Additional Guardian Float Glass Facility In Poland Approved

Glass Times reported (April 2017) that Guardian Glass is spending US$1.5m for detailed engineering designs and site reviews for a potential second float glass facility in Poland. Guardian glass currently operates a float glass plant in Czestohowa, Poland, and is considering adding capacity with a second plant to meet its customers' growing demand for coated and fabricated glass products in both the commercial and residential sectors. This initial spending on the engineering design work is intended to accelerate the completion of a new plant that could become commercially available during the first quarter of 2019. The location of the new plant, which would be able to produce 1000/tpd float glass, is still under consideration.