June/July 2010

Chinese solar glass
Asian Solar looks at how solar glass production in the People’s Republic has taken a rapid upturn in the last 12 months.

Russian float glass
Lev Shakhnes, Alexander Tchesnokov, Elena Cheremkhina discuss the continuing evolution of Russia’s float glass market.

Coated glass for energy saving
Arne Roos, Andreas Jonsson and Annica Nilsson discuss how coated glass can be used to increase the performance of energy saving windows – a key area for consideration in Asian architecture.

Talking technical: process automation
Austrian-based company PLANSEE has launched an extremely corrosion-resistant glass-melting electrode as AG finds out…

Talking technical: glass decoration
Austrian-based company PLANSEE has launched an extremely corrosion-resistant glass-melting electrode as AG finds out…

In Focus:
Arthur Millwood* discusses the offset between transparency and reflectivity and the best solutions for the Gulf States market.

Window on: Russia.

Plus: news, views, analysis and much, much more!

“In 2010Q1, Chinese auto production totaled 4.55 million, rising by 76.99% YEAR-ON-YEAR. The production is conservatively estimated to be 15 million in the whole 2010. This suggests that the auto glass OEM market will attain the scale of 15 million sets.”, see p.17 “To this end, the glass industry national standards program for 2008-2011 has been adopted and is now being fulfilled (18 standards are to be revised and 44 - developed). It will become basic for organizing the production and supply of high-quality glass for domestic market needs.” see. p.24 “Working on the principle that Architecture is just another branch of the Fashion Industry, we now have a situation throughout the Middle East where property Developers and their consultants also want the “see-through” look of the buildings which they see everywhere throughout Europe.” see p.41