Guardian Glass approves engineering design spend for additional float glass facility in Poland
Guardian
Glass currently operates a float glass plant in Czestochowa, Poland
and is considering adding capacity with a second plant to meet its
customers’ growing demand for coated and fabricated glass products
in both the commercial and residential sectors. This initial spend on
the engineering design work is intended to accelerate the completion
of a new plant that could become commercially available during the
first quarter of 2019. The exact
location is still under consideration.
A new
facility would be expected to produce 1000 metric tons of float glass
per day and include a technologically advanced magnetron sputter
coating machine to produce high-performance, energy-efficient glass
for customers in Poland and neighboring countries.
Guardian
Glass President and CEO Kevin Baird says that a potential investment
in a second float glass facility in Poland is further demonstration
of Guardian’s confidence in both the region and the future of the
glass industry: “The potential for a second plant in Poland would
fit with our global strategy and our marketing considerations. We are
confident we will find new opportunities and expanded channels for
our glass products in Europe.”
“The
increase in glass demand is driven by the general trend across Europe
to increase natural light in residential and commercial buildings, as
well as the conversion of more and more residential windows from
double to triple glazing,” adds Guus Boekhoudt, Vice President of
Guardian Glass ...
Guardian
Glass currently operates a float glass plant in Czestochowa, Poland
and is considering adding capacity with a second plant to meet its
customers’ growing demand for coated and fabricated glass products
in both the commercial and residential sectors. This initial spend on
the engineering design work is intended to accelerate the completion
of a new plant that could become commercially available during the
first quarter of 2019. The exact
location is still under consideration.
A new
facility would be expected to produce 1000 metric tons of float glass
per day and include a technologically advanced magnetron sputter
coating machine to produce high-performance, energy-efficient glass
for customers in Poland and neighboring countries.
Guardian
Glass President and CEO Kevin Baird says that a potential investment
in a second float glass facility in Poland is further demonstration
of Guardian’s confidence in both the region and the future of the
glass industry: “The potential for a second plant in Poland would
fit with our global strategy and our marketing considerations. We are
confident we will find new opportunities and expanded channels for
our glass products in Europe.”
“The
increase in glass demand is driven by the general trend across Europe
to increase natural light in residential and commercial buildings, as
well as the conversion of more and more residential windows from
double to triple glazing,” adds Guus Boekhoudt, Vice President of
Guardian Glass in Europe. “With Poland being commonly recognized as
the hub of European residential window manufacture, it would be a
logical option for a new float glass facility.”
In
addition to the Czestochowa plant, Guardian Glass also maintains
facilities in Oroshaza, Hungary; Thalheim, Germany; and Ryazan and
Rostov, Russia, among its 10 European locations.
Guardian
Glass is a major business unit of Guardian Industries Corp. For more,
visit guardianglass.com.
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