The 33rd China International Glass Industry Technology Exhibition, sponsored by the Chinese Silicate Society and hosted by Beijing Silicon Exhibition Co., LTD., ended successfully in Shanghai on April 28, 2024. The total number of visitors reached 126,381, an increase of 18% over the previous exhibition, including 6,532 overseas visitors from 136 countries and regions, and the number of visitors, national sources, and foreign visitors reached a record high. The successful holding of the China Glass Exhibition has important significance and promoting role in boosting the confidence of the glass industry at home and abroad, maintaining the stability of the global glass industry chain, and promoting the economic and trade exchanges of the glass industry at home and abroad.

Exchange and sharing: Witness the new trend of industry development

On the first day of the opening, Meng Qinghai, full-time vice chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology and Secretary of the Secretariat, Gao Ruiping, Chairman of the Chinese Silicate Society, Vice chairman of the Chinese Silicate Society, Academician Zhou Yu of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Academician Peng Shou, Vice chairman of the Chinese Silicate Society Jin Zhanping, Song Lixin, President of the China Architectural Glass and Industrial Glass Association Zhang Baiheng, Vice chairman of the China Daily Glass Association Zhao Wanbang, Tan Fu, Secretary-General of the Chinese Silicate Society, as well as heads of government trade promotion agencies, industry organizations and representatives of manufacturers from Germany, Italy and other countries visited the exhibition.

Super scale: the industry's preferred exhibition platform

China Glass Exhibition has always been adhering to the professional, international, large-scale exhibition concept, to serve exhibitors and visitors as the core. This exhibition has 877 exhibitors from 29 countries and regions around the world, and the mainstream manufacturers of the global glass industry are all present, in terms of exhibition, technical exchanges and business negotiations, China Glass Exhibition has been a true global glass industry "barometer" and "weather vane".

This exhibition uses 7 pavilions in Shanghai New International Expo Center, and sets up exhibition areas according to the themes of international exhibition area, domestic mainstream manufacturers, technical glass and scientific research institutions, deep processing equipment, refractory materials and silicone products, daily glass, decorative glass, raw materials and main and auxiliary materials, hardware accessories and so on. Among them, Pavilion N1 is the international exhibition area, gathering the German and Italian pavilions and many mainstream international glass industry manufacturers, including: Glassstone, Lisek, von Ardenne, Sipp, Vesuvius, DIPTECH, Cloray, Melin, Buhler Leybold, Comelin, Cornez, Suno (Eastman), American Aerospace, Favelstein, Grindebach, Bentler, Potro, Solger, Fenzi, Horn, Haye, ISRA, Zippin, Honeywell, Carl Zeiss, etc. N2 Hall for domestic mainstream manufacturers, technical glass manufacturers and scientific research institutions, including: Kaisheng Technology, China General Institute of Building Materials Science Research, Nanbo, Shandong Jinjing, Shanghai Yaopi Glass, Qibin, Sinoma High-tech, China New Building Materials Design and Research Institute, China Luoyang Float Glass Group/Kaisheng New Energy Shares, Yaohua Glass, Zhongbo Holdings, Qinhuangdao Glass Industry Research and Design Institute, Ruitai Technology, Taibo, Xinyi Glass, New Fuxing, Hebei Yingxin, Haisheng Industry, Follett, Qingdao Jinjing, Shabo, Mr. Glass, Hainan Haigong Special Glass, PolyU, etc. Hall N3, Hall N4, Hall N5 and Hall W5 are manufacturers of deep processing equipment and silica gel and refractory materials, including: Zibo Gongtao, Luoyang North Bo, Luoyang Mingspecial, Luoyang Landy, Hangzhou Seiko, Qinhuangdao Express, Foshan Soos, Foshan Gaoliwei, Zhongshan Diwei, Liaoning North, Anhui Jingling, Yinrui intelligence, Beijing Bo Chi, Jinan Power, Hanjiang Automation, Beijing Lijiang special energy, Beijing tomorrow star, Shandong Fang Ding, Tianjin Dinganda, Guilin Chuangyuan, Lowei Technology, Ancai, Luoyang Yang Refractory, Zhongjian Magnesia brick, Lingnan Refractory, Si Bao Technology, Hangzhou Zhijiang, Guangzhou Baiyun, Lexus Chemical, Guangzhou Jitai, Zhongchao, Comrola, Shandong Sanjin, Shanxi Dahua, Donghua University, etc. The exhibits in Hall W4 mainly focus on the fields of daily glass, decorative glass, raw materials, main and auxiliary materials and hardware accessories.

Focus on innovation: Smart manufacturing leads green development

During the exhibition, many manufacturers followed the trend of high-end, intelligent and green industry, and introduced new innovations in the fields of glass products, new energy glass and information display glass, glass deep processing technology and equipment, glass melting process and equipment, and high-quality refractory materials.

Kaisheng Technology Group exhibited new products such as 0.12mm ultra-thin float electronic glass, 30 micron flexible foldable glass, 8.5 generation TFT-LCD float glass substrate, cadmium telluride power generation glass, copper indium gallium selenium power generation glass, neutral borosilicate medicinal glass, and its member company Yaohua exhibited new borosilicate glass products such as borosilicate 4.0, borosilicate 3.3, borosilicate 2.6, etc. The units of China General Institute of Building Materials Scientific Research participated in the exhibition, covering the whole industry chain of "design, process, equipment, supporting materials and advanced products" of the glass industry, displaying key materials developed for integrated circuits, aerospace and new energy fields, as well as new energy-saving glass products such as aerogel glass and electrochromic glass; Nanbo Group, Shanghai Yaopi, Xinyi Glass, Qibin Group, North Glass and other enterprises brought large BIPV curtain wall glass, TCO glass, electric heating glass, anti-bird impact glass, bactericidal glass, complex curved glass and other new products, reflecting the new height of China's technological glass development; Yaohua Group exhibited Low-E coated glass for automobiles, and many new products such as central control display glass, charging pile glass, vacuum glass skylight, dimming glass, HUD tungsten heating glass, etc. applied in the field of new energy vehicles also attracted the attention of many visitors; Beibo has brought solutions including toughening, vacuum coating, deep processing smart factory and three-way flow fan; Randi Machine demonstrated the systematic solutions including column tempered glass molding technology and smart factory; Soos launched the latest Loong high-end continuous glass tempering production line series and Simba high-end glass tempering production line series; Yinrui Intelligence shows the overall solution of smart factory in the form of a case. Chlod Laser presents solutions for glass laser applications, including drilling, cutting, film removal, marking equipment and glass defect detection solutions; Shanghai to Capgemini Laser demonstrated precision machining technology in the fields of metals, ceramics and silicon wafers.

The heat of flexible warm edge insulating glass in the Chinese market is gradually heating up, this exhibition Glaston launched COMFORT TPS warm edge hollow production line. Lisek demonstrated the LiTPA production line's excellent performance in seamless "welding", which perfectly combines the appearance level and performance of insulating glass. Luoyang Landy, PolyU Technology and other exhibitors launched a series of vacuum glass products in this exhibition, replacing the traditional suction hole with getter to achieve the unity of vacuum glass performance and beauty.

During the exhibition period, a series of lectures and manufacturer promotion activities such as "When archaeology meets Technology - the Silk Road Story of ancient glass" were also held, including: carbon footprint improvement and carbon emission reduction in the field of glass production, the application of domestic testing equipment in the field of special glass production, research in the field of fireproof glass design and application, smart factory, digitalization to help high-end glass equipment research and development. The technical lecture activity attracted thousands of viewers to participate in the activity, and the on-site audience was enthusiastic, and the warm interaction with the main speaker experts was hot.

China Glass Exhibition is an industry professional exhibition supported by domestic and foreign industry organizations such as China Building Materials Federation, China Building Glass and Industrial Glass Association, China Daily Glass Association, German Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing Association, Italy Glass processing machinery and Accessories Manufacturers Association, with its super scale, professional services and international influence. It has become an important window and platform for serving the glass industry to build a new development pattern and promote a high level of opening up of the industry.