3. Glass
Production
This production level maintains the EU
as one of the largest glass
producers in the world with China and
North America. Germany remains the
EU's biggest producer with about one
fifth of the volume, closely followed by
France, Spain, Italy and the UK.
Glass production involves two main
methods â the float glass process that
produces sheet glass, and glassblowing
that produces bottles and other
containers. Broadly, modern glass
container factories are three-part
operations: the batch house, the hot
end, and the cold end.
4. Glass
Manufacturers
AGC: The World's Largest Glass Manufacturer.
While researching the liquid-crystal display
industry, I kept coming across the name
Asahi Glass, now known as AGC Inc.
(ASGLY)(TSE:5201). This Japanese company is
the largest glass manufacturer in the world, but
is barely followed in the U.S.