Coated Flat Glass: Technologies and Global Markets

The global market for coated flat glass has been growing at a significant rate in pace with the flat glass industry for the past five years. The global economic downturns have affected many end-user industries of coated flat glass, including construction, automotive and solar glass industries, which in turn affected the coated flat glass market to a considerable extent. In addition, advancements in glass coating technologies have resulted in the reduction of global energy consumption, mainly from the construction and the automotive sectors, as architects and designers attempt to achieve zero-energy buildings and reduce CO2 emissions.