Digital Building Materials DBM · Glass Weekly View: Glass Prices Decline, Domestic Float Glass Market Turnover Weakens

Last week, the national average price of float glass was 1982, a decrease of 38 compared with last week. The weekly average operating rate: the average operating rate of the float glass industry was 79.37%, -0.28 percentage points compared with the previous month. Summary of hot spots in

the glass industry (6.17-6.23)

1. Dynamics

of the glass production line last week On June 19, the second line of Taibo in South China resumed production and ignited 900 tons.

On June 23, Dongtai Zhongbo Line 2 converted 600 tons of original ultra-white glass into white glass.

2. According to the requirements of the relevant documents of the General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the General Office of the National Development and Reform Commission, the announcement

of Hunan Province's opinions on the treatment of photovoltaic rolled glass projects is made. The Department of Industry and Information Technology of Hunan Province and the Development and Reform Commission of Hunan Province have studied and formed opinions on the treatment of photovoltaic rolled glass projects under construction in Hunan Province and publicized them.

3. Xinyi Group will invest about 200 million US dollars in Chongqing and build a new Low-E coated glass production line

. Yongchuan will create a new important driving force for the 100 billion-grade advanced material industry. On June 16, the Yongchuan District Government and Xinyi Group (Glass) Co., Ltd. held a signing activity for the high-end float glass production project. According to the agreement, Xinyi Group will invest about 200 million US dollars in Yongchuan District, mainly on the basis of the project of Chongqing Yuhu Glass Co., Ltd. in Fenghuanghu Industrial Park of Yongchuan High-tech Zone, relying on the technological advantages and leading position of the Group in high-end high-quality glass manufacturing and research and development, introducing advanced glass manufacturing equipment from abroad and transforming the existing float glass. A new Low-E coated glass production line has been built.

4. On the morning

of June 18, the 30th anniversary of the founding of Qingdao Jinjing and the technical transformation and commissioning ceremony of the third calendering line were held. Wang Qingyuan, Deputy Secretary of the Working Committee and District Director of the West Coast New Area, attended the event and delivered a speech.

5.asahi Glass Europe builds second low-carbon Glass Plant

Asahi Glass Europe recently announced that their Sangebus, France, plant will begin producing low-carbon float glass, which it claims has 40% less carbon dioxide. With this capacity on line, Asahi Glass has expanded its range of low-carbon glass products to include safety glass, acoustic glass, thermal insulation glass, solar control glass and robust coatings. The thickness of these products can be from 3 mm to 10 mm. On the morning

of June 16, the photovoltaic ultra-

thin backplane glass processing production line project of Amadon (Benxi) New Materials Co., Ltd. was officially put into operation. Wu Shimin, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, attended the launch ceremony and delivered a speech. Lin Jinxi, chairman of Changzhou Amadon Co., Ltd., announced that the project had officially started production. It is understood that the total investment of the photovoltaic ultra-thin backplane glass processing production line project of Amadon (Benxi) New Materials Co., Ltd. is 200 million yuan, with an annual production capacity of 40 million square meters.