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Study #: 2674

Published: 12/2010

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Advanced Flat Glass to 2014 - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends

US advanced flat glass demand will rise 9.1 percent annually through 2014, driven by a rebound in residential construction and motor vehicle production. Consumption will also benefit from increasing market penetration of low-emissivity glass, heads-up display windshields, electrochromic mirrors, smart glass and other products.

This study analyzes the $12.9 billion US advanced flat glass industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 1999, 2004 and 2009, and forecasts for 2014 and 2019 by glass type (e.g., safety, ballistic, fire-rated, hurricane, burglary resistant, solar reflective, low-emissivity, electrochromic, heads-up display windshields), and market (e.g., vehicular, architectural).

The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market share and profiles 30 industry competitors, including PPG Industries, Pilkington and AGC Flat Glass.

				    TABLE OF CONTENTS

     SECTION									    PAGE

		INTRODUCTION							       x

	I.	EXECUTIVE SUMMARY						       1

	II.	MARKET ENVIRONMENT						       4
		Macroeconomic Environment					       5
		Demographic Trends						       8
		Consumer Spending Overview					      11
		Building Construction Overview					      13
		   Residential Building						      16
		      Housing Completions					      18
		      Housing Stock						      23
		      Improvements & Repairs					      27
		   Nonresidential Building					      28
		      New							      30
		      Improvements & Repairs					      31
		Manufacturing Overview						      33
		Transportation Industry Overview				      36
		Motor Vehicle Overview						      38
		Advanced Flat Glass Market Trends				      41
		   Security & Safety Glass					      42
		   Solar Control & Other Advanced Flat Glass			      44
		Pricing Trends							      46
		Regulatory & Environmental Trends				      48
		   Environmental Regulations					      49
		   Green Building Trends					      50
		   Building Code Regulations					      52
		   Vehicle Safety Regulations					      54
		   Legal Issues							      55
		International Activity						      55
		Foreign Trade							      58

	III.	FLAT GLASS INDUSTRY OVERVIEW					      60
		General								      60
		Flat Glass Supply & Demand					      61
		Flat Glass Value-Added by Fabrication				      64
		Fabricated Flat Glass Demand					      66
		   Architectural Flat Glass					      69
		   Motor Vehicle Flat Glass					      72
		   Other Markets for Flat Glass					      74
		Flat Glass Technology						      76
		   Raw Materials						      77
		   Basic Flat Glass						      79
		      Float Glass						      79
		      Rolled Glass						      80
		      Drawn Glass						      80
		   Finished Flat Glass Products					      81
		      Laminated Glass						      83
		      Tempered Glass						      83
		      Insulating Glass						      84
		   Research & Development					      84
		   Competitive Materials					      86

	IV.	PRODUCTS							      88
		General								      88
		Security & Safety Glass						      91
		   Safety Glass							      94
		      Laminated Safety Glass					      95
		      Tempered Safety Glass					      98
		   Ballistic Glass						     100
		   Fire-Rated Glass						     104
		      Laminated Fire Glass					     107
		      Wire Reinforced Fire Glass				     109
		   Hurricane Glass						     111
		   Burglary Resistant Glass					     115
		Solar Control Glass						     117
		   Reflective Glass						     120
		      Soft-Coat Reflective Glass				     122
		      Hard-Coat Reflective Glass				     122
		   Low-Emissivity Glass						     123
		      Soft-Coat Low-E Glass					     128
		      Hard-Coat Low-E Glass					     130
		   Smart Glass							     131
		      Electrochromic Mirrors					     135
		      Smart Window Glass					     137
			Electrochromic Windows					     140
			SPD Windows						     142
			LCD & Other Smart Windows				     143
		Other Advanced Flat Glass Products				     144
		   Heads-Up Display Windshields					     145
		   Ultraclear & Colorless Glass					     148
		   Self-Cleaning Glass						     150
		   All Other Advanced Flat Glass Products			     155

	V.	MARKETS								     158
		General								     158
		Vehicular Markets						     161
		   Motor Vehicles						     163
		      Original Equipment					     166
		      Aftermarket						     172
		   Aerospace & Aircraft						     175
		   Other Vehicular Markets					     178
		Architectural Markets						     179
		   Residential Markets						     182
		      New Housing						     184
		      Improvement & Repair					     186
		   Nonresidential Markets					     189
		      Office & Commercial					     191
		      Institutional						     192
		      Industrial & Other					     193
		Other Markets							     194
		   Appliances & Furniture					     195
		   Electronics							     196
		   All Other							     197

	VI.	INDUSTRY STRUCTURE						     198
		General								     198
		Market Share							     202
		Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures				     204
		Cooperative Agreements						     206
		Marketing & Distribution					     210
		Competitive Strategies						     213
		Company Profiles						     216
		   AGC Flat Glass North America, see Asahi Glass
		   AGP, see American Glass Products
		   American Glass Products Company				     217
		   Apogee Enterprises Incorporated				     220
		   Armor USA Incorporated					     223
		   Asahi Glass Company Limited					     225
		   Cardinal Glass Industries Incorporated			     229
		   CGI International Limited					     232
		   CompuDyne Corporation					     233
		   CRH plc							     235
		   Custom Glass Corporation					     238
		   D’Ieteren NV							     240
		   Gentex Corporation						     241
		   Global Security Glazing, see Standard Bent Glass
		   GrayGlass, see O’Bryan Glass
		   Guardian Industries Corporation				     244
		   Hartung Glass Industries Incorporated			     247
		   Innovative Glass Corporation					     248
		   LTI Smart Glass Incorporated					     250
		   Magna International Incorporated				     252
		   Nippon Sheet Glass Company Limited				     254
		   Norshield Security Products, see CompuDyne
		   O’Bryan Glass Corporation					     258
		   O’Keeffe’s Incorporated					     259
		   Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope, see CRH
		   Optera, see Magna International
		   Pdc Glass and Metal Services, see United Glass
		   PGT Incorporated						     261
		   Pilkington Group, see Nippon Sheet Glass
		   PPG Industries Incorporated					     263
		   Research Frontiers Incorporated				     268
		   Safelite Glass, see D’Ieteren
		   SAGE Electrochromics Incorporated				     269
		   Saint-Gobain							     269
		   Spectrum Glass Company Incorporated				     269
		   Standard Bent Glass Corporation				     269
		   Swift Glass Incorporated					     269
		   Tru Vue, see Apogee Enterprises
		   United Glass Corporation					     269
		   Vimexico, see Vitro and Nippon Sheet Glass
		   Viracon, see Apogee Enterprises
		   Vitro SAB de CV						     269
		   Zeledyne LLC							     269
		Additional Companies Mentioned in Study				     269


				      LIST OF TABLES

    TABLE NUMBER								    PAGE


		SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
		Summary Table							       3

		SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
	1	Macroeconomic Indicators					       8
	2	Population & Households						      11
	3	Personal Consumption Expenditures				      13
	4	Building Construction Expenditures				      16
	5	Residential Building Construction Expenditures			      18
	6	New Housing Indicators						      23
	7	Housing Stock by Type						      26
	8	Residential Improvement & Repair Expenditures			      28
	9	Nonresidential Building Construction Expenditures		      29
	10	Nonresidential Building Improvement & Repair Expenditures	      32
	11	Manufacturers’ Shipments					      35
	12	Transportation Equipment Shipments				      38
	13	Motor Vehicle Indicators					      41
	14	Safety & Security Advanced Flat Glass Market, 1999-2009		      43
	15	Solar Control & Other Advanced Flat Glass Market, 1999-2009	      45
	16	Advanced Flat Glass Pricing					      48

		SECTION III -- FLAT GLASS INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
	1	Flat Glass Supply & Demand					      64
	2	Flat Glass Demand & Value-Added by Fabrication			      66
	3	Fabricated Flat Glass Demand					      69
	4	Architectural Flat Glass Demand					      72
	5	Motor Vehicle Flat Glass Demand					      74
	6	Other Markets for Flat Glass					      76
	7	Flat Glass Production Processes					      82

		SECTION IV -- PRODUCTS
	1	Advanced Flat Glass Demand by Product				      90
	2	Security & Safety Glass Demand					      93
	3	Safety Glass Demand						      95
	4	Laminated Safety Glass Demand					      98
	5	Tempered Safety Glass Demand					      99
	6	Ballistic Glass Demand						     104
	7	Fire-Rated Glass Demand						     107
	8	Laminated Fire Glass Demand					     109
	9	Wire Reinforced Fire Glass Demand				     111
	10	Hurricane Glass Demand						     115
	11	Burglary Resistant Glass Demand					     117
	12	Solar Control Glass Demand					     119
	13	Reflective Glass Demand						     121
	14	Soft-Coat Reflective Glass Demand				     122
	15	Hard-Coat Reflective Glass Demand				     123
	16	Low-Emissivity Glass Demand					     128
	17	Soft-Coat Low-Emissivity Glass Demand				     130
	18	Hard-Coat Low-Emissivity Glass Demand				     131
	19	Smart Glass Demand						     135
	20	Electrochromic Mirrors Demand					     137
	21	Smart Window Glass Demand					     140
	22	Other Advanced Flat Glass Products Demand			     145
	23	Heads-Up Display Windshield Glass Demand			     148
	24	Ultraclear & Colorless Glass Demand				     150
	25	Self-Cleaning Glass Demand					     154
	26	All Other Advanced Flat Glass Products Demand			     157

		SECTION V -- MARKETS
	1	Advanced Flat Glass Demand by Market				     160
	2	Vehicular Markets for Advanced Flat Glass			     163
	3	Motor Vehicle Markets for Advanced Flat Glass			     166
	4	Original Equipment Motor Vehicle Markets
		   for Advanced Flat Glass					     170
	5	Motor Vehicle Aftermarket for Advanced Flat Glass		     173
	6	Aerospace & Aircraft Markets for Advanced Flat Glass		     178
	7	Other Vehicular Markets for Advanced Flat Glass			     179
	8	Architectural Markets for Advanced Flat Glass			     182
	9	Residential Markets for Advanced Flat Glass			     184
	10	New Residential Markets for Advanced Flat Glass			     186
	11	Residential Improvement & Repair Markets
		   for Advanced Flat Glass					     189
	12	Nonresidential Markets for Advanced Flat Glass			     191
	13	Other Markets for Advanced Flat Glass				     195

		SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	US Advanced Flat Glass Sales for Selected Manufacturers,
		   2009								     201
	2	Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures				     206
	3	Selected Cooperative Agreements					     208

		      LIST OF CHARTS

    CHART NUMBER								    PAGE

		SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
	1	Year of Construction of Housing Stock, 2009			      26
	2	Safety & Security Advanced Flat Glass Market, 1999-2009		      44
	3	Solar Control & Other Advanced Flat Glass Market, 1999-2009	      46
	4	World Advanced Flat Glass Demand, 2009				      58

		SECTION III -- FLAT GLASS INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
	1	Flat Glass Industry Flowchart					      78

		SECTION IV -- PRODUCTS
	1	Advanced Flat Glass Demand by Product, 2009			      91

		SECTION V -- MARKETS
	1	Advanced Flat Glass Demand by Market, 2009			     161

		SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	Advanced Flat Glass Market Share by Company, 2009		     202