AGC Glass Europe closes out International Year of Glass with launch of Low-Carbon Glass
In order to meet growing market demand and reduce the environmental impact of its production processes in line with its carbon neutrality roadmap, AGC Glass Europe is launching its Low-Carbon Glass range, featuring a significantly reduced carbon footprint.
“In 2022, the United Nations International Year of Glass, AGC turned the spotlight on glass and our passion for this noble material. We also took a big step towards carbon neutrality during the year and are now delighted to close out 2022 with the launch of our Low-Carbon Glass range offering customers glass, which, from the extraction of raw materials to final installation, generates more than 40% less CO2 than our standard glass,” said Davide Cappellino, President of AGC Architectural Glass Europe & Americas Company.
To achieve this drastic CO2 reduction, every link in the value chain was closely examined and addressed. This included limiting direct carbon emissions from the glass production processes as well as lowering all CO2 emissions from electricity production, the supply chain upstream of our processes and other indirect emissions. As a result of this in-depth process, AGC is now producing Low-Carbon Planibel Clearlite with the same aesthetics, quality and technical performance as traditional float glass products.
The first Low-Carbon Planibel Clearlite was successfully produced in Moustier, Belgium and is available and in stock now. In 2023, the plant in Seingbouse, France will also start producing Low-Carbon Glass.
