As reported in Glassonline World News in December, due to a 5-6% drop in the European market for glass fibre in 1996, PPG Industries of the United States has cut production at its plant in Hoogezand, …
As reported in Glassonline World News in December, due to a 5-6% drop in the European market for glass fibre in 1996, PPG Industries of the United States has cut production at its plant in Hoogezand, the Netherlands. However, in October 1996, the company opened its US$ 50 million retrofitted and renovated plant at Chester, South Carolina, US. Demand in the US continues to expand, and the company believes that the fall in European demand is only temporary and that it will have capacity available when demand recovers.