Fives Stein, through its Chinese subsidiary Fives Stein (Shanghai) Industrial Furnace Co and its Belgian subsidiary Fives Stein Belgium, is implementing a contract for Chinese glassmaker AVIC (Hainan) Special Glass Materials Co.
The contract comprises the design, supply and commissioning of a complete tin bath for a new float glass line with a maximum daily production capacity of 600 tons.
This state-of-the-art line, dedicated to the production of solar glass and special glass, will be located in China’s Hainan region. The start-up is scheduled for the end of 2011.
Float line to be equipped with Fives tin bath
Published 31st May, 2011 by Greg Morris


Greg Morris
Glass International Editor
Greg Morris has been editor of Glass International and organiser of the Glassman conferences since 2012, specialising in glass packaging. Prior to this he spent five years working in newspaper journalism.