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NEWS

CLAYTON GLASS
Second Neptun

horizontal washer

layton Glass of Stanley, County Durham, UK, recently
Ctook delivery of its second Neptun horizontal washer
supplied by Flat Glass Solutionsĺ $_; m;‰ -77bঞom _-v 0;;m
installed to complement the horizontal arrissing table in that is rare in itself, but it must mean that everything is work-
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ing exactly as expected.”
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"oѴ†ঞomv v-b7ķ ľ ;r|†m bv -| |_; =ou;=uom| o= m7†v|u‹ ƓĺƏ
managing director Ryan Green asked his chief engineer |;1_moѴo]‹ķ bm1Ѵ†7bm] =†ѴѴ‹ -†|ol-ঞ1 uo0o|v |_-| 1-m rb1h †r -
Andrew Janson for his advice. “Buying another Neptun wash-
piece of glass, seam all four sides, and place it on another con-
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say that about washers,” Andrew said.
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-m‹|_bm] -| -ѴѴ -0o†| |_; bmv|-ѴѴ-ঞom ou b|v †v; -[;u‰-u7vķ -m7 WWW.NEPTUNGLASS.COM

NSG customer First Solar.”
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ground on new produce TCO coated glass using

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in the US manufacture low-E and solar con-

trol glass for buildings and other
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“The NSG Group’s total investment will take place over the
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next three years and will include the upgrade and restart of
oxide (TCO) coated glass to support its key customer, First
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Solar. $_; bm =-1bѴb|‹ bv ;Šr;1|;7 |o 0; or;u-ঞom-Ѵ bm |_;
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NSG Group in North America, says the move was made to
for our customers.”
support the growing solar market.
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“Global solar demand is expected see a double-digit growth
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every year over the next three years,” he said. “…The deci-
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on NSG Group’s commitment to meet the needs of our key WWW.NSG.COM

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