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China's glass industry through reform and opening up by leaps and bounds, has become the world's largest flat glass producer. Glass rapid development, basically meet the construction, automotive and other emerging industry needs. And processing of flat glass industry has become a national economic development and improving people's living standards are indispensable materials industry.
2008 National flat glass production capacity 650 million weight cases, yield 574 million weight cases, accounting for 50 percent of global production, including float glass production was 479 million weight cases, accounting for 80% total flat glass. First half of 2009 produced 13 new production lines, expansion of production capacity 48.48 million weight cases.
In 2009, the glass industry after the first low-high performance in the second half recovery is very obvious; flat glass exports show rising values reduced volume of the situation, the price showed a month by month upward trend, the export price of float glass from March 2009 of 280.74 U.S. dollars / ton, up to 12 months of 342.71 U.S. dollars / ton, or 22.07%; ordinary plate glass export price, the high point for the year rose to 93.18 percent. This shows that China's current export product structure and quality of flat glass have undergone substantial changes, from quantitative to qualitative transformation, thereby increasing the export unit price, but also to enhance the international competitiveness. According to the forecast, this year or even longer, China will remain a major exporter status. Although the year 2009, data is still slightly behind in 2008, but gradually trend seems to be no doubt a good market. Some enterprises optimistic about the gradual recovery of the market, have a new line or re-ignition repair and reconstruct the line of cold products, China glass, Zhejiang, glass, glass and other enterprises Lingyuan Shiming has a complex production in the fourth quarter, the ignition and completion of new lines. The building line of the last two years is more concentrated in Sichuan and Chongqing, has a TGI, CSG, informed a number of new lines such as production, local production has more than 33 million weight boxes, glass per capita share is much higher than the national average. Glass poor performance first half of 2009, three quarter volume and price go up, performance showed a rapid increase in the fourth quarter of this profit has been maintained in good condition.
It is worth mentioning that before the formal consent of the Ministry of Science, Bengbu City, nation-building glass, high-tech industrial base and new materials. This marks the glass industry, new materials have been formally incorporated into national development planning high-tech industry overall strategic layout, new material on the glass industry, support technology innovation capacity, increase product added value, promote the development of industry agglomeration is important.
