NSG Group has reached an agreement with its local partner, Shanghai Yaohua Pilkington Glass (SYP), to start production of its NSG TEC solar energy products in China, in a bid to meet the rapidly increasing demands of the Chinese thin film solar energy industry. The NSG/SYP joint venture facility in Changshu, China, already uses NSG Group's online coating technology to manufacture Pilkington Energy Advantage - a range of specialist energy-saving coated products for the Chinese market. This technology will now be upgraded for the manufacture of NSG TEC products, with shipments from Changshu expected to begin in January 2012. NSG currently supplies many Chinese thin-film solar energy customers from Japan and the USA. The Chinese manufacturing capability will be gradually developed to enable local supply to the Chinese market. The company expects to increase capacity further in China, with more coating projects under development in response to growing customer demands.
