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Glass Italia                                                                        After a cold repair




                                                                                         process of three


                                                                                         months AGC Flat

                                                                                         Glass Italia’s

                                                                                         new float plant


                                                                                         presents high-

                                                                                         end technologies

                                                                                         that enhance


                                                                                         the plant’s

                                                                                         productivity and


                                                                                         its environmental

                                                                                         impact. This article

                                                                                         takes a look at


                                                                                         the products that

                                                                                         make up the new

                                                                                         plant’s production


                                                                                         range, and how

                                                                                         these products

                                                                                         are continuing the


                                                                                         company’s ‘green’

                                                                                         philosophy.


             The AGC Cuneo plant entered service in 1963 and is now the largest
             glass manufacturing plant supplying the construction industry in Italy.
             It has one float glass line, together with downstream facilities for
             processing the float glass into laminated glass, mirror glass, coated
             glass and matt glass.



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