The ultra-clear float glass facility to start construction

July 25, 2017 | 17:15

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The ultra-clear float glass production facility, mainly used in solar panels, started construction in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau yesterday, to meet the booming demand of the solar industry.

Vietnam's first ultra-clear float glass production facility will primarily produce for export

The project is developed by Phu My Ultra Clear Float Glass Co., Ltd, a consortium of leading domestic building materials firm Viglacera, Vietnam Urban and Industrial Zone Development Investment Corporation, and China’s Kaisheng Group.

It is estimated that the $110-million phase I will be carried out by 2018. It is expected to churn out 600 tonnes of products per day and rising to 1,500 tonnes of products after phase II is finished.

According to Viglacera, which owns 35 per cent of the consortium, 90 per cent of the facility’s ultra-white output will be exported to overseas, and 10 per cent will be sold to domestic market.

The factory in Ba Ria-Vung Tau is one of the two ultra-clear float glass plants scheduled for construction in Vietnam. The other plant will be in northern province of Bac Ninh. The prime minister gave in-principle approval to the construction of these plants in late-2016.

Viglacera general director Nguyen Anh Tuan said at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting that ultra-clear float glass, produced to be used in solar panels, is a new field that requires high-technology, prompting Viglacera to seek out tech-savvy partners.

Viglacera is a pioneer in the production of energy-saving glass (solar-control and low-e glass) and ultra-white glass in Vietnam. The low-e glass is commonly used around the globe, particularly in developed countries, thanks to its superior efficiency in terms of thermal preservation, electricity saving (45 per cent) and UV blocking (99 per cent).

**Expansion projects in Viglacera’s glass segment**
Project	Location	Designed capacity	Ownership	Timeline
Energy-saving glass phase 1	Binh Duong	2.3 million sq.m/year	100 per cent of Viglacera
Energy-saving glass phase 2	Bac Ninh	2.3-2.7 million sq.m/year
Ultra-white float glass	Bac Ninh	650 tonnes/day
Ultra-white rolled glass	Bac Ninh	250 tonnes/day	70 per cent of Viglacera	2018

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