The 28th China International Glass Industry Technical Exhibition (China Glass 2017) will take place in the China International Exhibition Center, Beijing, on May 24-27, 2017.

The exhibition is expected to attract over 900 glass enterprises from over 30 countries and more than 40,000 visitors from over 60 countries.

So far, 823 exhibitors have confirmed their booths, including 608 domestic companies and 215 from overseas.

Due to many factors such as the supply side structure reform, reduced overcapacity and increasing demand, the performance of China’s glass industry is improving, especially in the flat glass sector.

China Glass 2017 has an exhibition area over 100,000m2 in eight halls at China International Exhibition Center.

More than 900 exhibitors will take part in this event, including three pavilions organised by trade promotion organisations from Germany, Italy and America.

Well-known brands of global glass industry have confirmed their participation.

Many Chinese companies such as China Building Materials Academy, Triumph International, North Glass, Luoyang Float Glass Group, and China Glass Holdings will take part.

International glass enterprises will also participate, including Corning, Schott, Glaston, Bystronic Glass, Dip-Tech, Von•Ardenne, Bohle, Grenzebach Machinery, and Bottero.

The State Council of China has encouraged the glass industry to develop high-end glass products and as such the China Glass Exhibition has been a platform for releasing updated glass products and technologies.

At the glass show this year, China Triumph will display its newly developed 0.15mm thick and mass produced 0.22mm thick ultra-thin float glass; North Glass will showcase its product series in regard to automation glass, cutting, silk screen printing, glass chip system; Corning is going to present its solution to laser cutting and drilling of glass and special materials; and an eye-catching technology of Bystronic Glass is the latest compact type car windshield production line of cutting, glassedging and drilling processing.

In addition, we will see more new products and solutions in sectors such as industrial robots, intelligent photovoltaic glass and new energy efficiency glass.