high transparency, low reflectivity, good thermal insulation and energy-saving properties.