Resumen de Building on silica sand: Vietnam’s glass industry

Industrial Minerals

• Today, Vietnam has seven producers of smooth glass for construction and around 100 glass treatment companies, producing a wide range of glass materials from basic products (such as float glass and laminating glass) to treated products (such as heat tempering glass, sticking glass, box glass and mirrors). Founded in 2001, the company has a capacity 420 tonnes per day of international standard float glass which is used to make many high-tech glass products such as fiber optic glass and high-grade sticking glass, which has been used in many buildings around the world. [...]Van Hai Viglacera has long-term sales agreements with a number of major glass companies, including Vietnam Float Glass Ltd (VFG), San Miguel Yamamura, Haiphong Glass Limited and Rang Dong Lamp Shades.