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This document summarizes information about the glass industry. It discusses that the EU is one of the largest glass producers in the world, with Germany being the largest producer. It describes the two main glass production methods as the float glass process for sheet glass and glassblowing for bottles and containers. The document also notes that AGC is the world's largest glass manufacturer, based in Japan. It concludes by providing contact information for the organization presenting the information.
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- 3. Glass Production This production level maintains the EU as one of the largest glass producers in the world with China and North America. Germany remains the EU's biggest producer with about one fifth of the volume, closely followed by France, Spain, Italy and the UK. Glass production involves two main methods – the float glass process that produces sheet glass, and glassblowing that produces bottles and other containers. Broadly, modern glass container factories are three-part operations: the batch house, the hot end, and the cold end.
- 4. Glass Manufacturers AGC: The World's Largest Glass Manufacturer. While researching the liquid-crystal display industry, I kept coming across the name Asahi Glass, now known as AGC Inc. (ASGLY)(TSE:5201). This Japanese company is the largest glass manufacturer in the world, but is barely followed in the U.S.