AGC to Double Production Capacity of Energy-saving Low-E Glass

Tokyo, Nov 10, 2010 (JCN via COMTEX) -- Asahi Glass Co. Ltd (AGC) will be installing cutting-edge coating facilities at its Kashima plant to double its Low-E glass production capacity. The company will invest about three billion yen in the new facilities, which are slated for operation in April 2012.

The new facility will have an initial annual coating capacity of 6.8 million square meters initially, and is expected to boost the exiting facilities' overall production to 13 million square meters per year.