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2. Contents
1. Report Overview
1.1 Global Flat Glass Market Overview
1.2 Global Flat Glass Market Segmentation
1.3 Why You Should Read This Report
1.4 How This Report Delivers
1.5 Key Questions Answered by This Analytical Report Include:
1.6 Who is This Report for?
1.7 Methodology
1.8 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
1.9 Associated Visiongain Reports
1.10 About Visiongain
2. Introduction to the Flat Glass Market
2.1 Flat Glass Market Structure by Type of Glass
2.2 Flat Glass Raw Material Composition
2.3 Learn About the Various Flat Glass Manufacturing Processes
2.3.1 The Sheet Glass Manufacturing Process
2.3.2 The Rolled Glass Manufacturing Process
2.3.3 The Float Glass Manufacturing Process
2.4 How Economical is it to Run a Float Plant?
2.5 The Applications of Flat Glass
3. Analysis of the Flat Glass World Market 2014-2024
3.1 How does the Flat Glass Demand Perform Against GDP Growth?
3.2 Flat Glass Market Overview
3.3 Global Flat Glass Market Production and Consumption Outlook 2014-2024
3.4 How will the Global Flat Glass Market Perform Over the Next 10 Years?
3.5 Key Trends Currently Observed in the Global Flat Glass Market
3.6 What are the Key Drivers & Restraints of the Global Flat Glass Market?
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4. Flat Glass Submarkets Forecast 2014-2024
4.1 Flat Glass Market Value Forecasts
4.2 Consumption Forecasts
4.3 Market Value Shares
4.4 Flat Glass Products Demand in the Construction Market
4.4.1 What are the Factors Fuelling Growth in Flat Glass Demand in the Building and
Construction Industry?
4.4.2 What Factors are Driving Demand for Value-added Flat Glass in the Building and
Construction Market?
4.4.3 Construction Flat Glass Market Forecast 2014-2024
4.4.4 Construction Flat Glass Consumption Forecast 2014-2024
4.5 Flat Glass Products Demand in the Automotive Market
4.5.1 What Factors are Driving Demand for Flat Glass in the Automotive Industry?
4.5.2 Who are the Leading Flat Glass Market Players in the OE Light Vehicle Submarket?
4.5.3 Automotive Flat Glass Market Forecasts 2014-2024
4.5.4 Automotive Flat Glass Consumption Forecast 2014-2024
4.6 Flat Glass Products Demand in the Other Speciality Application Market
4.6.1 Learn How Flat Glass Can Be Used To Generate Energy within the Solar Energy
Market
4.6.2 Learn About the Other Technical Applications of Flat Glass
4.6.3 Other Speciality Applications Flat Glass Market Value Forecasts 2014-2024
4.6.4 Other Speciality Applications Flat Glass Consumption Forecasts 2014-2024
5. Regional Flat Glass Submarkets Forecast 2014-2024
5.1 Which Regions will Produce the Largest Volume of Flat Glass?
5.2 Which Regions will Consume the Largest Volume of Flat Glass?
5.3 Find Out How the Regional Flat Glass Markets will Perform Over the Next 10 Years
5.4.1 Learn About China, the Largest Flat Glass Producer and Consumer
5.4.2 China Flat Glass Market Value Forecasts 2014-2024
5.4.3 The Chinese Building and Construction Market Outlook
5.4.4 Read about China’s Automotive Market
5.5.1 Read about Europe’s Flat Glass Production and Consumption
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5.5.2 Find out Why Poor Growth is Expected for the European Flat Glass Market
5.5.3 Drivers of the Building and Construction Market in Europe.
5.5.4 The European Automotive Flat Glass Market
5.6.1 Read about North America’s Flat Glass Production and Consumption
5.6.2 The North American Flat Glass Market Outlook for 2014-2024
5.6.3 Building and Construction in North America 2014-2024
5.6.4 What will Drive Growth in the North American Automotive Industry?
5.7.1 How Much Flat Glass Will be Produced and Consumed in Russia?
5.7.2 Read about Russia’s Flat Glass Market Outlook, the Fastest Growing Flat Glass
Market in the World
5.7.3 Russia’s Construction Market Outlook 2014-2024
5.7.4 Discover Why Russia Will be Europe’s Largest Automotive Market
5.8.1 How much Flat Glass Will be Produced and Consumed in Japan?
5.8.2 Find out why Japan’s Flat Glass Market Share is set to Decline
5.8.3 Japan’s Residential and Commercial Reconstruction Lead to Growth in Demand for
Flat Glass
5.8.4 How Long Will the Japanese Automotive Market Sustain?
5.9.1 How much Flat Glass Will be Produced and Consumed in Brazil?
5.9.2 Brazil Flat Glass Market Value Forecast 2014-2024
5.9.3 Sporting Activities to Drive Brazil’s Building and Construction Market Activities
5.9.4 Why is Brazil an Attractive Place for Foreign Automakers?
5.10.1 Other South America (excluding Brazil) Flat Glass Production and Consumption Forecast
2014-2024
5.10.2 Other South America (excluding Brazil) Flat Glass Market Forecast 2014-2024
5.10.3 Other South America’s Building and Construction Market
5.10.4 Other South America’s Fast Growing Automotive Market
5.10.5 Other South America Solar Energy Market
5.11.1 How much Flat Glass Will be Produced and Consumed in Other Southeast Asia?
5.11.2 Other Southeast Asia Flat Glass Market Value Forecast 2014-2024
5.11.3 Indonesia’s Flat Glass Demand
5.11.4 Thailand’s Flat Glass Demand
5.11.5 Vietnam’s Flat Glass Demand
5.11.6 Malaysia’s Flat Glass Demand
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5.12.1 India Flat Glass Market Production and Consumption 2014-2024
5.12.2 India Flat Glass Market Value Forecast 2014-2024
5.12.3 India’s Domestic Construction Market to be World’s Third Biggest by 2025
5.12.4 Read about India’s Thriving Domestic Automotive Industry
5.13.1 Rest of the World Flat Glass Production and Consumption 2014-2024
5.13.2 Rest of the World Flat Glass Market Value Forecast 2014-2024
5.13.3 Middle East and North Africa Flat Glass Demand
5.13.4 MENA’s Domestic Construction Industry
5.13.5 MENA’s Domestic Automotive Industry
6. SWOT Analysis of the Flat Glass Markets Forecast 2014-2024
6.1 Strengths of the Flat Glass Market
6.2 Weaknesses of the Flat Glass Market
6.3 Opportunities within the Flat Glass Market
6.4 Threats to the Flat Glass Markets
7. Experts Opinion about the Outlook of the Flat Glass Market
7.1 Expert Interview 1: Executive from Leading Company in the Industry (Views provided
anonymously)
7.1.1 Flat Glass Market Outlook
7.1.2 Prospects for Developing Countries
7.1.3 Drivers of the Flat Glass Market
7.1.4 Restraints of the Flat Glass Market
7.2 Asahi India Glass Limited (AIS)
7.2.1 AIS Background and Flat Glass Product/Service Offerings
7.2.2 What are the Technological Developments that you expect to see over the Next 5
Years in the Flat Glass Market?
7.2.3 What are the Key Trends and Recent Developments in the Flat Glass Market?
7.2.4 What is the Prospective Global Market Outlook for the Flat Glass Market for the Next
5-10 Years?
7.2.5 What Geographical Regions are expected to see the Strongest Growth?
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7.2.6 What are the Possible Market Drivers and Restraints in the Market?
7.2.7 What are Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Flat Glass Market?
7.2.8 Additional Insights and Opinions Regarding the Future of the Flat Glass Market
8. Leading Companies in the Flat Glass Market
8.1 Saint-Gobain, Company Overview
8.2 Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (AGC), Company Overview
8.3 Nippon Sheet Glass Company Ltd. (NSG), Company Overview
8.4 Guardian Industries, Company Overview
8.5 Sisecam Group, Company Overview
8.6 Taiwan Glass Industrial Corporation (TGI), Company Overview
8.7 Fuyao Glass Industries Group, Company Overview
8.8 PPG Industries, Company Overview
8.9 Central Glass Co., Ltd., Company Overview
8.10 CSG Holding Ltd. (CSG), Company Overview
8.11 Corning Incorporated, Company Overview
8.12 Cardinal Glass Industries, Company Overview
8.13 Euroglas, Company Overview
8.14 Interpane Glas Industries AG, Company Overview
8.15 Sangalli Group, Company Overview
8.16 Polytronix Inc., Company Overview
8.17 Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd., Company Overview
8.19 Other Leading Companies
9. Conclusions
9.1 Market Outlook of the Global Flat Glass market
9.2 Drivers and Restraints of the Global Flat Glass Market
9.3 Global Flat Glass Market Forecast 2014-2024
9.4 Flat Glass Submarkets Forecast 2014-2024
9.5 Regional Flat Glass Markets Forecast 2014-2024
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Opportunities For Leading Companies in
Construction, Automotive & Solar Energy
Figure 5.36 Rest of the World Flat Glass Production, Consumption and Balance Forecast
2014-2024 (million tonnes)
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Source: Visiongain 2014
5.13.2 Rest of the World Flat Glass Market Value Forecast 2014-2024
ROW makes up the remaining 2.1% of the global flat glass market demand. The market value of
the ROW Flat Glass market in 2014 is expected to reach $1.75 billion and the market is expected
to decrease in the next 10 years at a CAGR of -6.1%. In 2019 the ROW Flat Glass market is
expected to be worth $2.39 billion. By 2024, ROW flat glass market share will drop to 0.6%.
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8. Flat Glass Market Report 2014-2024:
Opportunities For Leading Companies in
Construction, Automotive & Solar Energy
7. Experts Opinion about the Outlook of the Flat Glass
Market
7.1 Expert Interview 1: Executive from Leading Company in the Industry
(Views provided anonymously)
In 2014 we interviewed a senior executive form a leading Japanese glass company working in the
flat glass sector. We are grateful for their views on developments in the flat glass market. The
company only offers interviews under the condition of the anonymity and as so the name of the
company and of the interview will not be revealed.
7.1.1 Flat Glass Market Outlook
visiongain: In your opinion, where do you see the flat glass market heading between now and
2024?
Expert 1: Considering the population decline and aging problem in Japan, we see not only us but
more domestic glass manufacturers will expand their business to overseas especially
emerging countries which expect tremendous population increase and we assume
such companies will gradually become established in the market depending on local situation
in the next 10 years.
7.1.2 Prospects for Developing Countries
visiongain: Will the prospects for developing countries continue to grow, as we have seen in the
past 10 years?
Expert 1: Prospects seem to indicate that developing countries will continue to grow more in the
long term; however, we see the growth may go up and down because of the weak economic
bases.
7.1.3 Drivers of the Flat Glass Market
visiongain: What are the main commercial drivers for the flat glass market?
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9. Flat Glass Market Report 2014-2024:
Opportunities For Leading Companies in
Construction, Automotive & Solar Energy
The Innovative Materials Sector, comprising the Flat Glass and High-Performance Materials
Activities, is Saint-Gobain’s technological bridgehead. With its unique portfolio of materials and
processes for the habitat and industrial markets, the Sector embodies the Group’s innovation-oriented
culture and accounts alone for almost two-thirds of the Group’s total research and
development commitment. The aim is to increase the Sector’s focus on high value-added and co-developed
solutions.
The Flat Glass business unit is the stronger unit within the Innovative Materials Sector of Saint-
Gobain. With more than 32,000 people in 42 countries, the Flat Glass Activity is the leading flat
glass manufacturer in Europe and number one worldwide. It comprises three main businesses: flat
glass manufacturing, processing and distribution of glass for the building industry as well as
automotive, aircraft and railcar glazing. The Activity is mainly supported by two dedicated research
centres, in Germany (Herzogenrath) and France (Chantereine), and by one cross-functional
research center in France (Aubervilliers).
8.1.1 Saint-Gobain Company Analysis
Table 8.2 Saint-Gobain Company Overview 2013 (Total Revenue, Revenue from
Market, % Revenue From Market, Global Market Share %, HQ, Ticker, Contact,
Website)
2013
Total company revenue $bn 53.7
Revenue from this market $bn 6.4
% of revenue from this market 12%
Global market share % 8.2%
Headquarters Paris, France
Ticker NYX: SGO
IR Contact +33 1 47 62 30 00
Website www.saint-gobain.com
Source: Visiongain 2014
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