AGC has committed to a 10 million Euro investment for a new laminating line at its plant in Osterweddingen, Germany.

AGC says that its Architectural Glass Division is seeing a growing demand for ‘wellbeing’ in buildings as occupants are increasingly looking for safety, security, acoustic comfort, daylight and high-performance glazing.

AGC’s Osterweddingen plant is strategically located in the heart of Europe, between the DACH markets (Germany Austria and Switzerland) and Central Europe (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary).

The new laminating line will also help optimise truck transport across Europe, further reducing AGC’s carbon footprint by saving 1,100 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year.

Osterweddingen will become a fully integrated plant, where the standard and extra-clear glass produced by the existing float line can then be transformed into added-value products on the coater, on the processing lines for solar applications, and on the new laminating line.

With this large capacity, state-of-the-art laminating line, AGC will be able to produce its full laminated product range, from the DLF ‘tailor made size’ up to the Jumbo ‘XXL size’, with or without high-performance coatings.

The new laminating line should enter service by the end of 2023. Preparatory works in the plant have already begun.