INTERNATIONAL GLASS MARKET EXPANDING, EXPERTS SAY, WITH EUROPE ESPECIALLY HEALTHY

AS the international glass market continues to recover from the global recession, experts predict emerging markets might be tempted to invest in plant development to manufacture their own flat glass rather than paying expensive import fees buying from one of the handful of major suppliers. Nick Limb, Managing Principal at Ducker Worldwide, a US-based international industrial market research and consulting company, said: “The big picture is that we’re going to see new activity in float [flat glass] in places which are difficult [to operate in] economically, ...


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