New U.S. Solar Glass Production Line Starts Operation
NSG Group is pleased to announce the warm up of a newly converted TCO (transparent conductive oxide) facility in the United States.
An existing float line at the Rossford, Ohio factory of Pilkington North America, Inc., a member of NSG Group, has been converted to begin producing TCO glass from March 2025. The conversion represents a significant investment by the Group, resulting in the retention and creation of jobs at the site.
This investment is to support the expansion strategy of First Solar, Inc., (Nasdaq: FSLR), America’s leading photovoltaic (PV) solar technology and manufacturing company. The only U.S.-headquartered company among the world's largest solar manufacturers, First Solar is focused on competitively and reliably enabling power generation needs with its advanced, uniquely American thin film PV technology. First Solar and NSG share a long-standing strategic partnership.
Manufactured with the online coating technology, in which a conductive oxide on the glass surface is formed during its passage through the float line, NSG’s TCO glass is very durable with a wide range of applications. Online coating also enables cost-effective production of coated glass in high volume.
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About NSG Group (Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd., and its group companies)
NSG Group is the world's leading supplier of glass and glazing systems in the business areas of Architectural, Automotive, and Creative Technology.
Architectural manufactures and supplies architectural glass as well as glass for the solar energy and other sectors.
Automotive serves the original equipment (OE) and aftermarket replacement (AGR) glazing markets.
Creative Technology comprises several discrete businesses, including lenses for printers and scanners, specialty glass fibers and glass flakes, mainly glass cord, which is a reinforcing material for timing belts, and Fine Glass products.
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