The half year results of Flat Glass Group Co. Ltd reported on the expansion of sites in Anhui Province, PRC and Haiphong, Vietnam and the cold repair and reconstruction of the existing furnaces at the Jiaxing Production base.

Two projects with a processing capacity of 750,000 tons of photovoltaic (PV) glass are taking shape at the Anhui Production Base, including four lines each with a daily melting capacity of 1,200 tons.

The first PV glass production line was ignited and put into production in the first quarter of 2021, the second was ignited and put into production in the second quarter, and the other two are expected to be gradually put into production in the third and fourth quarters.

There is a boom in the PV industry as a whole and improving differentiated needs for large-size and thin glass.

Two PV glass furnaces with a daily melting capacity of 1,000 tons in Haiphong, Vietnam were ignited and put into production at the end of 2020 and in the first quarter of 2021, respectively.

In order to further increase the production efficiency the Group has also started the cold repair and reconstruction of a PV glass furnace in the second quarter of 2021 at the Jiaxing Production base, Zhejiang, this will provide a daily melting capacity 600 ton.

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