Low Iron Solar Glass Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts, 2011 to 2017

Table of Contents

Low Iron Solar Glass Executive Summary

Low Iron Solar Glass Executive Summary ES-1

Low Iron Solar Glass Market Growth ES-1

Glass Vendors Emerging As Experienced And

Innovative Solar Energy Partners ES-2

Outlook for Solar Electricity ES-6

Low Iron Glass Market Shares ES-7

PV Glass Market Forecasts ES-9

Low Iron Solar Glass Market Description and Market Dynamics

1. Low Iron Solar Glass Market Description and

Market Dynamics 1-1

1.1 Solar Energy Panels 1-1

1.2 Low Iron Containing Materials for Glass 1-4

1.2.1 Clear Float Glass And Low Iron Glass 1-7

1.2.2 Performance Comparison – Clear Float

Glass Versus Low Iron Glass 1-7

1.2.3 Clear Float and Low Iron Glass 1-9

Low Iron Solar Glass Market Shares and Market Forecasts

2. Low Iron Solar Glass Market Shares and Market Forecasts 2-1

2.1 Low Iron Solar Glass Market Growth 2-1

2.1.1 Glass Vendors Emerging As Experienced And

Innovative Solar Energy Partners 2-2

2.1.2 Outlook for Solar Electricity 2-6

2.2 Low Iron Glass Market Shares 2-7

2.2.1 Low Iron Glass Company Summary 2-9

2.2.2 Low Iron Glass Product Differentiation 2-12

2.2.3 AGC Solar 2-13

2.2.4 AGC Solar SPARC Anti-Reflective Coating 2-13

2.2.5 Nippon Sheet Glass Thin Film photovoltaics modules 2-15

2.2.6 Nippon Sheet Glass Pilkington Crystalline Silicon PV 2-16

2.2.7 Nippon Sheet Glass Pilkington NSG TEC™ - TCO 2-16

2.2.8 Saint Gobain Solar Photovoltaic Solar Tiles

System by Sunlap ® 2-17

2.2.9 Saint-Gobain Revenue 2-18

2.2.10 Guardian EcoGuard® Solar 2-19

2.2.11 Guardian Heat-Treated Glass 2-19

2.2.12 FLABEG 2-20

2.2.13 Gujarat Borosil Ltd 2-20

2.2.14 China Glass 2-21

2.2.15 Interfloat / GMB Glasmanufaktur Brandenburg GmbH 2-23

2.3 Jinjing Group Co Ltd 2-23

2.3.1 Trakya Cam 2-24

2.3.2 Targray Solar Materials 2-24

2.3.3 Solar Glass Segment 2-24

2.4 PV Glass Market Forecasts 2-27

2.5 Solar Market Installed Capacity 2-29

2.5.1 Photovoltaics - Segment 2-32

2.5.2 PV Countries 2010 2-32

2.5.3 PV Installations by Technology 2-33

2.5.4 PV Installations by Application and Country 2-33

2.6 Concentrated Solar Thermal - Segment 2-34

2.7 Price Trends 2-34

2.7.1 Cell Efficiency Improvements 2-35

2.7.2 Price Trends 2-35

2.7.3 Grid Parity 2-35

2.7.4 Impact of Oil Price on Solar Industry 2-36

2.8 Value Chain Activity: Manufacturing Solar Glass 2-36

2.8.1 Supply & Demand of Flat Glass 2-37

2.8.2 Industry Dynamics: Float Glass Barriers To Entry 2-37

2.8.3 Float Glass Cost Structure 2-38

2.8.4 Glass Manufacturer Infrastructure 2-39

2.8.5 The Need for Low Iron Glass 2-40

2.8.6 Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd NSG Capacity 2-40

2.9 Glass Markets 2-47

2.9.1 Glass Industry Economics 2-47

2.9.2 Value Added Glass Is The Trend 2-49

2.9.3 Photovoltaic Backsheets Market 2-55

2.10 Grid Parity 2-55

2.11 Low Iron Glass Regional Analysis 2-56

2.11.1 United States 2-59

2.11.2 US Solar PV 2-59

2.11.3 China 2-60

2.11.4 2010 China PV Demand More than Doubles 2-60

2.11.5 Chinese Module Suppliers Gain Share in US Market 2-62

2.11.6 Korea 2-62

2.11.7 Indian solar 2-63

2.11.8 ACG Group 2-65

2.11.9 Nippon Glass 2-65

2.11.10 Saint-Gobain Regional Market Participation 2-66

2.11.11 Saint-Gobain Revenue By Geographic Area 2-68

Low Iron Solar Glass Product Description

3. Low Iron Solar Glass Product Description 3-1

3.1 AGC Solar 3-1

3.1.1 AGC Solar SOLITE Glass Formulation 3-4

3.1.2 AGC Solar High-Transmissivity Float Glass 3-5

3.1.3 AGC Solar CO Substrate Glass 3-6

3.1.4 AGC Solar SPARC Anti-Reflective Coating 3-7

3.1.5 AGC Solar TCO 3-7

3.1.6 AGC Solar PV segment 3-9

3.1.7 AGC Solar Concentrating Solar Power

Thin Mirror Sun Mirox 3-9

3.2 Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. NSG Group / Pilkington 3-10

3.2.1 Nippon Sheet Glass Pilkington Optiwhite™ 3-13

3.2.2 Nippon Sheet Glass Thin Film Photovoltaics Modules 3-17

3.2.3 Nippon Sheet Glass Pilkington Crystalline Silicon PV 3-18

3.2.4 Nippon Sheet Glass Pilkington Concentrated Solar Power 3-19

3.2.5 Nippon Sheet Glass Pilkington Solar Thermal Collectors 3-21

3.2.6 Nippon Sheet Glass Pilkington NSG TEC™ - TCO 3-23

3.3 Saint-Gobain / Saint Gobain Solar 3-26

3.3.1 Saint-Gobain/ SolarWood Technologies 3-27

3.3.2 French: SolarWood Technologies Solar

Sunlap SG and SG ® Solar 3-27

3.3.3 Saint Gobain Solar 3-28

3.3.4 Saint Gobain Solar Photovoltaic Solar Tiles System by Sunlap ® 3-30

3.3.5 Saint Gobain Solar SG Solar Sunlap ® Embedded system 3-30

3.3.6 Saint Gobain Solar SG Solar Suneka 3-30

3.4 Guardian 3-31

3.4.1 Guardian UltraWhite Low-Iron Glass 3-31

3.4.2 Guardian Float Glass 3-32

3.4.3 Guardian Heavy Float Glass 3-32

3.4.4 Guardian EcoGuard® Solar 3-32

3.4.5 Guardian Solar Glass Positioning 3-38

3.5 CentroSolar Group AG 3-38

3.5.1 Centrosolar Crystalline Solar Modules 3-39

3.5.2 Centrosolar Thin-Film Modules 3-40

3.5.3 Centrosolar Solar Modules 3-40

3.6 Gujarat Borosil Ltd. (GBL) Low Iron Glass 3-42

3.7 Masdar PV supplies 1.5 MWp thin film modules to

Indian villages 3-43

3.7.1 Masdar, Total S.A. and Abengoa Solar Abu

Dhabi Solar Power Plant 3-44

3.8 Guangfeng Solarglass (Hong Kong) Co 3-45

3.8.1 Guangfeng Solar Glass (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. 3-45

3.9 Hangzhou AMD PV Glass Co Ltd 3-46

3.10 Ningbo Qixin Solar Electrical Appliance Co. Ltd 3-47

3.11 Ningbo Yinzhou Jeen Solar Technology Co., Ltd. 3-47

3.12 Hehe Science & Technology Group Co. Ltd 3-47

3.13 Dong Xu Ltd 3-47

3.14 Shenzhen Commonpraise Solar Co.,Ltd 3-48

3.14.1 ShenZhen SuoYang New Energy Co.,LTD 3-48

3.15 Seasun New Energy Co.Ltd 3-48

3.16 Shaanxi Electronic Information International

Business CO.LTD 3-49

3.17 Panther Group Co., Ltd 3-49

3.18 Yuhuan Sinosola Science & Technology Co. Ltd 3-49

3.19 Heineer Industry Co., Limited 3-49

3.20 Sinoyin Solares Co. Ltd 3-50

3.21 Wuhu Zhongfu PV Co. Ltd 3-50

3.22 Wuxi Bettrt Solar New Energy Co., Ltd 3-50

3.23 Nanjing Solglass Science & Technology Co. Ltd 3-50

3.24 Borosil Glass Works 3-51

3.25 Yichang CSG Polysilicon Material Co., Ltd. 3-51

3.26 Dongguan CSG Solar Glass Co., Ltd. 3-52

3.26.1 Dongguan CSG Low Iron Solar Glass

Anti-reflective Coating 3-56

3.26.2 China Glass Solar Glass & Mirrors 3-58

3.26.3 China Glass Solar Glass 3-59

Low Iron Solar Glass Technology

4. Low Iron Solar Glass Technology 4-1

4.1 Solar Technologies and Glass Usage 4-1

4.1.1 Major PV Manufacturing Technologies 4-2

4.2 Crystalline Silicon PV 4-3

4.3 Photovoltaic Technologies Support Systems

That Use Low Iron Pattern Or Float Glass 4-4

4.3.1 • c-Si PV 4-4

4.4 Thin Film Photovoltaic Technologies 4-6

4.4.1 Thin Film PV 4-8

4.5 Parabolic Trough CSP Glass 4-13

4.6 AGC Solar 4-13

4.6.1 Solar Glass Chemical Composition 4-15

4.7 Float Glass 4-19

4.8 Key Parameters for Different Glass Lines 4-22

4.8.1 PV Specific Weight 4-23

4.8.2 PV Mechanical Strength 4-23

4.8.3 Flat Glass for Solar Applications 4-24

4.8.4 Manufacturing Process 4-24

4.8.5 Mirrors 4-26

4.8.6 Mirror Types 4-27

Low Iron Solar Glass Company Profiles

5. Low Iron Solar Glass Company Profiles 5-1

5.1 Abengoa Solar 5-1

5.2 Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. / AGC Solar 5-3

5.2.1 AGC Solar Business Overview 5-3

5.2.2 AGC Solar Float Glass and Insulating Glass 5-7

5.2.3 Residential Homes (Low-E Insulating Glass Units) 5-8

5.2.4 AGC Group 5-8

5.2.5 Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. Revenue 5-13

5.2.6 Asahi Glass Co Glass Operations 5-14

5.2.7 AGC Group Segments 5-17

5.2.8 AGC Solar Reportable Segment Glass 5-20

5.2.9 Asahi Glass Co Glass Markets 5-22

5.2.10 Asahi Glass Co Electronics 5-23

5.2.11 Asahi Glass Co Chemicals 5-23

5.2.12 Asahi Glass Co Glass 5-24

5.2.13 Asahi Glass Co Electronics 5-24

5.2.14 Asahi Glass Co Chemicals 5-24

5.3 Centrosolar 5-25

5.3.1 Centrosolar Crystalline Solar Modules 5-25

5.4 China Glass Holdings Limited 5-25

5.4.1 China Southern Glass (Australia)Pty Ltd is a

Subsidiary of CSG Holding Co., Ltd. 5-26

5.4.2 China Glass Holdings Production Base in Suqian, Jiangsua 5-30

5.4.3 China Glass Holdings Production Base in Weihai, Shandong 5-30

5.4.4 China Glass Holdings Production Base in Xianyang, Shaanxi 5-30

5.4.5 China Glass Holdings Production Base in Beijing 5-31

5.4.6 China Glass Holdings Production Base of Wuhai,

Inner Mongolia 5-31

5.4.7 China Glass Holdings Production base in Nanjing,

Jiangsu 31

5.4.8 China Glass Holdings Production base in Taicang,

Jiangsu 32

5.4.9 China Glass Holdings Business and Revenue 5-32

5.4.10 China Glass Holdings Business Review 5-33

5.4.11 China Glass Holdings Outlook Tied To

China’s Twelfth Five Year Plan 5-35

5.4.12 China Glass Holdings Lowers Cost to

Manufacture Low Iron Glass 5-36

5.5 Corning 5-36

5.5.1 Corning Opens Advanced Technology Center in Taiwan 5-39

5.6 Dong Xu Ltd 5-40

5.7 FLABEG Holding GmbH / FLABEG Technical Glass /

Naugatuck Glass 5-40

5.8 Fu Yao 5-42

5.8.1 Fuyao Glass Industry Group Parent Company 5-43

5.8.2 Fu Yao Manufacturing Facilities 5-43

5.8.3 Fu Yao Solar Glass 5-44

5.9 Guangdong Golden Glass Technologies Ltd 5-44

5.10 Guangfeng Solarglass (Hong Kong) 5-44

5.10.1 Guangfeng Solar Glass (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. 5-46

5.11 Guardian Industries 5-46

5.11.1 Guardian Industries Manufactures Glass

Using The Float Process 5-46

5.11.2 Guardian Heat-Treated Glass 5-47

5.11.3 Guardian Tempered Glass 5-48

5.11.4 Guardian Industries US Base, Global Growth 5-49

5.12 Gujarat Borosil Ltd. (GBL) 5-51

5.13 Hangzhou AMD PV Glass Co Ltd 5-52

5.14 Hecker Glastechnik 5-53

5.15 Interfloat 5-55

5.15.1 GMB Glasmanufaktur Brandenburg GmbH 5-55

5.15.2 Interfloat / GMB Glasmanufaktur Brandenburg GmbH 5-56

5.15.3 Interfloat Innovation At The Fore 5-59

5.16 Masdar PV 5-60

5.17 Moser Baer 5-61

5.18 Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd NSG Group 5-62

5.18.1 Nippon Sheet Glass Revenue 5-63

5.18.2 Nippon Sheet Glass Specialty Glass Business 5-67

5.18.3 Nippon Sheet Glass Solar Energy Products 5-70

5.18.4 Nippon Sheet Glass NSG Group / Pilkington 5-74

5.18.5 Nippon Sheet Glass NSG Crystalline PV

Module Production 5-79

5.19 Oerlikon Solar 5-85

5.20 PPG 5-85

5.20.1 PPG Acquisition Transformation 5-85

5.20.2 PPG Geographical Profile Transformation 5-89

5.20.3 PPG Industries Business Segments 5-91

5.21 Saint Gobain Solar 5-94

5.21.1 Saint-Gobain Revenue 5-97

5.21.2 Saint-Gobain Addresses Spanish Market 5-100

5.21.3 Saint-Gobain SGG ALBARINO Glass 5-100

5.21.4 Saint-Gobain Revenue 5-101

5.21.5 Saint-Gobain Ceramic Materials 5-102

5.21.6 Saint-Gobain Revenue 5-108

5.21.7 Saint-Gobain Sales trends by Business Sector 5-110

5.22 Shandong Glass Group Jinjing Group Co Ltd 5-114

5.22.1 Shandong Glass Group Jinjing Group

Advanced Equipment 5-115

5.22.2 Shandong Glass Group Jinjing Group

Quality Management 5-116

5.22.3 Shandong glass group Jinjing Grouppowerful

Scientific Research Team 5-117

5.22.4 Shandong Glass Group Jinjing Group Markets 5-117

5.22.5 Shandong Glass Group Jinjing Groupgoals 5-118

5.22.6 Shandong Glass Group Driving Development 5-118

5.23 Succeed Glass Co., Ltd / Henan Succeed

New Energy Material Co 5-119

5.24 Sunarc Technology A/S 5-120

5.24.1 Sunarc Technology Low Iron Solar Glass 5-121

5.24.2 Sunarc Technology Float glass 5-121

5.24.3 Sunarc Technology Rolled glass 5-122

5.24.4 Sunarc Technology Tempering 5-122

5.24.5 Sunarc Technology Glass Suppliers 5-123

5.25 Targray Solar 5-123

5.25.1 Targray Crystalline Cell Materials 5-124

5.25.2 Process vs. Targray Materials - Combined For Results 5-125

5.25.3 Targray Materials 5-125

5.25.4 Targray Silver Paste 5-126

5.25.5 Targray Aluminum Paste 5-126

5.25.6 Targray Wafers 5-126

5.26 Trakya Cam Sanayii A.S. 5-126

5.26.1 Trakya Cam Partners with Saint-Gobain 5-128

5.27 Siemens 5-131

5.27.1 Siemens Revenue 5-131

5.28 Şişecam Group 5-132

5.29 SunRun and U.S. Bancorp 5-136

5.30 Tata BP Solar 5-137

5.31 Total 5-138

5.31.1 Total and EDF / Tenesol 5-138

5.32 Trina Solar 5-139

5.32.1 Trina Solar Revenue 5-141

5.33 Zhejiang Flat Glass Co., Ltd /

Shanghai Flat Glass Co Ltd 5-142

5.34 Reflector Manufacturers 5-143

5.34.1 Alanod-Solar 5-143

5.34.2 Almeco 5-143

5.34.3 Flabeg 5-143

5.34.4 Reflectech Inc 5-143

5.34.5 Solel 5-143

5.35 Other Low Iron Glass Manufacturers 5-143

5.35.1 AQT Solar 5-144

5.35.2 Bergamo Acquisition Corporation 5-144

5.35.3 Centrosolar Group AG 5-144

5.35.4 IG Solar PVT Ltd 5-145

5.35.5 Ningbo Qixin Solar Electrical Appliance Co. Ltd 5-145

5.35.6 Shenzhen Commonpraise Solar Co.,Ltd 5-145

5.35.7 ShenZhen SuoYang New Energy Co.,LTD 5-145

List of Tables and Figures

Low Iron Solar Glass Executive Summary

Table ES-1 ES-2

Solar Market Growth Key Factors Driving Demand

Table ES-2 ES-4

Low Iron Glass Market Driving Factors

Table ES-3 ES-5

Low Iron Glass Market Issues

Figure ES-4 ES-7

Low Iron Solar PV Glass Market Shares, Dollars, 2010

Figure 2-5 ES-9

AGC Solar Low Iron Glass Installation

Figure ES-6 ES-10

Low Iron Solar Glass Market

Forecasts Dollars, Worldwide, 2011-2017

Low Iron Solar Glass Market Description and Market Dynamics

Table 1-1 1-2

Low Iron Glass Coatings for Solar Applications

Figure 1-2 1-3

Glass Types Used for PV Cells

Table 1-3 1-4

Low Iron Solar Glass Production Issues

Figure 1-4 1-5

Solar Technologies and Glass Usage

Figure 1-5 1-6

Glass Segments and Products

Table 1-6 1-8

Performance Comparison – Clear Float Glass

Versus Low Iron Glass

Table 1-7 1-9

Benefits Of Using Low Iron Glass

Compared To Clear Float Glass

Low Iron Solar Glass Market Shares and Market Forecasts

Table 2-1 2-2

Solar Market Growth Key Factors Driving Demand

Table 2-2 2-4

Low Iron Glass Market Driving Factors

Table 2-3 2-5

Low Iron Glass Market Issues

Figure 2-4 2-7

Low Iron Solar PV Glass Market Shares, Dollars, 2010

Table 2-5 2-8

Low Iron Solar Glass Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2010

Figure 2-6 2-15

AGC Solar Low Iron Glass Installation

Table 2-7 2-26

Low Iron Solar Glass Market Shares,

Tonnes, Worldwide, 2010

Table 2-8 2-26

Low Iron Solar Glass Installed Capacity,

Tonnes, Worldwide, 2010

Figure 2-9 2-27

Low Iron Solar Glass Markets Forecasts

Dollars, Worldwide, 2011-2017

Table 2-10 2-29

Low Iron Solar Glass Markets Dollars, Worldwide, 2011-2017

Table 2-11 2-30

Glass Market Segments, Dollars, Worldwide, 2010

Table 2-12 2-31

Glass Building and Automotive Market Segments,

Dollars, Worldwide, 2010

Figure 2-13 2-41

Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd NSG Current and Planned Capacity

Table 2-14 2-43

PV Solar Glass Production Facilities

Figure 2-15 2-44

Glass Lines Needed to Support PV Development to 2020

Figure 2-16 2-45

Glass Production Growth per Segment Until 2015

Figure 2-17 2-46

Glass Production Cost Structure, 2010

Figure 2-18 2-48

Glass Float Demand and GDP Growth, Worldwide

Figure 2-19 2-53

Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. Solar Related Glass Demand

Table 2-20 2-55

Photovoltaic Backsheets Market

Figure 2-21 2-57

Low Iron Solar Glass Regional Market Segments, Dollars, 2010

Table 2-22 2-58

Low Iron Solar Glass Regional Market Segments, 2010

Figure 2-23 2-67

Saint-Gobain Distribution of Employees By Countries

Figure 2-24 2-68

Saint-Gobain Revenue By Geographic Area

Figure 2-25 2-69

Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. NSG Crystalline PV

Module Production

Figure 2-26 2-70

Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. NSG. Overseas Sales

Low Iron Solar Glass Product Description

Table 3-1 3-1

AGC Solar Glass Positioning

Table 3-2 3-2

AGC Solar SOLATEX Product Description

Table 3-3 3-3

AGC Solar SOLATEX Main Characteristics

Table 3-4

Figure 3-5 3-6

AGC Solar High-Transmissivity Figured Glass

Figure 3-6 3-8

AGC Solar Air Mass Filter for Solar Simulator

Figure 3-7 3-11

Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG) Low Iron Rolled and

AR for Crystalline PV

Figure 3-8 3-12

Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG) Low Iron TCO

Coated Glass for Thin Film PV

Figure 3-9 3-13

Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. Low Iron Float for

Concentrated Soalr Power

Figure 3-10 3-14

Nippon Sheet Glass Pilkington Optiwhite for

Solar Energy

Figure 3-11 3-15

Nippon Sheet Glass Pilkington Solar Energy

Figure 3-12 3-16

Nippon Sheet Solar Energy Glass

Table 3-13 3-18

Nippon Sheet Glass Pilkington Low Iron

Patterned Glass for C-Si Cell

Figure 3-14 3-20

Nippon Sheet Glass Pilkington Concentrated

Solar Power

Figure 3-15 3-22

Nippon Sheet Glass Pilkington Sunplus™ and

Pilkington Optiwhite™ For Solar Thermal Collectors

Table 3-16 3-24

Nippon Sheet Glass Pilkington NSG TEC™

Range Product Features

Table 3-17 3-25

Properties Of Nippon Sheet Glass Pilkington

NSG TEC Glass™ Products

Table 3-18 3-26

Technology Of Nippon Sheet Glass Pilkington

NSG TEC Low Iron Glass™ Products

Figure 3-19 3-28

SolarWood Technologies

Figure 3-20 3-31

Guardian UltraWhite Low-Iron Glass

Table 3-21 3-35

Guardian EcoGuard® Solar Modules

Figure 3-22 3-36

Guardian EcoGuard® Solar Modules

Figure 3-23 3-37

Guardian Parabolic Mirrors

Figure 3-24 3-38

Guardian Solar Glass Positioning

Figure 3-25 3-39

Centrosolar Solar Modules

Figure 3-26 3-44

Masdar, Total S.A. and Abengoa Solar

Abu Dhabi Solar Power Plant

Figure 3-27 3-45

Guangfeng Solarglass (Hong Kong)

Low Iron Patterned Glass, Low Iron Float Glass, and

Solar Mirrors

Figure 3-28 3-51

Borosil Glass Works

Table 3-29 3-53

Dongguan CSG Low Iron Solar Glass Parameter s

Table 3-30 3-54

Dongguan Primary CSG Low Iron Solar

Glass Characteristics

Table 3-31 3-55

Dongguan Tempered CSG Low Iron Solar

Glass Characteristics

Table 3-32 3-57

Dongguan Anti-reflective Coating CSG Low Iron

Solar Glass Characteristics

Low Iron Solar Glass Technology

Figure 4-1 4-1

Solar Technologies and Glass Usage

Figure 4-2 4-2

Major PV Manufacturing Technologies

Table 4-3 4-3

Types of crystalline silicon modules:

Figure 4-4 4-5

C-Si PV Glass

Table 4-5 4-7

Thin Film Photovoltaic Technologies

Table 4-6 4-8

Thin Film PhotoVoltaic Characteristics

Figure 4-7 4-9

Thin Film CdTe PV Glass Efficiencies

Figure 4-8 4-10

Thin Film CIS PV Glass Efficiencies

Figure 4-9 4-11

Low Iron Glass Spectral Comparison

Table 4-10 4-14

Transmission Curve Measured on Glass Samples

Figure 4-11 4-15

Solar Glass Chemical Composition

Figure 4-12 4-16

Float Glass Production (for thin film PV glass)

Figure 4-13 4-17

Typical Glass Recuperatice of Oxy-Fuel Melter

Figure 4-14 4-18

Typical Glass Side-Port Regenerative Melter

Figure 4-15 4-21

Modeling Air Fuel Glass Float Furnace

Figure 4-16 4-22

Key Parameters for Different Glass Lines

Table 4-17 4-25

Solar Glass Challenge

Low Iron Solar Glass Company Profiles

Figure 5-1 5-4

AGC Solar Business Overview

Figure 5-2 5-5

AGC Solar Group Industries

Figure 5-3 5-6

AGC Solar Glass Buildings

Table 5-4 5-7

AGC Solar Main Product Categories

Figure 5-5 5-10

AGC Solar Locations

Figure 5-6 5-10

AGC Solar Partners

Figure 5-7 5-11

AGC Solar Partner Descriptions

Figure 5-8 5-16

ACG Glass Operations, 134 Companies

Figure 5-9 5-18

ACG Solar Overseas Operations, 119 Companies

Figure 5-10 5-19

Asahi Glass Co Overview of Geographic Segments

Table 5-11 5-20

AGC Solar Main Products

Figure 5-12 5-21

Asahi Glass Co (AGC) Business Segments

Table 5-13 5-27

China Glass Holdings CSGA's Notable Projects

Table 5-14 5-37

Corning Product Set

Table 5-15 5-38

Corning Industry Segments Served

Table 5-16 5-41

FLABEG Holding GmbH Profile

Figure 5-17 5-45

Guangfeng Solarglass (Hong Kong) Low Iron Patterned

Glass, Low Iron Float Glass, and Solar Mirrors

Table 5-18 5-49

Guardian Tempered Glass Applications

Table 5-19 5-54

Hecker Glastechnik Technical Glass Industry Sector Focus

Table 5-20 5-56

GMB Glasmanufaktur Brandenburg GmbH: Company Profile

Table 5-21 5-58

Interfloat / GMB Glasmanufaktur Brandenburg GmbH

Low Iron Solar Glass Strategy:

Figure 5-22 5-71

Nippon Sheet Glass Sales by Region

Figrue 5-23 5-74

Nippon Sheet Glass Pinkington World Presence

Figure 5-24 5-75

Nippon Sheet Glass Pinkington Northern Ballet Leeds UK

Figure 5-25 5-76

Nippon Sheet Glass Glazing In Car Show Room Ukraine

Figure 5-26 5-77

One Post Office Square Boston MA US

Figure 5-27 5-78

Centro Cultural Gabrieta Midtrial - Chile

Figure 5-28 5-79

Nippon Sheet Glass NSG Crystalline PV Module Production

Figure 5-29 5-80

Nippon Sheet Glass Solar Production Facilities Operational Plants

Figure 5-30 5-81

Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.NSG Group

Current and Planned Capacity

Figure 5-31 5-82

Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. NSG Sales from Solar Sector

Table 5-32 5-83

Nippon Sheet Glass NSG Group Future Growth Options

Table 5-33 5-84

Nippon Sheet Glass Greenfield TCO float

Figure 5-34 5-86

PPG Acquisition Transformation

Figure 5-35 5-87

PPG Transformation to Optical Coatings

Figure 5-36 5-88

PPG Focus on Coatings and Specialty Products

Figure 5-37 5-89

PPG Improved Geographical Profile Transformation

Figure 5-38 5-90

PPG Expanded European Footprint Transformation

Figure 5-39 5-91

PPG Global Coatings Industry

Figure 5-40 5-92

PPG Industries Business Segments

Figure 5-41 5-93

PPG Glass

Figure 5-42 5-95

Saint-Gobain Glass Market Activities

Figure 5-43 5-97

Saint-Gobain Revenue By Sector

Table 5-44 5-99

Saint-Gobain Renedo Installation Aspects

Table 5-45 5-103

Saint-Gobain Grid Parity Priority Axes

Figure 5-46 5-105

Saint-Gobain Revenue By Geographic Area

Figure 5-47 5-106

Saint-Gobain European and World Leader In

Each One Of Its Activities

Figure 5-48 5-108

Saint-Gobain Shareholders Ownership

Structure at December 31, 2010

Figure 5-49 5-110

Saint-Gobain Sales trends by Business Sector

Figure 5-50 5-113

Saint-Gobain Sales Trends By Major Geographic Area

Table 5-51 5-124

Targray Materials Intelligence Segments

Figure 5-52 5-130

Trakya Cam Float glass Manufacturing Process

Figure 5-53 5-133

Şişecam Group Sales Profile

Figure 5-54 5-134

Şişecam Group Results by Businesses

Figure 5-55 5-135

Şişecam Group Revenue

Figure 5-56 5-135

Şişecam Group Revenue and International Sales

Figure 5-57 5-136

Şişecam Group Employees and Glass Production